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Travelers stand in line as they head to a TSA checkpoint in Terminal 1 at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on May 7, 2025, the day REAL ID requirements begin. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Most travelers must have a REAL ID now to fly in US, or face extra screening

May 7, 2025 at 1:50 p.m.

REAL ID requirements for those flying within the United States begin Wednesday after nearly 20 years of delays.

Michel Bérrios, originally from Nicaragua, is interviewed in Tracy, Calif., Dec. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Some immigrants are already leaving the US in ‘self-deportations’ as Donald Trump’s threats loom

January 16, 2025 at 8:40 a.m.

Donald Trump and his allies are counting on this “self-deportation,” the idea that life can be made unbearable enough to make people leave.

Broken bottles are scattered on the floor inside E&J Liquors after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Rio Dell, Calif. (Savana Robinson via AP )

In California’s ‘earthquake country,’ a 7.0 temblor prompts confusion and a tsunami warning

December 6, 2024 at 8:42 a.m.

Valerie Starkey was driving through Northern California to visit relatives when she suddenly felt shaking and feared her car had broken down, only to realize later that it was an...

Drinks and other food items are toppled on the floor inside Hoby's Market and Deli after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Scotia, Calif. (Dylan McNeill/The Times-Standard via AP)

7.0 earthquake off Northern California prompts brief tsunami warning

December 5, 2024 at 8:21 p.m.

The National Weather Service has canceled its tsunami warning for the U.S. West Coast after there was a 7.0 magnitude earthquake.

Wide receiver Ricky Pearsall, the 49ers' first-round draft pick, is introduced on April 26, 2024, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group/TNS)

Teen arraigned on attempted murder in shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall

September 5, 2024 at 7:57 a.m.

A 17-year-old high school senior charged with attempted murder in the daytime shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall was arraigned in juvenile court Wednesday.

FILE – In this image taken from San Francisco Police Department body-camera video, the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Paul Pelosi, right, fights for control of a hammer with his assailant David DePape during a brutal attack in the couple’s San Francisco home, on Oct. 28, 2022. DePape convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer is set to be sentenced in federal court Friday, May 17, 2024. (San Francisco Police Department via AP, File)

Man convicted of attacking ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer sentenced to 30 years

May 17, 2024 at 2:19 p.m.

The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison.

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