LOS ANGELES (AP) — If politicians write memoirs to generate online buzz and headlines, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is getting plenty of both — favorable and not. Just a few days into a national book tour, the two-term Democrat who is widely expected to seek the presidency in 2028 is taking heat from conservatives who […]
HUBER HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — A sanitation worker making his rounds in Ohio got an unexpected surprise when he opened a trash can and found a man hiding inside. Dash camera video posted by the Huber Heights Police Department on its Facebook page shows the worker rolling the bin toward a garbage truck, lifting the […]
Clearing 2 feet of snow from a driveway is backbreaking enough. Clearing it from a 113-foot-long historic whaling ship docked in the river is something else entirely. Shipyard workers at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut were limited to rubber and plastic shovels as they carefully dug out Tuesday from the record-breaking snowstorm that hit […]
KEENESBURG, Colo. (AP) — Federal workplace safety regulators have issued citations and fines against three businesses for violations over the deaths of six people last year at a Colorado dairy. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday announced fines including penalties for failing to protect workers against hazardous gases against the dairy owner […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is suing the University of California over allegations that UCLA failed to protect Jewish employees from antisemitic harassment amid pro-Palestinian protests that roiled the campus in 2023 and 2024. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in California, is the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s campaign to punish top universities that […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More than a dozen states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its rollback of vaccine recommendations for children, calling the move an illegal threat to public health. The states argue that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put children’s lives at risk when it announced last month that it would […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. State Department has expressed its displeasure about Ukraine’s recent attacks on the Russian port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea that have impacted U.S. oil interests in Kazakhstan, Kyiv’s chief envoy to Washington said on Tuesday. Ambassador Olga Stefanishyna noted the U.S. concern on the fourth anniversary of Russia’s […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former Los Angeles fire chief has filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging that her ouster was part of an orchestrated effort to smear her conduct and decision-making so Mayor Karen Bass could avoid accountability for the most destructive wildfire in LA history. Bass sacked Kristin Crowley a month after […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Central Intelligence Agency offered help to potential informants in Iran on Tuesday, providing Farsi-language instructions on ways to safely contact the U.S. spy agency as President Donald Trump mulls possible military strikes. The in Farsi, Korean, Russian and Mandarin that offered secure ways to contact the CIA. The Farsi-language message posted […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A Boise, Idaho woman has been charged with malicious destruction of federal property by fire after prosecutors said she stole an ambulance, drove it into a building that houses U.S. Department of Homeland Security offices and then poured accelerant inside the property. Sarah Elizabeth George, 43, was scheduled to be arraigned […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Some residents in the Philadelphia suburb of Quakertown are calling for the police chief to resign after a scuffle between police and high school students protesting immigration enforcement policies left several juveniles in custody for four days. Video circulating online shows an older man in street clothes approach a group of young […]
The gold-medal-winning U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team has touched down at Joint Base Andrews on its way to the Capitol for President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Forward Matthew Tkachuk posted pictures on social media of members of the team celebrating on what appears to be a U.S. government plane […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The former CEO of a San Francisco homeless services charity will be arraigned Tuesday on nine felony charges after prosecutors said she stole more than $1.2 million in public funds meant to keep people off the streets. Gwendolyn Westbrook, 71, raided the accounts of the United Council for Human Services while […]
Spirit Airlines’ parent company says it expects to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the late spring or early summer, after striking a preliminary deal with its lenders and secured creditors that provides the support needed to finish its restructuring. The early-stage agreement would help Spirit finalize changes to its fleet, route network and cost structure […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A coalition of Wisconsin school districts, teachers’ unions, advocacy groups, parents, students and others announced a lawsuit Tuesday against the state Legislature, alleging that it’s failing to adequately fund public schools. The lawsuit, filed Monday in Eau Claire County Circuit Court, argues that schools are in crisis, with high-needs students facing […]
HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas faced growing calls Tuesday from fellow congressional Republicans to resign over a report of an alleged affair with a former staffer who later died after she set herself on fire. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky joined Reps. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Anna Paulina Luna of Florida […]
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The Trump administration is suing New Jersey over a state order that prohibits federal immigration agents from making arrests in nonpublic areas of state property, such as correctional facilities and courthouses. The Justice Department lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Trenton, challenges Gov. Mikie Sherrill ’s Feb. 11 executive order, […]
President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address tonight at 9 p.m. ET is likely to be a test run of the message Republicans will give to voters in November’s elections for control of the House and the Senate. The president and his party appear vulnerable, with polls showing much of America distrusts how Trump […]
Nearly 73,000 jobs in the Seattle area are considered highly vulnerable to AI, according to new research from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
"Today" show host Savannah Guthrie said her family is offering a $1 million reward for information leading to the recovery of her mother, Nancy, who went missing from her Arizona home more than three weeks ago.
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police are investigating after officers were pelted with snowballs while responding to a massive snowball fight at Washington Square Park in Manhattan as a winter storm blanketed the Northeast in snow. Video of the fracas shows two uniformed officers pacing a walkway in the park Monday as snowballs […]
HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — Only about a dozen people were in a side room of a barbeque joint in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley when Mayra Flores arrived. The former Republican congresswoman was given just one minute to say why she should be sent back to Washington, so she rushed through her stump speech in three […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he has a lot to talk about tonight. He’s returning to Congress to deliver a State of the Union address at a consequential moment in his presidency, with his approval ratings near an all-time low and restive supporters waiting for him to deliver more tangibly on their struggles […]
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post Saturday that he would deploy a hospital ship to Greenland, alleging many people there are sick and not receiving care, even though both of the U.S. Navy’s hospital ships are undergoing maintenance at a shipyard in Alabama. The announcement prompted a defense of Greenland’s health […]
