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A network of militant groups backed by Iran — the self-styled “Axis of Resistance” — has been launching attacks against Israel, the U.S. and international shipping, which the militants say is a protest against Israel’s war and in support of the Palestinians. As part of this so-called axis, powerful Iran-backed …

For many Black Americans, the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are inextricably linked. Yet the two men’s only documented meeting, on March 26, 1964, was an unintentional one. With the ongoing Senate debate on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the two crossed paths briefly, posing …

SAN DIEGO — Thirty-six million Californians from Sonoma County to the U.S.-Mexico border are under weekend flood watches as the state faces the more potent of two early February storms. The front’s rain and snow will be boosted by an atmospheric river, a firehose of precipitation, forecasters say. This atmospheric river …

WASHINGTON — The United States launched attacks against Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria on Friday, its first retaliatory strikes for the killing of three American soldiers in Jordan last weekend. U.S. military forces struck more than 85 targets at seven facilities, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters. …

LONDON — Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Friday was cleared of a public order offense over a protest at an oil and gas conference in October. Thunberg was arrested Oct. 17 outside the InterContinental London Park Lane hotel after joining hundreds of protesters at an “Oily Money Out” demonstration organized by …

A dignified transfer is conducted for every U.S. service member who dies in a military operation abroad. During the event, a carry team from the fallen members’ military branch removes the service members’ flag-draped transfer cases from the aircraft that brought them back to the U.S. Their remains are then …

A new federal indictment accuses a former St. Louis-area police officer of sexually assaulting 19 men while they were restrained and in his custody, marking 11 additional victims. Marcellis Blackwell of St. Louis assaulted the men from Nov. 8, 2022, to June 5, 2023, according to the 36-count superseding indictment …

WASHINGTON — Key Senate negotiators say they’ve struck a tentative deal to enact tougher U.S. immigration and asylum laws, marking a significant breakthrough on a politically explosive issue as the 2024 election year gets underway. But the pact is in jeopardy even before senators release the text of the bill, …

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin apologized Thursday for not properly handling and communicating his cancer diagnosis and treatment to President Joe Biden, Pentagon staff and the general public. “I want to be crystal clear. We did not handle this right. And I did not handle this right,” Austin said at …

U.S. strikes Houthi drones as it readies retaliation for Jordan attack