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Mohamad Abdelfattah, a critical-care doctor, was in the southern city of Rafah with no way of leaving. He was at the end of a two-week trip volunteering in one of the few hospitals that has remained open in the besieged city.

New Mexico First Judicial District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer on Friday said she would soon make a ruling on whether grand jury proceedings against Baldwin were conducted in a fair and impartial manner.

The sentencing caps a federal trial that raised chilling questions about the safety of public officials amid heightened political extremism and the proliferation of online platforms that give traction to baseless conspiracy theories.

U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II says that the practice of arresting immigrants at their homes without a judicial warrant is unconstitutional.

Cincinnati Reds assistant pitching coach Alon Leichman, who was born and raised in Israel, hopes for peace in the Israel-Hamas war.

A study of interactions between military doctors and patients of various ranks confirms that people with higher status get resources at other people's expense.

Famed illusionist David Copperfield is denying accusations made by 16 women alleging decades-spanning sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior.

As Russia's Vladimir Putin meets with China's Xi Jinping in Beijing, the pomp and pronouncements are meant to signal a unified alternative to the West.

When these justices deign to meet-and-greet, it's with people who won't ask them about conflicts of interest or gifts from billionaires.

More migrants illegally enter the United States along this California stretch of the border than anywhere else. They're not coming from the places you'd expect

As researchers increasingly rely on wastewater testing to monitor the spread of bird flu, some are questioning the reliability of the tests being used.

A U.S. secretary of State walks into a bar. The ensuing musical interlude leaves some Ukrainians bemused, some outraged, some humming a Neil Young tune.

Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker takes shots at gender roles, abortion, President Biden and Pride month during his Benedictine College commencement address.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, the junior partner in the 'no limits' relationship with China's Xi Jinping, visits Beijing. What does each man want?

This past winter, the mortality rate for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 was 35% higher than for patients hospitalized with the flu.

U.S. deaths due to drug overdoses fell last year, the first decrease in five years, according to estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who wrote about killing a 14-month-old hunting dog because it was "untrainable" and "dangerous," is scheduled to address the state GOP convention Saturday in San Francisco.

North Korea's nuclear threat has been kept largely on the back burner by President Biden's administration, but pressure has been rising.

Ukrainian president signals to U.S. secretary of State that the need is dire, but that the war against Russia is not lost.

2023 marked the hottest summer in the Northern Hemisphere in the last 2,000 years, according to a new study.

California could determine control of Congress, which is why Super PACs on both sides of the aisle plan to spend millions of dollars here.

Trump will headline Beverly Hills and Newport Beach events. Biden will attend a downtown L.A. fundraiser with former President Obama, actors George Clooney and Julia Roberts.

The key witness in the New York hush money trial said the then-candidate told him to do what he had to do to suppress Stormy Daniels' story of a liaison with him.

The Supreme Court refuses to shield California prison officials who transferred COVID-infected inmates to San Quentin, setting off a deadly outbreak.

Trump is trying to blame Biden for anything that goes wrong — illegal immigration, Gaza and Ukraine wars, inflation. It's the new burden of incumbency.

Despite warnings of H5N1 bird flu outbreaks among dairy cattle, raw milk enthusiasts say they will continue to drink unpasteurized milk.

Of all Trump's shattered norms, the refusal to commit to accept election results is the most corrosive to American democracy.

President Biden's push to expand semiconductor and green technology manufacturing has poured billions into battleground states like Arizona.

Think of the Pacific Ocean like one enormous bathtub, and El Niño like a wave of warm water sloshing from one end of the bathtub to another.

President Biden raised millions of dollars for his reelection bid in Silicon Valley on Friday as he poked at former President Trump and argued that his campaign was being underestimated.

Ukraine is trying to determine if Russia's ground attack in Kharkiv is opening a new war front — or meant to divert overstretched Ukrainian troops?

A geomagnetic storm is heading to Earth, with the possibility to disrupt GPS and communications. It could also bring the northern lights to Northern California, much farther south than is typical.

If South Korea doesn't reverse its current low birth rate, the country's population will drop dramatically in coming decades.

Jewish families across the Bay Area say they've been disturbed by the anti-Israel rhetoric tolerated in K-12 classrooms — and the failure to understand why their kids feel attacked and isolated.

As officials attempt to determine the extent of bird flu outbreaks among dairy herds, some experts are urging that wastewater surveillance begin immediately.

Haim Saban was criticized by Muslim American leaders over his remarks that "Jewish voters who care about Israel" outnumber "Muslim voters who care about Hamas."

A second Trump term would likely invite lawsuits over environmental, immigration and abortion laws, as well as LGBTQ+ rights, California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said.

The change comes as the White House and Democrats play offense on the border and immigration, one of the top issues ahead of the presidential election.

Days after Miss USA resigned, Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava also quits, saying that her personal values 'no longer fully align' with Miss USA Organization.

The revelation that presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a parasite that ate parts of his brain is just the latest bizarre news this election cycle.

At UCLA, the legacy of the encampment remains an issue of much debate, particularly among Jewish students.

The U.S. president is sworn to uphold the law, but presidential candidate Donald Trump keeps pledging to break it. We should believe him.

Americans want to forget about COVID-19, but fallout from the pandemic is shaping voter attitudes about the nation's economy and divisive politics heading into a Biden-Trump rematch.

Depending on whom you ask, the federal immigration app CBP One is a solution to the border crisis, a human rights violation or a ploy to let anyone into the U.S.

Touring Europe for the first time in five years, Chinese President Xi seeks to both woo and divide. Ukraine and trade are wedge issues for China.