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The Trump administration is being criticized after granting a permit to Trilogy Metals Inc. to build a 211-mile gravel road through the Alaskan wilderness. Trilogy has plans to develop copper, zinc, and mineral deposits in the region, part of a …

President Trump’s senior counselor for trade and manufacturing Peter Navarro, who served four months in prison for not complying with a congressional subpoena related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, is piling on criticism of …

Daniel Palencia is nearing a return from the injured list. But that doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll be stepping right back into his role as the Cubs’ closer. Righty Jacob Webb has been terrific as the team’s closer/go-to reliever in games’ …

There’s plenty of speed to go around between Pete Crow-Armstrong and Shohei Ohtani, a couple of baseball’s elite base-stealers. But their race for the NL MVP is looking less like a race and more like a heavyweight fight. The duo …

By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of the tinderbox weather conditions that sparked Canada’s massive summer wildfires and in turn angered U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a study released Thursday. And fire and …

A monthslong, politically charged dispute involving 650,000 seized ballots, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco and California’s attorney general is getting its day before the state’s highest court. The California Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for Monday, Aug. 24, in …

By JIM GOMEZ MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States has asked the Philippine government to extradite a Filipino church leader, who was once an influential adviser to former President Rodrigo Duterte, to face trial on charges including child sex …

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB BEIRUT (AP) — Global and Lebanese rights groups on Thursday accused Israel of intentionally targeting and killing Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil earlier this year and obstructing medical workers from reaching her as she lay critically wounded. Khalil, …

By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jalapeño peppers linked to a multistate salmonella outbreak have been traced back to a grower in Sinaloa, Mexico, federal officials say. At least 345 people in 27 states have been …

By WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON (AP) — The speed limit along Pennsylvania Avenue is 25 mph. But the open-wheel race cars roaring through the longest straightaway of the upcoming Washington IndyCar race organized by President Donald Trump could be going nearly …

By PETER SMITH KIRTLAND. Ohio (AP) — Elder Brian Garner led a small group of visitors through the sturdy wooden door of what looked like an ordinary colonial church. But nearly two centuries ago, it was where a radical departure …

By KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writer Millions of people will get to experience — and film or photograph — a rare total solar eclipse set to sweep over parts of Europe next week. The event is expected to boost tourism …

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has issued an injunction against the city of Pasadena preventing it from enforcing stop work orders and the tree protection ordinance against Pasadena Unified School District’s ongoing soil remediation and tree removal work. …

Guitarist Todd Jones and vocalist Ryan George got a pitch at last year’s Sound and Fury festival. Van Nuys-based metallic-hardcore band God’s Hate asked Jones to jump onstage and perform a song from his project that hadn’t been active in …