Pope Leo meets families of youth lost to illegal toxic waste dumping in Italy’s ‘Land of Fires’
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday greeted families who lost loved ones to illegal toxic dumping tied to a multi-billion criminal racket in an area near Naples.
The deepest fears of San Diego’s religious communities were realized in Islamic Center shooting
SAN DIEGO — As an elementary school student at the Islamic Center of San Diego in the early aughts, Sarah Youssef said she doesn’t remember there being guards on patrol or gates keeping out danger
Lawsuits and political blowback don’t dim interest in $1.8B ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’
Trump allies, Jan. 6 defendants and those pardoned for crimes during the Biden administration say they’d like a piece of the money pot. Challenges remain.
India’s ‘Cockroach Janata Party’ began as a joke. Then millions joined in.
What began as an internet punchline is turning into something more serious
Justice Department deletes press releases on charges against Jan. 6 rioters
The Justice Department has removed press releases detailing the charges against hundreds of individuals who participated in the Jan.
Judge throws out author Michael Wolff’s lawsuit against Melania Trump
The judge ruled that the author’s attempt to prevent the first lady from suing him for $1 billion over his statements about her and Jeffrey Epstein “is not how the federal courts work.”
California woman dead in murder-suicide may have given thousands to a scammer claiming to be Tom Selleck
An elderly California couple found dead in a suspected murder-suicide had recently been scammed by someone posing as actor Tom Selleck, a longtime friend said
SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight
SpaceX launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test flight Friday, an upgraded version that NASA is counting on to land astronauts on the moon
40,000 Southern Californians ordered to evacuate amid threat of chemical explosion
An estimated 40,000 people in Orange County, California, have been ordered to evacuate over fears that a tank containing a toxic chemical may explode, officials said Friday
First responders exposed to fentanyl in deadly New Mexico incident, officials said
First responders were exposed to fentanyl and sickened after arriving at a rural New Mexico home Wednesday to investigate a possible overdose that left three people dead, officials said Friday.