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Built in 1961, the 1,399-square-foot space was once Sierra Madre Fire Station #2. It's now a stylish loft-style home.

An $89.9 million estate in Beverly Hills, CA, once owned by a Saudi prince is this week's most expensive listing on Realtor.com.

The apparent crash of a helicopter carrying Iran’s president and foreign minister has sent shock waves around the region. Details remained scant in the hours after the incident Sunday, and it was unclear if Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and other officials onboard had survived. Raisi was returning after traveling to Iran’s border with Azerbaijan to inaugurate a dam with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev. The helicopter either apparently crashed or made... Читать дальше...

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Tens of thousands of mostly opposition supporters are protesting against Mexico’s president in the capital’s vast colonial-era main plaza ahead of the June presidential election. The protesters in Mexico City carried signs saying “We are Mexicans,” referring to what they claim are attempts by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to divide the country. Mexico is extremely polarized ahead of the June 2 election. López Obrador regularly rails against reporters, the middle class, businessmen and people... Читать дальше...

Built in 1951, Frieda Pinto's gorgeous gated home was recently remodeled and boasts an interior designed by Bobby Berk of "Queer Eye."

Former husband and wife Tarek El Moussa and Christina Hall are back together—and their new spouses are involved in the drama, too.

The driver told park officials the incident happened "during a time of desperation." 

Two members of the group even own Teslas, but wanted to mock Elon Musk at Bay to Breakers.

The latest U.S. Census Bureau figures on population growth reveal some surprising cities are growing fast, such as Celina, TX.

Authorities say an Arizona man has been sentenced to natural life in prison for the 2017 death of his wife, who was buried alive in a hand-dug grave near their home. Seven years after the murder, David Pagniano decided to plead guilty before his trial was scheduled to start and allowed a judge to determine his sentence without a plea agreement. The Yavapai County Attorney’s Office says 62-year-old Pagniano also was sentenced on May 9 to a 16 ½-year prison term for kidnapping, forgery and fraud. Authorities... Читать дальше...

A young boy is among three people dead after an Amtrak train hit a pickup truck in upstate New York. The Friday accident happened in North Tonawanda, a small town along the Niagara River between Niagara Falls and Buffalo. Police say the 6-year-old boy was one of three people in the pickup who died in the crash. The other victims were a man and a woman in their 60s. The names of the victims had not been released as of Sunday morning. An Amtrak spokesperson says none of the Amtrak crew or its 21 passengers were injured in the crash.

Chicago police say six people were injured, three of them critically, in a weekend shooting on the city’s West Side. A group of men were standing on a street in the city’s East Garfield Park neighborhood when they were struck by shots fired from a distance around 10 p.m. Saturday. No one was in custody as of midday Sunday. The victims ranged in age from 21 to 39. Three men, including a 23-year-old, a 21-year-old and a 27-year-old, were critically injured and hospitalized in critical condition. The... Читать дальше...

Officials in Mexico say at least 14 people have been killed in three different attacks against political candidates in recent days the violence-torn southern state of Chiapas. The latest attack late Sunday targeted the car driving Nicolás Noriega, who is running to lead the municipal government of the town of Mapastepec. Noriega confirmed the attack to The Associated Press and said he was wounded and at least five people from his campaign were fatally shot. Chiapas has recently descended into bloodshed... Читать дальше...

One of San Francisco's signature events took to the streets Sunday.

Will a rush of homes tempt both buyers and sellers to accept high mortgage rates and dive into into the flush spring housing market?

A fix for the deadly stretch of California highway that claimed James Dean’s life is finally nearing completion.

Housing starts rose 5.7% in April from March, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.36 million, according to data released Thursday.

Biden tells Morehouse graduates he hears their voices of protest and that scenes from the war in Gaza break his heart.

America's first Black astronaut candidate has finally made it to space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company. Ninety-year-old Ed Dwight blasted off from West Texas with five other passengers on Sunday. Dwight was an Air Force pilot when President John F. Kennedy championed him as a NASA astronaut candidate. But he wasn’t picked. The trip made Dwight the oldest person in space. He eclipsed the record of “Star Trek” actor William Shatner, who flew in 2021. This was Blue Origin's first... Читать дальше...

America's first Black astronaut candidate finally goes to space 60 years later on Bezos rocket.

Robert Bukaty has covered nearly every type of story and event for The Associated Press in his 30-year career, from the somber to the exhilarating: a mass shooting, COVID-19, presidents, political campaigns, ski racing – a lot of ski racing – Olympics, and everyday life in Maine. With a little nudge from his daughter and a solar storm, he has now even shot the Northern Lights. Here’s what he said about capturing this extraordinary image.

A month before Kevin Costner puts the first installment of his multi-chapter Western “Horizon: An American Saga” into theaters, the actor-director came to the Cannes Film Festival to unveil his self-financed passion project. The movie is actually two, or if Costner has his way, four. “Horizon: Chapter One,” which runs three hours, will be released by Warner Bros. in theaters June 28. “Chapter Two” follows August 16. Costner has scripts ready for parts three and four. It’s also Costner’s biggest gamble, ever. Читать дальше...

A missing Northern California man was found dead after a search uncovered first his car and then his hat.