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The best free summer events across Southern California
Visit museums, watch movies, catch a band performance or take a dance lesson. There's plenty of free things to do across the region.
This year’s most endangered historic places nod to America 250 and the promise of equality for all
The National Trust for Historic Preservation released its annual list of the most endangered historic places, including Stonewall.
US test fires mobile rocket system near Mount Fuji in rapid ‘shoot and scoot’ drill
US Marines test fired a dozen rockets from a HIMARS launcher near Mount Fuji in Japan, highlighting an increasingly important weapon system.
Residents of Lithuania’s capital told to shelter as drone alarm underlines NATO’s eastern jitters
Lithuania's president and prime minister have been taken to safe locations after a suspected drone was detected near the country's border with Belarus.
CSUF economists forecast an uncertain economy with some bright spots
Anil Puri and Mira Farka presented their forecast for the global, U.S., California and Orange County economies on April 29.
In Iran’s capital, weapons demonstrations send a signal at home and abroad as threat of war remains
Weapons are now regularly brandished in Tehran in an increasing show of defiance. This comes as Trump threatens he could restart the war.
Officers who defended Capitol from rioters sue to block payouts from $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
Two police officers who helped defend the U.S. Capitol from an attack by a mob of Trump supporters are suing to block anyone — including Jan. 6, 2021, rioters —…
The GOP’s YOLO caucus is small but growing. That may spell trouble for Trump’s congressional agenda
A small but growing group of Republican lawmakers is showing independence from President Donald Trump.
Kansas farmers hit hard by weather extremes and growing costs, wheat crop could be worst since 1972
Amid a punishing drought, tariffs and the high cost of fertilizers, farming wheat has become more uncertain as farmers in western Kansas are feeling the impact in their major wheat…
Seagull splatters King Charles III during Northern Ireland visit
A seagull pooped on King Charles III's suit jacket, splattering others around him, including members of the press in Northern Ireland.