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Almost 20 days after the Timber fire broke out in Big Sur, threatening hundreds of residents and structures as well as beloved local businesses, the fire is continuing to grow at a rapid pace, officials said.

On Thursday,...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration is pushing Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to do more to stop undocumented migrants from crossing the U.S. border after apprehensions reached the highest level ...Read more

The Assembly unanimously passed a bill Wednesday to ban marriage under the age of 18, pushing the legislation to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk.

If Newsom signs Assembly Bill 1267, California will join 17 U.S. states that ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The city of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $5.8 million to the family of a man who was holding a plastic fork and experiencing a mental health crisis when he was fatally shot by a rookie Los Angeles Police ...Read more

WINDSOR, Ontario — Canadians are a polite people, a friendly people — but they’ve just about had a belly full of the guy across the border.

An executive order by President Donald Trump changing the name of Lake ...Read more

MIAMI — Facing long odds heading into election season, Florida Democrats on Thursday seized on a bombshell grand jury report that found the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis misused taxpayer dollars for political ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Mike Caruso, who was jailed on five felony counts related to sex abuse charges involving a young child, will appear on the November ballot as the Republican candidate for Palm Beach County Clerk ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Democrats on Thursday announced a deal that would change how child sexual abuse claims are handled in the state, attempting to address a thorny issue that has divided advocates and public ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The US Federal Aviation Administration is taking steps to fire two air traffic controllers determined to have left their shifts early before an Air Canada Express plane collided with a fire truck at New York...Read more

A major produce lobby group asked U.S. health officials to change how they communicate about a parasite outbreak that’s sickened thousands, citing battered consumer confidence and sagging sales of fruit and vegetables.

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A flash flood in a Nepalese valley near the Chinese border unleashed waves of devastation that inundated villages and swept away buildings, killing at least 389 and leaving more than 1,200 still missing, including hundreds...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — The nonprofit organization behind a ballot initiative that will let Idaho voters decide this fall whether to restore access to abortion has sued Republican state officials over what it says is “confusing...Read more

SEATTLE — The Little Giant fire that has burned for more than a month and charred more than 240 square miles in Central Washington is the second-highest firefighting priority in the U.S., officials said.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Senate passed a “bill of rights” Wednesday codifying protection for immigrants in private civil detention facilities. It now goes to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk.

Senate Bill 942, ...Read more

Venezuela is closely examining plans to leave OPEC, according to people familiar with the matter, delivering a fresh blow to the oil cartel it helped create more than six decades ago.

The idea of an exit has been a topic ...Read more

Trump administration told a federal judge it will challenge the dismissal of its lawsuit against Harvard University alleging that the school violated civil rights laws by failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Legislature passed a bill Wednesday that would require the state to track the use of pesticides that contain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS chemicals, ...Read more

Five days after the California Highway Patrol and Caltrans reopened Highway 1 in Big Sur as fire crews made progress battling the Timber fire, they closed it again Thursday, this time as part of a new strategy to slow the ...Read more

NEW YORK — A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday approved a $72.5 million class-action settlement reached between victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Bank of America.

Manhattan Federal Court Judge Jed Rakoff greenlit the ...Read more