Iran Launches Attack on Kuwait, Inflaming Tensions in Region
A civilian was killed and dozens of others were injured at Kuwait’s international airport on Wednesday after Iran fired a...
This Is Why You Don’t Slash Humanitarian Aid
After Elon Musk “spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper,” as he put it last year, he and...
The Broad-Daylight Murder of a Town Brute: Revisiting a True-Crime Fable
In July 1981, Cheryl Huston looked out the back window of her parents’ grocery store in Skidmore, Mo., and watched...
A Mega Gallery Shrinks: Pace Cuts 50 Artists, 50 Staff
In perhaps the strongest sign yet of a major transformation in the art market, Pace Gallery plans to announce on...
How Does L.A. Count Election Ballots? It Begins With a Dog Sniff
In Los Angeles County, the process of counting election ballots begins with the dogs. Returned paper ballots are brought by...
Israel and Lebanon Agree to Renew Cease-Fire
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to renew their cease-fire and work toward a “comprehensive” agreement, the two nations announced on...
Flesh-Eating Pest Confirmed in U.S. Cattle
The New World screwworm — a fly whose larvae feed on the tissue of livestock, wildlife and pets — has...
Why Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Has to Fight for Her Job
Karen Bass will likely be the first incumbent mayor of Los Angeles since 2005 to have to fight for her...
Israel’s High Court Rejects Ban on Red Cross Visits for Palestinian Prisoners
The Supreme Court of Israel ruled on Wednesday that a government policy banning visits to Palestinian prisoners by representatives of...
Voters in California City Favor Permanent Ban on Data Centers
Voters in Monterey Park, Calif., appear to have overwhelmingly approved a ban on data centers, becoming what is believed to...
House Votes to Rein In Trump on Iran War, in a Bipartisan Rebuke
The House on Wednesday voted to direct President Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from the conflict with Iran or win...
They’re Messing With Texas: Knicks Fans Bring Hope and Hype to San Antonio
As soon as Eric Tom landed in San Antonio on Tuesday afternoon, the longtime Queens, N.Y., resident raced to baggage...
8 Indicted in $4.5 Million Scheme Involving Cheese, Meat and Cigarettes
Parmesan, pecorino, Manchego — 25,000 pounds of cheese. A truck full of lamb and another with nearly 40,000 pounds of...
Trump Says Iran War Is ‘Not a Big Thing’ for U.S.
President Trump said on Wednesday that the war in Iran was “not a big thing” for the United States in...
Louisiana ICE Facility Mistreated Immigrants, Federal Investigators Say
One officer at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center put an inmate in a chokehold while trying to break...
