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A Coast Guard H-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew arrives at Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Florida, July 13, 2021. (Petty Officer 1st Class Lisa Ferdinando/U.S. Coast Guard/TNS)

Rescue Underway After Boat Suspected to Be Carrying Migrants Capsizes off Puerto Rico

Federal and state authorities in Puerto Rico are looking for possible survivors after a boat suspected to be carrying undocumented migrants overturned on Thursday near Desecheo Island, a national … more

Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Jacqueline Charles / Miami Herald (TNS) | 5/12/22

A rusted metal barrel, near where a different barrel was found containing a human body, sits exposed on shore during low water levels due to the West's drought, at the Lake Mead Marina on the Colorado River in Boulder City, Nevada, on May 5, 2022. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

Vegas Mob Lore Floats to the Surface Along With Bodies at Lake Mead

The skeletal remains found in a barrel at Lake Mead earlier this month have captivated and horrified two distinct groups that typically do not have much in common: mob historians and climate … more

Nathan Solis / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 5/12/22

U.S. President Joe Biden replies to questions from the media after discussing inflation and lower costs for working families in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

Prices in U.S. Outstrip Forecasts in Sign of Inflation Persisting

U.S. consumer prices rose by more than forecast in April, indicating inflation will persist at elevated levels for longer and keeping the Federal Reserve on the path of aggressive interest-rate … more

Reade Pickert / Bloomberg News (TNS) | 5/11/22

In this Nov. 30, 2021 photo, syringes and other medical equipment are shown during the media tour of the OnPoint supervised drug injection site, in New York. (Yuki Iwamura/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

U.S. Overdose Deaths Soared 15% to Top 100,000 Last Year, CDC Says

Deaths from drug overdoses rose almost 15% in the U.S. last year, topping 100,000 and setting another grim record, according to provisional data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … more

Alex Tanzi / Bloomberg News (TNS) | 5/11/22

Russian Emergencies personnel clear debris in the partially destroyed Mariupol drama theatre in the city of Mariupol on May 10, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine. (STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Ukraine Retakes Territory in the East Amid More Russian Attacks

LVIV, Ukraine — Ukraine pressed its counteroffensive against Russian troops Wednesday, pushing them back from the northeastern city of Kharkiv in what observers say could bring a new phase to … more

Laura King and Nabih Bulos / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 5/11/22

A plane landed safely thanks to the help of an air traffic controller who instructed a passenger on how to land the plane at Palm Beach International Airport. (Thomas Barrat/Dreamstime/TNS)

Air Traffic Controller Helps Passenger Safely Land at Palm Beach International Airport

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A plane landed safely at Palm Beach International Airport after “a possible pilot medical issue in the air,” on Tuesday, according to the Federal Aviation … more

Robin Webb / South Florida Sun Sentinel (TNS) | 5/11/22

Diesel prices over $6.50 a gallon are displayed at a Chevron gas station on May 2, 2022, in Mill Valley, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/TNS)

U.S. Gasoline Price Hits Record With Driving Season Looming

U.S. retail gasoline and diesel prices rallied to a record just ahead of the nation’s summer driving season, a challenge for President Joe Biden and the Federal Reserve as they face the fastest … more

Alex Longley and Sharon Cho / Bloomberg News (TNS) | 5/11/22

Carvana announced on Tuesday, May 10, it laid off 2,500 employees. Many were informed over a Zoom call.

Carvana Abruptly Lays Off 2,500 Employees — Many on a Zoom Call. ‘Mass Hysteria’

As Carvana announced on Tuesday, May 10, it was laying off 2,500 of its employees, hundreds of them were informed they were suddenly out of a job over a 5-minute Zoom call. Carvana, the used car … more

Mike Stunson / The Charlotte Observer (TNS) | 5/11/22

Russian President Vladimir Putin watches the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. - Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Putin Defends Invasion of Ukraine During Display of Russian Might

KYIV, Ukraine — With international pressure mounting and his invasion of Ukraine failing to make significant advances, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a strident speech Monday at an … more

Laura King and David Pierson / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 5/9/22

In this photo from January 4, 2021, newly elected Republican House members meet on the East Front of the US Capitol for a group photo in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images/TNS)

Inflation and Worker Shortage Fuel Push on Immigration Bills

WASHINGTON — Rep. Dan Newhouse had a message for the grassroots organizers who gathered outside the Capitol to discuss what chances remain for bipartisan immigration legislation, such as his … more

