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NORFOLK, Va. — Legislation passed by the General Assembly this year seeks to ban the sale and production of assault weapons and to prohibit carrying them in public. The bans are part of a suite of gun regulations the ...Read more

When Menlo Park, California, social media giant Meta executed a plan to slash 5% of its workforce last year, it laid off older workers at much higher rates than younger employees, a lawsuit by one of those workers claims. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s decision to curtail the activities of reporters at the Pentagon, which led to the departure of most news organizations from the building, was blocked on Friday by a federal judge...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The city of Sacramento wrapped black plastic around Cesar Chavez’s statue Friday in the downtown plaza named for him, following a nationwide reckoning over allegations of sexual abuse by the labor ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is closing in on its pick to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as the nation’s top public health agency grapples with a barrage of attacks and leadership ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Sen. Alex Padilla has promised to rework legislation that proposed the creation of a multi-state national park honoring Cesar Chavez, the civil rights icon whose legacy has been tarnished ...Read more

Elon Musk defrauded Twitter Inc. investors when he disparaged the company in 2022 in an effort to buy the social media platform for a lower price than his original $44 billion bid, a jury concluded.

Jurors in federal ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After several days of protests outside its controversial pop-up in L.A.'s Silver Lake neighborhood, the restaurant Noma responded to a demand letter from workers' rights activists who have led a campaign ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday proposed its framework for a national artificial intelligence policy, pushing for broad preemption of state AI laws and against “open-ended liability” for AI firms.

The ...Read more

California’s petroleum watchdog says it’s on the lookout for potential price gouging as gas prices keep climbing in the wake of the war in Iran.

The Division of Petroleum Market Oversight, an independent arm of the ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The five-day heat wave that broke records across California and the West this week is winding down, with temperatures in the Bay Area forecast to fall from the 90s to the 70s in many places over the ...Read more

Christina Applegate thinks about death on a daily basis.

The 54-year-old actress - who was diagnosed with autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2021 - has revealed that she has already bought a final resting place...Read more

Dennis Quaid has questioned Hollywood's "double standard" when it comes to supporting Donald Trump.

The 71-year-old star is a rare Tinseltown advocate for the US President - recently travelling aboard Air Force One with ...Read more

Denise Richards underwent a full facelift last year.

The 55-year-old star has explained how she had the procedure eight months ago and confessed that she was "terrified" about having cosmetic surgery on her face for the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As part of an ICE operation, plainclothes agents on Thursday pulled an accused MS-13 shot-caller out of a downtown federal courtroom, catching attorneys and the judge off guard, and casting uncertainty over...Read more

Major U.S. equity benchmarks dropped to the lowest level since September amid rising anxiety over the prospect of a prolonged war in the Middle East.

The S&P 500 Index finished 1.5% lower in New York while the tech-heavy...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kentucky House of Representatives on Friday voted to impeach a Fayette County judge after a committee issued articles of impeachment against her earlier this week.

In a 73-to-14 vote Friday, the ...Read more

U.S. officials said the White House is sending more than 2,000 additional Marines to the Middle East as it weighs a plan to seize Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub, a ground operation that would carry huge risks for ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Anti-immigration bills in the Idaho Statehouse are crashing up against political reality, frustrating some proponents.

The lawmakers behind the slate of proposals say the issue is popular among Idahoans �...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Maryland Senate passed a bill unanimously Friday that would require every local board of education to implement a policy significantly restricting student use of personal cellphones, laptops, smart ...Read more