Interstate 5 near Camp Pendleton was shut Saturday for a U.S. military exercise firing live artillery over the freeway, severing the coastal link between San Clemente and Oceanside. The closure began at 11 a.m. and was slated to last until 3 p.m., but the CHP reopened lanes by noon, planning...
From viral politics to quiet generosity, the day's news spanned sharp contrasts. In San Diego, a lone Trump supporter pedaled through a No Kings rally as a protester trailed him with "Yakety Sax." Taylor Swift donated $100,000 to help 18-month-old Lilah's cancer care, pushing a GoFundMe past $219,000. George Santos...
A US Marines 250th-anniversary celebration will close a 17-mile stretch of Interstate 5 near Camp Pendleton from 11am to 3pm Saturday as 155mm live rounds are fired over the area, the CHP said. The Marines plan a live-fire amphibious showcase at Red Beach and say the event follows safety protocols....
In Kansas City, volunteers led by Leann Villaluz are racing door to door to force a statewide vote on Missouri’s newly enacted congressional map, which targets Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II’s Kansas City seat and would divide the city into three Republican-leaning districts. People Not Politicians Missouri says it has collected...
Democratic Senate hopeful Graham Platner, an oyster farmer and Army and Marine veteran, apologized Friday for old Reddit posts calling himself a "communist," labeling police "bastards," and saying rural white Americans are racist and stupid. In a video on X, he blamed the remarks on disillusionment after deployments, said his...
Once dismissed as sci‑fi, Ukraine’s cheap interceptor drones have become a key shield against Russia’s mass attacks, downing 150 drones in a single bombardment as Kyiv pushes to build 1,000 a day. Built by a fast-growing ecosystem of manufacturers and trainers, systems like Wild Hornets’ Sting—costing a few thousand dollars—are...
Graham Platner, a U.S. military veteran and oyster farmer running for Maine’s Democratic U.S. Senate nomination, is apologizing for now-deleted Reddit posts in which he called himself a communist and suggested some political resistance should include firearms — comments he says no longer reflect him. He attributed the rhetoric to...
McLaren’s title fight unraveled in the United States Grand Prix sprint when Oscar Piastri clipped Nico Hulkenberg’s Sauber at Turn One and bounced into Lando Norris, eliminating both; Fernando Alonso was also caught out. After a five-lap safety car, Max Verstappen beat George Russell, surviving a Turn 12 scare, to...
Eleven members of the Abu Shaaban family were killed when a bus was struck in Gaza City's Zeitoun area, according to Gaza's Hamas-run civil defence, which said they were trying to check their home. The Israeli military said troops fired on a suspicious vehicle that crossed a yellow demarcation line...
About a day after President Trump said San Francisco was a “mess” and urged federal forces to restore order, residents and local leaders pushed back, calling troops unnecessary and alarming. In parks and at the Dreamforce convention, people acknowledged homelessness and urban decay but rejected military policing. Salesforce’s Marc Benioff...
