California lawmakers have approved a bill that seeks to throw a lifeline to the state's struggling journalism organizations.

Assembly Bill 2222, which would create refundable tax credits for California local news organizations based on the number of journalists they employ, joins a litany of bills on Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk.

The state Senate ...Read more

At least six people in California have died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody during President Donald Trump’s second term — the highest number of deaths under a presidential administration in nearly two decades.

The data, sourced from government records and compiled by an immigration data analysis firm called Relevant ...Read more

U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after repeated clashes with his boss, Pete Hegseth, leaving the service without several top leaders even as the conflict with Iran continues.

Driscoll submitted his resignation to President Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified. His decision...Read more

Florida’s Department of Transportation revoked approvals for cameras that read drivers’ license plates, directed local police departments to take them down and plans to remove any remaining devices after 30 days, according to a memo the agency sent out Monday.

The state’s move comes amid growing backlash to the use of Flock cameras, the ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City’s public school system will hire hundreds of new employees and expedite paperwork in a bid to fix delays in the childcare payment system after Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced criticism over lags in funding that threatened to derail his signature early childhood program for 2-year-olds.

Chancellor Kamar Samuels and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has struck new drug pricing agreements with nine biotech and pharmaceutical companies including UCB SA, Bridgebio Pharma Inc. and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

As part of the deal, the companies will provide discounts on outpatient drugs to state Medicaid programs so that the prices states pay align...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate passed a short-term spending bill to avert a damaging government shutdown weeks before the November midterms, sidestepping President Donald Trump’s calls to also enact emergency funds for the Iran war and elements of a controversial voter identification proposal.

Senators voted 90 to 6 to approve the ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Jurors began deliberating Monday in the murder trial over the death of Tupac Shakur after attorneys made their final pitch in closing arguments.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, is the only person ever prosecuted in connection with the 1996 shooting near the Strip that fatally wounded the hip-hop icon and injured Death Row Records ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Monday said a short-lived tropical storm could form in the Gulf while the remnants of Tropical Storm Dolly will douse Florida, but have no chance to reform.

By 5 p.m. EDT, the NHC said Tropical Depression Five had formed, but was expected to become Tropical Storm Edouard and threaten the Louisiana and Texas ...Read more

WASHINGTON — In a split decision Monday, the Supreme Court ruled construction of the White House ballroom could continue, saying the group bringing the lawsuit lacks standing to challenge the project and the government is likely to prevail.

The decision came after a one-sentence temporary order signed by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on ...Read more

A Las Vegas jury on Monday found a onetime Compton gang leader guilty in the slaying of rapper Tupac Shakur, marking a turning point in a murder mystery that captivated decades of attention.

Jurors deliberated for just a few hours in the murder trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is accused of orchestrating the fatal shooting of Shakur off ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Jurors have reached a guilty verdict Monday in the murder trial over the death of Tupac Shakur after attorneys made their final pitch in closing arguments, with prosecutors arguing the defendant’s prior accounts were corroborated and the defense attorney questioning his client’s veracity.

Duane Davis, 63, was found guilty of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — North Carolina’s Dan Driscoll, the secretary of the Army, resigned his position Monday evening after reports of growing tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The Wall Street Journal first reported Driscoll’s resignation, which other news outlets confirmed. The resignation becomes official Thursday, according to The ...Read more

A 17-year-old girl accused of livestreaming the deadly attack on a San Diego mosque is now facing murder charges.

The North Carolina teen was indicted Monday with three counts of murder and one count of conspiracy in the San Diego mosque shooting that killed three men, authorities said.

The girl, identified only as a high school student in ...Read more

A decade ago, Venezuelan tycoon Alejandro Betancourt stood in the crosshairs of a federal investigation in Miami into the theft of more than $1 billion from Venezuela’s state-owned oil company that authorities say was laundered through bank accounts and real estate investments in the United States and Europe.

Today, Betancourt, who was not ...Read more

A prominent Cuban-American group is calling on the Trump administration to carve out broad humanitarian exemptions from U.S. sanctions on Cuba — including for fuel donated by third countries— while pressing the Cuban government to dismantle restrictions that keep aid from reaching Cubans who need it.

In a policy statement released Monday, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump dismissed concerns that the conflict in Iran was draining American firepower as clashes resumed in the on-again off-again hostilities that have stretched more than six months, with neither side willing to restart negotiations to end the war.

“This is a relatively little war for us,” Trump told reporters...Read more

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Trump to finish building his new White House ballroom with mostly private money and without approval from Congress.

By a 5-4 vote, the justices granted an emergency appeal from Trump and his lawyers on Monday, setting aside a judge’s order that would stop the ...Read more