In the midst of a presidential impeachment, and with voters across the country listening to debates and preparing to participate soon in caucuses and primaries leading up to the November national elections, women are getting ready to make their feelings and voices heard in the fourth annual …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Wednesday to send two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate, delivery set for a dramatic procession across the U.S. Capitol for only the third such trial in American history. Trump complained anew of a “hoax,” even as new details emerged about his efforts in Ukraine.
Days after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked Puerto Rico, followed by hundreds of aftershocks, the full extent of damage is only beginning to be realized.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Iran stepped back from the brink of possible war Wednesday, as President Donald Trump indicated he would not respond militarily after no one was harmed in Iran’s missile strike on two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops.
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its star's habitable zone, the range of distances where conditions may be just right to allow the presence of liquid water on the surface. Scientists confirmed the find, called TOI 700 d, using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and have modeled the planet's potential environments to help inform f…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump starts the new year knee-deep in daunting foreign policy challenges at the same time he’ll have to deal with a likely impeachment trial in the Senate a…
Orion is the last of a trio of striking star patterns to rise during the late fall and early winter months, preceded by the diminutive Pleiades and larger Hyades in Taurus. All three are easil…
The unemployment rate fell in November to 3.5% — its lowest level in 50 years — and, according to the US Department of Labor, wages rose 0.2% in the same month to an average of $28.29 an hour.
Thousands of immigrants with DACA permits — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, often referred to as “Dreamers” — find themselves starting 2020 still in a state of limbo as they ha…
As temperatures dip near or below freezing, scores of Mexican refugees huddle in makeshift tents of layered plastic sheeting at the foot of the Santa Fe Bridge connecting Ciudad Juarez, Chihua…
Curiosity won't be NASA's only active Mars rover for much longer. Next summer, Mars 2020 will be headed for the Red Planet. While the newest rover borrows from Curiosity's design, they aren't …
The trend in gift wrapping this holiday season is toward jazzy yet sustainable options. Consider beautifully folded fabrics or understated, brown or green masking paper topped with colorful wa…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ambassador Gordon Sondland told House impeachment investigators Wednesday that he worked with Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine at the “express direction” of President Donald Trump an…
Denice Labertew spent the past few months taking a critical, legal look at the impact U.S. policies have on the health care provided to women and girls being held in immigration detention facilities.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sharply at odds with liberal justices, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed ready Tuesday to allow the Trump administration to abolish protections that permit 660…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The swift-moving impeachment probe pushed onward Wednesday as a former top State Department aide testified that the Trump administration’s politicization of foreign policy co…
Put an ear to the ground on Mars and you'll be rewarded with a symphony of sounds. Granted, you'll need superhuman hearing, but NASA's InSight lander comes equipped with a very special "ear."
More than 120,000 Americans will lose their battle to Alzheimer’s disease this year. This debilitating condition is the nation’s sixth-leading cause of death.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pressed Ukraine’s leader to “look into” Democratic rival Joe Biden as well as his grievances from the 2016 election, according to a rough transcript of…
NEW YORK (AP) — Earth is in more hot water than ever before, and so are we, an expert United Nations climate panel warned in a grim new report Wednesday.
Ovarian Cancer is known as the deadliest gynecologic cancer in the United States. The fact that symptoms aren’t usually detected or diagnosed until the disease has reached advanced stages make…
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans commemorated 9/11 with solemn ceremonies and vows Wednesday to “never forget” 18 years after the deadliest terror attack on American soil.
