Four years after coming out as a gay Qatari man with the World Cup playing in his home country, Nasser Mohamed is speaking up again by sharing his journey that brought him across the world to the Bay Area. Mohamed now feels secure enough to walk around with confidence, and without fear of harm as he wears formal Qatari garb, mascara and two-inch dangly earrings. He still gets regular backlash and hate, but also support and kindness from around the globe that helps drown out the death threats and divisiveness he hears constantly.
Rip currents are one of the coast’s greatest dangers and account for the most beach rescues every year. About 100 people drown from rip currents along U.S. beaches each year. And more than 80% of beach rescues annually involve rip currents. So far, there have been at least 21 deaths from rip currents in U.S. waters in 2026, according to the National Weather Service. The most frequent advice from beach rescue teams and weather forecasters is to not panic or try to fight the current directly. Instead flip over and float. It will eventually dissipate but might leave the swimmer out in deeper water where a lifeguard can retrieve the person.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ben McAdams, a former Utah congressman who has sought to shed his reputation as a moderate, won the Democratic primary Tuesday in a redrawn U.S. House district that Democrats are strongly favored to win this fall.
WASHINGTON (AP) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani waded into Democratic U.S. House primaries to boost three progressives over establishment-backed candidates. All of them won Tuesday, defeating two incumbents and essentially ensuring that two self-described democratic socialists will be e…
A judge has barred the federal government from making arrests at immigration courts, a practice that took hold shortly after President Donald Trump took office last year. Tuesday's ruling by U.S. District Judge Casey Pitts of San Francisco says the government failed to justify its actions as required by law. It is the second setback for courthouse arrests since May when a judge in New York barred them at immigration courts in that city. A U.S. Homeland Security Department official criticized the latest decision as a show of judicial overreach.
An 18-year-old suspect has been arrested in a shooting at a library in Northern California that left two people dead. Police say the suspect first walked through the building unarmed, then returned with a shotgun. He fatally shot one person at the entrance and another inside. The shootings occurred Monday evening at the Chico branch of the Butte County Library. Officers arrived within two minutes of the 911 call and apprehended the suspect shortly after. The victims were identified as Jacob Hull and Robert Johnson. The FBI is assisting in the investigation.
The U.S. is easing its restrictions on Iran's World Cup team, allowing the squad to travel into the country two days before its next match, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday.
Eight people accused by the Justice Department of having ties to antifa have been sentenced to decades in federal prison over a shooting outside a Texas immigration detention center during a protest. A police officer was wounded in the July 4 shooting outside the Prairieland Detention Center near Dallas. A former U.S. Marine Corps reservist convicted of attempted murder in the shooting was sentenced Tuesday to 100 years in prison, which is the maximum punishment. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, one of two judges overseeing the sentencing, said the protesters' actions were “an assault on democracy.” The seven other protesters received prison terms ranging from 30 to 70 years.
President Donald Trump says six people have been arrested over recent damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The president claimed without evidence that there had been a “350-foot gash” in the paint as the administration faces a self-imposed deadline to fix the botched renovation before next month. Adding to the controversy swirling around the pool, the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental group, called on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to investigate after a Mallard duckling carcass was found floating in the algae-filled pool, and two other ducks were found dead nearby. Trump also said the federal government would release images substantiating his vandalism claim. The Associated Press verified that one man was arrested after touching peeled paint.
California intends to sue the Trump administration over its deal to end an offshore wind project proposed off the state’s central coast. State officials said they are combating the administration’s attacks on their offshore wind industry by sending a notice of their intention to sue to the Department of Interior Tuesday. Tuesday’s action is focused on the administration buying back the lease for Golden State Wind, a floating offshore wind project off California’s central coast. California has made a major commitment to offshore wind. President Donald Trump has said he’s boosting fossil fuels to unleash America’s affordable and reliable energy, and he frequently talks about his hatred of wind power.
The Rev. Al Sharpton is putting final touches on a new Harlem headquarters for his National Action Network organization. The civil rights leader recently held an invite-only unveiling for board members and other local allies, ahead of plans to resume weekly Saturday rallies this summer. Known as the “House of Justice” since its founding decades ago, the NAN headquarters has hosted presidential hopefuls, members of Congress, New York power brokers, celebrities and families who visit to speak out on matters of injustice.
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