SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California put on hold a proposal to study reintroducing grizzly bears on Thursday, amid growing public concern over the state’s ability to manage wildlife predators including wolves, mountain lions, coyotes and other species of bear.

A bill to study the feasibility of bringing back grizzlies, a threatened species that ...Read more

FRESNO, Calif. — The California High-Speed Rail Authority added another year to its overall Central Valley timeline but obscured the schedule change in its latest planning document, according to a recent report by the agency’s own independent review office.

Inspector General Benjamin Belnap, whose position is state-funded, found the rail ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — A video circulating on social media appeared to show a uniformed Metropolitan Police Department officer kicking a police dog.

The video was posted Tuesday night on the Facebook page for LVEI, short for Las Vegas Emergency Incidents, and shows what was described as a police response in the area of Tropicana Avenue and Boulder ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge issued a scathing order Thursday blocking a gambit by the Trump administration to take control of federal funding for homelessness programs in Los Angeles County.

In issuing a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter found that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development acted ...Read more

U.S. investors appear poised to gain a significant stake in Cuba’s largest nickel and cobalt mining operation — in land that Cuba’s government confiscated from U.S. and Cuban owners more than 60 years ago — in what would be the first American-backed mining venture on the island in six decades.

Two rival U.S. bids are now competing for ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge on Thursday signaled that she is likely to order immigration agents to stop arresting people without warrants unless they determine they are likely to escape.

In a tentative ruling, U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong appeared inclined to grant a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit ...Read more

MIAMI — The same week a Florida Keys racing boat team owner was sent to prison for selling cocaine, most of it lost smuggling shipments he found at sea, a grand jury indicted a charter fishing captain accused of acquiring and selling drugs the same way.

Bradford Todd Picariello, 66, who owns Outlaw Fishing Charters in the Middle Keys city of...Read more

NEW YORK — Thousands of New York City families who rely on vouchers to help cover the soaring cost of childcare will soon get a reprieve on all out-of-pocket costs, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Thursday.

While many parents receiving the subsidy are already off the hook for childcare expenses, about 22,000 families in the Child Care ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Attorneys selected a jury Thursday for the murder trial of the man accused of orchestrating the killing of Tupac Shakur.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, is now on trial in connection with the death of Shakur, who was shot near the Strip in September 1996.

The panel was finalized after three days of questioning from prosecutors and...Read more

On June 11, ICE agents trailed a car into the parking lot of Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore. For the family riding in that car, an everyday school drop off quickly devolved into chaos.

ICE agents pulled Jesus Acevedo Sanchez from the vehicle, pinned him to the ground and arrested him for being in the country ...Read more

NEW YORK — The NYPD will make public for the first time information about incidents in which a gun is fired but no one is struck under terms of a local law passed by the City Council Thursday.

“I believe this legislation will strengthen transparency around gun violence in our communities and provide the Council and the public with ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Homeland Security investigators conducted a wide-ranging surveillance campaign against Minnesota labor unions, trying to find evidence that they were part of an antifa conspiracy to finance domestic terrorism, according to federal records provided to the Minnesota 15, a group of protesters federally charged with impeding ...Read more

DENVER — The Colorado woman accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at a Tesla dealership in Loveland alleged in a court filing this month that federal prosecutors unfairly targeted her as part of a politically motivated effort to punish enemies of President Donald Trump.

Lucy Nelson, 43, asked U.S. District Court Judge Nina Wang to dismiss the...Read more

The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees on Thursday voted to move forward with President Donald Trump's plan to close the building for renovations for two years, according to The Associated Press. During the same meeting, the board, which is filled with the president's allies, also voted to inscribe Trump's name on the building.

The votes came ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge issued a scathing order Thursday blocking a gambit by the Trump administration to take control of federal funding for homelessness programs in Los Angeles County.

In issuing a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter found that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development acted ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Immigration courts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware are ordering people removed from the country in numbers not seen in at least a quarter century.

At the Philadelphia immigration court — which hears cases for most Pennsylvania and Delaware residents — orders of removal or voluntary departure rose 71%, from 1,230 ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A “super” El Niño is now 95% likely to develop this year as the climate pattern gains dramatic strength in the Pacific Ocean — leaving officials across California and beyond bracing for a wet and potentially destructive winter.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center said Thursday...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche struck a conciliatory tone in his first speech since being confirmed to lead the Justice Department following months of turbulence and controversy that has tested the independence of the nation’s premier law enforcement agency and its credibility with the courts.

“I promise you that I will ...Read more

OTTAWA, Canada — A year ago, after a meeting with Canada’s provincial leaders, Prime Minister Mark Carney made a pledge that he has since repeated many times.

“Canada will not accept a bad deal,” he said about trade negotiations with President Donald Trump’s administration.

That promise is being put to the test as never before. ...Read more