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ABOARD THE MOLLY B, on the Salish Sea — They are big. They are beautiful. And they are back.

The return of the humpback whale to greater numbers than observed in decades is part of a larger revival of marine mammals in ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The last known act of Ana Knezevich’s life was to finalize the sale of a house in Oakland Park.

Within hours of signing the deal, the 40-year-old Fort Lauderdale woman disappeared from her ...Read more

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Cori Roberts was living in a rented basement four years ago when she was diagnosed with early stage cervical cancer.

Recently divorced, the former stay-at-home mother had started working again in her ...Read more

MENAHGA, Minn. — The culture in this north central Minnesota city is defined by faith, farming and Finnish heritage.

A statue of St. Urho, the fictional patron saint of Finland, stands 12 feet tall in the middle of ...Read more

HORNBROOK, Calif. — The expeditionary force, a squad of officers from the Los Angeles Police Department, deployed to this rugged little mountain town near the Oregon border with a singular mission.

Stationing ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As she prepares to return home after four terms in the House and one in the Senate, Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis is optimistic her home state of Wyoming is in a strong position to take advantage of growing...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida is launching its own college-level U.S. history course for high school students, trying to teach “the full scope” of America’s story, but some experts say the proposed lesson plans present ...Read more

A man accused of repeatedly ramming his car into Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn pleaded guilty to damaging religious property in federal court on Wednesday, officials said.

Dan Sohail, 36, faces a maximum...Read more

President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing for the first state visit to China by a U.S. leader in nine years, as the world’s two largest economies look to stabilize ties with a summit playing out against the backdrop of ...Read more

The United Arab Emirates denied that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had visited the Gulf country, shortly after Israel said he made a “secret visit” to the UAE.

“The UAE reaffirms that its relations with ...Read more

LONDON — The United Kingdom’s governing Labour Party was headed for a divisive battle over the country’s top political office, as a leading Cabinet member prepared to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Allies ...Read more

Roads lined with looted and charred buildings, gun smoke hanging in the air and the presence of heavily armed men and boys are stark reminders of the relentless violence consuming Haiti’s volatile capital.

For ...Read more

Rainfall across much of California and the West has become more clustered in heavier storms, with longer dry spells in between.

The net effect is a drying out, researchers found in a new study. It isn’t just the western...Read more

DENVER — The end of the Colorado legislative session often is raucous and tense. But on Wednesday, the 2026 session’s conclusion was more muted — with no major last-minute deals and no major standoffs on pivotal ...Read more

MIAMI — Marly Metayer, the mother of slain Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen, has filed to run for her daughter’s city commission seat, records show.

Her campaign manager David Metellus said she filed to ...Read more

NEW YORK — The NYPD crushed 200 dirt bikes, mopeds and scooters beneath the treads of two bulldozers outside a Sanitation Department garage on Staten Island Wednesday.

The demolished motorbikes were among more than 5,...Read more

TORONTO — The western Canadian province of Alberta will appeal a court ruling that blocks a potential vote on separation from the country, after a judge found the government failed to meet its obligation to consult with ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In the days after she killed two boys in a Westlake Village crosswalk with her SUV, Rebecca Grossman never admitted culpability in the crash to her lover Scott Erickson, despite testimony from another ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court sent shock waves across the Palmetto State and beyond Wednesday when it announced it was overturning Alex Murdaugh’s double murder conviction in the 2021 deaths of his ...Read more