35+ min ago   (253+ words) Golden State Fiber is the latest example of California governments gambling with taxpayer money: forty counties, $111 million in bond financing, and a government-run broadband network. History suggests this bet will end the same way most do'over budget, underperforming, and on…...

1+ hour, 56+ min ago   (713+ words) By TIM SULLIVAN and CLAIRE RUSH There was the patient with kidney cancer who vanished without his medicine in immigration detention facilities. It took legal intervention for his medicine to be sent to him, though doctors are unsure if he's…...

2+ hour, 6+ min ago   (404+ words) Former USC linebacker Abdul-Malik McClain was sentenced Tuesday to time already served and ordered to pay $228,995 in restitution for his role in a scheme that fraudulently sought more than $1 million in COVID-related unemployment benefits. McClain, 26, recently of Coto de Caza…...

2+ hour, 37+ min ago   (287+ words) The dual orders from separate judges marked a dramatic new front in an ongoing clash between the Trump administration and the federal court over the legitimacy of Halligan's appointment. A White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience, Halligan was…...

3+ hour, 32+ min ago   (146+ words) The machines, which look like casino slot machines but offer parimutuel-style gambling on past races, were removed Saturday by the California DOJ. Santa Anita has sued the California Department of Justice, seeking the return of the "Racing On Demand" gaming…...

5+ hour, 12+ min ago   (807+ words) By JULIA FRANKEL, Associated Press More details are expected when Trump participates in an announcement about the Board of Peace on Thursday at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The Trump administration now seems to envision the Board…...

5+ hour, 18+ min ago   (233+ words) Vice President JD Vance takes questions from reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) By JULIE CARR SMYTH William D. DeFoor, 26, entered pleas to three counts in federal…...

5+ hour, 37+ min ago   (310+ words) A Burbank man pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Jan. 20, to participating in a scheme to defraud Medicare out of at least $23 million. Alex Alexsanian, 48, entered a plea to one federal count of money laundering conspiracy. When sentenced, set for April 28, Alexsanian…...

5+ hour, 41+ min ago   (1116+ words) By JOSEPH WILSON and SUMAN NAISHADHAM The crash in Catalonia in northeastern Spain came just two days after a separate deadly train collision killed at least 42 people in the country's south and injured dozens more. Emergency workers Tuesday were still…...

5+ hour, 57+ min ago   (551+ words) Democratic U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff on Tuesday conducted an oversight visit at the state's newest and largest immigrant detention center, located in California City, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles. In remarks to reporters, both highlighted what they…...