CNN, MS NOW and Politico have revised their lawsuit against the Trump administration over press access to the White House to include a request for a court order to allow their journalists into other areas, including the Oval Office and Air Force One.

The updated lawsuit was filed Wednesday, two weeks after U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Outgoing Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in California had dropped almost 13% since 2024, providing a boost to a Democrat who has been dogged by criticism of his handling of the issue.

The number of unsheltered homeless people statewide dropped from 123...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Unusually high tides that have brought flooding to low-lying areas in Southern California including Newport Beach and Long Beach may linger longer than initially predicted.

The National Weather Service on Wednesday extended flood advisories for all of Southern California’s coastal counties through 2 p.m. Friday, said Devin ...Read more

Patrick Clancy filed a wrongful death suit against a psychiatrist and a nurse practitioner who treated his ex-wife Lindsay before she allegedly killed the couple’s three children.

Lawyers representing Dr. Jennifer Tufts and Rebecca Jollotta want the case dropped. The litigants and their attorneys were in a Massachusetts court on Wednesday. A ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Fall is in full swing across California, bringing cooler weather and the start of another respiratory virus season.

Although respiratory viruses circulate year-round, many become more active during the fall and winter months.

“Many respiratory viruses, including flu, (respiratory syncytial virus) and COVID-19 circulate...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday advanced a $2.5 million project meant to reduce toxic air pollution at Saturn Boulevard, the South County hot spot where cascading Tijuana River flows release hydrogen sulfide into nearby neighborhoods.

The board voted to adopt a memorandum of agreement with the city of San ...Read more

BOSTON — Lindsay Clancy could testify in a wrongful death suit against her healthcare providers, according to her ex-husband’s attorney.

“You know who hasn’t testified yet? Lindsay Clancy,” Howard Cooper, the lawyer representing Patrick Clancy in a suit against his ex-wife’s mental healthcare providers, said at a hearing in Norfolk ...Read more

MIAMI — A Florida International University student expelled over racist and violent messages exchanged in private group chats testified Wednesday that even comments about beheading Black people were intended as humor, insisting that the university misunderstood deliberately shocking jokes when it punished students for their participation.

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DENVER — Colorado’s collared wolves primarily stuck around the state’s central mountains over the past month — except for at least one wolf that roamed the state’s northwest borderlands.

They spent time in the corner of Colorado that borders Wyoming and Utah, a new map released Wednesday by Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows. CPW ...Read more

Michigan State University Trustee Mike Balow has filed a federal lawsuit against a fellow board member and the board's secretary for sanctions he received after he refused to sign the revised Board Code of Ethics and Conduct earlier this year.

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, argued that Board ...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — Secret audio recordings captured longtime Oakland businessman David Duong proclaiming “a deal is a deal,” while railing about then-Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s lack of follow-through in late 2023 on an alleged bribery scheme.

“I will go to jail for this,” added David Duong, while voicing his resolve to ensure the ...Read more

DENVER — A 32-year-old man was arrested after Colorado State Patrol troopers found a suspicious device designed to look like a bomb inside the state Capitol on Wednesday morning, agency officials said.

The Denver Police Department bomb squad responded to the building after troopers found the device on a windowsill near the east entrance, the ...Read more

NEW YORK — A protest against the shooting of Oscar Belgal by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents ended in arrests after multiple demonstrators blocked traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge Wednesday, cops said.

Around 30 protesters formed a line in the Brooklyn-bound lanes on the Manhattan side of the span to block pedestrian and vehicular ...Read more

DENVER — Courtroom fights, false claims and mountains of spending have dominated the high-stakes battle over the ballot measure that would increase income taxes on higher-earning Coloradans while cutting them for everyone else.

Opponents of Amendment 87— mostly made up of conservative advocacy groups — have outraised the liberal groups ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Before Missouri became the first state in the country to overturn a near-total abortion ban in 2024, Republican lawmakers were already signaling a plan to strike down the results.

“People will be given an opportunity to vote again,” Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, an Arnold Republican, said before nearly 52% of voters ...Read more