LOS ANGELES — All three victims of the deadly medical helicopter crash off Catalina Island have been publicly identified.

Killed in the crash were Steven "Steve" Robinson, the pilot, and Jessica deVries, who worked as a nurse, according to REACH Air Medical Services, the company that owned the craft.

According to records from the Los Angeles...Read more

LOS ANGELES — When Catalina Romero arrived at Catalina Island’s tiny emergency room this week with a severe allergic reaction, officials decided she needed medical attention on the mainland.

So they called a medical evacuation helicopter out of Oceanside. For residents of Avalon and the other Catalina communities, helicopters are part of ...Read more

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized prominent artificial intelligence figures’ warnings about existential risks posed by the technology as alarmist and unhelpful, calling on the industry to police itself and produce solutions.

“I believe that we have to be prepared for every occasion, but on the other side, this alarmism ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — More than 1,000 Somali asylum-seekers have been ordered deported since February, reflecting the Trump administration’s continued follow-through on last winter’s federal enforcement action in Minnesota.

More than half the deportation orders involve Somalis living in Minnesota, a nearly tenfold increase from 2025, according to...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said his administration would soon send checks of “nearly $100” to more than 20 million older Americans to “help pay for their Medicare Part B premiums.”

The president, who made the announcement in a post on Truth Social late Friday, said the money would come from the Medicare Improvement Fund, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A traveling nurse who slammed her Mercedes into a crowded South L.A. intersection at 131 mph was convicted of murder on Friday afternoon after jurors rejected an argument that she had a seizure behind the wheel.

Several gasps and sobs erupted from some of the victims’ relatives as the verdict was read, and they later shared ...Read more

Iceland plans to discuss closer cooperation with the U.S., including on defense, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives for a visit next week.

That’s after the U.S. struck a security deal over neighboring Greenland just last month.

“There are threats out there which make it important that we strengthen our solidarity,” Foreign ...Read more

The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it intercepted a cargo ship in the Caribbean last month that was carrying fuel bound for Cuba, the latest move in a Trump administration campaign to cut off oil supplies to the Cuban government.

The Coast Guard did not say where the fuel aboard the container ship Grace was loaded or disclose the amount or type ...Read more

A threat at California’s state Capitol forced construction workers and legislative staff to evacuate for much of Friday, but the building will reopen for normal hours on Monday, officials said.

At around 5 p.m. Friday, the California Highway Patrol announced it had finished sweeping the construction site and the Capitol building in Sacramento...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is now facing a bevy of federal lawsuits over its effort to claw back about $810 million in federal funding without Congress’ approval.

The administration announced the cancellation last week, through a maneuver known as a “pocket rescission,” days before the funding expired at the end of the fiscal...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation mandating the state look into whether electrical utility companies can be pushed to pay more money to victims of destructive wildfires caused by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. before the company declared bankruptcy in 2019.

Victims of those fires, which included the Camp fire ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — A 75-year-old Anaheim woman is facing felony animal cruelty and abuse charges after prosecutors allege she used dog food to lure her 9-month-old puppy under her van and then ran over and killed the pup.

Hanh Minh Nguyen is also facing a felony enhancement for using her vehicle as a weapon to kill Blackey, her black and white...Read more

A federal judge has dismissed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit brought by the Trump Justice Department against pro-Palestinian activists who opposed a New Jersey auction of land in Gaza and the West Bank, partly finding the government’s legal logic — hinging on a law created to protect abortion providers — sought to “demonize” protesters ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to name U.S. Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as his next artificial intelligence czar, according to people familiar with the matter, tasking him with spurring the technology’s development even as it faces backlash over safety risks.

The president may reveal Clayton’s ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A slate of projects aimed at preserving the future of the iconic Joshua tree has been scrapped after the Trump administration blocked more than $25 million in funding for national parks this year.

The funding already had been secured for more than 130 agreements with outside partners that would have supported projects in ...Read more