FILE - President Joe Biden listens during an event about high-speed internet infrastructure in the East Room of the White House, Monday, June 26, 2023, in Washington. The Biden administration on Monday, Aug. 21, continued its push toward internet-for-all by 2030, announcing about $667 million in new grants and loans to build more broadband infrastructure in the rural U.S. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

JULIE WATSON

A US man hijacks a small plane in Belize and stabs people. He is fatally shot and plane lands safely
A U.S. man has been fatally shot after he hijacked a small passenger plane in Belize. That’s according to officials in Belize and the U.S.
 
This image taken from video released by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance shows a herd of elephants forming a circle to shield the two calves, Zuli and Mkhaya, during an earthquake Monday, April 14, 2025, at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, Calif. (San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance via AP)
Elephants at San Diego safari park huddle to protect calves during earthquake
At the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, a herd of African elephants was caught on video running over to protect their young by encircling them during a 5.2 magnitude earthquake.
 
Tracy Turner, owner of the Wynola Junction, looks over pictures that fell from shelves when a earthquake hit Monday, April 14, 2025, in Julian, Calif. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
5.2-magnitude quake shakes Southern California, tumbling rocks onto roads and items off shelves
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southern California, swaying lights and rattling cups off shelves. But officials reported no injuries or major damage.
 
Lauren Lamberts, of Belgium, crosses water flowing over a section of the Pacific Crest Trail washed away by storms while trail repairs have been disrupted by federal cuts Thursday, April 3, 2025, near Whitewater, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Storms tore up two of America’s most iconic trails. Federal cuts have disrupted repairs
Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail that runs through three western states is already challenging. Now the grueling journey may become even tougher this year due to federal cuts.
 
Vehicles wait in line to cross the border into the United States at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
Weekslong lockups of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America
U.S. authorities have arrested and detained Canadian and European travelers at U.S. borders in recent weeks. German tourist Lucas Sielaff says he spent 16 days in detention in San Diego before being allowed to return to Germany.
 
This Oct. 15, 2012 file photo shows the front of the Bumble Bee tuna processing plant in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, file)
Indonesian fishermen sue Bumble Bee and say the canned tuna giant knew of abuse in its supply chain
Lawyers representing four Indonesian fishermen say they were beaten and trapped on vessels that were part of the global supply chain that provided tuna to Bumble Bee Seafoods.
 
Margelis Rodriguez, right, of Venezuela, gets a hug from her son Mickel during a birthday party at a shelter for migrants in Tijuana, Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Migrants stranded in Mexico try to restart life after Trump eliminates legal pathway to US
Many migrants have been left stranded in Mexican border cities after the Trump administration immediately canceled tens of thosands of appointments made through a government app called CBP One that offered a legal pathway to the U.S.
 
Workers begin the installation of a temporary shelter for possible deportees from the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)
Mexican border states prepare migrant shelters as Trump begins deportation campaign
Mexico was raising sprawling tents on the U.S. border Wednesday as it braced for President Donald Trump to fulfill his pledge to reverse mass migration.
 
Colombian migrant Margelis Tinoco, 48, cries after her CBP One appointment was canceled at the Paso del Norte international bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on the border with the U.S., Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, the inauguration day of U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)
Migrants stranded when thousands of appointments to enter the US are canceled as Trump takes office
The Trump administration has ended use of the border app called CBP One that allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States.
 
An aerial view shows the devastation from the Palisades Fire on beachfront homes Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025 in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Windy, flame-fanning weather eases up as progress made on LA-area fires
Windy, flame-fanning weather in Southern California has eased up as firefighters report significant gains against the two massive wildfires burning around Los Angeles.
 
The devastation of the Palisades Fire is seen at sunset in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Dire fire warning for LA area pushed back as winds ease
Easing winds have delivered a brief but much-needed reprieve to firefighters as they battle two massive blazes in the Los Angeles area. The National Weather Service has pushed back its dire warning of critical fire weather until early Wednesday.
 
Cars sit at an auto repair shop after they were destroyed by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Calif., Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Strong winds forecast to return and threaten Los Angeles area’s fight against fires
A growing force of firefighters and equipment has moved into the Los Angeles area. Another round of powerful winds is threatening to trigger new wildfires and set back recent progress in containing two massive blazes.
 
