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LOS ANGELES — Rodeos are causing a circus at L.A. City Hall.

On Tuesday, rodeo lovers and animal welfare advocates descended on downtown Los Angeles to argue for and against a draft ordinance that would ban the hooved ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. forces carried out “self-defense strikes” against Iran hours after President Donald Trump blamed Tehran for shooting down an American military helicopter off the coast of Oman.

U.S. Central Command...Read more

As war in the Middle East pushes up fuel prices, Costco is seeing more demand than ever for its discounted gas.

In the third fiscal quarter, which runs from mid-February to mid-May, Costco said its gas sales set ...Read more

Thailand is racing to secure a free-trade agreement with the European Union as uncertainty over U.S. tariffs pushes countries to forge new economic partnerships, according to a top trade official.

“The reason why we’...Read more

A Florida trading company is in advanced talks to send Cuba the biggest cargo of U.S. fuel since the Eisenhower administration as the island nation contends with an acute energy crisis.

Vanguard Energy already was ...Read more

Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX will go public this week in what is expected to be the largest initial offering of stock ever.

Financially, the IPO also looks like one of the craziest ever.

Most companies turn to the...Read more

General Motors Co. on Tuesday announced it is developing a lower-cost way to store energy to be used by massive AI-powering data centers.

GM developers are working on sodium-ion battery chemistry at the Detroit automaker'...Read more

Major global automotive supplier Magna International is open to putting together Chinese vehicles in Canada, if plans are long term, the CEO said Tuesday.

Asked about whether Canada-headquartered Magna would consider ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Challengers to the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” asked a judge Tuesday to let them seek evidence the Justice Department truly is abandoning the program.

The filing came...Read more

In April, possible victims of a cruise ship crew member who planted a hidden camera to watch a young girl undress in her cabin obtained a significant legal victory in Fort Lauderdale federal court.

That ruling has now ...Read more

James Van Der Beek's ex-wife believes he was looking down on her when she remarried.

The Dawson's Creek star - who passed away in February after battling cancer - was married to Heather McComb from 2003 to 2010 and ...Read more

Matthew Perry's doctor has appealed his sentence in connection with the actor's death.

The late Friends star died from accidental drowning caused by the acute effects of ketamine use in October 2023, and Dr. Salvador ...Read more

Katie Thurston's doctors have found "no evidence of disease" in her liver.

The Bachelorette star was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer in February 2025 and discovered the following month that it had spread to her liver...Read more

A month away from its closure, onetime gambling oasis Primm, Nevada, located along the state border with Southern California, has a new lease on life.

The Primm family, owners of the land that includes three casino ...Read more

NEW YORK — A majority of the City Council thinks New York City public schools need to slow down the rollout of artificial intelligence in the classroom.

Twenty-nine Council members — out of a total 51 — penned a ...Read more

The lawyer for a Porterville man accused of conspiring with a terrorist group described his client Tuesday as a student with plans to transfer to Fresno State and become a civil engineer.

“He doesn’t even have a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — American forces carried out “self-defense strikes” against Iran on Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump blamed Tehran for shooting down an American military helicopter off the coast of Oman.

“...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Republicans cleared a $70 billion reconciliation package Tuesday to fund immigration enforcement agencies for the rest of President Donald Trump’s term.

On a party-line vote of 214-212, the House ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Ana Cruz was 13 when she arrived to the U.S. from Mexico with her family. But after 23 years of living in Los Angeles, raising two children and working as a community organizer, she has never been able to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The financial health of Social Security and Medicare has worsened over the past year, with the programs’ trust funds expected to run dry three months sooner than anticipated, according to reports issued ...Read more