TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — With only 60 days to pass a full plate of bills and a balanced budget, the Florida Legislature’s grand plans to add property tax cuts to their crowded calendar never had a chance.

Lawmakers did not even get a budget out before the close of business Friday, the end of the regular session, much less a complicated ballot ...Read more

A week after uninterrupted nightly blackouts, Cubans in Morón, a city in central Cuba, took to the streets banging pots and pans Friday night chanting “Down with communism” as some of the protesters broke into the local Communist Party building and tried to set it on fire.

At least one person was appeared to have been shot, apparently by ...Read more

More than 300 political parties and groupings have registered for Haiti’s upcoming elections after a last-minute rush to beat a Thursday registration deadline.

A source with Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council confirmed that 320 political parties and platforms registered to participate in the first general elections in 10 years, scheduled...Read more

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr threatened broadcasters with cancellation of their licenses if they did not “correct course” on news coverage.

“Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions — also known as the fake news — have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up,” ...Read more

The US Embassy in Baghdad told Americans on Saturday to leave Iraq immediately following a series of attacks targeting U.S. nationals.

“U.S. citizens should leave Iraq now,” the Embassy said in a social media statement. “U.S. citizens choosing to remain in Iraq are strongly encouraged to reconsider in light of the significant threat posed...Read more

LOS ANGELES — If you are an oil producer with wells in California and global oil prices have risen to over $100 a barrel in the last week, are you going to drill new wells?

It’s a question that touches the lives of hundreds of thousands of Californians who either live near oil wells or receive royalty checks as mineral rights owners.

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U.S. President Donald Trump stepped up calls to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz, saying warships will “hopefully” be sent to the area near Iran’s coast to help commercial vessels sail through safely.

His comments on Truth Social — which didn’t provide a timeline — came hours after he ordered a strike on military sites on Kharg ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump stepped up calls to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz, saying warships will “hopefully” be sent to the area near Iran’s coast to help commercial vessels sail through safely.

His comments on Truth Social — which didn’t provide a timeline — came hours after he ordered a strike on military sites on Kharg ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Despite morale-sapping staff layoffs, bizarre executive orders and a 43-day federal government shutdown last fall, the grandeur and serenity of national parks in California remain irresistible to outdoors lovers looking to unwind.

The nine national parks in the Golden State — including Yosemite, Death Valley and Joshua Tree �...Read more

A surprise guest appeared at a recent campaign rally for Viktor Orban’s party in eastern Hungary: a Ukrainian prisoner of war freed from Moscow’s captivity.

How he got there illustrates the way in which Russian President Vladimir Putin has tried to help the Hungarian prime minister survive next month’s election.

Orban has frequently ...Read more

Imagine walking into your pharmacy, handing over your prescription and having it denied. Now imagine that the reason is not insufficient insurance coverage or the wrong dose, but a pharmacist who personally objects to your medication. What right does a pharmacist have to make moral decisions for their patients?

Lawmakers have wrestled...Read more

Across cultures, people often wrestle with whether having lots of money is a blessing, a burden or a moral problem. According to our new research, how someone views billionaires isn’t just about economics. Judgment also hinges on certain cultural and moral instincts, which helps explain why opinions about wealth are so polarized.

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Not long before Greenland became a geopolitical talking point, it was a hot topic for avid travelers — particularly, Americans.

In June 2025, United Airlines introduced the first-ever direct flights from the US, bringing more than 300 passengers weekly to the capital city of Nuuk. Throughout the busy summer season, those flights deposited ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Judges in multiple recent cases have ordered the release of defendants on electronic monitoring, a program run by the Metropolitan Police Department, only to have police refuse to follow the decisions.

The conflict is now before the Nevada Supreme Court, with pending challenges filed by both Metro and the Clark County public ...Read more

A KC-135 Stratotanker that made an emergency landing in Israel after a mission in Iraq — where another tanker crashed, killing six U.S. service members — appeared to be assigned to Beale Air Force Base near Marysville, California.

U.S. Central Command said the KC-135 Stratotanker went down Thursday in western Iraq while flying in friendly ...Read more

President Donald Trump is asserting executive authority to demand the controversial resumption of offshore oil drilling along California’s coastline as gas prices soar amid the ongoing war with Iran.

On Friday, Trump signed an executive order giving the Department of Energy the ability to use a Cold War-era law known as the Defense Production...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Boulder City proudly proclaims itself as the home of Hoover Dam.

But for decades, despite its proximity to Lake Mead, it has only taken water from the reservoir without giving any back, lagging behind other Southern Nevada cities that now recycle nearly every drop used indoors.

That could change soon, officials say.

“We’ve ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday took action to clear the way for oil production off the California coast in a bid to ease the global fuel pressures created by the war with Iran.

The announcement by Energy Secretary Chris Wright follows an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Friday and directs Sable Offshore ...Read more