CABAZON, Calif. — Mark Whaling and a crew raced up and down a hill in a tanker truck as they battled a wildfire in Los Angeles County, scrambling to get […]

Dave Shapiro, groundbreaking music executive, dies in San Diego plane crash at 42
Dave Shapiro, a groundbreaking music executive in the heavy metal and hard rock scene, has died in a San Diego plane crash. He was 42. Shapiro had a pilot’s license […]

Harvard University sues the Trump administration over ban on foreign students
Harvard University sues the Trump administration over ban on enrolling foreign students Source link

Education Department opens investigation of admissions at selective Virginia high school
WASHINGTON — The Education Department said Thursday it is opening a civil rights investigation into Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia over the admissions policy at an elite, selective high […]

Reproductive rights advocates sue Arizona over laws regulating abortion
PHOENIX — Reproductive rights advocates sued Arizona on Thursday to unravel several laws regulating abortion in the state. The lawsuit was filed by two providers in the state and the […]

Alaska city reaches $2.1M settlement with family of a teen fatally shot by a police
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska’s largest city has reached a $2.1 million settlement with the family of a 16-year-old girl who was holding a knife last August when she was fatally […]

Trump’s Harvard visa threat could wipe out several of the school’s sports teams
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Some of Harvard’s sports teams would be virtually wiped out by a Trump administration decision announced on Thursday that would make the Ivy League school with the […]

Indigenous Amazon tribe says New York Times story led to its members being smeared as porn addicts
LOS ANGELES — An Indigenous tribe from the Brazilian Amazon has sued The New York Times, saying the newspaper’s reporting on the tribe’s first exposure to the internet led to […]

Trump relishes uttering the outlandish. Here’s where some of his most showstopping comments stand
WASHINGTON — It may start as a casual aside, a wee-hours social post or a much-hyped announcement. Whatever the delivery mechanism, President Donald Trump loves to toss out startling ideas […]

Trump vowed to ease sanctions on Syria. How quickly that happens is up for debate
WASHINGTON — Since President Donald Trump announced his intent to end a half-century of U.S. sanctions on Syria, a debate has developed in his administration over how quickly and thoroughly […]