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LOS ANGELES — Towering granite spires whiz by in the background, and Joseph Brambila howls with delight, in a YouTube video he shot of himself sliding on his butt down a steep, snowy slope on the upper reaches of Mount ...Read more

A group of 19 states sued the Trump administration to block a $100,000 fee for any new applications for H-1B visas, which allow employers in the U.S. to hire skilled foreign workers.

The mostly Democrat-led states argue ...Read more

Almost a half-mile below the surface of Monterey Bay, California, scientists recently recorded rare footage of a seven-arm octopus— only the fourth time the same research team has spotted the species in about four ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis residents noticed a new strategy in the ongoing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, OR ICE, operation in the Twin Cities this week: helicopters flying overhead.

In an emailed statement, a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Months of tension between Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and members of the City Council burst into public view Friday when the council rebuffed the mayor's request to significantly increase police hiring.

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Public speakers at Maryland’s final redistricting hearing overwhelmingly backed Democratic efforts to redraw the state’s congressional map, but written testimony submitted to the state tells a sharply different story. ...Read more

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff is headed to Europe to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders this weekend in Berlin, according to The Wall Street Journal, as part of President Donald Trump’s push for...Read more

SpaceX has authorized an insider share sale that values Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite maker at about $800 billion, according to a company message seen by Bloomberg on Friday.

The company also said it’s preparing ...Read more

MIAMI — Radio Mambí — the iconic Miami station long considered a pillar of the Cuban exile community — will go off the air as we know it on Friday at 11:59 p.m. For more than four decades, it served as a gathering ...Read more

The Trump administration is ending the family-reunification parole programs for Cuba, Haiti and six other Latin American countries in another blow to legal migration from the region.

The Department of Homeland Security �...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland proposed a new $242 million settlement with hundreds of parishioners who claim they were sexually abused for years at the hands of local clergy, a plan that drew ...Read more

President Donald Trump said the U.S. would be “starting” land strikes on drug operations in Latin America, though again declined to provide details on when and where the escalation of his military campaign would ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Air Force pushed back the estimated delivery date for the first of two new Air Force One jets by another year to mid-2028, giving Boeing Co. even less wiggle room to meet President Donald Trump’s ...Read more

A coalition of states is suing the Trump administration over a policy charging employers $100,000 for each new H-1B visa they request for foreign employees to work in the U.S. — calling it a threat not only to major ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate leaders plan for the chamber to vote next week to clear the bicameral compromise National Defense Authorization Act for President Donald Trump’s signature.

As the fiscal 2026 bill edges closer to ...Read more

Congress appears poised to spend money in 2026 on beach replenishment projects in wake of the zero dollars it allocated this year.

But bills proposed in the House by U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., and in the Senate...Read more

MIAMI — The U.S. Southern Command, the Pentagon’s combatant outpost based in Miami-Dade County that is at the center of escalating tensions in the southern Caribbean, has a new commander.

Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey ...Read more