Politics

Tropical weather targets both US coasts at same time for first time in more than 50 years
A rare weather setup is taking shape across the US this weekend, with tropical systems threatening to impact both coasts at nearly the same time. Hurricane Isaias continues to...
Dear Abby: My fiance thinks me and my daughter’s close relatonship is weird
DEAR ABBY: My fiance gets annoyed and calls it weird that I talk to my daughter every morning on my way to work and in the afternoon on my...
Wife of ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro seeks release from US jail
The wife of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was set to be back in court Thursday, where her lawyers will urge a judge to free her from jail and...
Dodgers NLCS preview: Who has edge in rematch with Brewers?
In the wake of his team’s National League Division Series defeat of the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman was asked who he...
Max Fried falters for Yankees and leaves Carlos Rondon a non-factor in ALDS
Just like the rest of the Yankees in this series, Max Fried wasn’t good enough.  Pitching in an elimination game for the second time in his career, the lefty...
Jake Peavy puts musical chops on display with NLDS Game 4 national anthem
Moments before the Padres and Brewers started Game 4 of the NLDS, San Diego had a former legend kick things off. Former Padres pitcher Jake Peavy was joined by...
Body found in Ohio river ID’d as missing Baltimore dad, 24, in town for Steelers-Browns game
The body of a young dad from Maryland who vanished while visiting Ohio to attend a Steelers-Browns game was found in a nearby river, officials confirmed Wednesday.  Authorities ID’d...
Notorious LA “trash house” sparks outrage again as new images reveal new mountains of debris: ‘This should be grounds for losing your house’
Los Angeles’ infamous “trash house” is back to its filthy old ways and fed-up neighbors are once again raising a stink. The notorious Fairfax District property, which has repeatedly...
Brian Cashman explains why Aaron Judge’s Yankees ALDS absence ‘wasn’t a choice’
Yankees GM Brian Cashman explained for the first time why Aaron Judge wasn’t included on the division series roster.  “He’s just not ready. In the end, he wasn’t physically...
San Francisco Dems in chaos mode as sex assault allegations blow up election — clearing path for pro-drug use champion
A well-connected San Francisco activist and trendy cafe owner has dropped out of the race for the city’s District 8 supervisor at the last minute due to a series...
Exclusive | JD Vance’s tiny hometown is overrun with illegal migrants from Uzbekistan who operate hundreds of shady trucking businesses
The southern Ohio community made famous by Vice President JD Vance’s childhood memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” has been rapidly colonized by thousands of migrants from Uzbekistan who run shady, accident-prone...
GOP stomachs reality that redistricting math may not save them in midterms
WASHINGTON — Last year, when top GOP operatives brainstormed ways to defy historical trends and cling to the House by averting a blue wave, one of their top strategic...