TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — This November, Floridians can shape the state’s financial future.

Three proposals, if adopted, would amend the state’s constitution to change how Florida collects taxes and budgets its money.

To pass, an amendment needs at least 60% voter support.

Here’s what to know about each amendment, all of which were put on ...Read more

⁠LOS ANGELES — Attorneys for Arnold Schwarzenegger have asked a Los Angeles judge for amped-up security at a forthcoming court date in which the former actor and politician is expected to testify.

The trial is set to determine the payout for Cheryl Augustine, who was involved in a 2022 four-vehicle traffic accident in which she claims ...Read more

Actors Hannah Einbinder and Susan Sarandon were among scores who were arrested Thursday in New York City as they protested an appearance by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the United Nations General Assembly.

According to an Instagram video by Jewish Voice for Peace, one of the organizers of the demonstration, more than 100 ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For more than three days, fire crews have worked to address a lithium-ion battery fire in La Verne that has forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents and raised questions about the safety of California's rapidly expanding energy storage systems.

The state has invested heavily in battery storage — which holds on to energy...Read more

WASHINGTON — A trove of data that hackers say they stole from the Federal Bureau of Investigation includes records revealing the home addresses of employees involved in investigating foreign spies, drug cartels and running covert surveillance operations.

While the FBI hasn’t explicitly confirmed a hack, the bureau said in a statement ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Luminaries from Wall Street and Silicon Valley joined President Donald Trump for a state dinner honoring his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, in a demonstration of U.S. technological and financial might.

Trump has welcomed Xi with fanfare this week, affording rare state visit honors to a counterpart considered one of America’s ...Read more

Stanford University student Billy Ramirez was startled when his friend sent him a photo of him and others holding bowls of noodles that he remembered posing for at a Lunar New Year celebration in a university dining hall.

He had been removed from the photo altogether. In his place was a Black woman Ramirez didn't recognize, Ramirez told the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court has rebuffed a Trump administration effort to dictate how homeless service organizations in Los Angeles can seek millions of dollars in funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The ruling released Thursday also frees up federal funding that already had been approved but not ...Read more

Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced onetime youngest self-made billionaire whose health care startup Theranos turned out to be a fraud, will be moved from her current minimum-security prison to a halfway house next year to finish out her prison term, officials said.

The move came to light in a federally mandated notice sent to victims from the U.S....Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Boone County High School teacher on Thursday gave students an inappropriate word search puzzle that included a “deeply offensive racial slur,” district officials confirmed.

The teacher was immediately placed on leave, officials said Thursday evening.

“Boone County School District administrators have been made aware, ...Read more

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill on Thursday night called for the resignation of Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell after an ethics investigation found he had sexually harassed women on the job, even after he was warned to stop.

Caldwell, through his attorney, denied the claims and questioned the thoroughness of the investigation.

According to a 61-page ...Read more

A day after St. Paul Police Chief Axel Henry filed a lawsuit claiming Mayor Kaohly Her sexually harassed him, alleging unwanted physical contact and retaliation, there has been near-silence from leaders in the city and in Minnesota about the rare legal action between two top city leaders.

No public statements from officials calling for either ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — NATO’s Joint Force Command in Norfolk has a new leader.

British Army General Nick Perry took over for Vice Adm. Doug Perry on Thursday at a change of command ceremony aboard the USS Nimitz on Naval Station Norfolk.

Nick Perry is the first British officer to lead Joint Force Command Norfolk.

“Here in our business, clarity ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate could vote on legislation next week aimed at blocking demolition of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts without congressional approval.

A draft bill has bipartisan backing from the top appropriators who oversee Kennedy Center funding: Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chair of the Interior-Environment ...Read more

BOSTON — An evening rodent walk showed the ways Boston is battling rats, by piloting different types of technology, pumping lethal carbon monoxide into the ground, and unleashing rat-killing dogs to try to eliminate the pesky problem.

Anti-rat enthusiasts descended on downtown Boston Wednesday night for a rat walk hosted by the city that ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As the Senate tries to navigate its final business before the midterms, Republicans are facing another question — who will steer the ship once they’re done?

So far, they’re not straying far from their current captain, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, with no viable rival emerging as yet.

“The assumption is yes,” the...Read more

FRESNO, Calif. — The Mariposa-Yosemite Airport has been closed because of temporary flight restrictions in place around the Dome fire burning in Yosemite National Park.

The county-owned airport, which sits 18 miles from the park in Mariposa, provides aircraft services and charter/scenic flight opportunities for pilots and visitors, according ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let the Trump administration resume its aggressive policy of deporting people to countries other than their own, seeking emergency action on a pillar of its immigration agenda.

The filing aims to lift a federal judge’s order barring deportation to a so-called third country ...Read more