A Quick, Quiet Trip to Belarus Signals a Turn in U.S. Policy
The senior American diplomat slipped quietly into Belarus, a police state run by a strongman reviled for decades in the West, traveling by car across the border for meetings with…
Jon Ossoff, Georgia’s First Jewish Senator, Is Losing Jewish Support
Four years ago, Senator Jon Ossoff was sworn in using a book of Hebrew scripture as he proudly became Georgia’s first Jewish senator. Now, some of his fellow Jewish Democrats…
Vance Shocks Europe With Support for Far Right, in Message Familiar to U.S.
Vice President JD Vance’s defense of a divisive far-right political party in Germany was the latest jarring example of his willingness to embrace a provocative political issue and showed how…
Louisiana Health Department Says It Will Stop Promoting ‘Mass Vaccination’
Louisiana’s top health official said in an internal memo to the state’s Health Department on Thursday that it would no longer use media campaigns or health fairs to promote vaccination…
Apple and Google Restore TikTok to App Stores in the U.S.
Apple and Google restored TikTok to their U.S. app stores on Thursday evening, several weeks after they removed the Chinese-owned video platform to comply with a new law that banned…
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano puts on fiery display as eruption intensifies
The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupted again on 11 February, its ninth eruption since December with lava shooting more than 300 ft (91 m) into the air. Nighttime footage shows…
California’s FAIR Plan Gets $1 Billion Bailout After L.A. Fires
California’s home insurance plan of last resort, designed for people who can’t get coverage on the private market, does not have enough money to pay claims from the Los Angeles…
Donald Trump pardons former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich
President Donald Trump has pardoned former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat who served eight years in prison over corruption charges before it was cut short by Trump during his…
How Trump’s Canadian Oil Tariff Would Hit U.S. Refineries
The largest refinery in the Midwest will have an unpalatable choice if President Trump imposes tariffs on Canadian oil: Pay more for the crude that it transforms into gasoline and…
Strong Storm Expected to Soak Southern California, Raising Fears of Mudslides
A winter storm is expected to bring much-needed rain and snow to Central and Southern California this week, but also a risk of flash flooding and mudslides, especially in San…