The Palisades Fire burns in Mandeville Canyon on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Families in shock begin to visit their charred homes in the Los Angeles area
Some Los Angeles area residents have begun returning to their still smoldering neighborhoods to search for memories even as the threat of new fires persists. For many it has been a first look at the staggering reality of what was lost.
 
A VW van sits among burned out homes, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
New LA-area fire prompts more evacuations while over 10,000 structures lost to the 2 biggest blazes
Officials say the two biggest wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area this week have burned at least 10,000 homes, buildings and other structures. Officials urged more people to heed evacuation orders Thursday after a new blaze ignited.
 
A firefighter works from a deck as the Palisades Fire burns a beachfront property Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Hollywood Hills fire breaks out as deadly wildfires burn out of control across Los Angeles area
 
A firefighter jumps over a fence while fighting the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
California governor says Pacific Palisades wildfire has destroyed many structures as winds kick up
A wildfire whipped up by extreme winds is sweeping through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity residences.
 
Birds fly past a pile of wood used to make pellets during a tour of a Drax facility in Gloster, Miss., Monday, May 20, 2024. Wood pellet production skyrocketed across the U.S. South to feed the European Union's push this past decade for renewable energy to replace fossil fuels like coal. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Wood pellets production boomed to feed EU demand. It’s come at a cost for Black people in the South
Wood pellet production has skyrocketed across the U.S. South to feed the European Union’s push for renewable energy to replace fossil fuels. But many people who live near manufacturing plants believe they make air dustier and residents sicker.
 
FILE - This undated photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Leonard Francis. A federal judge on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, dismissed the felony convictions of five retired military officers who had admitted to accepting bribes from the Malaysian contractor nicknamed "Fat Leonard" in one of the Navy's biggest corruption cases. (U.S. Marshals Service via AP, File)
Judge dismisses felony convictions of 5 retired military officers in US Navy bribery case
A federal judge has dismissed the felony convictions of five retired military officers who had admitted to accepting bribes from a Malaysian contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” in one of the Navy’s biggest corruption cases.
 
Bright yellow blooms carpet the ground, a sharp contrast to the imposing steel bollards of the border wall topped with rolls of razor wire as members of the California's Baja Rare conservation project lead a botanical expedition with botanists and citizen scientists to document native plants along the U.S.- Mexico border on Friday, April 19, 2024, in the Ejido Jacume in the Tecate Municipality of Baja Calif., Mexico. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Botanists are scouring the US-Mexico border to document a forgotten ecosystem split by a giant wall
Botanists and citizen scientists armed with the iNaturalist app on their smartphones are recording the biodiversity along the U.S.-Mexico border.
 
FILE - Farmworkers Cynthia Burgos, left and Teresa Maldonado, right, hug after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill aimed at making it easier for farmworkers to unionize in Sacramento, Calif., Sept. 28, 2022. One of California's most influential agricultural companies announced Monday, May 13, 2024, that it is suing the state to stop the contentious law to help farmworkers unionize. The legal action by the Wonderful Co. comes as it battles United Farm Workers over a newly formed union at one of its businesses. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Major agricultural firm sues California over farmworker unionization law
One of California’s most influential agricultural companies has filed a lawsuit against the state to stop a contentious law that was meant to make it easier for farmworkers to unionize.
 
Police advance on pro-Palestinian demonstrators on the UCLA campus Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
More than 2,100 people have been arrested during pro-Palestinian protests on US college campuses
Police have arrested more than 2,100 people during pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the United States in recent weeks.
 
A recent graduate wears a garment with their graduation year on the University of Southern California campus Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Los Angeles. The University of Southern California canceled its main graduation ceremony Thursday. College officials across the U.S. are worried the ongoing Israel-Hamas war protests could disrupt plans for commencement ceremonies next month. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Class of 2024 reflects on college years marked by COVID-19, protests and life’s lost milestones
For many in the graduating class of 2024, the unrest at campuses across the country over the Israel-Hamas war has marked an emotional end to their college experiences that started amid a pandemic.
 
FILE - This Tuesday, March 12, 2019 file photo shows the iconic Tommy Trojan statue at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. University of Southern California officials have canceled a commencement speech by its 2024 valedictorian, a pro-Palestinian Muslim, citing “substantial risks relating to security and disruption” of the event that draws 65,000 people to campus. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
Citing safety, USC makes rare cancellation of speech by valedictorian who supported Palestinians
The University of Southern California has canceled a commencement speech by its 2024 valedictorian, a Muslim student who has expressed support for Palestinians.
 
