The sea otter harassing surfers off the California coast eludes capture as her fan club grows
People show up every day to get a glimpse of the otter sunbathing on the rocky shore, diving in the water and chomping down on crabs
People show up every day to get a glimpse of the otter sunbathing on the rocky shore, diving in the water and chomping down on crabs

Temperatures have peaked at or above 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) the entire month of July in Phoenix and extreme heat stretches across the American South

The Wednesday hearing came after the president’s son pleaded guilty last month to misdemeanor tax charges in what Republicans have derided as a ‘sweetheart’ deal

Mitnick went from student tinkerer to FBI-hunted fugitive, imprisoned felon and finally respected cybersecurity professional tapped for advice by U.S. lawmakers and global corporations

The winner could take the $558.1 million lump sum before taxes, or get $1.08 billion paid out in yearly increments

The Venezuelan president was given a scale model of a jail that doubles as the headquarters of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service as a gift during a police promotion ceremony

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirmed it served a search warrant Monday in the nearby city of Henderson. But the department said it wouldn’t release any other details

One week after targeting the network run by Los Chapitos, the Treasury Department has added an ally of La Nueva Familia Michoacana to its blacklist

What’s happened — and continues to happen — in Haiti, Colombia and Mexico should awaken our collective conscience about the use of women’s and girls’ bodies as a weapon of war

The Republican-led Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government is set to convene Thursday

Lorna Roxanne Green, 22, told investigators she broke in and used gasoline to set fire to the Wellspring Health Access clinic in Casper because it was giving her anxiety and nightmares

The committee’s legislation would impose new standards for transparency around recusals, gifts and potential conflicts of interest

Thousands of fires have scorched more than 42,000 square miles across the country so far, including Indigenous land, where communities often are isolated

Herzog is the second Israeli president, after his father, Chaim Herzog, to address Congress. His speech marks modern Israel’s celebration of its 75th year

The target letter sent to Trump by special counsel Jack Smith suggests Trump may soon be indicted on new federal charges, adding to a remarkable situation

The first lady says cancer patients need help making decisions about their treatment and that help from a navigator will make a big difference in people’s lives

The studios that employ actors and writers say their most recent contract offer includes generous increases in the payments

Shortly after his announcement, Chuck Morse, a former Republican president of the New Hampshire Senate who made an unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate, announced his campaign

King’s family is struggling to understand what changed before he dashed into a country with a long history of holding Americans and using them as bargaining chips

Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s decision comes after the board of trustees launched a review in December following allegations of misconduct around papers he had authored or co-authored

The move comes after the Minnesota Supreme Court without comment denied Chauvin’s petition to hear his case, letting the former police officer’s conviction and 22-and-a-half-year sentence stand

U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein’s decision sets the stage for Trump to stand trial in state court in Manhattan as early as next spring, overlapping with the 2024 presidential primary season

The director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch regrets that the final declaration of the EU-CELAC summit does not openly condemn the region’s authoritarian regimes

Christopher Michael Alberts’ prison sentence is one of the longest among hundreds of cases stemming from the riot on Jan. 6, 2021

The report was conducted by an independent monitor after an 8-year-old girl died in Border Patrol custody in May. She had sickle cell anemia and suffered a heart attack

Democratic Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill into law Wednesday that allows abortions at any time if deemed medically necessary by a doctor

The former president’s lawyers wanted the judge to reduce the award to less than $1 million or order a new trial on damages