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Declaring Malibu's fire recovery a failure, city's rebuild ambassador quits and says mayor should go, too
LOS ANGELES — The slow pace of reconstruction after January’s fire disaster has touched off a political tempest in ... Read More
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What's next for Trump's Miami high-rise presidential library?
MIAMI — Donald Trump’s planned presidential library in Downtown Miami is already breaking norms — after a lightning-quick land deal, discussions of a hotel on-site and an unusual early source of funds from lawsuit ...Read more
Massive fire erupts at Chevron refinery in El Segundo, sending plumes across South Bay
LOS ANGELES — An explosion and fire rocked a refinery in El Segundo on Thursday night, causing massive flames that could be seen for miles.
The city of El Segundo said that there was a fire at the Chevron refinery but ...Read more
UNLV removes mention of some diversity programs from school website
UNLV has erased references on its website to a student diversity office and a program for undocumented students, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has found.
Webpages for the Office of Student Diversity Programs and the ...Read more
German authorities suspend flights at Munich over drone sighting
German air traffic control said it suspended flight operations at Munich Airport Thursday evening after several drone sightings, affecting multiple departures and thousands of passengers at the country’s second-biggest ...Read more
CalEPA to carry on inspections as federal EPA furloughs 90% of staff
While the government shutdown has furloughed about 90% of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency employees and halted the agency’s inspection operations, the California Environmental Protection Agency told The Sacramento ...Read more
Maryland scientist targeted by right for alleged creation of ICE tracking app
Political activist and Donald Trump confidante Laura Loomer posted on X Tuesday night that a U.S. Army Research Lab scientist and adjunct instructor is behind an Immigration and Customs Enforcement tracking app called Red ...Read more
Mother and children detained in Chicago's Millennium Park released from ICE custody, father flown to Texas detention center: 'We're praying for a miracle'
CHICAGO — A mother and her two children who were detained in Millennium Park on Sunday by immigration agents were released from custody Wednesday, bringing a moment of relief and renewed hope for the Chicago-area family ...Read more
Election ballots mailed on Nov. 4 may not be counted, California officials warn
LOS ANGELES — The votes of Californians who drop their ballots in mailboxes on Nov. 4 may not be counted because of U.S. Postal Service processing delays, state officials warned Thursday.
In many parts of the state, a ...Read more
Bronx NYCHA tenants recovering after huge gas explosion causes partial building collapse
NEW YORK — Temporary boilers were being shuttled into a Bronx city housing complex to restore heat and hot water to residents a day after a massive gas explosion ripped the corner brick chimney off a 20-story apartment ...Read more
President Donald Trump cancels $583 million in energy projects for Illinois, one of many blue states affected
Amid a funding stalemate in Congress and a federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump’s planned termination of nearly $8 billion for energy projects primarily in states that didn’t vote for him includes $583 ...Read more
Trump administration cancels nearly half-a-billion dollar grant to Minnesota for power lines serving five states
The U.S. Department of Energy is canceling 12 grants for energy projects in Minnesota, including a $464 million proposal to build large transmission lines in seven states, according to a list reviewed by The Minnesota Star...Read more
Judge keeps DC National Guard legal fight moving during shutdown
WASHINGTON — A federal judge denied the U.S. Justice Department’s request to pause several upcoming deadlines during the government shutdown in a legal fight over President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard...Read more
Brightline West high-speed rail cost skyrockets in new document
LAS VEGAS — The cost to build the long-touted Brightline West Las Vegas to Southern California high-speed rail line has ballooned to $21.05 billion, according to a U.S. Transportation Department document.
Brightline ...Read more
Fuming over transgender driver's license ruling, Kobach asks for special session
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, unwilling to accept defeat at the hands of the Kansas Supreme Court, is asking lawmakers to take extraordinary measures to help him prevent transgender Kansans from...Read more
Chicago-area veterans, who saw one of their own arrested by ICE and charged, say feds are undermining democracy
Days after a 70-year-old Air Force veteran was among five people charged while protesting outside a suburban U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, fellow veterans and others gathered Thursday at the same spot ...Read more
Washington state loses more than $1 billion in federal funding for clean energy projects
The Department of Energy is canceling $1 billion in federal funding intended to jump-start a green hydrogen hub in the Pacific Northwest.
The federal spending cuts are part of a broader effort announced this week by the ...Read more
Admired climber dies in fall from Yosemite's El Capitan during apparent live-stream
LOS ANGELES — A popular and promising young mountaineer fell to his death on Yosemite's El Capitan on Wednesday, a tragedy that was reportedly live-streamed on social media.
Balin Miller, 23, from Anchorage, Alaska, had...Read more
Unprecedented water rationing to begin in Washington's Yakima Basin
Drought conditions east of the Cascade crest are so dire that state officials plan to cut off water for farmers, ranchers and more, something they’ve never done before.
Reservoirs in the Yakima River Basin are expected ...Read more
Minnesota high school sports leaders 'reviewing' Trump administration transgender policy threat
Leaders of the organization that oversees high school sports in Minnesota gave no indication Thursday of how they plan to respond to a looming threat by the Trump administration to withhold federal education aid if the ...Read more
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Democrats slam Trump for politicizing military in speech. ‘Deeply un-American’
Congressional Democrats accused President Donald Trump of politicizing the U.S. military in a recent speech, denouncing his remarks as ...Read more
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