When Antonio Romanucci, the attorney representing the family of Renee Good, was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, he wanted to purchase something to commemorate the honor.

In the court souvenir shop, he noticed porcelain turtles for sale.

“Why the turtle?” he asked a clerk.

The clerk responded, “The wheels of ...Read more

As massive federal cuts are upending the health care system in California, analysts and health care professionals are urging state lawmakers to soften the blow by creating new revenue streams and helping residents navigate through the newly imposed red tape.

"It impacts not only uninsured but also Medicare and commercially insured patients who ...Read more

On a warm Friday morning, a group of organizers, academics and public officials stood in MacArthur Park, peering at an empty soccer field.

They came from as far away as Florida, Georgia and Chicago as members of the steering committee for Mijente, a national grassroots group that organizes activism within Latino and Chicano communities.

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Iran’s supreme leader warned of a “regional war” as tensions continued to mount over potential U.S. strikes on Tehran and top Israeli military officials visited Washington.

“We don’t want to attack any country,” 86-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a public speech broadcast on state television on Sunday. “But in response to...Read more

The snow-covered slopes near Grenoble, France, have always held a special place in Olympic history.

It was there at the 1968 Olympic Games that France’s Jean-Claude Killy swept all three Alpine skiing gold medals then available, becoming, along with American figure skater Peggy Fleming, the first Winter Olympic superstar of the TV era.

Yet ...Read more

Costa Ricans are voting for president amid soaring drug violence that has shocked a country historically known as a peaceful tourist haven in a turbulent region.

Ruling party candidate Laura Fernández, who served as chief of staff for President Rodrigo Chaves, leads polls by a wide margin as voters back her hard line on crime.

Fernández, ...Read more

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned of a “regional war” as tensions continued to mount over potential U.S. strikes on Tehran.

“We don’t want to attack any country,” Khamenei said in a public speech broadcast on state television on Sunday. “But in response to anyone who harbors ambitions, wants to attack, and seeks ...Read more

The next trilateral meetings between the U.S., Russia and Ukraine will be held Feb. 4-5 in Abu Dhabi, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

“Ukraine is ready for a substantive discussion, and we are interested in ensuring that the outcome brings us closer to a real and dignified end to the war,” the Ukrainian leader said Sunday on ...Read more

Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, are back in Minnesota Feb. 1 after a federal judge ordered their release from a Texas immigration detention center.

The case drew national outrage after images circulated of Liam wearing a Spider-Man backpack and an oversized blue winter hat as officers detained him 10 days ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Fifty years after the federal government saved the Congaree swamp from industrial scale logging, the 27,000 acre nature preserve faces a rash of other threats that have the attention of scientists and conservationists.

The swamp, protected in 1976 and elevated to national park status in 2003, is downstream from factories that...Read more

LOS ANGELES — When the Eaton fire raged through neighborhoods in Altadena, the flames leveled three-quarters of the homes served by the tiny Las Flores Water Co. It also destroyed the roofs of two covered reservoirs where the utility stored drinking water.

The company soon restored clean water to those homes left standing. But the disaster ...Read more

Data centers siphon huge amounts of energy to power artificial intelligence. But their environmental footprint starts to balloon even before the first server switches on due to the immense amount of carbon-intensive concrete needed to build them.

As the U.S. data center buildout surges, with construction beginning on multibillion-dollar ...Read more

The U.S. departure from the World Health Organization became official in late January 2026, according to the Trump administration – a year after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on inauguration day of his second term declaring that he was doing so. He first stated his intention to do so during his first term in 2020, early ...Read more

Thousands of Danish veterans and supporters protested at the U.S. embassy in Copenhagen on Saturday over recent remarks by Donald Trump that allied NATO troops “stayed a little back” from the front lines during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The U.S. president’s comments have sparked widespread anger in Denmark, a country of 6 million ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced his appointment of five new city agency commissioners Saturday afternoon — including the first-ever formerly incarcerated person to serve as head of the Department of Correction.

Mamdani entrusted Stanley Richards, an ex-Rikers Island inmate and former executive vice president at The ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Damian Kevitt spent Saturday afternoon on a 10-mile bike ride with hundreds of other cyclists, a sticker displaying Alex Pretti's photo stuck to his jersey.

"These are just cyclists, clubs, bike shops and individuals who have come together and said, 'Hey, Alex was one of us,'" said Kevitt, while riding on Broadway in Santa ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho State Police may have to eliminate its only SWAT team. The Idaho Department of Correction could be forced to furlough all of its prison staff, leaving inmates locked in their cells and potentially leading to increased violence and riots.

Because of midyear budget cuts Gov. Brad Little called for in August, Idaho State...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Champlin Mayor Ryan Sabas, a Republican and supporter of President Donald Trump, is trying to keep track of immigration enforcement operations in his northwest Twin Cities suburb.

So when he heard federal agents were in the parking lot of a Champlin restaurant, he spoke with the general manager to figure out what happened. ...Read more