Nation and World
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Trump’s plan to begin ‘phasing out’ FEMA after hurricane season burdens states, experts warn
Jun 11, 2025 7:55 pm - SAN DIEGO — President Donald Trump's plan to begin “phasing out” the federal agency that responds to disasters after the 2025 hurricane season is likely to put more respo...
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What to know about the protests over Trump’s immigration crackdown in LA and other cities
Jun 11, 2025 6:49 pm - LOS ANGELES — Downtown Los Angeles bustled Wednesday with dog walkers and commuters as it returned to business as usual after the first night of curfew meant to tamp down...
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About 500 National Guard troops in LA are trained to accompany agents on immigration raids
Jun 11, 2025 6:48 pm - WASHINGTON — About 500 of the National Guard troops deployed to the Los Angeles protests have been trained to accompany agents on immigration operations, the commander in...
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An Omaha food plant owner says he followed the rules for hiring immigrants. It was raided anyway.
Jun 11, 2025 6:38 pm - OMAHA, Neb. — The owner of an Omaha food packaging company says his business has been unfairly hamstrung by federal immigration officials, who raided the plant and arrest...
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Anti-ICE protests spread across the country, from New York to Seattle
Jun 11, 2025 5:27 pm - Protests over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement have spread to cities across the United States, as the president warns that the deployment of national gu...
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Violent anti-immigrant riots follow sex assault arrests in Northern Ireland
Jun 11, 2025 5:09 pm - LONDON — Rioters broke windows, torched cars and attacked police with bricks and petrol bombs for a second night in a small Northern Ireland city late Tuesday, after publ...
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Jury convicts Harvey Weinstein of top charge in split verdict at #MeToo sex crimes retrial
Jun 11, 2025 4:34 pm - NEW YORK — Former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was convicted Wednesday of one of the top charges in his sex crimes retrial but acquitted of another, and jurors were as ye...
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Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary leader and summer’s poet laureate, dies at 82
Jun 11, 2025 11:59 am - Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime anthems and made him one of the world’s most influential recording artists, has died at 82.
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More than 55,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza health officials sayJun 11, 2025 8:12 am - The Palestinian death toll from the 20-month Israel-Hamas war has climbed past 55,000, the Gaza Health Ministry said Wednesday.
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Inflation barely rose last month as cheaper gas and cars offset some costlier importsJun 11, 2025 8:05 am - U.S. inflation picked up a bit last month as higher prices for groceries and some imported goods were largely offset by cheaper gas, travel services, and rents. Consumer prices increased 2.4% in May compared with a year ago, according to a Labor Department report released Wednesday. That is up from a 2.3% yearly increase in April. The cost of groceries, toys and games, and large appliances rose, which could reflect the impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs. Yet the price of new and used cars, clothes, air fares, and hotel rooms all dropped from April to May, offsetting the increases.