Following a large water pipe rupture at the Colgate Power Plant which led to hundreds and possibly thousands of salmon killed in lower Yuba River, Yuba Water Agency on Tuesday announced the $300,000 grant to a local conservation group for its fish restoration project, while turning down a second bid for a separate fish habitat effort.

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A federal judge is weighing whether to extend his order blocking the arrest and detention of Minnesota refugees legally admitted to the United States who await their green card.

At a hearing Thursday, U.S. District Judge John Tunheim heard arguments in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis in the class action lawsuit against federal officials over...Read more

Jeffrey Epstein’s estate and its two co-executors have agreed to pay as much as $35 million to resolve outstanding legal claims of his victims who haven’t already reached settlements.

Epstein’s estate and the co-executors, Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, agreed to the settlement to “finally, and forever resolve, discharge, and settle”...Read more

A report on the Boeing Starliner mission that left two astronauts behind on the International Space Station in 2024 has pushed NASA to reclassify the incident in the same category as the Space Shuttle Columbia and Challenger disasters.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the agency now considers the mission a “Type A mishap,” which means...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration last August told the U.S. Department of Justice that Philadelphia remains a “welcoming city” for immigrants and that it had no plans to change the policies the Trump administration has said make it a “sanctuary city,” according to a letter obtained by The Philadelphia Inquirer ...Read more

An accomplished Caltech astrophysicist with more than four decades of research contributions in galactic astronomy and the study of distant planets was fatally shot in a rural area of Antelope Valley on Monday morning. A suspect in the shooting has been charged with murder.

Deputies responded to a 911 call for assault with a deadly weapon in ...Read more

U.S. authorities have issued a new $1 million bounty for a Haitian gang leader. This time their focus is on Johnson “Izo” André, the brash 20-something year-old leader of one of Haiti’s most well-armed criminal armed groups, the 5 Segond/5 Segonn gang.

André, widely known as “Izo,” is being targeted for his alleged role in the March...Read more

It’s been nearly 48 hours since 15 skiers went missing in the Sierra Nevada following a backcountry avalanche.

A group of skiers and professional guides were traversing the Castle Peak area of the mountain amid a heavy snowstorm on Tuesday morning when they were reported missing. The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office launched a rescue and ...Read more

The city of Providence hired a firm to conduct an independent review of its response to a shooting at Brown University that left two students dead and kicked off a five day manhunt for the killer.

The Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) will conduct the review which Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said will be made public after its completion....Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he is directing federal agencies to release government documents that discuss extraterrestrial life and unexplained aerial phenomenon.

“Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying ...Read more

The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for the Sacramento Valley and northern San Joaquin Valley. Fresno has been issued a freeze watch.

This warning comes after the intense winter storm that fell upon the Sierra Nevada. The winter storm resulted in a deadly avalanche and the deaths of about eight people, according to previous...Read more

NEW YORK — After vowing on the campaign trail to give libraries up to 0.5% of the city’s budget, Mayor Zohran Mamdani in his preliminary spending plan included a $30 million cut.

The proposal takes a page from the playbook of his predecessor, former Mayor Eric Adams, who did a budget dance with the City Council before eventually restoring ...Read more

Karen Read is continuing to seek a return of her cell phones eight months after she was acquitted of the murder of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe.

Read, of Mansfield, was tried twice for the murder of O’Keefe, who she was dating at the time of his death in January 2022. Her first trial in 2024 ended in mistrial when the jurors could not...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland has reported six times as many mumps cases in early 2026 as it did all of last year, with most infections concentrated in the Baltimore metropolitan area, state health officials said Thursday.

The Maryland Department of Health, or MDH, reported 26 cases — 19 confirmed and seven probable, compared with four cases for all...Read more

A Virginia judge on Thursday sided with national and local Republicans who challenged the commonwealth’s effort to have a referendum on mid-decade redistricting, temporarily pausing the effort.

The ruling, which temporarily stops election officials from carrying out a redistricting referendum in April, came after a hearing Thursday in a ...Read more

House Speaker Matt Hall unveiled details Thursday of a property tax cut proposal that would slash taxes across four different categories for an estimated total of nearly $5 billion.

The Kalamazoo County Republican told reporters he planned to hold schools and local governments harmless with the tax cuts, but acknowledged it would result, ...Read more

Sarah Ferguson’s whereabouts remain unknown following the arrest of her ex-husband, former Prince Andrew, on his 66th birthday Thursday morning.

Now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after being stripped of his royal titles, the ex-prince was arrested at his home on the Sandringham Estate on suspicion of misconduct in public office in ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Three years after massive crowds during the July 4 weekend caused three-hour traffic jams and gridlock stretching for miles at Yosemite National Park, the Trump administration has eliminated rules designed to limit crowds by requiring visitors to obtain reservations to enter the park during busy summer days.

The rules, ...Read more

On the 30th floor of the Chartered Square building in downtown Bangkok, the low-key office of Skyhub Technologies Ltd. serves as a nexus for a burgeoning and contentious trade.

The space, rented out by a serviced office provider, is visited only rarely by the company’s sole director and occasionally by Chinese nationals, according to building...Read more