LOS ANGELES — California Supreme Court justices hammered Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco over his seizure of hundreds of thousands of Proposition 50 ballots in a pair of back-to-back hearings on Monday, appearing poised to order the ballots returned and sharply limit the sheriff’s power to snatch similar election materials in the future...Read more

BOSTON — Prosecutors trying Lindsay Clancy for murder called a psychologist to the stand Monday who argued that the Duxbury mom was “suffering” from a severe mental illness when she killed her children but likely wasn’t psychotic.

In a dramatic turn near the end of the day, the defense moved unsuccessfully for a mistrial based on some ...Read more

South Korea and the U.S. agreed to maintain close coordination on efforts to revive dialogue with North Korea, days after Pyongyang rebuffed President Donald Trump’s overtures and launched a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles.

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a phone call late Monday ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that California intends to sue the Trump administration again over President Donald Trump’s efforts to impose new restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of the November midterms.

The announcement came after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the administration to move forward with key parts ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday defended New York City-Democratic Socialists of America co-Chair Gustavo Gordillo amid controversy over a $1.5 million home his father bought for him.

Gordillo has faced criticism, largely from the right, over claims the leader’s privileged background makes him a hypocrite as he advocates for the ...Read more

Two Democratic state lawmakers will introduce legislation to fast-track a maritime shipyard in Solano County, potentially handing a victory to the billionaire-backed California Forever group that has been pushing for nearly a decade to develop in the outer San Francisco Bay.

Assemblymember Lori Wilson, D-Suisun City, and Sen. Christopher ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida is, after a year of anticipation, moving forward with a plan to remove four required school-entry vaccines.

The Department of Health filed its proposed rule change Monday as part of Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo’s plan to remove all Florida vaccine mandates.

Under the proposal, Florida children would no longer ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for President Donald Trump to continue seeking new limits on the use of mail ballots, though their implementation remains in dispute as the November election rapidly approaches.

California leaders immediately noted the limits of the high court ruling and said they would file a lawsuit to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s threat to unleash an “economic D-Day” against Iran risks setting the U.S. on a collision course with China, its main trading partner.

That’s only if Bessent actually follows through on a threat the Trump administration has made before. And many are skeptical he will, especially when it ...Read more

Jaylen Edgar, the teen tried for the Halloween mass shooting in 2024 in downtown Orlando that killed two and injured several others, was found guilty of all charges, including first-degree murder, by a jury Monday.

Following three days of arguments and testimony, the 12-person panel was sent out Monday afternoon to deliberate the charges ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Attorneys for former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines filed an emergency appeal Friday to try to get Stines a bond after a judge rejected his request earlier this month.

Warren Circuit Judge Christopher Cohron, who was appointed as a special judge in the case, ruled Aug. 13 that Stines has to be held without ...Read more

CHICAGO — Protesters gathered in the McKinley Park neighborhood Monday afternoon after immigration agents earlier in the day crashed into a pickup truck near the Damen Avenue exit on I-55 and detained a driver, witnesses and local officials said.

Livestream footage shows the blue pickup truck surrounded by ICE vehicles after colliding with ...Read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's sprawling Sacramento-area mansion is up for sale.

The 12,700-square-foot mansion in Fair Oaks — an unincorporated community in Sacramento County bordering the American River — has been listed for $7.5 million.

News of the listing, which is being handled by Sotheby's International Realty, was first reported by...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Monday was tracking two systems in the Atlantic, either one of which has a chance to spin up and become Tropical Storm Dolly this week.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. EDT advisory, the system of most concern to Florida was a tropical wave that emerged off the west coast of Africa and was located a few hundred miles ...Read more

BOSTON — After nearly a weeklong search, Worcester police said Monday they believe they found the body of a 58-year-old woman wanted in connection with the death of her police officer husband last week, calling the incident likely a “tragic murder-suicide.”

“Today, at approximately 12:49 hours, officers were dispatched to 189 May Street...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Attorneys for Kansas City last week briefly admitted in a legal filing that Mayor Quinton Lucas ordered a 2024 audit of The Star’s coverage for perceived bias against the city, a remarkable admission that undercut Lucas’ denial of his role in directing the report.

A day later, however, the city backtracked and filed a ...Read more

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Attorneys demanding that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco return the more than 650,000 ballots cast in November that he seized argued before the California Supreme Court on Monday, Aug. 24, that the law was clear: Bianco should have used legal channels before serving warrants to obtain the ballots and begin a criminal ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland officials declared a measles outbreak in three counties as cases continue to rise, according to the Maryland Department of Health.

Officials identified St. Mary’s, Carroll and Cecil counties as outbreak spots. MDH is investigating 14 new confirmed cases in unvaccinated Maryland residents. No public exposures have been ...Read more