LOS ANGELES — If Nicole Linton had a seizure, then she can't be held responsible for what happened after her Mercedes flew into a South L.A. intersection at 131 mph in August 2022.

If she didn't, then she's going to prison for decades on six counts of murder.

After a three-week trial that focused more on Linton's mental and physical health ...Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Florida weather was dicey all morning, but cleared enough to let SpaceX and NASA launch the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station.

A Falcon 9 topped with the Crew Dragon Grace and its four occupants carved its way through a billowing whitewash of clouds lifting off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump expressed frustration with his Supreme Court picks, complaining about votes against his policies and lamenting what he said was a lack of loyalty.

Asked in a Time Magazine interview if he regrets nominating Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, Trump said, “Yeah. What can I do? I ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon may soon deploy an additional aircraft carrier and 10,000 sailors and Marines to the Persian Gulf, according to a U.S. official, a move that gives U.S. commanders more options if President Donald Trump chooses to escalate attacks on Iran.

The USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier left its San Diego home port on Sunday, the ...Read more

Former New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell, who resigned last week after investigators found that he had made inappropriate and sexually charged comments to women and violated ethics rules, is now being investigated by his church, according to an email from a bishop reviewed by The Inquirer.

Cynthia Moore-Koikoi, the bishop of the Eastern ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation that would have given Native tribes a greater role in California water policy decisions, saying the state is already making this a priority.

The bill would have directed state agencies to recognize historical inequities affecting tribes, and to consult with them on water projects, plans and policies.

Newsom...Read more

CHICAGO — The leader of a South Side police district who was recently disciplined in connection with the Chicago police’s response to a high-profile confrontation on the city’s southwest side during Operation Midway Blitz has been removed from his post and transferred to a non-patrol division, police announced Thursday.

Cmdr. Joseph Mark,...Read more

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said he wants to build more housing to bring down costs, but researchers caution that even a significant increase in the state’s housing supply may not make homes affordable for its poorest residents.

Moore signed two executive orders Thursday aimed at speeding up permitting, expanding modular housing and creating more...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — A federal court has temporarily blocked enforcement of a new state law that would ban the sale of legal handguns that can be converted, by the attachment of illegal devices, to fully automatic weapons.

U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley’s hurried ruling grants an emergency order sought by Austrian gun maker Glock and three...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Days after signing a package of bills to rebuff aspects of federal immigration enforcement in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed two bills from Los Angeles lawmakers that targeted public employment for federal agents.

One of the bills, backed by Speaker Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, would have blocked agents and ...Read more

The U.S. Department of Justice sued Maryland and two of its largest counties Thursday, challenging state and local laws that restrict all law enforcement officers, including federal agents, from wearing masks, and require them to identify themselves in certain circumstances.

The lawsuit names Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, the ...Read more

ST, PAUL, Minn. — St. Paul released the full report Thursday of the outside investigation the city commissioned after Police Chief Axel Henry made claims of sexual harassment against Mayor Kaohly Her, which says attorneys did not substantiate the mayor sexually harassed him but found she “created an uncomfortable work environment” for him....Read more

LOS ANGELES — In the University of California's strongest rebuke yet of the Trump administration's pressure campaign against it, the university is asking a federal judge to throw out a Justice Department lawsuit accusing UCLA of enabling antisemitism, describing the case in court filings as "political coercion."

UC is seeking to block a ...Read more

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline has restored the "Press 3" option connecting LGBTQ+ youth to targeted support services, more than a year after the Trump administration cut off the program.

Starting Sept. 30, people who call or text 988 can once again be connected directly with counselors trained to support young LGBTQ+ people. The lifeline ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Santa Ana Police arrested a woman Thursday who appeared to deliberately run over a 9-month-old puppy in a disturbing surveillance camera video.

Hahn Nguyen, 75, was booked into Santa Ana jail on suspicion of animal cruelty and animal abandonment. She admitted to owning the 9-month-old pit bull, "Blackey," and that she abandoned ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Investigators have located the wreckage of a medical transport helicopter that crashed in the Pacific Ocean after departing Wednesday night from Santa Catalina Island, killing a pilot and a nurse.

One person, a female patient being taken to the mainland, remains missing, and two survived. Sources familiar with the investigation ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — After being duped by Hannah Gann, one organization closely affiliated with the Philadelphia School District teacher and activist is dissolving, and another is on a two-month hiatus pending a decision about its future.

The moves come after Gann admitted she lied for years about her identity, claiming at times to be Palestinian, ...Read more

Forecasters are, once again, monitoring the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay for potential redevelopment before the end of the weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Tropical Storm Fay initially formed on Sept. 20 in the subtropical Central Atlantic and degenerated a few days later. It regained tropical-storm status on Sept. 24, ...Read more