LOS ANGELES — California Republicans facing tough reelection fights in this year’s midterm elections have lined up in support of President Donald Trump’s war on Iran, which polling suggests is not popular.

They include Republicans whose chances of reelection were already diminished by the passage by voters in November of Proposition 50, ...Read more

CHICAGO — In Skokie, an Iranian-American can’t get through to communicate with his father in Iran after a bomb fell in the father’s neighborhood, injuring him.

In Evanston, a Northwestern University professor speculates that time could be on Iran’s side.

And just south of Evanston, a professor says he can’t imagine his mother, family...Read more

In Johnson County, Iowa, the number of tuberculosis cases has increased in recent years — and so has the cost of containing it.

The cost of contact tracing and surveillance, traveling each day to patients’ homes to ensure they take their meds or booking hotel rooms to quarantine patients, has surged from $17,000 in 2020 to $65,000 last ...Read more

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran expanded its targets Tuesday, striking the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia as Washington began to pull many staff out of the Middle East. The U.S. and Israel battered Iran with airstrikes in what President Donald Trump suggested was just the start of a war that has severely disrupted the world’s supply of oil ...Read more

The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran reverberated across the region for a fourth day, with oil and gas prices surging and the world adjusting to a conflict that President Donald Trump says has no fixed timeline.

Iran sent a fresh wave of missiles at countries including Qatar, Bahrain and Oman that host U.S. bases, with Doha saying targets weren’t ...Read more

The United Arab Emirates and Qatar are privately lobbying allies to help them persuade President Donald Trump to reach for an off-ramp that would keep U.S. military operations against Iran short, according to people familiar with the matter.

The countries are seeking to build a wide coalition to advance a swift and diplomatic end to the ...Read more

Earlier this year, Justin and Amy Miller packed their vehicles with three kids, two dogs, a pet bearded dragon, and whatever belongings they could fit, then drove 2,000 miles from Wisconsin to British Columbia to leave President Donald Trump’s America.

The Millers resettled on Vancouver Island, their scenic refuge accessible only by ferry or ...Read more

COLUSA, Calif. — Early on, Jean Franklin got some career advice she followed religiously: “Pay yourself first.” So she did, socking away hundreds of thousands of dollars in retirement savings by the time she became a stay-at-home mom at age 41.

She and her husband, Charles, a former high school teacher who goes by Chaz, planned to retire ...Read more

CHICAGO — Heading into his second term, President Donald Trump promised to immediately target the immigration system with sweeping enforcement pushes and a hardline approach to granting asylum in the U.S. He’s pursued that pledge with headline-grabbing efforts like Operation Midway Blitz, but also structural changes.

One result: Chicago’s...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Amid a historic drop in violent crime, homicides have fallen to lows not seen in decades. But in what researchers say is an alarming trend, homicides related to domestic violence are on the rise.

There were 37 such killings in Philadelphia last year, up from 28 the previous year. And even as homicides have fallen sharply ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A proposed initiative to require Californians to show identification every time they vote, and election officials to verify registered voters are U.S. citizens, appears to have enough support to qualify for the November ballot.

Proponents say they have collected more than 1.3 million voter signatures on petitions ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia congressional candidate Chris Rabb is one of many people who say Yolanda Brown owes him money.

But none of them have been able to find her. And the allegations of impropriety against the political consultant are piling up.

Last month, Rabb said Brown, his former campaign treasurer, made “unauthorized withdrawals...Read more

ICE officers need a judicial warrant to enter dorms or other nonpublic campus facilities, the Governor and Attorney General stated in a message to Massachusetts students and faculty after an incident of ICE agents allegedly posing as police at Columbia University last week.

“It’s outrageous that ICE agents lied in order to get into a ...Read more

If things go according to the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s plans, the agency says it could save an extra $2 billion on its initial Central Valley route through Fresno.

A draft of the agency’s 2026 business plan released Friday says the savings would bring that route’s total estimated cost to $34.76 billion, down from the $36.75 ...Read more

For the first time, Philadelphia School District students have guaranteed bathroom and water breaks. Recess is promised. Silent lunches and collective punishment are forbidden.

Call it a victory for joy.

Philadelphia's school board just adopted the district's first-ever comprehensive wellness policy, two after a group of parents began pushing ...Read more

When a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman was arrested by Iran’s “morality police” for not wearing her head scarf in the manner required by the regime, human rights advocates were right to fear the worst. The Iranian government later claimed Mahsa (Zhina) Amini suffered a fatal heart attack, but witnesses alleged she was beaten unconscious ...Read more

The U.S. State Department urged Americans to leave countries across the Middle East, citing “serious safety risks” from the war with Iran.

The security update, posted Monday on X by Assistant Secretary of State for consular affairs Mora Namdar, told Americans to “depart now via commercial means.”

In a video posted on his own X account,...Read more

China’s next five-year plan set to be published this week will help dictate how fast the top polluter can cut greenhouse gas emissions and the extent of new support for clean technology sectors, policy settings that are critical to determining the world’s success in tackling climate change.

Policymakers gathering in Beijing from March 5 for...Read more