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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Sen. Alex Padilla has promised to rework legislation that proposed the creation of a multi-state national park honoring Cesar Chavez, the civil rights icon whose legacy has been tarnished ...Read more

Elon Musk defrauded Twitter Inc. investors when he disparaged the company in 2022 in an effort to buy the social media platform for a lower price than his original $44 billion bid, a jury concluded.

Jurors in federal ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After several days of protests outside its controversial pop-up in L.A.'s Silver Lake neighborhood, the restaurant Noma responded to a demand letter from workers' rights activists who have led a campaign ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday proposed its framework for a national artificial intelligence policy, pushing for broad preemption of state AI laws and against “open-ended liability” for AI firms.

The ...Read more

California’s petroleum watchdog says it’s on the lookout for potential price gouging as gas prices keep climbing in the wake of the war in Iran.

The Division of Petroleum Market Oversight, an independent arm of the ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The five-day heat wave that broke records across California and the West this week is winding down, with temperatures in the Bay Area forecast to fall from the 90s to the 70s in many places over the ...Read more

Christina Applegate thinks about death on a daily basis.

The 54-year-old actress - who was diagnosed with autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2021 - has revealed that she has already bought a final resting place...Read more

Dennis Quaid has questioned Hollywood's "double standard" when it comes to supporting Donald Trump.

The 71-year-old star is a rare Tinseltown advocate for the US President - recently travelling aboard Air Force One with ...Read more

Denise Richards underwent a full facelift last year.

The 55-year-old star has explained how she had the procedure eight months ago and confessed that she was "terrified" about having cosmetic surgery on her face for the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As part of an ICE operation, plainclothes agents on Thursday pulled an accused MS-13 shot-caller out of a downtown federal courtroom, catching attorneys and the judge off guard, and casting uncertainty over...Read more

Major U.S. equity benchmarks dropped to the lowest level since September amid rising anxiety over the prospect of a prolonged war in the Middle East.

The S&P 500 Index finished 1.5% lower in New York while the tech-heavy...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kentucky House of Representatives on Friday voted to impeach a Fayette County judge after a committee issued articles of impeachment against her earlier this week.

In a 73-to-14 vote Friday, the ...Read more

U.S. officials said the White House is sending more than 2,000 additional Marines to the Middle East as it weighs a plan to seize Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub, a ground operation that would carry huge risks for ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Anti-immigration bills in the Idaho Statehouse are crashing up against political reality, frustrating some proponents.

The lawmakers behind the slate of proposals say the issue is popular among Idahoans �...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Maryland Senate passed a bill unanimously Friday that would require every local board of education to implement a policy significantly restricting student use of personal cellphones, laptops, smart ...Read more

The Chicago Transit Authority filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Friday, alleging the feds violated the U.S. Constitution when they froze about $2 billion in federal grant money for the agency’s long-...Read more

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is asking a judge to unravel Nexstar Media Group’s $6.2 billion acquisition of rival TV station owner Tegna — the latest in a flurry of merger twists.

Nexstar announced late ...Read more

California's economy might see a boost from the state's expanded film and TV tax credits, but local lawmakers say it's not enough.

Despite Gov. Gavin Newsom authorizing an expanded $750-million film and TV tax credit ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A tidal wave of presidential words does not policy make.

That was the lesson this past week at the White House, the Capitol and on board Air Force Once, where President Donald Trump got out 35,615 words ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States is considering "winding down" hostilities in the Middle East as the Pentagon is sending thousands of California-based Marines to the region and has ...Read more