LOS ANGELES — Some National Weather Service offices in California are among those hit hardest by meteorologist vacancies, according to new data from an employee union — heightening concerns as the state contends with another potentially devastating fire season and the ongoing threat of extreme weather.

The staffing shortages have forced ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Federal agents continued to arrest mostly immigrants with no criminal convictions in sweeps that roiled Southern California over the last month, according to new data released Tuesday.

From June 1 and June 26, Immigration and Customs Enforcement data show 2,031 were arrested in a seven-county area. About 68% of those had no ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans eked out just enough votes Tuesday to clear the first procedural hurdle to floor consideration of proposal to claw back billions in previously appropriated foreign aid and public broadcasting funding, teeing up an expected vote-a-rama on amendments to the bill Wednesday.

The Senate agreed, 51-50, to a ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — What happens when the wrong person is at the center of a large-scale manhunt? A Garden City man can tell you.

Nick went to Bear Creek in Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest to spend his July 4 weekend hiking, camping and enjoying the outdoors with a friend.

While he was able to thoroughly enjoy the weekend, Nick had a shocking ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — More than half of the Mexican citizens detained by U.S. immigration agents and recently interviewed by Mexican consular authorities in Los Angeles had been living in the United States for at least a decade — and more than one-third had lived in the United States for more than 20 years.

Almost one-third of those interviewed had...Read more

CHICAGO — Already the calls are coming in at Chicago’s All Bright Solar.

Customers want solar roofs installed on their homes — and they want them before a federal tax credit worth about $8,000 expires at the end of the year.

The repeal of that tax credit under President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” is “pretty ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For the true-crime-loving public, the Innocence Project and Scott Peterson occupy opposite ends of the moral spectrum.

The project helps free the wrongly convicted, while Peterson is a philandering Modesto fertilizer salesman convicted two decades ago of murdering his pregnant wife and the child she carried at Christmastime.

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MIAMI -- Are those big, juicy burgers really bad for the planet? Alas, yes. Is eating organic food going to save it? Unfortunately, no, and that option might actually not be so good — at least for the ailing global climate.

Those just a couple of the takeaways from Miami writer Michael Grunwald’s deep dive into how humanity’s insatiable ...Read more

SEATTLE — As Seattle police use newly installed cameras to watch over areas with high crime rates, civil liberty advocates have expressed concerns over personal privacy and more government intrusion into everyday lives.

The reelection of President Donald Trump has only served to amplify those apprehensions, while adding a new level of unease....Read more

Four people in Florida have died this year from Vibrio vulnificus, a rare flesh-eating bacterium found in warm, brackish seawater, among 11 confirmed cases, according to state health officials.

CBS Miami reports the number is down from 2024, when infections peaked with 82 cases and 19 deaths. Health officials linked that spike to Hurricane ...Read more

MIAMI — Miami-Dade County Public Schools will no longer offer citizenship courses that have helped thousands of immigrants prepare for the naturalization exam and learn about American history and culture.

The courses, called Fast Track to Citizenship, previously available through the district’s Adult Education program, supported lawful ...Read more

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Tuesday opened an investigation into Brazil over its trade practices and whether they are unfairly restricting U.S. exports to the country, a week after President Donald Trump threatened a 50% tariff on the country.

The investigation, being conducted under Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act, will ...Read more

A California teacher was found dead in Sequoia National Park a day after being reported missing, according to the National Park Service.

Drew Hall, a 36-year-old boys basketball coach at Golden West High School in Visalia, was reported missing by friends and family in the late hours of Saturday after splitting up with his group earlier that day...Read more

Kevin Hassett, one of President Donald Trump’s longest-serving economic aides, is the early frontrunner to replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chief next year, according to people familiar with the process.

Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, and Kevin Warsh are the top two contenders in an Apprentice-like contest run by ...Read more

The prime minister of Australia, a longtime U.S. security partner in Asia, sought to focus his trip to China this week on business and trade opportunities, sidestepping thornier issues around U.S.-China competition such as Taiwan or Beijing’s military expansion.

Since taking office just over three years ago, Anthony Albanese has repaired his ...Read more

Former Canadian alt-right YouTuber Lauren Southern has accused manosphere influencer and alleged rapist Andrew Tate of sexual assault.

Southern alleges in her memoir, “This Is Not Real Life,” that Tate assaulted her after the two met in 2018 when she was 22 years old.

She released several chapters from her self-published book for free on ...Read more

Public broadcasting and a swath of foreign aid programs are on track to lose federal funding after the Senate voted to advance a $9.4 billion package of cuts on a 51 to 50 vote, with Vice President JD Vance breaking a tie.

The procedural vote is a strong sign the bill will pass the Senate after a marathon amendment session planned for ...Read more

Experts are warning that cuts the One Big Beautiful Bill Act makes to Medicaid pose a significant threat to rural hospitals, but hospitals across Virginia are bracing for the impact.

Chesapeake Regional Healthcare, for example, projects a loss of more than $20 million as a result of the cuts.

“While the fiscal impact on our organization is ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The family of Narciso Barranco was reunited with the 48-year-old landscaper on Tuesday, July 15, after bureaucratic delays postponed his bond release from the Adelanto U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center.

Barranco, of Tustin, whose detainment by ICE agents late last month in front of a Santa Ana business ...Read more