40 remains the typical age, partly because of cash purchases by older buyers.

The age of the typical first-time homebuyer last year remained stuck at a historic high of 40 years old as younger people continue to get the worst of brutally high prices and interest rates in much of the country.

That’s according to new data from the National ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Microscopic shards of plastic have been found everywhere scientists have looked, from the depths of the ocean to the clouds above.

Now a UC Riverside environmental scientist with a particular set of outdoor and laboratory skills has found them in remote mountain snows reachable only on skis. In a new paper, she and 13 colleagues...Read more

While running for California governor in 2018, Gavin Newsom declared that he would rather be bold and fail than retreat to the safety of mediocrity.

The two-term governor known for taking big political risks once again made good on that vow Thursday when he moved to offer clemency to every inmate sentenced to death in California.

Amid a hum of...Read more

WASHINGTON — After more than a decade of false starts, lawmakers in Washington are on the cusp of advancing a bill to reform the Byzantine system for approving projects needed to modernize power grids, build artificial intelligence data centers and revitalize clean energy development.

The Democrats’ sweeping victories in the midterm ...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago’s first fully elected school board will take office without a decisive majority for either side, and it faces immediate decisions on some of the most contentious issues for the nation’s third-largest school district — including potential midyear cuts.

Voters on Tuesday elected 21 members to serve on the governing body ...Read more

DETROIT — About 125 members of the Michigan Army National Guard will be deployed to the southwest border of the U.S. for up to a year.

The soldiers belong to the 1432nd Engineer Company, which is based out of Kingsford and Gladstone.

The company will support U.S. Customs and Border Protection by providing border security, allowing federal ...Read more

The leader of a notorious gang that terrorized residents of Haiti’s largest slum is dead following a security operation involving explosive drones, the latest development in an intensifying campaign against the tightening grip of the country’s powerful armed groups.

“One less gang leader,” Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé wrote on ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The city of Fresno in California will not renew its contract for controversial Flock Safety cameras, though it will seek another company to manage the city’s license-plate readers, city leaders announced Friday.

The contract with Flock Safety sunsets in February, and city and law enforcement leaders said the company ...Read more

Paraguay’s former President Santiago Peña was charged Saturday over his alleged role in the collapse of a major bank that set off widespread protests, a day after he was removed from office by the Senate.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office filed charges against Peña for breach of trust and self-enrichment in the administration of assets, ...Read more

NEW YORK — A 27-year-old former NYPD cop who worked with children as a city substitute school aide has been arrested for the murder of Brooklyn jogger Katie Suarez, who was stabbed to death during a run along the Brooklyn waterfront, police said Saturday.

Sayed Mohassib, who has been suspended by the city’s Department of Education, has been...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The latest Santa Ana wind event moving through Southern California will peak Saturday, but higher-than-normal temperatures and elevated fire risk will remain through next week.

Decreased humidity and wind gusts, in the 30-to-50 mph range, across Los Angeles and Ventura counties spell "elevated to critical fire weather conditions...Read more

NEW YORK — A federal judge ruled that the city officials must hand over the names and birth dates of residents living in a Bronx homeless shelter to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, despite the city’s repeated attempts to block the move.

United States District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ordered the enforcement of the feds’ administrative ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he is offering the role of White House press secretary to UFC chief Dana White, asking him to “please take the job.”

It wasn’t clear if the offer was sincere. Trump said he had asked the “violent Fighter and Warrior” to bring “assistants,” attaching the names and photographs of famous cage fighters in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Federal immigration officers reportedly detained two people late Friday evening amid an anti-ICE protest near a Boyle Heights hospital, sparking additional action by community immigrant advocates and swift condemnation from city leaders, including Mayor-Elect Nithya Raman.

“The Trump administration is unwelcome not just in Los...Read more

Several Senate Republicans are pushing to delay the party’s leadership elections scheduled for next week following the GOP’s midterms defeat, a move that may open the door to a potential challenge against John Thune.

Florida Sen. Rick Scott expressed support for holding a meeting to discuss postponing next week’s vote, saying that ...Read more

President Donald Trump blasted Democrats for threatening to investigate his administration and Republican donors, saying he ordered the Department of Justice to launch its own probe against them.

As Democrats prepare to take control of both chambers of Congress in January following their decisive victory in the midterm elections, they have ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Since becoming the Mexican ambassador to the U.S., Roberto Lazzeri has been confronted with many pressing cross-border issues, ranging from trade deals and border security to immigration.

But he said there’s one in particular that comes up constantly in his many meetings in Washington — the Tijuana River Valley’s pollution ...Read more

Ukraine’s capital and the region surrounding Kyiv faced another Russian missile barrage overnight targeting energy facilities and bridges, with at least one civilian killed and several injured.

The state-run oil and gas company Naftogaz said a facility in central Ukraine has been struck three times overnight. “The attack damaged equipment,...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Great America, the beloved hometown theme park for generations of Northern Californians, has announced there will be one more season of roller coasters and funnel cakes before the gates close for good.

The Santa Clara theme park's final day of operation will be next Labor Day, ending a 51-year run as an attraction once seen as...Read more