KYIV, Ukraine — Russia retaliated Monday for a weekend Ukrainian attack on a critical bridge by unleashing its biggest and most widespread attacks against Ukraine in months. The lethal barrage against multiple cities smashed civilian targets, knocking out power and water, shattering buildings and killing at least 14 people....
As Suicides Rise Dramatically, US Military Seeks Solutions
WASHINGTON — After finishing a tour in Afghanistan in 2013, Dionne Williamson felt emotionally numb. More warning signs appeared during several years of subsequent overseas postings. “It’s like I lost me somewhere,” said Williamson, a Navy lieutenant commander who experienced disorientation, depression, memory loss, and chronic exhaustion. “I went...
California Tribes Will Manage, Protect State Coastal Areas
SACRAMENTO — Five California tribes will reclaim their right to manage coastal land significant to their history under a first-in-the-nation program backed with $3.6 million in state money. The tribes will rely on their traditional knowledge to protect more than 200 miles of coastline in the state, as climate...
Protests in Iran Over Woman’s Death Reach Key Oil Industry
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Workers at the site of a major complex of refineries crucial for Iran's massive offshore natural gas field protested Monday over the death of a 22-year-old woman, online videos appeared to show. The demonstrations at Asaluyeh mark the first time the unrest surrounding the...
Newsom to Call Special Legislative Session Over Gas ‘Price Gouging’
Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday he will call a special session of the state Legislature in December to pass a new tax on oil companies as punishment for what he calls “rank price gouging." Newsom told reporters on Friday that the special session will begin Dec. 5 after all...
Brother of Merced Family Murder Suspect Arrested for Conspiracy
The Merced County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post on Friday morning that it had arrested Alberto Salgado, the brother of Jesus Manuel Salgado who is suspected of kidnapping and murdering Aroohi Dheri, Jasleen Kaur, Jasdeep Singh, and Amandeep Singh. Alberto Salgado, 41, was arrested Thursday night for...
Mayor Declares State of Emergency for NYC Over Migrants
New York City's mayor declared a state of emergency on Friday over the thousands of migrants being sent from southern border states since the spring, saying the demand being put on the city to provide housing and other assistance is “not sustainable." “A city recovering from an ongoing global...
Uvalde Schools Suspend Entire Police Force After Outrage
Uvalde's school district on Friday pulled its embattled campus police force off the job following a wave of new outrage over the hiring of a former state trooper who was part of the hesitant law enforcement response during the May shooting at Robb Elementary School. School leaders also put two...
Merced Family Murder Suspect Had Feud With Them: Sheriff
The suspect in the kidnapping and killings of an 8-month-old baby, her parents, and an uncle had worked for the family’s trucking business and had a longstanding feud with them that culminated in an act of “pure evil,” Merced County Sheriff Verne Warnke said Thursday. The bodies of Aroohi...
Ukraine City Takes More Russian Hits as Apartment Attack Deaths Rise
Russia concentrated attacks in its increasingly troubled invasion of Ukraine on areas it illegally annexed as the death toll from earlier missile strikes on apartment buildings in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia rose Friday to 12. In a rebuke to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his conduct of Europe's...