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Dan Burton has trapped hundreds of wild pigs for clients of his wildlife control company in Salinas, but even he was startled when he cut one of them open and found blue meat inside.

"I'm not talking about a little blue,"...Read more

U.S. families lose nearly $350 billion each year due to the incarceration of a loved one in jail or prison, according to a recent report from the criminal justice advocacy group FWD.us. The estimate includes both direct ...Read more

On a recent weekday evening, Ashly Richards helped her 13-year-old son, Case, with homework. He did math problems and some reading, underscoring how much he’s accomplished at his school for children with autism.

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PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia has recorded the fewest homicides in recent memory this year — a rate of violence that, after reaching record highs just three years ago, has plummeted to a pace the city has not seen since ...Read more

A “shiny” fossil found in an Alabama creek has been identified as the tooth of a large dinosaur that doesn’t quite belong at the site, experts say.

Hadrosaurs were land-dwellers, but the tooth surfaced in a spot ...Read more

Artificial intelligence is giving some climate research projects a much-needed boost at a time of worsening extreme weather and funding cuts that threaten science in the U.S. and elsewhere.

While generative AI faces ...Read more

Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani — who has faced heat lately over years-old social media posts critical of the police — came face-to-face with an audience of NYPD officers Tuesday night and told them he would,...Read more

LARGO — Friends and colleagues of Terry Bollea, the pro wrestler better known to the world as Hulk Hogan, gathered Tuesday evening to say goodbye to the Clearwater resident.

Bollea died July 24 at age 71.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will look at whether to remove some counter-tariffs against the U.S., despite winning an election in which he pledged to fight back against President Donald Trump’s trade war.

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Stanford University will lay off at least 363 employees this fall as part of $140 million in budget cuts driven by rising costs and changes in federal funding policies, including a steep revision to the endowment tax.

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Starting Wednesday, visitors to the Minnesota State Capitol will encounter tighter security and fewer public entry points under new measures announced by the Department of Public Safety.

The heightened security come a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Vice President JD Vance was “most likely” the heir-apparent to his Make America Great Again movement, but added there were also other potential candidates and that it was too ...Read more

Federal authorities in the United States revealed Tuesday that they will not seek the death penalty against three reputed Mexican drug cartel leaders, including an alleged former partner of the infamous “El Chapo” and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A prominent law firm suing L.A. County over childhood sexual abuse is pushing for a federal investigation into how so many children were harmed on the government's watch.

The county agreed in April to a $4...Read more

Woody Allen frequently attended “interesting” dinner parties hosted by Jeffrey Epstein, which he recalled being attended by an eclectic collection of VIP guests being “well served” by young women.

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LOS ANGELES — As many immigrant parents express fear about sending their children back to school next week, Los Angeles Unified has amassed $1 million in donations for a "compassion fund" for families affected by federal...Read more

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is ending contracts to develop vaccines using messenger RNA technology, another step in the agency’s changing practices toward vaccines under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...Read more

Worried about the possibility of losing congressional seats, California Republicans are trying several strategies to fight Gov. Gavin Newsom’s aggressive push to redistrict the state to boost Democrats in response to a ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The U.S. Department of Justice published a new list of immigration “sanctuary jurisdictions” Tuesday, and it includes the entire state of Minnesota.

The designation comes months after the department ...Read more