The US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln passed through Singapore early Sunday as it headed home after a grueling deployment to the Middle East. It is expected to stop in Thailand to visit the port. Associated Press journalists on the Indonesian island of Batam, across the Singapore Strait, spotted the massive ship as it transited … Read more
Timber Fire Nears 25,000 Acres, Remains 21% Contained in Big Sur The Timber Fire has grown to 24,601 acres in Monterey County and remains 21% contained, according to a Saturday afternoon update from CAL FIRE. That’s an increase of 1,258 acres, or about 5.4%, from the 23,343 acres reported Friday morning. The fire has grown … Read more
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) – Portland police officers responded to a shooting in Portland’s Buckman neighborhood early Saturday morning. Officers found a dead person at the scene. At around 2:34 a.m., Portland Police Bureau officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 700 block of Southeast 12th Avenue and found a person dead on … Read more
This story was last updated at 12:15 a.m. on August 30, 2026. CPS Energy crews continued working through the night to restore power after severe storms knocked out power in the San Antonio area Friday night. As of 12:15 a.m. Sunday, 47,276 customers remained without power, down from 112,000 at the height of the storm. … Read more
Citing the importance of the First Amendment, a California federal judge says the U.S. government is unconstitutionally silencing critics of Israel’s war in Gaza and others as part of the Trump administration’s quest to deport noncitizens who he says disrupted college campuses while expressing their opinions. Judge Noël Wise, in a ruling Friday, handed a … Read more
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Michigan, apologized Saturday to the state’s Democratic Jewish Caucus for comments he made after an attack on a synagogue in March, which he linked to Israel’s actions in the Middle East. “My comments may have been misinterpreted to justify something I was not intended to … Read more
3 hours agoPinnedUS economic offensive zeroes in on Dubai as Iran’s critical financial lifeline: reportThe Trump administration’s expanding economic campaign against Iran is increasingly targeting financial and trade channels through Dubai, Istanbul and Baghdad rather than focusing first on Beijing, according to an analysis by Iran International English.The outlet reported that Tehran needs hard currency … Read more
Milo Yiannopoulos, the British far-right provocateur and former Yeezy executive, has been deported to the United Kingdom, the Department of Homeland Security said Saturday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Yiannopoulos on Thursday at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, according to a statement from a DHS spokesperson. The statement referred to him as … Read more
Trump praises “historic” agreement for the United States to control 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil BBCU.S. will take control of much of Venezuela’s proven oil reserves WSJTrump’s deal for Venezuelan oil will take time to impact prices, analysts say Barron’s Trump found unusual solution to his Venezuela problem CNNTrump says US now has majority … Read more
The noise from President Donald Trump and his allies about alleged threats to vote for non-U.S. citizens is growing louder as the November election approaches. He is pushing for the United States Postal Service to send mail-in ballots only to voters verified as American citizens. The Census Bureau promoted a dubious report on thousands of … Read more