Los Angeles was already struggling to revive its fragile economy after the most destructive wildfires in its history erupted six months ago. Now, immigration raids are driving workers crucial to the rebuilding into the shadows.

Framers and landscapers are abandoning job sites. Renovations of retail shops have stopped midway. Real estate ...Read more

Major U.S. trading partners hurried over the weekend to secure trade deals or lobby for extra time, while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent indicated that some countries lacking an agreement by the deadline Wednesday will have the option of a three-week extension to negotiate.

“We’re going to be very busy over the next 72 hours,” Bessent ...Read more

In the first six months of the Trump administration’s push for mass deportations, more than half of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests in San Diego and Imperial counties were of individuals with no criminal charges or convictions, according to data from the federal agency obtained by the Deportation Data Project.

The data, ...Read more

Major crimes like murder and armed robbery are down in Massachusetts, according to a preliminary state analysis. But hate crimes against Jewish people recently saw a 20.5% spike.

“This new data is encouraging and reflects the important work that law enforcement and community partners do day in and day out to keep the people of Massachusetts ...Read more

Thailand is making a last-ditch effort to avert a punitive 36% export levy threatened by the Trump administration with offers of greater market access for U.S. farm and industrial goods, along with increased purchases of energy and Boeing jets.

Bangkok’s latest proposal aims to boost bilateral trade volume and reduce Thailand’s $46 billion...Read more

Before dawn Friday morning, Dalton Rice went for a jog along the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas. Rice, the city manager, finished his run around 4 a.m. as a light rain set in. An hour later, he began receiving emergency calls: the river had flooded out of control.

Torrential rains dumped into the Guadalupe, and in just 45 minutes, it ...Read more

Unlike Brazil’s Group of 20 summit, no one was late or missing when leaders of the world’s major emerging-market nations gathered for a family photo Sunday in Rio de Janeiro — at least not accidentally.

Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, hosting the two-day meeting of BRICS countries (the acronym stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China...Read more

The Space Force officer in charge of overseeing each launch on the Space Coast has changed hands.

Brig. Gen. Kristin Panzenhagen handed off some of her duties, including the roles of commander for Space Launch Delta 45 and director of the Eastern Range, to Space Force Col. Brian Chatman.

The change of command ceremony took place on June 26 ...Read more

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who started in politics as a young legislative aide and is now the senior Democrat in Florida’s congressional delegation, has for years calibrated her statements, carefully choosing her words to communicate exactly the message she intends.

Recently, speaking at the Broward Democratic Party’s annual ...Read more

BRICS leaders condemned U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to withdraw troops from the Gaza Strip, urging “just and lasting” solutions to conflicts across the Middle East.

In a joint statement released Sunday, leaders gathered in Brazil agreed to denounce military strikes against ...Read more

Tropical Storm Chantal moved inland Sunday morning, bringing rain and flood threats after striking the Carolina coast with 50 mph winds.

As of the National Hurricane Center’s 11 a.m. advisory, the storm had diminished into a tropical depression with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph as it moved into eastern North Carolina. It was located ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The memorial to honor those who died in the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland has broken ground and much of the first phase of landscaping is complete.

But the foundation is waiting for more donations before construction can proceed.

Members of the Parkland 17 Memorial Foundation said ...Read more

Avoid politics.

That’s the advice lawyers are increasingly giving U.S.-based content creators who aren’t citizens as an immigration crackdown spreads across the country.

“Every chance I get to tell them to scrub their socials even for likes and reposts of innocuous content — like JD Vance or anti-war memes — I do,” said Genie Doi...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Old Glory is the only flag flying outside Detroit Lakes City Hall. You won’t see the Minnesota state flag — the retired one or the new one that a number of communities refuse to hoist on flagpoles.

Minnesota’s new state flag was divisive from the start, especially in deep red, rural areas. The flag redesign process sparked...Read more

DENVER — Denver officials have heralded successful efforts to reduce homicides and gun violence in the city, but some Denver neighborhoods have higher rates of property and violent crime than the citywide average.

Denver’s crime statistics paint a nuanced picture of how public safety can change between neighborhoods and experts say there’...Read more

NEW ORLEANS — This isn’t just any old list.

With tables spread across several distinct dining rooms at the storied Commander’s Palace restaurant, managers must calculate precise labor needs and open up the reservation list for just the right number of rooms at the right time for each dinner service.

“If I spread the reservations out ...Read more