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Long Beach ordered some Peninsula residents to evacuate and Newport Beach temporarily closed its beaches and piers as Tropical Storm Rachel neared Southern California. A National Weather Service coastal flood...

Hong Kong police have arrested 127 people in a six-month undercover operation against a Vietnamese-led crime syndicate accused of running loan-sharking rackets charging interest rates of up to 3,700 per...

The U.S. Marshals Service arrested Brian Anthony Williams, whom they allege is a fugitive from Iowa who lived for more than a decade under an alias and worked as a...

As mayoral election day nears, four people talk about how they escaped homelessness.

Senior public servants found accountable for last year’s deadly Tai Po fire could face disciplinary action if named in an investigation report that a government-appointed panel is expected to submit...

Hong Kong has recorded 21 cases of mpox since August, accounting for 70 per cent of this year’s total, prompting health authorities to urge people who engage in high-risk sexual...

Tropical Storm Rachel is expected to make landfall either in northern Baja California or San Diego County as early as Saturday night, bringing with it a slew of potential hazards,...

The family of Daniel Magaña has filed a wrongful death claim against L.A. County, alleging staff at the Twin Towers jail failed to provide him with "psychiatric evaluation, monitoring, medication,...

Hong Kong police have dismantled a local syndicate allegedly running a vice ring involving Thai women, seizing HK$13 million in cash (US$1.66 million) and freezing HK$5 million in suspected crime...

Guangdong-registered yachts will be allowed to sail into Hong Kong waters from next Friday under a new travel scheme, the city’s transport minister has confirmed. Writing in her weekly blog on...

A three-tier dispute resolution mechanism could help Hong Kong homeowners strengthen oversight of major renovation projects and prevent exploitation by “unscrupulous traders”, according to the home affairs minister. The city’s building...

A bitter family dispute over the proposed sale of a HK$72 million flat allegedly led a retired police officer and his two sons to murder socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung three...