Suzanne Monyak / CQ-Roll Call (TNS) | 5/9/22

Darren Blake, who works at Myxed Up Creations, uses a vaping product at the store in Denver on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post/TNS)

Flavored Vapes, Menthol Cigarettes Could Soon Be Banned in Colorado

DENVER — The nicotine landscape in Colorado is likely to change in the near future, but how much depends on what lawmakers do in the final days of this year’s legislative session. … more

Meg Wingerter and Nick Coltrain / The Denver Post (TNS) | 5/9/22

Two are dead after an off-duty NYPD officer fatally shot a man he believed was having an affair with his wife and then killed himself. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Off-Duty NYPD Cop Shoots Wife’s Suspected Lover to Death Before Killing Himself

NEW YORK — An off-duty New York Police Department officer shot to death a man he suspected was having an affair with his wife, then turned the gun on himself, NYPD sources said Monday. The … more

Thomas Tracy and Rocco Parascandola / New York Daily News (TNS) | 5/9/22

A crowd gathers outside the Supreme Court on May 3, 2022, after a leak of a draft opinion suggests Roe v. Wade will be overturned. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Biden Taps Democrats’ Abortion Fury With Midterm Wipeout Looming

WASHINGTON — White House officials are seizing the political opportunity in Democrats’ doomsday scenario, the end of nationwide abortion rights, to try to salvage a midterm election … more

Jordan Fabian / Bloomberg News (TNS) | 5/9/22

Oksana Malets kisses the framed photograph of her brother after the funeral service for fallen soldier Igor Malets, 59, at the Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church on May 5, 2022, in Lviv, Ukraine. (Leon Neal/Getty Images/TNS)

Zelenskyy Pleads for Evacuations as Battle Rages at Last Mariupol Holdout

KYIV, Ukraine — As Russian troops mounted a new push Thursday to seize control of the besieged city of Mariupol, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded for a cease-fire to allow the … more

Laura King, Jaweed Kaleem and Kate Linthicum / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 5/5/22

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on April 8, 2021. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

U.S. Refuses to Invite Cuba to Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration plans to exclude Cuba from the upcoming Summit of the Americas, a major global meeting to be held in Los Angeles in June that typically welcomes all … more

Tracy Wilkinson / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 5/5/22

Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on May 05, 2022 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/TNS)

Wall Street Staggers With ‘Vicious’ $1.3 Trillion Stock Selloff

A day after celebrating the Federal Reserve’s signal that it wouldn’t be making any jumbo-sized moves, traders woke up on Thursday deciding that the central bank will struggle to fight … more

Vildana Hajric, Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg News (TNS) | 5/5/22

A Mexican soldier looks over border fence with the United States on Sept. 28, 2019 in Tijuana, Mexico. (John Moore/Getty Images/TNS)

U.S. Border Authorities Will Increase Expulsions of Cubans and Nicaraguans Back to Mexico

MIAMI — U.S. immigration authorities will increase expulsions of Cubans and Nicaraguans arriving at the southern border back to Mexico under Title 42, a public health order that is set to … more

Nora Gámez Torres / Miami Herald (TNS) | 5/5/22

This painting at the San Diego Natural History Museum by William Stout shows what the Archeocyons canid, center, would have looked like during the Oligocene era in what’s now San Diego. (William Stout/TNS)

Rare Fossil of Ancient Dog Species Discovered by Paleontologists

SAN DIEGO -- Sometime around 14,000 years ago, the first humans crossed the Bering Strait to North America with canines, domesticated dogs they used for hunting, by their side. But long before … more

Pam Kragen / The San Diego Union-Tribune (TNS) | 5/5/22

An aerial view taken on May 3, 2022, of the destroyed Hotel Ukraine in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernigiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

EU Weighs Ban on Russian Oil as Missiles Hit West and East Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine — In its biggest step yet to wean itself off Russian fossil fuels, the European Union proposed a ban on Russian oil Wednesday as Moscow’s forces took concerted aim at … more

Laura King, David Pierson and Sarah Parvini / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 5/4/22

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks on Capitol Hill, on Jan. 11, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool/Getty Images/TNS)

Fed Makes Biggest Rate Hike Since 2000 to Combat Inflation

WASHINGTON — For the first time in 22 years, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday pushed up interest rates by a full half-percentage point — a significant escalation of its efforts to get … more

Don Lee / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 5/4/22