Elected officials across San Diego and California reacted bitterly to President Donald Trump’s off-the-cuff comment late Monday that Iran could “take out” San Diego and its larger neighbor to the north, Los Angeles. The White House, meanwhile, attempted to reframe the statements.

Trump made the comments at a political rally in Nebraska, ...Read more

A Delta Air Lines plane collided with an Air Canada aircraft while rolling on a taxiway at Los Angeles International Airport Tuesday morning, according to authorities.

No injuries to crew or passengers were reported.

Delta Air Lines Flight 7 was taxiing for departure when its left wing clipped Air Canada Flight 785's horizontal stabilizer at ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he has a call scheduled with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a suspected plague case, amid growing global health concerns over the incident.

“Very soon,” Trump told reporters Tuesday when asked whether he had spoken to his Russian counterpart.

He indicated that the U.S. would have more to share ...Read more

President Donald Trump pledged $2.9 billion in U.S. Navy support Tuesday for Anduril Industries’ submarine manufacturing shipyard at Sparrows Point, adding federal backing to a $3.7 billion private investment that promises to return large-scale shipbuilding to the former Bethlehem Steel site.

Trump also promised $21 billion in future ...Read more

Televangelist Jim Bakker’s funeral services were announced Tuesday by the Jim Bakker Show based in Branson, Missouri.

His viewing and funeral are set for Monday, Oct. 12, at 180 Grace Chapel Road in Blue Eye, Missouri, according to the show. The viewing is at 11 a.m. and the service at 1 p.m.

Blue Eye is on the Missouri-Arkansas line, about ...Read more

A former FBI intelligence analyst has alleged that President Trump ordered the FBI to launch unconstitutional investigations into immigration enforcement protesters from the Los Angeles area, according to a whistleblower report made public Tuesday by Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.).

She also contended that substantial FBI resources were diverted ...Read more

Minnesota officials say the federal government could outright reject more than half a billion dollars in deferred Medicaid payments in a few weeks as the Trump administration continues pressuring the state on fraud.

The Department of Human Services is “bracing for a disallowance” from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A judge late last week dismissed a civil rights lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of police scouring images recorded by San Jose’s vast network of automated license plate readers, capping a key legal test for the city’s continued use of the surveillance technology.

The ruling by Santa Clara County Superior Court...Read more

An already expensive visit to the “Most Magical Place on Earth” is about to get even costlier as Walt Disney World raises prices for annual passes and some single-day tickets.

The top-tier Disney Incredi-Pass, which allows entry to all four parks for a year with no block-out dates, now sells for $1,749. Since last October, the pass sold for...Read more

As President Donald Trump zigzags across the country in the final weeks before the midterm elections, he has made California his favorite foil as he tries to fire up his base.

On Monday, he blamed the Golden State for the rising cost of gas prices, claimed without evidence that its elections are rigged, and at a Nebraska rally suggested Iran ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County health officials are reminding residents and their pets to be safe around wild animals, after finding what may be the first rabid raccoon case in more than 50 years.

A sick raccoon was discovered in a Westlake Village backyard but was not aggressive toward people, which is commonly associated with rabies-...Read more

Students at Fort Worth ISD wrote an open letter to Superintendent Peter Licata and district leadership this week, sharing their concerns about what they have experienced during the Texas Education Agency’s takeover of the district — specifically critiquing scripted lesson plans.

The official letter was sent to the Star-Telegram Tuesday, and...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — The number of absentee ballots returned in Michigan rose 30% from the same point before the 2022 midterm election as of the morning of Oct. 6, according to data released by the Secretary of State's office.

As of 7 a.m. Oct. 6 — four weeks before Election Day on Nov. 3 — Michigan voters had submitted 201,909 absentee ...Read more

A Minnesota law banning nudification technology has been paused by a federal appeals court that sided with tech billionaire Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company in its request to temporarily block the statute.

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday granted a temporary ban on the law as requested by the company, xAI, in a ...Read more

A new study by the Medical University of Vienna found that a specialized form of imaging could identify 91% of prostate cancer cases without the need for a biopsy.

Traditionally, a blood test can indicate the possibility of prostate cancer, but a diagnosis has long depended on a tissue sample through an outpatient procedure.

The imaging ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Investigators with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control visited the Lineage warehouse in Boyle Heights that burned down this summer as part of a criminal probe on Tuesday, authorities said.

Officers were seen going through the warehouse offices before noon. One told a Times reporter they were there as part of a ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday continued to increase the odds a system that formed in the Gulf could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 a.m. tropical outlook, the surface trough of low pressure, now dubbed Invest 92L and producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms,...Read more