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In this photo provided by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania, a woman inspects a whale after more than 150 false killer whales have become stranded on Feb. 19, 2025, on a remote beach near Arthur River in Australia's island state of Tasmania.

More than 150 false killer whales stranded on a beach in Australia's Tasmania state

The reasons for the beachings are unclear. Reasons could include disorientation caused by loud noises, illness, old age, injury, fleeing predators and severe weather.

Inmates stand inside a corridor during time they are allowed to be outside of their cells at Najayo jail in San Cristobal, west of Santo Domingo in 2007.

Dominican officials cram thousands of inmates facing no charges into overcrowded prisons

Despite promises to improve the system, problems within prisons keep mounting. Critics say the Dominican Republic continues to push for pretrial detentions in cases where no charges have been filed.

Panama's Minister of Public Security Frank Alexis Abrego, speaks to reporters after watching people board a repatriation flight bound for Colombia at Albrook Airport in Panama City on Feb. 3.

Nearly 300 deportees from U.S. held in Panama hotel

The migrants hailed from 10 mostly Asian countries the U.S. has difficulty deporting migrants to directly. Panama is being used as a stopover.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk with his son X Æ A-Xii and President Trump in the Oval Office on Feb. 11, 2025. Musk has been tapped by President Donald Trump to lead federal cost-cutting efforts.

Trump says Elon Musk's $10 million settlement over Twitter suit was 'a big discount'

It's the second tech company to agree to a payout after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol prompted Trump to be kicked off numerous social media platforms.

Brazil's former president faces charges over alleged coup plot

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged for allegedly helping to mastermind far right coup plot to upset the country's 2022 election result.

A truck drives along Interstate 335 during a winter storm, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, near Luther, Okla.

Much of U.S. faces subzero temperatures, snow and high winds in coming days

In some parts of the Plains region, the National Weather Service expects temperatures to reach as low as the negative 20s and 30s.

Rakim Mayers, aka A$AP Rocky, reacts in court as the verdict is given in his felony assault trial in Los Angeles on Feb. 18. The rapper was found not guilty of two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.

Rapper A$AP Rocky found not guilty of felony assault with a firearm

Jurors found Rocky, a rapper and the longtime partner of Rihanna, not guilty of firing a gun at a former friend on a Hollywood street in 2021. He could have faced up to 24 years in prison.

In this June 4, 2013, file photo, demonstrators representing doctors, hospitals and unionized health care workers rally against cuts in the amount the state pays for Medi-Cal reimbursements, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.

Medicaid cuts possible as Republicans look to limit federal spending

House Republicans, looking for ways to limit federal spending, are considering cuts to Medicaid, known as Medi-Cal here in California. Some are warning about the possible impact of cuts.

IVF is a process that involves retrieving eggs from ovaries, fertilizing them with sperm in a lab, and then transferring embryos into the uterus.

Trump wants to lower the cost of IVF. A new executive order seeks ideas to do that

President Trump campaigned on lowering the cost of IVF, after a controversial ruling made the treatment stop in Alabama for a short time.

Safiyo Jama, a San Diego resident from Somalia, has voted in U.S. elections since 2012 and helps other Somali residents understand election materials.

Voting rights: California lawmakers may translate more ballots, help more non-English-speakers to vote

Advocates say California’s immigrant citizens who need it should get ballots and voting help in their own language.

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