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The flames are gone, but the danger isn’t over in Pacific Palisades

Nearly six months after wildfire devastated Pacific Palisades, officials have lifted the final evacuation order. As of 15 June, all residents and visitors can now access the previously restricted areas, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Officials said they lifted the final order because cleanup teams have made the area safer. Lyndsey Lantz from the fire department said workers had removed dangerous materials from thousands of properties, including broken power lines, damaged batteries, and toxic debris left by the flames, as per L.A. Times. Despite the clearance, health offi

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What happens when bots beat real students to financial aid and classes?

The U.S. Department of Education announced a new requirement that first‑time applicants for federal student aid present a government‑issued photo ID as part of efforts to combat a surge in AI‑driven financial aid fraud, department officials said. Scammers are deploying AI "ghost students" — automated bots that enroll in online classes under stolen identities — to collect federal grants and loans, then vanish. In fiscal 2024, California community colleges alone logged about 1.2 million fraudulent applications and 223,000 fake enrollments, costing at least $11.1 million in unre

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Could this common beverage help you age better?

Women who drink several cups of caffeinated coffee daily during middle age are more likely to reach their 70s without major chronic diseases or cognitive decline, according to new research from Harvard University at a major nutrition conference. The 30-year study of nearly 50,000 female nurses found that those who consumed an average of 315 milligrams of caffeine per day — roughly three small cups of coffee — had significantly better odds of "healthy aging" compared to women who drank little or no coffee. "Women who consumed moderate amounts of caffeinated coffee in midlife were mor

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Trump says he is looking at new steps on farm labor

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he was looking at immigration policy steps that would allow farms to take responsibility for people they hire."We're looking at doing something where, in the case of good, reputable farmers, they can take responsibility for the people that they hire and let them have responsibility, because we can't put the farms out of business," Trump told reporters. "And at the same time we don't want to hurt people that aren't criminals." (Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt, Editing by Franklin Paul)

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Trump’s two-week delay on Iran strike decision leaves Israel in limbo

US President Donald Trump’s self-imposed two-week delay to decide whether to strike Iran has sparked confusion and conjecture in Israel.Some of Israel’s most senior officials had openly pushed for US involvement, arguing that American military involvement can shorten the conflict and allow Israel to achieve its goal of removing what it has long perceived as an existential threat of a nuclear Iran armed with ballistic missiles.“We believe that the United States of America and the president of the United States have an obligation to make sure that the region is going to a positive way and

Fred Pleitgen asks Iranian official how they would respond if the US bombed nuclear site

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is released after spending over three months at a Louisiana detention center

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Trump says deal with Harvard possible 'over the next week or so'

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday his administration has been working with Harvard University and could announce a deal "over the next week or so" to resolve the White House's campaign against the country's oldest and richest university.Trump in a post on his social media platform Truth Social raised the prospect of a deal with the Ivy League school, which has sued after his administration terminated billions of dollars in grants awarded to Harvard and moved to bar the school from admitting international students.The Republican president's administration has said its actions against H

Supreme Court rejects toy company's push for a quick decision on Trump's tariffs

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a push from an Illinois toy company asking for a quick decision on the legality of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Learning Resources Inc. wanted the justices to take up the case soon, rather than let it continue to play out in lower courts. The company argues the tariffs and uncertainty are having a “massive impact” on businesses around the country and the issue needs swift attention from the nation's highest court. The justices didn't explain their reasoning in the brief order rebuffing the motion to fast-track the i

Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from immigration detention

Trump presided over national security meeting on Iran, US official says

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‘It’s a scary time to be here right now’: Americans stuck in Israel are desperate to get out

Karen and Omri Mamon, dual American-Israeli citizens, traveled to Israel last month to attend the wedding of Omri’s sister. They didn’t know they would end up spending their holiday moving from one house to another, searching for shelter.A week after the wedding, Israel launched its surprise attack on Iran, and missiles began flying over the skies, forcing both airspaces to shut down. Most flights out of Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport were canceled, leaving many stranded and unable to get home.“The first night, we went down to the shelter three times, and since then, we’re just jumpin

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At least 8 dead after hot air balloon accident in southern Brazil

At least eight people are dead following an accident involving a hot air balloon in Brazil’s southern region of Santa Catarina on Saturday, according to the local governor.“We are all shocked by the accident involving a balloon in Praia Grande, this Saturday morning. Our rescue team is already on site… So far, we have confirmed eight deaths,” local governor Jorginho Mello said on X.He said 21 people were on board; the other 13 survived.Video posted to social media shows a hot air balloon catching fire while in the sky. The balloon then deflates and falls to the ground.“We saw two peo

‘Life is full of unexpected surprises’: People trying to call Iran meet mysterious voice message

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Pope Leo praises work of journalists in first public comments on clerical abuse scandal

Pope Leo XIV has said the Catholic Church must establish a culture that refuses to tolerate abuse in “any form,” as he thanked a Peruvian journalist for reporting on allegations of abuse inside a powerful Catholic group.Leo’s remarks, the first he has made publicly on the church’s abuse scandals since his election to the papacy on May 8, were contained in a message sent for the performance of a play which dramatizes the work of an investigative journalist, Paola Ugaz, who has faced a long campaign of legal actions and death threats due to her reporting.“It is urgent to ingrain throug

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Strange signals detected from Antarctic ice seem to defy laws of physics. Scientists are searching for an answer

Scientists are trying to solve a decade-long mystery by determining the identity of anomalous signals detected from below ice in Antarctica.The strange radio waves emerged during a search for another unusual phenomenon: high-energy cosmic particles known as neutrinos. Arriving at Earth from the far reaches of the cosmos, neutrinos are often called “ghostly” because they are extremely volatile, or vaporous, and can go through any kind of matter without changing.Over the past decade, researchers have conducted multiple experiments using vast expanses of water and ice that are designed to sea

Nuclear diplomacy stuck, Israel says it killed top Iran commander

US sanctions target those providing Iran with defense machinery, Houthi oil trading

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Pakistan nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, praising ‘stellar statemanship’

Vance blames California Dems for violent immigration protests and calls Sen. Alex Padilla 'Jose'

Vice President JD Vance is accusing California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass of encouraging violent immigration protests

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B-2 bombers moving to Guam amid Middle East tensions, US officials say

The United States is moving B-2 bombers to the Pacific island of Guam, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Saturday, as President Donald Trump weighs whether the United States

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Officials monitoring potential Iran-linked threats in the US, but see nothing credible

Putin says Russia has told Israel there's no evidence Iran wants nuclear weapons, Sky News Arabia reports

Russia has repeatedly told Israel that there is no evidence Iran is aiming to get nuclear weapons, Sky News Arabia on Saturday quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying in an