LOS ANGELES — With the Colorado River’s giant reservoirs declining toward critically low levels, negotiators for California, Arizona and Nevada announced Friday that they have agreed on a water-saving plan for the next two years.

Representatives of the three states said in a written statement that their plan aims to “stabilize the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — More than 60 days into his war with Iran, well past public deadlines he had set for its end, President Donald Trump sat through a briefing from U.S. Central Command outlining yet another set of options for a fresh round of strikes.

On offer Thursday were unpalatable choices for a president eager to move on from the conflict he ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For the nine years they've been together, Anthony and David Vulin saw West Hollywood as their safe space.

They had their first date at a Mexican restaurant on Santa Monica Boulevard and eventually moved in together at a nearby apartment in the famously inclusive city. Married in 2022, the couple recently welcomed their first ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Every one of the bicycles had a story — a brief one with a beginning and middle but no end.

A small white sticker on its frame gave its owner's name, date of birth and date of admission to Los Angeles General Medical Center. It didn't say what happened after that. All that is certain is that the owner arrived at the hospital ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In his earliest days in the governor’s office, Democrat Gavin Newsom huddled with his advisers to consider how to realize a key campaign promise: transforming a healthcare system replete with insurance company intermediaries into the nation’s first state-run single-payer model providing comprehensive coverage to all ...Read more

For more than 50 years, the U.S. civil rights law known as Title IX has been a bulwark against sex discrimination in education. Covering students from kindergarten through university, it’s been the basis for landmark cases involving campus rape, gender bias in standardized testing and unequal funding for women’s athletics.

Conservative ...Read more

In one respect, the soaring national debt is a lot like the weather. Everybody complains about it, but nobody does anything about it.

Nobody, that is, but Sen. Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican.

Eight years ago, Sen. Paul introduced his “Penny Plan Balanced Budget,” an effort to balance the federal books within five years. Under his ...Read more

Right-wing conspiracist Alex Jones said his infamous Infowars platform has stopped broadcasting and shuttered its Austin, Texas, headquarters.

Jones, in a video posted on X on Friday, blamed a court-appointed receiver who allegedly told him and his crew that they must leave the premises by midnight Thursday. Jones, on a Thursday Infowars ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Thousands of people took to the streets in Los Angeles on Friday to mark International Workers’ Day amid heightened concerns about affordability, immigration sweeps and the Iran war.

The demonstration, dubbed “May Day Strong,” kicked off in MacArthur Park, where a coalition of community, labor and immigrant rights groups ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department’s bureau of internal affairs has opened an investigation into two officers who searched Alphanso Talley last weekend before he was taken to Swedish Hospital, where he allegedly shot and killed Officer John Bartholomew and critically wounded his partner.

Sources with knowledge of the investigation ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The aircraft Qatar gave to the United States as an interim Air Force One for President Donald Trump is on track to be delivered this summer, with L3Harris Technologies Inc. completing modifications, the U.S. Air Force said Friday.

The luxury Boeing Co. 747-8 jumbo jet “has officially completed modification and flight testing ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has approved expedited arms transfers to Israel, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, bypassing a standard congressional review to rush air defense missiles and laser guidance systems to the Middle East as the Iran war ceasefire seems ever more fragile.

The agreements amount to nearly $9 ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors say the man suspected of starting the blaze that would eventually become the deadly Palisades fire was distraught over his relationship with a former co-worker, angry about not having plans on New Year’s Eve and “pissed off about the world,” according to new court filings.

Jonathan Rinderknecht, 30, was...Read more

MIAMI — An Ecuadorian lawyer told a federal jury in Miami that he drafted a Haitian warrant for the arrest of President Jovenel Moïse before his assassination nearly five years ago, while he also prepared immunity documents for the owners of a Miami-area security firm standing trial on conspiracy charges of hiring former Colombian soldiers to...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — After a stop-and-start debate over two days, lawmakers granted final legislative approval Friday for a new state civil rights law that would allow Connecticut citizens to sue federal immigration agents.

The measure showed sharp divisions with most Democrats in favor and all Republicans against the bill that will place ...Read more

Weeks before Bahamians are set to decide who will govern the country for the next five years, the government has hired two allies of President Donald Trump to help strengthen relations with the United States.

Coreco “CJ” Pearson, a MAGA youth influencer and commentator, has registered as a foreign agent and will be paid $20,000 a month.

In...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump expressed displeasure with the current state of negotiations with Iran but stopped short of threatening fresh military action in the nine-week conflict that’s triggered a global energy crisis.

“They want to make a deal but I’m not satisfied with it,” Trump told reporters at the White House Friday. �...Read more

THE VILLAGES, Fla. — President Donald Trump came to the friendly territory of Florida’s retirement haven Friday for his first public event since an alleged assassination attempt against him, touting tax cuts for seniors and parading Dr. Phil on stage.

Trump quipped he wasn’t afraid for his safety at The Villages, a GOP stronghold where he...Read more

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that significantly hardens sanctions on the Cuban government, authorizing sanctions on foreign companies and banks that do business with Cuba.

Cuba is under a comprehensive U.S. trade and financial embargo, but so far the prohibitions have mostly affected U.S. companies and people under...Read more