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SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former intelligence agency chief Alexandre Ramagem celebrated on Thursday his release by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a two-day detention. He thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for his release, though he provided no …

By KAITLYN HUAMANI From an advertisement for an herbal remedy that promises to cure all to a video featuring a voice that sounds just like a movie star, you’ve surely encountered spam and scam advertisements online. And they have likely …

By SAVANNAH PETERS and JACQUES BILLEAUD PHOENIX (AP) — A man charged in the disappearance of a Navajo grandmother whose case has highlighted the crisis of violence against Native Americans pleaded guilty Thursday to robbery as part of a second …

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN MIAMI (AP) — A longtime informant who traveled the world partying with rogue U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents avoided a prison sentence this week after admitting he failed to pay taxes on nearly $4 …

INGLEWOOD — The Clippers were never going to be NBA champions this season, a fact made clear over the past four weeks when they couldn’t win the games that mattered. Yes, they lost to San Antonio twice and Oklahoma City …

At this year’s Earth Day celebration in Pasadena on Saturday, adults and kids will get lessons for making compost, conserving water and power and recycling — all traditional ways for greening Planet Earth. Meanwhile, down in the lower Arroyo Seco, …

By MAE ANDERSON, CATHY BUSSEWITZ and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILLIPS NEW YORK (AP) — A looming jet fuel shortage in Europe and Asia sparked by the Iran war and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz could further upend world travel …

By Marianne Love Get your binoculars ready. Put on comfortable walking shoes. And then head out to spy for local birds and native plants at the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area in the San Fernando Valley where San Fernando Valley Audubon Society …

A 23-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a Walnut man and a Baldwin Park police officer was seen by a neighbor earlier that evening firing a rifle into the air and reloading, a sheriff’s detective testified on Thursday, April 16, …

By GISELA SALOMON A Venezuelan man pleaded his case to asylum officials on Thursday in an interview that his wife, a well-known doctor in South Texas, planned to attend until she was detained at the airport with the couple’s 5-year-old …

One man was fatally shot and another wounded inside a Chatham apartment Wednesday night. The incident occurred around 10:40 p.m. Several men were inside the apartment, in the 7900 block of South Saint Lawrence Avenue, when an argument became physical, …

Sir Keir Starmer has ordered the Foreign Office to explain how Lord Peter Mandelson was cleared to become UK ambassador (Picture: Reuters) Sir Keir Starmer is under fire after it was revealed Lord Peter Mandelson was cleared to become US …

Record Store Day is an annual tradition that, while celebrated around the country, gets special treatment in Chicago. This Saturday, expect more than three dozen shops in the area to fete the day with live events and fresh pressings, including …

Soon, voters will elect all 21 members of the Chicago School Board for the first time. It’s a significant shift for the governing body, which was under mayoral control for decades. The city held its first-ever school board elections in …

Area creatives are leaning into local storytelling through short documentaries and stories that celebrate differences and community in the 42nd annual Chicago Latino Film Festival. This year’s film festival, kicking off Thursday, features four locally produced films, including a short …

Illinois state police fatally shot an armed man during a domestic incident Wednesday night in Woodlawn on the South Side. State troopers responded to a domestic battery call on Interstate 57 at around 10:50 p.m. and found the armed man …

DEAR ABBY: My mother passed away recently. She suffered from dementia and was a cancer survivor, but she lived well into her 80s. It was difficult for me to witness her mental decline when I spoke to her on the …

In November 2023, about a year after Elon Musk took over Twitter, Media Matters for America made a splash with a report claiming that the platform, by then rebranded as X, was “placing ads for Apple, Bravo, IBM, Oracle, and …

LOS ANGELES — Despite adding 55 newcomers to its roster less than six months ago, the UCLA football team has quickly developed a family environment among its players. Just ask senior wide receiver Landon Ellis, who spoke Thursday after the …

CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. (AP) — DNA analysis has identified the remains found in a car in the Columbia River as those of an Oregon family that went missing in 1958 while on a trip to find Christmas greenery, authorities said …