FILE - Yurok tribal members lead a redwood canoe tour on the lower Klamath River on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Klamath, Calif. As the salmon of the Klamath have dwindled the Yurok tribe has turned to alternative revenue like eco tourism and canoe tours in an effort to support their people. The Yurok Tribe, which lost 90 percent of its ancestral land during the Gold Rush in the mid-19th century, is getting back a slice of its territory under an agreement signed Tuesday, March 19, 2024, with California and the National Park Service. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)
California tribe that lost 90% of land during Gold Rush to get site to serve as gateway to redwoods
The Yurok Tribe will be getting back a slice of its ancestral land dotted with majestic redwoods and a key creek for salmon spawning.
 
CORRECTS DAY OF WEEK TO MONDAY INSTEAD OF FRIDAY - Pat Setter works on digging out his trash container outside his home at Donner Lake on Monday, March 4, 2024, in Truckee, Calif. A powerful blizzard that closed highways and ski resorts had moved through the Sierra Nevada by early Monday, but forecasters warned that more snow was on the way for the Northern California mountains. (AP Photo/Andy Barron)
California ski resort workers tunnel their way into the office after getting 10 feet of snow
A powerful blizzard has dumped more than 10 feet of snow on at least one California ski resort, where the marketing team had to dig a tunnel to get to their office door. The storm closed highways and most lifts at ski resorts over the weekend.
 
FILE - Suhail, a male Panda sent by China to Qatar as a gift for the World Cup, eats bamboo in his shelter at the Panda House Garden in Al Khor, near Doha, Qatar, on Oct. 19, 2022. In the U.S., panda enthusiasts can still see giant pandas at the zoo in Atlanta. Around the world, zoos in Berlin, Qatar and Mexico City are among those that have been given pandas by China, the only place where the animal is native. (AP Photo/Lujain Jo, File)
Atlanta is the only place in US to see pandas for now. But dozens of spots abroad have them
Only four pandas remain in the United States. But many zoos around the globe still have the iconic black-and-white bears on loan from China. On Thursday, China announced it will be sending a pair of pandas to the San Diego Zoo.
 
FILE--Bai Yun, one of two giant pandas on exhibit at the San Diego Zoo, looks towards the crowd on Nov. 1, 1996, in San Diego. China is working on sending a new pair of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo, renewing its longstanding gesture of friendship toward the United States after nearly all the iconic bears in the U.S. were returned to the Asian country in recent years amid rocky relations between the two nations. San Diego sent back its last pandas to China in 2019. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy,File)
Black and white and adored all over. China pledges pair of pandas for San Diego Zoo
China is again sending pandas to the United States to the delight of the San Diego Zoo, which is preparing to get a new pair by the end of summer.
 
The Hollywood area of Los Angeles, is seen from a Baldwin Hills overlook Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Southern California coast near Malibu on Friday and was widely felt in the Los Angeles region, rattling windows and shaking shelves but bringing no reports of major damage or injuries. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
A 4.6-magnitude earthquake shakes greater Los Angeles. No reports of significant damage
An magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Southern California coast near Malibu. But there have been no reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey says it hit at 1:47 p.m. Friday at a depth of about 8 miles.
 
A Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter flies during training at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. A Marine Corps helicopter, like the one pictured, that had been missing with five troops aboard as an historic storm continued drenching California was found Wednesday morning, Feb. 7, 2024, in a mountainous area outside San Diego.(K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)
Marine Corps confirms the worst: All 5 troops killed in helicopter crash in California mountains
The military says efforts are underway to recover the remains of five U.S. Marines who were killed when their helicopter went down during stormy weather in the mountains outside of San Diego. The military confirmed the five deaths Thursday.
 
A Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter flies during training at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. A Marine Corps helicopter, like the one pictured, that had been missing with five troops aboard as an historic storm continued drenching California was found Wednesday morning, Feb. 7, 2024, in a mountainous area outside San Diego.(K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)
Rescue of Marine helicopter with 5 aboard is challenged by snowy California mountains
Rescuers were battling heavy snow to reach a Marine Corps helicopter carrying five troops that went down in a mountainous area outside San Diego.
 
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