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LOS ANGELES -- In the final weeks of California Gov. Jerry Brown's administration, his appointees on a state board ordered some powerful water districts to cut their river diversions to protect endangered salmon ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. –– California Gov. Jerry Brown's recent pardon of former state Sen. Roderick Wright was supported by several of the state's top political figures but opposed by Los Angeles County District Attorney ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- In the last days of 2018, as Stacy L. Smith and her pioneering team of researchers at USC Annenberg were putting the final touches on one of the most comprehensive and intersectional reports on inclusion in ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration has delayed the release of $16 billion in storm protection funds, prompting complaints from officials in Puerto Rico and Texas who say the money is vital to protect coastal ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Special Counsel Robert Mueller's grand jury has more time to complete its work.

Beryl Howell, chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Washington, where the panel convenes to hear evidence in secret, ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Lawyers for the House announced on Friday they had filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit brought by conservative state attorneys general targeting the 2010 health care law.

The motion comes after the ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- As congressional leaders huddled with administration officials in the Situation Room, where wars and covert actions are monitored, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen threw out an alarming number ...Read more

FRESNO, Calif. -- A man reportedly died from a head injury in Yosemite National Park after falling into the Merced River above Nevada Fall on Christmas, three days into the government shutdown.

Outside Magazine wrote ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democratic leaders emerged from a lengthy White House meeting with President Donald Trump on Friday and said no deal was struck.

But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said staffs of ...Read more

Ellen DeGeneres' attempt to clear comedian Kevin Hart's name and reinstate him as Oscars host did not go over well with critics online.

The daytime host, who is openly gay and previously hosted the Academy Awards herself,...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump and congressional leaders remained far from agreement over his demand for money for a border wall after another White House meeting, an impasse that has blocked funding for many ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Walter Jones will be sworn into the new session of Congress privately at his home in Farmville, N.C., because he could not be in Washington this week due to an unspecified illness.

Speaker of the House,...Read more

While most of a $1.95-billion upgrade of the St. Louis-to-Chicago Amtrak corridor was finished a year ago, long-promised faster rail journeys on the route have yet to happen.

Delays in installing and testing new GPS-...Read more

In Napa and Sonoma, tour bus operators ferry oenophiles between tasting rooms and vineyards. In Hollywood and environs, they shepherd the starstruck past the homes of the rich and famous.

Now they're giving customers a ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Watching the news to brace for a hurricane is a fact of life for Floridians, but you need to be careful not to stay glued to all those media reports.

Because if you do, you're more likely to ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- In the steady stream of political sound bites, nothing cuts through the noise quite like what Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib said of President Donald Trump on Thursday night:

"We're going to go in there, and ...Read more

The current season of the science-based talk show "StarTalk" is on hold following recent sexual misconduct allegations made against host Neil deGrasse Tyson.

The National Geographic channel will not air any new episodes ...Read more

Steve McQueen isn't used to moviegoers telling him they want to see his films again. Though uniformly excellent, McQueen's movies are raw, unsettling and often brutal examinations of history and the human condition. One ...Read more

The best thing about the Nissan Kicks is the price. For about $22,000, the subcompact crossover comes well-equipped with advanced driver assistance systems and convenient technology. The worst thing about the Nissan Kicks ...Read more

LONDON -- A Royal Navy vessel was deployed Thursday to "help prevent" migrants illegally crossing the English Channel from France, Britain's defense secretary said.

"I can confirm that HMS Mersey will deploy to the Dover ...Read more