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A 14-year-old Santa Rosa boy is in juvenile hall charged with not only possessing a gun, but also with manufacturing it. Police say the high school student was using 3D technology to do it. The police’s antigang task force, armed with a subpoena, raided the boy’s home on the 2300 …

President Joe Biden has been handed an endorsement from an unexpected and perhaps unwelcome source: The Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that his country would prefer to see the “more experienced” Biden in the White House for a second term than the Republican frontrunner, former President Donald Trump.  …

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday that his administration has filed a lawsuit against the parent companies of TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube, alleging that their services are damaging to the mental health of young adults and children in the largest U.S. city. The city of New …

Former President Donald Trump is expected in a New York courtroom Thursday, when a judge is likely to cement the date for his first criminal trial, which is currently scheduled for next month. At the hearing, state Judge Juan Merchan will first rule on several of Trump’s long-shot motions to …

A radio host was killed in a shooting during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade. Russia is developing a space-based nuclear weapon. And L.A.’s graffiti-covered high-rises have become a tourist attraction. Here’s what to know today. Popular radio DJ killed, 22 injured in shooting at Kansas City Chiefs parade …

The judge presiding over the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump on Thursday will hear misconduct allegations that could lead to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ disqualification. The highly anticipated hearing is set to focus on whether Willis personally benefited from a relationship with the lead …

Democrats had a field day beating Mehmet Oz two years ago, relentlessly branding the TV doctor-turned-Senate candidate in Pennsylvania as a crudité-loving carpetbagger from New Jersey. Now, in another election cycle that could tip the balance of power in the chamber, Democrats are attempting to replicate — and expand — …

U.S. allies warn Israel against ‘catastrophic’ Rafah operation The prime ministers of Australia, Canada and New Zealand called for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, saying Israel’s planned military offensive in the city of Rafah would be “catastrophic.” “We urge the Israeli government not to go down this …

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Nikki Haley is framing her path to the GOP presidential nomination as a long, state-by-state war of attrition. But while Haley battles for public opinion, the GOP is doling out delegates — and those rules are designed to create blowouts.  Haley spent much of the week in …

SYDNEY, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese took time off from running the country on Wednesday to celebrate Valentine’s Day by proposing to his partner, Jodie Haydon. Albanese announced the engagement on Thursday with a selfie photo of the beaming couple with the caption “She said yes” on social …

Japan has lost its spot as the world’s third-largest economy to Germany, as the Asian giant unexpectedly slipped into recession. Once the second-largest economy in the world, Japan reported two consecutive quarters of contraction on Thursday — falling 0.4% on an annualized basis in the fourth quarter after a revised 3.3% …

Second time was a charm for a Houston-based company that launched a privately built moon lander into space early Thursday. The spacecraft, developed by Intuitive Machines, lifted off at 1:05 a.m. ET from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The lander rode into orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon …

KARACHI, Pakistan — A senior Pakistani politician who won provincial elections in the commercial hub of Karachi last week has given up his seat, saying the vote was rigged in his favor. Pakistan voted in national and provincial elections on Feb. 8, but the polls were marred by accusations of rigging …

BANGKOK — Two Chinese fishermen drowned while being chased by Taiwan’s coast guard off Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago, the coast guard said Wednesday while accusing them of trespassing. The deaths are unusual despite the level of Chinese activity in the waters near Kinmen, which is closer to China than it is …

SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean court on Wednesday convicted three former police officers of destroying internal files and other evidence in an attempted cover-up after a Halloween crowd crush that killed nearly 160 people in the capital, Seoul, in 2022. They were the first convictions over the deaths. The high …

The shooting after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade Wednesday was just the latest example of violence erupting during a championship celebration. Here are other shootings that have taken place over the last decade either the night a team won a league championship or during the ensuing parade …

KANSAS CITY, MO. — The parade and rally were over, but the Kansas City Chiefs weren’t done celebrating their Super Bowl victory when the party turned deadly Wednesday. Now, the athletes are trying to process the mass shooting and violence that rocked Kansas City, Mo. Star tight end Travis Kelce said …

Fans and bystanders celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl win Wednesday chased and tackled a person who police say could be one of three people detained, according to video and the police chief. Officials have not confirmed that the person in the video is in police custody and being …

A former Olympian and track coach accused of sexually abusing boys in the 1970s was sentenced to up to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to assault charges.  Conrad Mainwaring, 72, pleaded guilty Feb. 8 to 14 charges of indecent assault and battery in connection with the sexual abuse …

A Michigan woman was arrested on multiple fraud charges in connection with a scheme to steal more than $800,000 in luxury clothing and goods from rental websites, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday. According to the DOJ, Brandalene Horn, 42, allegedly opened hundreds of accounts on websites designed for women …