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New fraud claims in LA County's $4 billion sex settlement leave victims outraged
LOS ANGELES -- It felt like the kind of thing that must happen in Hollywood all the time: a hundred bucks to be a movie ... Read More
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The nation's community health centers face money troubles
NEW YORK — On a busy street in Queens, New York, just around the corner from a halal hot chicken sandwich restaurant and a barber shop, the Long Island City Health Center welcomes its patients into a brightly lit waiting...Read more
Whistles take over Chicago as the small, inexpensive device becomes popular way to alert of ICE activity
CHICAGO — Owner Vanessa Aguirre-Ávalos was busy watching over a small group of young children at Luna y Cielo Play Café when she heard what sounded like a helicopter circling over the neighborhood.
Concerned, she ...Read more
Trump isn't sending troops to cities with highest crime rates, data shows
President Donald Trump has argued that he needs to deploy National Guard troops across state lines to protect federal personnel and property or to support overwhelmed local law enforcement in cities he claims are “...Read more
For a century, they were gone. But California Condors are making a comeback in these parts of the Bay Area
The elusive and illustrious California Condor is making a major comeback in the San Francisco Bay Area, stretching its wings in areas where the continent’s largest bird has not been seen for more than a century.
In ...Read more
In Mississippi, Medicaid coverage of weight loss drugs fails to catch on
COLUMBUS, Miss. — April Hines has battled with her weight since she was a teenager.
But in the past couple of years, she’s fallen from 600 pounds to 385, and her blood pressure and blood sugar levels are down, too. �...Read more
Last year's flu season was California's worst in years. How bad will this one get?
LOS ANGELES — Last year's flu season was the worst California had seen in years — and state health officials warn this year could potentially be just as bad.
While forecasting disease isn't an exact science, there are...Read more
Gov. Josh Stein says GOP lawmakers are 'failing' as NC budget stalemate drags on
The North Carolina state budget continues to be late, with the state joining only Pennsylvania as the two holdouts without a comprehensive spending plan.
Democratic Gov. Josh Stein said the General Assembly is “failing�...Read more
Massachusetts gives $155 million bond to private college, as campus president slams Trump for 'attacks' on DEI
The Bay State is giving a $155 million bond to a private college, as the campus leader rips President Trump for his “attacks” on DEI.
MassDevelopment issued a $154.7 million tax-exempt bond to Mount Holyoke College ...Read more
Newsom warns Californians' SNAP benefits could be delayed because of federal shutdown
Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a stark warning Monday that food assistance benefits for millions of low-income Californians could be delayed starting Nov. 1 if the ongoing federal shutdown does not end by Thursday.
The benefits...Read more
Fighting fraud core issue for GOP gubernatorial candidate Kristin Robbins
As the details of large-scale instances of government fraud continue to emerge in Minnesota, Republican candidate for governor Kristin Robbins has made combating the problem central to her campaign.
A state representative...Read more
Supreme Court is told Trump tariffs are illegal $3 trillion tax
Small businesses challenging many of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs urged the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm lower court rulings that the import levies amount to a massive illegal tax on American companies.
Trump...Read more
Seattle nude beach can stay open until spring, judge rules
SEATTLE — A nude beach at Denny Blaine Park can stay open to the public until at least next spring after a King County Superior Court judge ruled Seattle had done enough this summer to curb behaviors that neighbors ...Read more
Trump's Portland troop deployment allowed for now by appeals court
The full U.S. appeals court in San Francisco will vote on whether to reconsider a ruling Monday by a three-judge panel that for now allows President Donald Trump to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon, over the objection of ...Read more
Supreme Court will decide if 'habitual drug users' lose their gun rights under Second Amendment
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide if “habitual drug users” should lose their gun rights under the Second Amendment.
The Trump administration is defending a federal gun control law dating to ...Read more
Man hospitalized, suspect detained in shooting at Anchorage Walmart
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — One man was injured in a shooting at the Walmart Supercenter in Midtown on Monday afternoon, Anchorage police said.
Police said in an online statement that officers responded to the store on A Street...Read more
Colorado judge says ICE 'likely violates federal law' by denying immigrants' bail hearings
DENVER — Joining a wave of similar rulings elsewhere in the country, a federal judge in Denver ordered the release of a man held for five months in Aurora’s detention center and ruled that federal immigration ...Read more
Miramar-based Marine pilot killed in desert training exercise identified
SAN DIEGO — A 35-year-old U.S. Marine Corps pilot based out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar who died in a training crash last week was identified as a California native.
Maj. Tyler R. Braconi died when the AH-1Z ...Read more
Takaichi to break Japan's glass ceiling with politics in turmoil
TOKYO — Japan’s Sanae Takaichi is poised to become the nation’s first female prime minister, taking on the challenges of quelling discontent over the cost of living, dealing with the Trump administration and reviving...Read more
NY's MTA rolls out deadbolts on some subway trains in effort to secure cabins
NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been installing deadbolt locks on subway cars of the No. 7 line in an effort to reinforce the control cabs against break-ins, the Daily News has learned.
The ...Read more
Trump casts new doubt on Ukraine's ability to defeat Russia
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump cast doubt on Ukraine’s ability to defeat Russian forces, backing off an earlier upbeat assessment as he looks to bring the war to an end and prepares for another meeting with ...Read more
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