One llama is sprawled on the grass with its neck craned, basking in a patch of sunshine. Another stands on a dirt hill, ears flattened defiantly. A third rushes to greet visitors with a friendly nuzzle.

This isn’t a petting zoo. The furry beasts are in Belgium for work.

Scientists have discovered the potential of the animals’ antibodies ...Read more

The first Pepsi Challenge tour in 50 years didn’t feature regular or even Diet Pepsi. Instead, the blind taste-test showdown last year pitted Pepsi Zero Sugar against Coca-Cola Zero Sugar.

At the Super Bowl next month, it’s Zero Sugar that will star in the beverage company’s Pepsi commercial, not the original formula. PepsiCo Inc. is ...Read more

As many people struggle to afford housing and tenant populations grow in some regions, more cities are turning to official registries to answer questions about their rental housing market.

Who owns this rental property? Are they up-to-date on matters of code such as having working fire alarms? Are they keeping their building heated and ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Obama Presidential Center in Chicago plans to proudly include artifacts from throughout the former president’s life and early career in the city, exploring the role his adopted home played in shaping his rise to the White House.

But officials are saying thanks, but no thanks, to evidence of his earliest electoral ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — When Jennifer Kesse disappeared in 2006, her father spoke to reporters in Orlando and from national TV stations, hoping the 24-year-old would hear his message and stay strong until help arrived.

“Just hang in there. We’re close. And we’ll get you,” Drew Kesse said in those remarks televised in late January of that year...Read more

Serenity Cole enjoyed Christmas last month relaxing with her family near her St. Louis home, making crafts and visiting friends.

It was a contrast to how Cole, 18, spent part of the 2024 holiday season. She was in the hospital — a frequent occurrence with sickle cell disease, a genetic condition that damages oxygen-carrying red blood cells ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Witness accounts of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti describe him observing federal law enforcement and helping with traffic in the moments leading up to gunfire in south Minneapolis.

The statements were filed late Jan. 24 alongside an ongoing lawsuit and related petition from attorneys asking an appeals court to reinstate ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Top Los Angeles federal prosecutor Bill Essayli faced blistering criticism from gun rights groups, including the NRA, after he posted on X Saturday about the fatal shooting of a U.S citizen in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers.

Essayli, the first assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, wrote: "...Read more

The U.S. has asked Italy to join the International Stabilization Force for Gaza as a founding member, people familiar with the matter said, as the Trump administration tries to bolster the credibility of the initiative.

Diplomats made the offer to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s office and to Italy’s foreign ministry this week, said the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — On Saturday morning — a day after hundreds gathered in downtown Los Angeles to protest recent nationwide immigration enforcement — another protest gained momentum.

Even if almost everyone in attendance laid on the ground stock still.

Road safety advocates and others, led by the group Streets Are for Everyone, or SAFE, ...Read more

A sprawling winter storm has grounded more than 14,500 flights around the U.S., halted trains and triggered a grid emergency and knocked out power to thousands, all while threatening to drop a foot of snow on New York City and the rest of the Northeast corridor on Sunday.

As of 5:30 p.m. ET, 14,537 flights across the U.S. were grounded through ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear and some other Kentucky Democrats had strong reactions Saturday to news of another fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis.

“What happened today in Minneapolis is gut-wrenching and unacceptable and has no place in America,” Beshear, who chairs the Democratic Governors Association, said in a joint...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer vowed to block a massive spending package next week unless Republicans strip funding for the Department of Homeland Security, dramatically increasing the risk for a partial U.S. government shutdown.

Schumer’s announcement came on the same day that a Border Patrol agent shot and killed an ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — With frustrating meetings on a near-daily basis, the seven states that share the Colorado River are scrambling to deliver any semblance of an agreement as they gear up for a high-profile discussion with the Trump administration next week.

About 40 million people — and economically vital farms — in the American West rely on the...Read more

SAN DIEGO — On an altar at Carlos Ramirez’s home in southeastern San Diego, a laminated photo of his mother who passed away years ago rests atop a candle, surrounded by idols of Jesus Christ, angels and the Virgin Mary.

Ramirez is in awe of the photo. Two years ago, flood waters swept through his Shelltown neighborhood and others nearby —...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — A protester was arrested by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office on Friday during a rally against mass deportation in Orlando on Friday, OCSO said. The arrest happened as demonstrators gathered outside the ICE facility on Delegates Drive.

According to the arrest affidavit, Alexis Brianna Clark, 23, allegedly blocked the path ...Read more

A CNN correspondent covering the aftermath of Saturday’s fatal shooting of a demonstrator by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis can be heard coughing and struggling to breathe amid “extremely strong, peppery tear gas” deployed against protesters.

Sara Sidner, reporting live from the streets of Minneapolis, was describing the ...Read more

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services notified states on Saturday that it would pause public health grants worth about $5 billion, then hours later said it would lift the halt.

The grants were suspended to evaluate whether activities were in “alignment with administration and agency priorities,” according to an email viewed by ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the 37-year-old fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent on Saturday, was carrying an Sig Sauer 9mm pistol that is widely popular and frequently carried by U.S. military and law enforcement.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security shared photographs of the gun with its slide retracted and sitting on the seat ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Andrew Marshall has ruffled some feathers in his volunteer role caring for Lake Eola’s swans. Now, following the deaths of dozens of those swans over the past month, he’s demanding more be done to protect them.

A petition he started after an avian flu outbreak erupted in late December urges the city to create a full ...Read more