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Maeve Priestley was overcome with anxiety when she woke up early one morning and discovered the driver’s side window of her Honda Civic had been smashed out. Priestley, 26, cried outside her Lake View condo building as she assessed the …

By COREY WILLIAMS DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A home where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders planned strategies during the Civil Rights movement in the Deep South has been rebuilt at a Michigan museum after being dismantled …

By LORNE COOK BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations agreed on Friday to open membership talks with Ukraine next week, officially launching the process for the war-torn country to eventually join the world’s biggest trading bloc. At a meeting in …

Malibu, Los Angeles County Beaches, Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast, Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast and Ventura County Beaches are included in an updated beach hazards statement issued by the National Weather Service on Friday at 12:07 p.m. The statement …

By MICHELLE L. PRICE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said the U.S. is close to signing a deal with Iran to wind down the war, with a memorandum of understanding to be signed in the coming days. But some …

By BETH HARRIS LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ronnie Schell, who played the best friend to the title character on the 1960s sitcom “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.” and whose gradual ascendancy in show business earned him the title of “America’s Slowest Rising …

By Alex Longley, Grant Smith, Prejula Prem and Alaric Nightingale | Bloomberg Shipowners are watching warily for a peace deal between the US and Iran and what it would mean for the Strait of Hormuz, with some tanker owners expressing …

An international fugitive accused of executing a man in Orange County and orchestrating a botched murder for hire in San Jose that left the wrong person dead has been returned to the United States after being captured in Laos, authorities …

Moon Alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Taurus. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day Tread carefully today because you’re eager to get out and talk to others. In fact, short …

The decision to lift the Chicago ban on video gambling terminals has divided the City Council and exacerbated tensions between alderpersons and Mayor Brandon Johnson. On Thursday, a new and potentially broader front opened in the ongoing battle. Johnson asked …

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ HAVANA (AP) — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday announced a package of economic reforms aimed at attracting investment, expanding participation by Cubans living abroad in the economy and decentralizing parts of the country’s administration. The president …

In the year 2026, news feeds reflect how chaotic and complicated current events have become on a daily basis. It was enough of a concern for Lucinda Williams to record “World Gone Wrong,” an album in which she tapped into …

By CLAUDIA LAUER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER FBI agents have searched the office of an Ohio group that supports voter registration efforts, seizing documents and computer files, a board member of the organization said Friday. It’s the latest action by …

This way, beckons Thành Tran, urging his visitors to follow him through his white side gate. They trail him into his backyard, where he grows dragon fruit, tangerines and guava. If you stand on the low brick wall, you can …

Thirty-four years before Victor Glover took a trip around the moon, he made another important journey: Crossing the graduation stage as a member of the Ontario High School Class of 1994. On Friday, two months after circling the moon as …

The Pasadena Unified School District’s plan to remove toxic soil from 11 sites has come under scrutiny from local community advocates over the proposed removal of about 200 trees. The plan came in response to results from soil testing done …