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Irvine’s city manager announces plans to step down
In October, Irvine councilmembers unanimously named Sean Crumby the city's seventh city manager.
South Carolina Republicans press toward House vote on congressional redistricting plan
Republicans in the South Carolina House are pushing a congressional redistricting plan that could help them gain an additional seat in the November midterm elections.
US health officials order quarantine for 2 passengers from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak
U.S. health officials say they've issued quarantine orders for two passengers who were on the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak who are now at a hospital…
Timeline of recent US-Cuba relations amid heightened tensions in Trump’s second term
The possibility that the Justice Department could indict former Cuban leader Raúl Castro is pushing U.S. relations with the island.
Israeli minister orders West Bank hamlet evicted after hearing he may face arrest warrant overseas
It is not clear whether the International Criminal Court is mulling an arrest warrant for the minister, named Bezalel Smotrich.
Woman steps into open manhole in Manhattan and falls to her death
Con Edison said it wasn’t clear why the utility’s manhole wasn’t covered or barricaded off.
Iranian family detained for relative’s key role in 1979 US Embassy hostage crisis seeks release
An Iranian family that’s lived in the US for a decade is demanding their release from immigration detention after they were arrested due to a relative’s role in the 1979…
NATO’s top officer doesn’t expect more American drawdowns beyond the 5,000 troops Trump announced
Tuesday's remarks by U.S. Lt. Gen. Alex Grynkewich follow Trump’s surprise announcement of the move early this month.
Orange County boys athlete of the week: Dane Malloy, Aliso Niguel
The senior on the Aliso Niguel track and field team won two individual titles at the CIF-SS Division 1 finals.
A de-extinction company has hatched live chicks from an artificial eggshell
Biotech company Colossal Biosciences says 26 baby chickens were born from a 3D-printed lattice structure that mimics an eggshell.