Lawmakers have recently increased efforts to introduce legislation that would impose strict reporting requirements on medical research involving monkeys and other non-human primates. The goal …
MEXICO CITY (AP) — One of the main suspects in the 2014 disappearance of 43 teachers’ college students in southern Mexico has been acquitted, a human rights attorney said Tuesday, as justice r…
PASADENA (CNS) — A new study using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has provided a rare glimpse of conditions on the surface of a rocky planet orbiting a star beyond the Sun, the Jet P…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Monday it is moving forward with one of its most aggressive steps yet to restrict legal immigration: Denying green cards to many migrants w…
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The massacre that killed 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso struck a city that has long been the cradle of Mexican American culture and immigration and suffered through bl…
Thousands of people protested Wednesday, Aug. 7, first in Dayton, Ohio and later at the #El PasoStrong rally organized as a counter to President Trump's visit. In both cities, Trump met with…
NASA's Curiosity rover has come a long way since touching down on Mars seven years ago. It has traveled a total of 13 miles (21 kilometers) and ascended 1,207 feet (368 meters) to its current …
WASHINGTON (AP) — An immigration enforcement operation that President Donald Trump said was part of an effort to deport “millions” of people from the United States resulted in 35 arrests, offi…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said Monday that 62 current and eight former Border Patrol employees are under internal investigation following revelations of a …
“Don’t open the door.”
Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Here’s what you need to know:
GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations’ human rights chief said Monday, July 8, she was “appalled” by the conditions migrants and refugees face in U.S. detention facilities, intensifying a challenge…
PASADENA (CNS) — President Donald Trump has approved a request to declare an emergency in California and ordered federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local response efforts due …
SANTA MONICA (CNS) — The Santa Monica-based Recording Academy and Miami-based Latin Recording Academy have expressed condolences to the family of Brazilian singer, songwriter and guitarist Joa…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Teens who use prescription opioids to get high are more likely to start using heroin by high school graduation, according to a USC study released this week.
Europe's massive heat wave is on its way out — and it's leaving a slew of broken temperature records in its wake. Many countries were gripped by temperatures above 104 Fahrenheit (40 degrees C…
WASHINGTON (AP) — From the Vatican to the U.S. Congress, expressions of anguish, empathy and outrage poured out Wednesday, June 26, over the photos of a migrant father and young daughter who d…
On Sunday, June 16, actor-director-playwright Michael Kearns will, like millions of other men with children across the United States, be celebrated on Father’s Day.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has asserted executive privilege over documents that were subpoenaed by Congress related to his administration’s decision to add a citizenship question…
Big Papi’s guard was down even at hotspots like the Dial Bar and Lounge, where the Dominican business and entertainment elite can cross paths with shadier figures in a country where fortunes a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic lawmaker on Wednesday, May 22, blamed the Trump administration’s border policies for the deaths of migrant children, and the acting head of the Homeland Securit…
Mother’s Day is part of the springtime cycle of renewal and rebirth.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A Reseda man is behind bars on suspicion of plotting to carrying out a domestic terrorism bombing during a white- nationalist rally in Long Beach that never materialized.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin and her husband now find themselves in deeper legal trouble after they were indicted Tuesday, April 9, along with 14 other parents across…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump eased up on his threats to close the southern border as officials across his administration explored half-measures that might satisfy the president’s u…
WASHINGTON (AP) — An exuberant President Donald Trump took a victory lap on Capitol Hill, emboldened by the end of the special counsel’s Russia probe, even as Democrats pressed insistently for…
BOSTON (AP) — A judge has granted a request to push back actress Felicity Huffman’s court appearance in Boston on charges that she participated in a college admissions cheating scam.
Her family wanted a puppy, so Alicia Barnett dreamed they would find one that was smart, steady and a bit mysterious. She hoped their new addition could share a personality — and a name — with…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration issued an emergency order Wednesday grounding all Boeing 737 Max aircraft in the wake of a crash of an Ethiopian airliner that killed 157 …
MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller has yet to release his report about Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, but the Kremlin has been rehearsing its response …
Is that pain you feel in your back, neck or shoulders just a momentary twinge from strain you are putting on your body, perhaps with a new exercise regimen? Or is there something deeper and mo…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has beefed up its legal team. Its political team is ready to distract and disparage. And President Donald Trump is venting against Democratic prying.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The government is demolishing eight prototypes of Donald Trump’s prized border wall that instantly became powerful symbols of his presidency when they were built nine months a…
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