NEW YORK — Shane Tamura, the gunman who killed an NYPD officer and three civilians before taking his own life inside a Midtown Manhattan Park Avenue skyscraper, left a second suicide note behind in his Las Vegas home, police sources said Wednesday.

The newly discovered note is similar to the three-page suicide screed found folded up in Tamura...Read more

A record-high share of Americans now have a negative view of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to the latest Gallup poll.

At the same time, support for Israel’s military actions in the Gaza Strip has plummeted to a record low.

The survey comes as Netanyahu’s government faces growing international condemnation for its ...Read more

SEOUL, South Korea — Since taking office in January, President Trump has expressed an interest in restarting talks with Kim Jong Un, whom he met for a series of unsuccessful denuclearization summits in 2018 and 2019.

But throwing cold water on the latest hopes of a Round 2 is none other than Kim Yo Jong, the powerful younger sister of the ...Read more

By almost any measure, living through a once-in-a-century pandemic emergency that killed 7 million people — including 1.1 million in the U.S. alone — was a harrowing experience.

Now, there's new evidence suggesting our brains bear the scars of that ordeal.

Living through the pandemic aged our brains faster — even among people who never ...Read more

NEW YORK — The funeral for NYPD Officer Didarul Islam, one of the four people killed in a mass shooting in a Midtown Park Ave. skyscraper, will be held Thursday morning in a Bronx mosque.

Mayor Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Wednesday went to the 47th Precinct stationhouse where Islam worked to attend morning roll call and talk ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — While the total number of deaths on state roads has been trending down so far this year, one number is up considerably: fatalities and injuries involving bikes and e-bikes.

“Wow, there’s something going on here,” Department of Transportation spokesperson Josh Morgan said, after seeing a more than a 350% increase in ...Read more

The potential redrawing of California's congressional district lines could upend the balance of power in Washington, D.C., in next year's midterm congressional election. The unusual and unexpected redistricting may take place in coming months because of sparring among President Donald Trump, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and California Gov. Gavin ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — When people walked into the Downtown Women's Center in Skid Row seeking help, the organization often turned to a lifeline.

The center enrolled people in a temporary housing subsidy designed to help homeless individuals pay rent for a limited time while they get back on their feet.

Lately, that's not an option.

In April, the ...Read more

For the last 16 years, Isabel has worked harvesting carrots, lemons and grapes in the Coachella Valley.

The undocumented mother of three — who, like others The Times spoke with, declined to give her last name out of fear for her family’s safety — says the heat in recent summers has been increasingly difficult to manage. And now, with ...Read more

In the wake of the Trump administration’s decision to dismantle the research arm of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a robust if little-known California agency known as the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment is poised to take on an even bigger role to bridge the gap.

The EPA this month announced that it was eliminating ...Read more

More states are passing laws to protect information generated by a person’s brain and nervous system as technology improves the ability to unlock the sensitive details of a person’s health, mental states, emotions, and cognitive functioning.

Colorado, California, and Montana are among the states that have recently required safeguarding ...Read more

Worried about large numbers of workers without a nest egg, Nevada this month launched a new retirement program for private sector workers who lack access to one.

The program requires employers with six or more employees to participate — unless they already sponsor an employee retirement plan.

Employees, who can opt out, are automatically ...Read more

The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s controversial former personal attorney to a lifetime federal appeals court post Tuesday on a narrow party-line vote.

Emil Bove, who has served as a Justice Department official in the first few months of Trump’s second term, will take a lifetime post on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd ...Read more

For the first time this year, a sample of mosquitoes in Las Vegas has tested positive for West Nile virus, the Southern Nevada Health District announced on Tuesday.

The health district said it identified mosquitoes in the 89123 ZIP code, in south Las Vegas north of Silverado Ranch Boulevard, that tested positive for the disease.

The ...Read more

The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, as the federal agency adjusts to widespread layoffs and cancellations of public health programs.

Susan Monarez will take the helm as director of the Atlanta-based CDC following a 51 to 47 vote, after Republicans ...Read more

Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official and former personal attorney for President Donald Trump, was approved along party lines Tuesday night for a lifetime seat as a federal appeals judge in Philadelphia, capping a remarkably contentious process that will secure a prominent place in the judiciary for one Trump’s fiercest defenders.

The ...Read more

JEFFERSON CITY — Republican leaders in the Missouri Capitol are considering the possibility of holding a special session in September to redraw the state’s congressional boundaries.

President Donald Trump is pushing red states like Texas to redraw their maps ahead of the 2026 midterms in hopes of keeping GOP control of the narrowly divided ...Read more

Jails in metro Atlanta are funneling a growing number of foreign-born inmates into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, data from sheriffs’ offices show.

The numbers are starkest in the region’s most immigrant-heavy jurisdictions.

From April to June, the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office received 218 requests from ICE to ...Read more