LOS ANGELES — One person was killed and four others injured after a 91-year-old woman drove her car into a group of pedestrians in a Trader Joe's parking lot near the Grove on Thursday afternoon, authorities said.

The Los Angeles Fire Department responded at 1:21 p.m. to a report of a vehicle crashed into a stand in a parking lot near the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump named Adam Telle as acting secretary of the U.S. Army, elevating the current assistant secretary overseeing civil works following the resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.

Telle will assume his new post “effective immediately,” the president announced in a post on his Truth Social platform ...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago’s Catholic archbishop, two orders of Catholic nuns and other plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to block the state from enforcing a controversial Illinois law set to take effect next week that would let doctors prescribe medication to help terminally ill patients end their lives.

It’s the latest legal challenge ...Read more

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A new round of lawsuits related to the alleged hidden-camera recordings of nude or semi-nude lifeguards and park aides has been filed in Orange County Superior Court — more than doubling the number of accusers pursuing civil litigation against a former high-level supervisor accused of placing the device and a state park ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — An ICE agent has been arrested on federal charges for his alleged actions tied to the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in north Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge.

Christian Castro was taken into custody in Texas on Thursday night, according to Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, after a federal grand jury indicted ...Read more

PITTSBURG, Calif. — A Pittsburg police officer and a man suspected of a felony were both shot and wounded during a struggle inside the Police Department on Thursday afternoon, forcing a shutdown of both city hall and the adjoined police station, according to multiple law enforcement sources.

The officer, who has not been publicly identified, ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Gov. Matt Bevin was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Thursday, according to local 911 dispatchers.

More information wasn’t immediately available. Officials at the Bourbon County jail didn’t respond to request for comment.

Bevin had been wanted for months after failing to disclose financial records as ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In what authorities are calling a “critical misstep,” three hikers relied heavily on Google’s Gemini AI to guide them through a Mount Shasta summit, leaving them stranded on the mountain’s southeastern flank.

On Saturday, three young, novice hikers from Roseville, more than 200 miles south of the mountain, made camp at ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Thursday construction work would begin on President Donald Trump’s proposed memorial arch, as the administration proceeds with a project that has drawn backlash over its size and location.

“We are preparing to start, over the next two-week period, the excavation work necessary,” Burgum ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The California program helping Eaton and Palisades fire survivors access recovery resources and navigate the FEMA reimbursement process will be terminated at the end of the month because of a lack of federal funding.

The state says that the federal administration has failed to provide the money necessary to continue the Disaster...Read more

BOSTON — The weight of 9/11 pulled into the Seaport.

A steel beam from the World Trade Center stopped in Boston Thursday morning, part of a tour to commemorate those lost in the tragedy almost 25 years ago. The beam will end its journey at the White House next week.

The “Steel Across America” tour is organized by the Tunnel to Towers ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would meet with representatives of U.S. President Donald Trump in the coming days and that the envoys would also travel to Russia, signaling a renewed effort to revive long-stalled talks.

“We expect to see the U.S. President’s envoys here in Kyiv. They confirmed they will have a...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Gov. Matt Bevin was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Thursday, according to local 911 dispatchers.

More information wasn’t immediately available. Officials at the Bourbon County jail didn’t respond to request for comment.

Bevin had been wanted for months after failing to disclose financial records as ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE — In a letter sent Wednesday to top DeSantis administration officials, Florida’s Democratic nominee for attorney general is demanding that all Hope Florida-related communications be preserved in case of a lawsuit.

José Javier Rodríguez is insisting the officials — and mostly his election-season opponent, Attorney General ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Coast Guard says it rescued 37 migrants aboard a boat last week after it drifted for days without food or water near Oxnard.

Coast Guard radio operators received a distress call about 3:40 p.m., Aug. 28 from the driver of a 30-foot pleasure craft 88 miles off of Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard.

The driver said the ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Emergency officials reopened Highway 1 in Big Sur on Thursday, providing a lifeline to restaurants, hotels and other businesses that have been largely shut down for nearly a month during the height of tourist season as the Timber fire has burned across thousands of acres.

The move, just in time for the Labor Day holiday ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — After a week of raids by federal agents, the Danbury City Council voted overwhelmingly to allow some immigrants without citizenship to apply for jobs as city police officers.

The council members said they wanted to send a message and acted quickly to approve the measure by a vote of 18-2 after agents from the Immigration ...Read more

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — One juror in the Lindsay Clancy triple-murder trial is holding up deliberations, according to defense attorney Kevin Reddington.

“There is one juror who refuses to listen to the law,” Reddington said in open court Thursday. “My motion is to remove the juror.”

Reddington made the motion after jurors sent in a note in...Read more

SEATTLE — Major changes to Medicaid coverage will land in Washington as soon as next month, pushing the state's top public officials and health leaders on Thursday to announce a plan to try to soften the blow of the coming losses.

In an executive order signed at a Seattle community clinic, Gov. Bob Ferguson promised to bring state hospital ...Read more