SAN DIEGO — The San Diego City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to rename Cesar Chavez Parkway, two months after shocking allegations of sexual abuse surfaced against the late labor leader.

The 0.8-mile-long street in Barrio Logan will now be named Chicano Park Boulevard to honor the historic and cultural significance of Chicano Park — ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Nearly a year after two of their colleagues were attacked by a man disguised as a cop, Minnesota lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a bill that imposes stiffer penalties on people who impersonate police.

The bill, which now heads to Gov. Tim Walz, is among many changes that legislators have sought in response to the June...Read more

The state of Florida illegally attempted to curry special favor from the president by gifting downtown Miami land for Donald Trump’s planned presidential center and skyscraper, according to a new lawsuit filed in federal court Wednesday.

The complaint accuses Trump, his nonprofit presidential library foundation, Miami Dade College and its ...Read more

CHICAGO — Immigration advocacy groups on Wednesday filed tort claims against the Department of Homeland Security alleging 18 people were illegally arrested and brutalized in a controversial overnight raid in a South Shore apartment building during Operation Midway Blitz last fall.

The tort claims, a required prerequisite to a lawsuit against ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A looming federal trial over liability in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse is still on track for June despite Maryland’s $2.25 billion settlement with the owner and operator of the cargo ship Dali, with Baltimore, Baltimore County and dozens of other plaintiffs continuing to pursue claims tied to the deadly disaster.

The ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A former producer and drug counselor who distributed the ketamine that killed Matthew Perry was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison.

Erik Fleming pleaded guilty in August 2024 to conspiracy to distribute ketamine and distribution of ketamine resulting in death.

Prosecutors had asked for a 2 1/2-year prison sentence; ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom will propose a new $100 million fund to help wildfire victims afford loans to rebuild their homes under a revised budget plan set to be released Thursday.

The Newsom administration estimates that thousands of victims of the Los Angeles wildfires cannot afford to rebuild, blaming a lack of access to ...Read more

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., on Wednesday cast the deciding vote against the latest effort to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to attack Iran — the seventh such time he’s broken with his party since the war began but the first time that Republican deflections made his vote decisive.

The war powers resolution failed 49 to 50 as ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Real estate developer and former gubernatorial candidate Stephen Cloobeck, who exited the race in November, was arrested in Los Angeles County on Tuesday.

Jail records show Cloobeck, 64, was arrested before 11 a.m. and booked at the West Hollywood station on $300,000 bail, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled to overturn the 2023 double murder conviction of disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh.

In its ruling Wednesday, the S.C. Supreme Court said the actions of former Colleton County Court Clerk Becky Hill denied “Murdaugh his right to a fair trial by an impartial jury.”

Murdaugh’s ...Read more

DETROIT — U.S. District Judge Thomas Ludington was sentenced to six months' probation Wednesday for drunk driving, capping a rare criminal case against a federal judge whose intoxicated, belligerent and slurring behavior during an October arrest has sparked an investigation into his conduct.

He was sentenced by 90th District Judge Angela ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Generations of Chinese immigrants have settled in Arcadia, transforming the San Gabriel Valley suburb, a typical bedroom community, into a “Chinese Beverly Hills” with high-end real estate and luxury shopping.

But the city’s residents, many of them affluent, learned this week that a prominent local elected official had a ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s attorney general isn’t alone in trying to reshape Florida’s surrogacy laws.

Attorney General James Uthmeier, inserting himself into what had been a standard surrogacy case, is arguing that surrogacy is unconstitutional. The case is in front of Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeal.

Meanwhile, Uthmeier�...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Real estate developer and former gubernatorial candidate Stephen Cloobeck, who exited the race in November, was arrested in Los Angeles County on Tuesday.

Jail records show Cloobeck, 64, was arrested before 11 a.m. and booked at the West Hollywood station on $300,000 bail, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Severely disabled veterans in California could be getting an expanded tax break.

State lawmakers are considering legislation that would exempt from taxation 50% of the residential property owned by a fully disabled veteran, or 100% if their household income does not exceed $40,000.

"I've seen firsthand the financial challenges ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled to overturn the 2023 double murder conviction of disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh.

In it’s ruling Wednesday, the state Supreme Court said the actions of former Colleton County Court Clerk Becky Hill denied “Murdaugh his right to a fair trial by an impartial jury.”

Murdaugh’s ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Mamdani administration hopes to speed up service on Q70-SBS bus service to and from LaGuardia Airport by building a dedicated bus lane on a stretch of Broadway in Jackson Heights ahead of the World Cup.

The eastbound lane would run down the center of Broadway, from Roosevelt Ave. to 69th St. The street would maintain an ...Read more

Health Secretary Wes Streeting is preparing to resign from the U.K. government and challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the leadership, according to his allies.

Streeting, who met Starmer briefly in Downing Street on Wednesday morning, is likely to quit the Cabinet this week and attempt to trigger a leadership contest, they said, ...Read more

President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing for the first state visit to China by a U.S. leader in nine years, as the world’s two largest economies look to stabilize ties with a summit playing out against the backdrop of the Iran war.

Air Force One touched down at the Beijing Capital International Airport slightly before 8 p.m. on Wednesday, ...Read more