LOS ANGELES (AP) — After weeks of windy and dry weather, rain has fallen in parched Southern California and is expected to aid firefighters who are mopping up multiple wildfires. But potentially heavy downpours on charred hillsides could bring new troubles such as toxic ash runoff. Los Angeles County crews spent much of the past […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said Saturday that he had a call planned with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the next 24 hours. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Trump said he and Starmer “get along well” despite him being “liberal, which is a little bit different for me.” (Reporting by Nandita […]

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A public teacher in Pennsylvania was put on leave after allegedly calling a Palestinian American middle school student an extremist, the school district and a Muslim advocacy group said. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Human rights advocates say there has been a rise in anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian and antisemitic hate in the […]

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he would like to see Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations increase the number of Palestinian refugees they are accepting from the Gaza Strip, potentially moving out enough of the population to “just clean out” the war-torn area to create a virtual clean slate. […]

A private investigator embroiled in a corruption scandal that rocked New Mexico’s law enforcement community for over a decade was the first to plead guilty to a slew of federal charges that include racketeering and bribery, according to court records released Friday. Ricardo Mendez took part in a yearslong scheme between a law firm he […]