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Memphis mom says Trump brought peace to streets as Democratic DA battles task force oversight

A petition nearing 10,000 signatures demands DA Steve Mulroy drop his fight against Donald Trump's Memphis Safe Task Force accountability measures.

Boyle Heights warehouse company says it's being unfairly scapegoated for fire and stench

ROGER VINCENT, SALVADOR HERNANDEZ

The company that owns the vast cold storage warehouse scorched in a June blaze that plagued neighbors in Boyle Heights with smoke and stink said it doesn't deserve the pummeling it got for how it contained the catastrophe.

He exposed Nicaragua's dictatorship. Now, the U.S. wants to deport him there

KATE LINTHICUM, ISMAEL LÓPEZ

Journalists, human rights advocates and dissidents who were persecuted in Nicaragua and sought safety in the U.S. are increasingly being targeted for deportation.

Pope Leo XIV receives 'symbolic’ sphere in charity's push for AI to 'protect human dignity'

Photos show Pope Leo XIV receiving the "Sphere of Humanity" glass sculpture as 70 leaders prepare to draft the Codex Humanitatis on AI ethics.

State Department Extends Visa Ban on Abbas, Other Palestinian Officials

EDWARD WONG

The move would prevent Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of two governing Palestinian groups, from traveling to the United States next week for the United Nations General Assembly.

Kavanaugh throws Trump ‘a lifeline’ on mail ballot rules despite Supreme Court loss and more top headlines

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Jewish Leaders in Michigan Urge Support for El-Sayed’s Senate Bid

BAYLISS WAGNER

The public petition comes after other Michigan Jews registered their discontent with Abdul El-Sayed, the state’s Democratic Senate nominee.

Arizona sheriff deploys helicopter to save 2 stranded in flooded car

Video shows a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office helicopter rescuing two people in their 80s from a flooded car on State Route 238 during heavy rains.

Texas man who killed 3 in 2005 burglary executed after warden asks him for last words

LeJames Norman was the fifth death row inmate executed in Texas this year after he pleaded guilty to capital murder in a 2005 triple killing.

Claims for unemployment benefits drop to 196,000, lowest since mid-July

The number of people applying for unemployment benefits dropped sharply last week, another sign that layoffs remain rare and most Americans enjoy job security

San Diego bystanders chase down suspected Tesla thief after woman struck on boardwalk

Video captured on smart glasses shows bystander Alex Srour chasing down a suspect who allegedly drove a stolen Tesla through a San Diego pedestrian walkway.

Cases of Black people found hanged in the US South are a reminder of nation's lynching history

The death of Tasia Fortune, a Black Mississippi woman found hanging from a tree, has stirred distressing memories of the grim U.S. history of lynchings

Body found in Grand Canyon was missing hiker, wife says, bringing flood death toll to 3

Human remains found in the Grand Canyon this week have been identified as Timothy Allen Smith, the last person missing after the deadly flash flooding in late August

Los Angeles NBC helicopter seen plummeting toward ground in dashcam video

Dashcam video captures the NBC and Telemundo 52 helicopter's rapid descent over Los Angeles before the fiery crash that killed three people.

Idaho prosecutors accuse Bryan Kohberger of 'fishing' to find better arguments for bid to withdraw guilty plea

Bryan Kohberger's new legal team seeks more time for post-conviction relief, but Idaho prosecutors call the discovery request a "fishing expedition."