1+ hour, 46+ min ago   (356+ words) WAUSAU, Wis. — U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for Wisconsin governor, wiped away tears and laughed while sharing how thankful he was Sunday to survive a harrowing late-night emergency landing into a lake of the small plane he was…...

3+ hour, 28+ min ago   (504+ words) BERLIN — Breanna Stewart and the U.S. faced a stiff challenge from France before dominating in the second half to win its fifth consecutive women’s FIBA World Cup. The 97-79 victory extended the Americans’ streak to 36 straight World Cup wins, dating to…...

5+ hour, 39+ min ago   (722+ words) CAIRO — An Iranian cargo vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media said, a day before Tehran plans to brief countries in the region on its contested efforts to manage shipping traffic…...

13+ hour, 53+ min ago   (1137+ words) MEXICO CITY — He’s been called the “MAGA man” of Latin America, a brash political provocateur whose social media assaults boosted right-wing campaigns from his native Argentina to Central America. His career as political consultant and co-founder of an ultra-right online…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (398+ words) How does one reconcile the new changes with the old? Slowly, if you want to maintain the character and the rapport of a neighborhood. Newport Heights happens to be a charming place to live because of that mixture of the…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (574+ words) SACRAMENTO — Labor leader Dave Regan claimed Friday that he was the victim of a “smear” campaign orchestrated in part by wealthy Californians and said he has been falsely accused of attempting to “extort” an endorsement of the billionaire tax ballot…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (924+ words) After months of legal challenges, the Newport Beach City Council on Friday called for a Nov. 3 election on three citizen-led ballot measures to comply — albeit begrudgingly — with a recent court order. Councilmembers convened a special morning meeting to schedule the…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (665+ words) This fall, California voters have a chance to put politics aside and act on an issue that affects us all by supporting medical research to treat and cure the most devastating diseases of our time. Proposition 38, the California Immunology and…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (655+ words) A 22-year-old woman was convicted Thursday of a fatal hit-and-run collision that killed a man in Laguna Beach four years ago. Sysillia Kianna Morrison Montes De Oca was convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter, hit and run with permanent and serious…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (440+ words) NEW YORK — Venezuela’s former first lady wants to be let out of jail while she and her husband await trial on U.S. drug trafficking charges. Cilia Flores, the wife of ex-President Nicolás Maduro, “deserves the opportunity to await her…...