June 16, 2025 — The City of Willits is facing a financial reckoning after years of fiscal mismanagement and lack of oversight, city leaders revealed during a public meeting last week.

June 15, 2025 — Saturday's demonstrations in support of constitutional goverment drew record crowds in Ukiah and Fort Bragg with crowd estimates pegging both protests at a minimum of 1,500 attendees. Video footage and photographs suggested that Fort Bragg was the bigger of the two events. The protests were also well attended in places like Booneville, Gualala and Point Arena. Attendees reported a peaceful, upbeat atmosphere as old friends from around the county reconnected with each other and with the knowledge that political power in a democracy resides with the people. Indivisible was the lead organizer.

Judges will soon take the bench across 16 states, the Justice Department said. These include courts that saw the biggest losses of judges this year.

Pakistan banned a hard-line Islamist party on Thursday, more than a week after heated clashes with police that left at least five people dead.

The sanctions sharply escalate tensions with the leftist leader of a country that has traditionally been one of the closest U.S. allies in South America.

In Brazil's coffee-producing areas, more than 42,000 square miles of forest have disappeared over about two decades, says Coffee Watch. Deforestation leads to drought, which harms crop yields.

Travis Kelce is teaming up with activist investors in hopes of transforming the embattled theme park operator Six Flags. No word yet on a Taylor Swift-themed rollercoaster.

The federal government shutdown continues. Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to an agreement to end it. Many federal workers are missing full paychecks and don't know when they will resume.