TEHRAN, Iran — In typical times, Nowruz is a much-anticipated moment of hope across Iran.

Preparations for the Persian New Year begin days in advance, with people spring-cleaning their home — “shaking the house,” as the expression goes — or buying new clothes and furniture.

Tehran’s streets burst with shoppers perusing markets for...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — An election judge in northern Minnesota’s Hubbard County has pled guilty to a felony for allowing 11 unregistered people to vote in November 2024.

Timothy Scouton, 65, of Nevis, Minnesota, was charged with two counts: accepting ballots from the unregistered voters and neglect of duty in his posting at the Badoura Township ...Read more

DENVER — Tens of millions of dollars that Denver International Airport officials invested in reconfiguring security screening checkpoints have helped keep the airport relatively quick for travelers amid the double trouble of a spring break surge and the federal government shutdown.

Security wait times at DIA over the past two weeks averaged ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — No Kings, the recurring nationwide protests against the policies of President Donald Trump, is back for 2026.

Over 3,000 No Kings rallies are scheduled for Saturday, and will focus on Trump, his policies, escalations of immigration enforcement tactics in Minnesota, and ICE’s increased presence nationwide.

It marks the third ...Read more

Israeli officials said the country will persist with strikes against Iran even as U.S. President Donald Trump claimed talks are underway to end the conflict, further unsettling energy and financial markets.

Defense Minister Israel Katz said the campaign, now in its 25th day, would continue “at full intensity,” while Energy Minister Eli ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Social media giant TikTok will need to provide the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office with internal documents as part of a case brought by the state after a Hennepin County judge ruled the civil lawsuit may proceed.

Tiktok, the mega-popular short-form video purveyor, faces a lawsuit from Minnesota over the way it markets and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The California Department of Justice on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration order that called on a private Texas-based firm to revive controversial oil pipelines along the Central Coast despite ongoing state and local objections.

The March 13 order from U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright ...Read more

I grew up in Sri Lanka. Much of my adolescence was spent in Kandy, a city built around a lake, set amid the lush tea plantations of the hill country. Its northern shore houses the Temple of the Tooth, one of Buddhism’s most sacred sites. Each year, it came alive with drummers, dancers and elephants parading through the streets in a “...Read more

The world economy’s first signs of a synchronized shock emerged in business surveys revealing how the Iran war’s fallout is crippling growth momentum and stoking prices.

Multiple purchasing manager indexes compiled by S&P Global for March showed declines. Among the releases on Tuesday, composite measures for the U.S. and the euro zone were ...Read more

NEW YORK — Passengers of the Air Canada jet that slammed into a Port Authority firetruck at LaGuardia Airport praised the two pilots killed in the crash, saying their quick reflexes likely prevented further deaths.

Multiple passengers recalled feeling the pilots braking “extremely hard” as the plane touched down on the Queens runway ...Read more

DETROIT — A Grosse Pointe Public School System parent has sued the district after it issued him a no-trespass order for posting a video on social media criticizing LGBTQ flags hung at the middle school in September 2024, arguing the district violated his free speech rights.

The lawsuit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. —Two shallow earthquakes were reported late Monday in Dillsboro, North Carolina, and hundreds of people have reported they felt the shaking, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Both of the quakes count as mild – a 2.7 magnitude around 8 p.m. and a 2.2 magnitude just after 10 p.m. – which are often too subtle to be ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture over new funding conditions the states argue are unlawful and could jeopardize food assistance and other programs.

The lawsuit challenges a policy adopted Dec. 31, 2025, that requires states receiving ...Read more

SEATTLE — The deadly collision between an Air Canada plane and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York City has raised alarm about the possibility of a plane speeding into another aircraft or vehicle on the jetway.

It’s too soon to know what caused Sunday's accident, which saw an Air Canada jet collide with an airport fire engine, and...Read more

WASHINGTON — As a deadline arrives this week to nominate a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, some Republicans are skeptical the administration will find someone who can check all the boxes necessary for confirmation.

The candidate will need the “Make America Healthy Again” mindset of Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...Read more

Fighting between the U.S.-Israeli alliance and Iran raged unabated, even as President Donald Trump claimed talks are under way to end the conflict.

Iran carried out overnight missile and drone attacks on the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv, Eilat and Dimona, as well as on U.S. bases in the Middle East. Israel launched a wave of strikes in western ...Read more

It’s been half a century since the Vietnam War, when journalists had almost unrestricted access to the battlefield.

In the years since the fall of Saigon ended that first conflict of the television age, restrictions on press freedom have grown.

Now, with the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran — the first major military engagement with American ...Read more

MIAMI – Gas leaf blowers aren’t just noisy — they spit out pollutants that affect health and contribute to climate change. That’s why cities including Miami Beach, South Miami, Pinecrest and Key Biscayne enacted bans to ditch gas-powered lawn equipment like leaf blowers and chainsaws for quieter and cleaner electric alternatives.

Now, ...Read more