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New Yorkers would be forced to pay 2.5 times the market rate for electricity generated by the Empire Wind One offshore wind farm if the deal goes through, according to an independent financial analysis. The Trump Administration paused construction of the controversial project — 54 turbines in the Atlantic Ocean some 14 miles south of … Read more

A woke California PhD student is going viral online after declining a coveted NASA internship she spent “years” seeking — and she’s blaming “the current administration” for her shocking decision. Daniela Lucas, a 26-year-old bioengineering student at UC San Diego, recently uploaded a TikTok video showing her dramatically selecting “Decline Offer” for an internship in … Read more

An award-winning stunt pilot died when his “experimental” plane crashed at a military base in Virginia while training for an upcoming airshow Aerobatics pilot Rob Holland was preparing for this weekend’s Air Power Over Hampton Roads air show when his custom MX Aircraft MXS crashed shortly before noon while landing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in … Read more

Unaccompanied migrant children watch TV in a playpen at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Donna, Texas, in 2021. (Associated Press) Parents and families are finding it harder to reunite with migrant children in federal custody after the Trump administration tightened security restrictions on sponsorships, according to lawyers and other advocates who work … Read more

The exterior of Huntington Park City Hall. (Eric Thayer / For The Times) The Huntington Park City Council has chosen a local civil service commissioner to replace former Councilmember Esmeralda Castillo, whose seat was declared vacant after a probe determined she was not living in the city. Wednesday’s appointment comes several days after a California … Read more

A likeness of a giraffe peers out the top of a barn against gray skies at the Montebello Barnyard Zoo on April 17. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) A cool, wet weather pattern will probably bring some April showers to Southern California over the next few days. The dreary trend is forecast to kick … Read more

Before the fence, there was the lizard. From tree stumps and rocks, the spiny reptiles basked and watched as wooden fences subdivided the landscape. At some point, one climbed a post and became known to us ever onward as the fencelizard. If you grew up or live in California or western United States, chances are … Read more

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum addresses supporters at a rally she convened to welcome U.S. President Trump’s decision to postpone tariffs on Mexican goods for one month at the Zocalo, Mexico City’s main square, on March 9. (Eduardo Verdugo / Associated Press) At the entrance to Mexico City’s largest park lies a towering marble monument to … Read more

Father Gabriel Romanelli, pastor of the Holy Family Church in Gaza City, celebrates Christmas Eve Mass last year. (Omar al-Qattaa / AFP/Getty Images) “Pope o’clock.” That’s what Gaza residents sheltering in this besieged Catholic parish called the time — usually 8 p.m. local time, 7 p.m. in Rome — when Pope Francis would video call … Read more

A view of Century City Center, center building, under construction in Century City. Office leasing in the neighborhood is unusually robust. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Tenants hunting for office space in the Los Angeles area are in the driver’s seat as vacancies plague many landlords trying to fill their buildings with people. … Read more