By RIO YAMAT U.S. airlines spent $6.66 billion on jet fuel in May, the second straight month that fuel costs topped $6 billion, according to government data released Tuesday. The May figure was 84% higher than a year earlier. Airlines …
US airlines’ monthly fuel spending topped $6 billion again in May, up 84% from year ago Read MoreBy JACK BROOK and HALLIE GOLDEN A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a man in Houston after he attempted to evade arrest in his vehicle during an operation Tuesday, the agency said. The Department of Homeland …
Immigration agent fatally shot a man in Houston during an enforcement operation, authorities say Read MoreLightning sparked a new fire in Mesa Verde National Park on Monday evening, shutting down part of the park, according to the National Park Service. As of Tuesday morning, the Wetherill Mesa area was closed to the public for the …
Lightning-sparked wildfire closes part of Colorado’s Mesa Verde National Park Read MoreAlmost heaven? Not even close. Within moments of another U.S. meltdown in another World Cup Round of 16 Monday night, John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” was replaced on this summer’s American jukebox with chorus after chorus of another …
World Cup: U.S. still not among the world’s elite Read MoreTORRANCE — The Sparks will need a spark when they have the opportunity to end the team’s season-long three-game losing streak against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever on Wednesday night. They hope to do that by focusing on consistency …
Sparks searching for answers before hosting Caitlin Clark and the Fever Read MoreARLINGTON, Texas — Mike Trout is steaming toward a return to the Angels’ lineup, but he wasn’t quite there yet on Tuesday. After an off day on Monday, Trout went through a full workout on Tuesday, including running the bases, …
Mike Trout progressing but still out of Angels’ lineup Read MoreDEAR ABBY: I never want to eat my husband’s cooking again. He refuses to follow recipes because he says they are “too hard.” He doesn’t use seasonings — or he uses the wrong ones. An example: He recently put cinnamon …
Dear Abby: Husband is a mad scientist in the kitchen Read MoreLike thousands of immigrants caught up in the federal government’s Operation Midway Blitz last fall, Jose Enrique Ojeda Duarte spent seven months in detention centers before U.S. officials deported him to Caracas, Venezuela, in April. But his story took a …
Chicago man deported in ‘error’ has been struggling to adjust since feds returned him to the U.S. Read MoreThere’s just something about an outdoor concert in the summer — the sounds, the stars, the opportunity to assemble a righteous picnic. And July is the peak month to savor these shows across Chicago, with so much on offer. Taste …
10 outdoor concerts that let you fully embrace Chicago summer Read MoreA 7-ton glass security desk designed by the late renowned architect Frank Gehry for the Inland Steel Building is now up for auction online, with its consignor looking to get between $100,000 and $200,000 for the work. The blocky, 16-piece …
A Loop glass desk designed by Frank Gehry — all 7 tons of it — heads to auction Read MoreThe county Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to pay $3 million to settle a federal lawsuit filed by two people whose arrests outside a Lancaster grocery store led to a sheriff’s deputy’s felony conviction that was later reduced to a …
LA County to pay $3 million over Lancaster grocery store arrests Read MoreJamilet Ramos’ puppies Rocky and Canelo wait to get vaccinations in a shopping cart at the Community Animal Medicine Project low-cost veterinary clinic inside PetSmart in Northridge on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) …
CAMP Northridge opens, offering low-cost veterinary care Read MoreLocal and federal law enforcement officials in Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 7 announced the arrest of two-dozen defendants — 11 of them in California — connected to what authorities say are three India-based transnational organized crime rings and charged …
37 tied to accused India crime rings charged with offenses that extend into Southern California Read MoreVCA Animal Hospitals, the largest network of veterinary hospitals and clinics in North America, is in various stages of laying off nearly 200 corporate and veterinarian staff as it restructures the chain’s corporate headquarters in Los Angeles and closes a …
VCA Animal Hospitals laying off nearly 200 across L.A. and Bay Area Read MoreThe Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, July 7, officially authorized implementation of a half-percent (0.5%) sales tax bump that county voters inched across the finish line by less than a percentage point in the June 2 primary …
Measure ER sales tax is now official; LA County starts collecting your taxes Oct. 1 Read MoreGeorge E. Johnson Sr., the onetime chemist who built Chicago-based Johnson Products Co., the nation’s largest producer of cosmetics and hair products for African Americans, died on Monday at his Chicago home. The death was confirmed in a statement by …
George E. Johnson Sr., Black hair care pioneer who created Afro Sheen, dies at 99 Read MoreThere’s more than one way to defeat a tax increase. On Monday, California Assembly Republicans led by Carl DeMaio, R-San Diego, sent a letter to federal officials and urged them to “deny federal approval of California’s recently enacted Managed Care …
Will Washington save Californians from Sacramento’s MCO tax scheme? Read MoreThe 1998 election of Gray Davis as governor was something of a fluke. Davis had climbed the political ladder one rung at a time, from serving as Gov. Jerry Brown’s chief of staff to a seat in the state Assembly, …
California unions want to unwind a landmark pension reform. Who will foot the bill? Read MoreNatalie Kirkpatrick believes the Illinois prison system is deliberately neglecting her son. Connor Kirkpatrick is incarcerated at downstate Big Muddy River Correctional Center. After attempting to take his own life by burning down his dad’s empty Lakewood home in May …
Illinois prison healthcare still poor as state goes 1 year without long-term medical provider Read MoreMoon Alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Aries. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day Today the moon in your sign is lined up with stern Saturn, which can make you …
Horoscope for Tuesday, July 07, 2026 Read More