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Educators call Gov. Gavin Newsom's slash to school funding 'unconstitutional'
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his revised state budget last week with details of how he planned to close a $27.6 billion deficit. Now, outraged educational leaders across California are calling the cuts ...Read more
Dali cargo ship, which crashed into Key Bridge, is set to be refloated Monday morning
BALTIMORE — The Dali cargo ship is set to be refloated Monday morning, the Key Bridge Response Unified Command announced Saturday afternoon.
After sitting stuck in the Patapsco River following its March 26 crash into ...Read more
Secondary cockpit barriers signed into law by Biden, 2 decades after 9/11
One of the tragic flaws of 9/11 is now fixed.
President Joe Biden has signed into law the “FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024,” requiring secondary cockpit barriers on all commercial airplanes.
As The Boston Herald ...Read more
Rudy Giuliani 'unfazed' as he is served Arizona indictment papers for election scheme during 80th birthday party
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was served a patriotic-themed birthday cake during his 80th birthday party in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday night — then served with a notice of indictment related to an alleged ...Read more
Suspect in random NYC attack on Steve Buscemi hit with assault charges; arraignment pending
NEW YORK — The homeless man accused of punching “Reservoir Dogs” actor Steve Buscemi was hit with assault charges following his arrest, cops said Saturday.
Suspect Clifton Williams’ arraignment in Manhattan ...Read more
After a 17-year wait, cicadas emerge a little early in Chicago area: 'It's a milestone'
CHICAGO — It’s official, Chicagoland. Periodical cicadas have arrived.
The large insects, which last emerged in the area 17 years ago, have been spotted in droves in pockets of the city and suburbs. On certain streets...Read more
Just how long should a Supreme Court justice stay around?
WASHINGTON — In late June, around the time the U.S. Supreme Court wraps up its current term, Justice Sonia Sotomayor will turn 70.
Is that old enough to retire?
For most Americans, that’s a simple question: More ...Read more
Gantz says he'll quit unless Netanyahu shifts to a new Gaza plan
Benny Gantz, an Israeli opposition leader in the country’s three-man war cabinet, said Saturday that if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn’t offer a new plan to bring back hostages and end Hamas rule in Gaza by ...Read more
Miscommunication in migrant shelters leads to confusion and worry
CHICAGO — Gladys Heredia, a 58-year-old diabetic grandmother from Peru, said city officials told her Wednesday that after June 10, she could no longer stay at a migrant shelter in the Streeterville area because it is ...Read more
Stevie Wonder marks 74th birthday by becoming a Ghanaian citizen
DETROIT— Since he was a child, Motown legend Stevie Wonder always believed in his heart that there was nothing impossible.
For the Saginaw native and superstar, that belief rang true this week when the "Isn't She Lovely...Read more
Federal data show a 2,326% increase in fentanyl pill seizures. Doctors, experts seeing a similar trend
PITTSBURGH — Seizures of pills containing fentanyl have skyrocketed in the U.S., underscoring the country's struggle to curb deaths from a highly potent, synthetic opioid that has been detected in an array of drugs, ...Read more
Rudy Giuliani served Arizona indictment papers for election fraud scheme at 80th birthday party
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was served a patriotic-themed birthday cake during his 80th birthday party in Palm Springs, California, Friday night — then served with a notice of indictment related to an ...Read more
Donald Trump talks inflation, Iron Dome, Biden and bacon at Minnesota GOP dinner
MINNEAPOLIS — Former President Donald Trump headlined the state Republican Party's annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner on Friday in St. Paul, repeatedly ripping President Joe Biden, promising to fight to turn Minnesota red and ...Read more
Diddy won't be charged for 2016 hotel assault of ex-girlfriend, DA says
Despite shocking surveillance video, which seemingly shows Sean “Diddy” Combs violently assaulting his ex-girlfriend at a hotel in 2016, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office revealed it’s “unable” to ...Read more
Slovak Premier Fico's prognosis moving closer to positive
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico’s condition remains serious but the most recent surgery helped to bring it closer to a “positive prognosis,” a minister said on Saturday.
Three days after ...Read more
Putin's friends are helping Russia upend the US-led world order
Vladimir Putin is wrapping up a trip to China, where his warm ties with President Xi Jinping have led to booming trade and increasing defense coordination. More than two years since his February 2022 invasion of Ukraine ...Read more
Weather like the deadly Houston windstorm is being fueled in part by climate change
The winds that roared out of a supercell thunderstorm Thursday night leaving a deadly trail across Houston are on the rise in a warming climate, though researchers are still teasing out the exact relationship between a ...Read more
Artificial light lures migrating birds into cities, where they face a gauntlet of threats
Light pollution has steadily intensified and expanded from urban areas, and with the advent of LED lighting, it is growing in North America by up to 10% per year, as measured by the visibility of stars in the night sky....Read more
Brass knuckles, body cams and bad behavior: LAPD probe links troubled Valley gang units
LOS ANGELES — As Los Angeles police internal investigators dig deeper into one of the bigger scandals in recent department history, they have uncovered links between two troubled anti-gang units in the San Fernando ...Read more
Sacramento, Northern California tribes seek land back for 'cultural survival'
SACRAMENTO — Along the gentle rolling foothills nearby Nevada City is a village known as Yulića.
Across the 232 acres of this land, there are man-made ponds, two creeks that barely trickle through and, on top of a ...Read more
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