Rebecca Boone

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  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomes Qatar Minister of Defense Sheikh Saoud Al Thani, left, to the Pentagon, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)Politics

    Trump ally Laura Loomer calls a Qatari facility at a U.S. Air Force base an ‘abomination’ — Here’s what it will actually do

    By Rebecca Boone and The Associated Press
  • Law enforcement agents aim their weapons from the roof of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility as a helicopter flies past during a protest on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)Law

    Trump-appointed judge blocks administration from deploying troops in Portland. ‘This is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law’

    By Claire Rush, Rebecca Boone, and others
  • Relatives of Venezuelan migrants in the U.S. who were flown to a prison in El Salvador by the U.S. government, which alleged they were members of the Tren de Aragua gang, protest outside the United Nations building in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)Politics

    Pennsylvania federal judge is first to approve Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans shown to be Tren de Aragua members

    By Rebecca Boone and The Associated Press
  • The Signal app logo can be seen through a magnifying glass on the display of a smartphoneTech

    Government workers are using encrypted messaging apps like Signal to avoid hacks and data leaks—but the price is transparency

    By Rebecca Boone, Claudia Lauer, and others
  • FILE – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers wait to detain a person, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)Politics

    Trump deportation push largely ignores major tool—E-Verify system that employers can use to check workers

    By Tim Sullivan, Rebecca Boone, and others
  • FILE – Megan Mantia, left, and her boyfriend Thomas, only first game given, return to Mantia’s fire-damaged home after the Eaton Fire swept through the area, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)Environment

    Flawed emergency alert systems meant to warn residents lagged during Los Angeles wildfires

    By Christopher L. Keller, Claudia Lauer, and others
  • FILE – A general view shows the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)Environment

    Maui fire that killed 102 in Lahaina erupted from earlier blaze firefighters thought they put out, investigation finds

    By Rebecca Boone, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others
  • A plan drops fire retardant on the Park Fire near Forest Ranch, Calif., Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)Environment

    California firefighters battle massive wildfire that already scorched an area larger than Los Angeles

    By Nic Coury, Rebecca Boone, and others
  • This photo provided by the Oregon Department of Transportation shows the Durkee Fire burning in eastern Ore., Monday, July 22, 2024. (Oregon Department of Transportation via AP)Environment

    Over 60 large wildfires are burning in Oregon and Washington as hundreds of lightning strikes from thunderstorms slam the region

    By Rebecca Boone and The Associated Press
  • Hawaii Insurance Commissioner Gordon Ito films a wildfire burn risk demonstration at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, Monday, April 29, 2024. Some property insurance companies in Hawaii and other states have stopped providing coverage to residents because of increasing wildfire risk and climbing construction costs. The Idaho Department of Insurance hosted the burn demonstration as part of a forum for western Insurance commissioners on the impact wildfires are having on the nation’s insurance market. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone)Environment

    California, Florida and other wildfire states are rapidly becoming uninsurable

    By Rebecca Boone and The Associated Press
  • Anne LopezEnvironment

    Wildfire that caused $5.5 billion in damage ripped through Maui at a rate of a mile per 90 minutes

    By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Rebecca Boone, and others
  • Maryland BridgeLeadership

    Singaporean firm whose ship took down the Baltimore bridge just cited an 1851 maritime law to cap liability at $44 million

    By Michael Kunzelman, Rebecca Boone, and others
  • Portrait of female doctor wearing protective suit and face mask. Confident healthcare worker is in laboratory. She is working in hospital during pandemic.Health

    An Oregon resident was diagnosed with the plague after likely catching the disease from a sick pet. What to know about the illness

    By Rebecca Boone and The Associated Press
  • FILE – In this Aug. 31, 2021, file photo, Ann Enderle R.N. checks on a COVID-19 patient in the Medical Intensive care unit (MICU) at St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. Idaho public health leaders have activated “crisis standards of care” for the state’s northern hospitals because there are more coronavirus patients than the institutions can handle. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare made the announcement Tuesday, Sept. 7. (AP Photo/Kyle Green, File)Health

    Stretched to the limits, Idaho health experts enact ‘crisis care standards’ amid COVID surge

    By Rebecca Boone and The Associated Press