The U.S. military said it has been able to degrade Iran’s ability to target ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz as President Donald Trump floated the idea of “winding down” military efforts in the Persian Gulf.

Trump’s comments came shortly after he ruled out a ceasefire and kept the door open to deploying ground troops, ...Read more

The wife of “19 Kids and Counting” star Joseph Duggar was arrested on Friday, three days after her husband was taken into custody for allegedly molesting a 9-year-old girl while on vacation in Florida six years ago.

Kendra Duggar is facing four counts each of second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree false ...Read more

In the days after Haiti President Jovenel Moïse was brazenly shot to death in his hillside home above Port-au-Prince more than four years ago, federal agents fanned out across South Florida in search of a connection.

They served search warrants at the homes and businesses of four individuals: two operators of a Miami-Dade security firm that ...Read more

Donald Trump’s decision to wage war on Iran was partly motivated by pressure from outside allies while his own White House team stayed more muted — underscoring how in his second term, guardrails have been traded for a green light.

Those privately pressing Trump to strike Iran included Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, media mogul ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — More than three decades after a landmark decision called for Los Angeles to limit its taking of water to raise the level of Mono Lake, California regulators are reexamining why the lake still hasn’t rebounded and what should be done about it.

At the request of state water officials, UCLA climate scientists developed a new ...Read more

MIAMI — Less than a week after Jeffrey Epstein was found dead inside his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, something was afoot inside an office where the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ After Action Team had set up a probe into what had happened to their most high-profile inmate.

The FBI was told that there were people ...Read more

The U.S. military said it has been able to degrade Iran’s ability to target ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz as President Donald Trump floated the idea of “winding down” military efforts in the Persian Gulf.

Trump’s comments came shortly after he ruled out a ceasefire and kept the door open to deploying ground troops, ...Read more

In January, when President Donald Trump unveiled his one-page outline to address health care spending, dubbed “The Great Healthcare Plan,” he specifically mentioned the Affordable Care Act’s role in driving up costs.

“I call it the unaffordable care act,” he said. He reprised the line in his 2026 State of the Union address, blaming �...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The most destructive wildfires in Southern California history. The region's wettest holiday season. The hottest March heat wave on record.

In the last 15 months, the Southland has seen a trio of extreme weather events, and UC climate scientist Daniel Swain says there's one clear through line connecting them all.

"All of the ...Read more

The Trump administration has signaled a willingness to halt billions of dollars in federal health payments to multiple states, mirroring moves it made against Minnesota.

The specific target is Medicaid, the public health insurance program that pairs state and federal money. Federal officials have announced unprecedented actions in Minnesota ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla — When Nathalia Assaad first heard the bang, bang, bang, bang that would come to haunt her, she mistook the sound for construction.

“Wow,” she thought, pausing in her lush backyard in Lutz, a suburb north of Tampa. “Someone sure is eager to put that roof on.”

Assaad and her husband left on a trip soon after that October ...Read more

Waking up to the dawn chorus of birds – one of the natural world’s greatest symphonies – is a joy like no other. It is not surprising that bird-watching has become an increasingly popular hobby.

A simple way to start bird-watching is to buy a feeder, a pair of binoculars and a field guide, and begin watching birds from your ...Read more

On Easter Sunday, festively decorated churches across the United States will be filled with worshippers eager to celebrate the most important day in the Christian year.

While some will attend services led by pastors who are women, the overwhelming majority of worshippers will not. Women constitute 23.7% of professional clergy in the U...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Kansas City neighborhood association with a road named after César E. Chávez running through it weighed in Friday on the revelations surrounding the civil rights leader.

A New York Times investigation reported that César E. Chávez, the late United Farm Workers union leader who became a national icon for workers and...Read more