Nation Jun 18 Yellowstone recovery after flooding could take years Floodwaters this week wiped out numerous bridges, washed out miles of roads and closed the park as it approached peak tourist season during its 150th anniversary celebration. Nearby communities were swamped and hundreds of homes flooded as the Yellowstone River…
Politics May 16 Judge says California law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional The conservative legal group Judicial Watch sued over the law, saying it was illegal to use taxpayer funds to enforce a statute that violates the California Constitution by mandating a gender-based quota.
Nation May 11 Appeals court rules California's under-21 gun sales ban is unconstitutional A federal appeals court has ruled that California's ban on the sale of semiautomatic weapons to adults under age 21 is unconstitutional.
Nation May 07 Federal judge rejects Trump's lawsuit challenging Twitter ban U.S. District Judge James Donato said that Trump failed to show Twitter violated his First Amendment right to free speech.
Nation Apr 15 Los Angeles political donor gets 30 years in prison for fetish deaths A wealthy Democratic donor has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for injecting two men with lethal doses of methamphetamine as part of a fetish that turned fatal.
Nation Mar 25 U.S. House leaders call on Nebraska Rep. Fortenberry to resign after found guilty of lying to the FBI Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry is facing growing pressure to resign from congressional leaders and Nebraska's GOP governor after a California jury found him guilty of lying to federal authorities about an illegal $30,000 campaign donation from a Nigerian billionaire.
Nation Jan 10 Robert Durst, real estate heir convicted of murder, dead at 78 Durst was convicted of the 2000 killing of Susan Berman in September. Durst was facing trial in New York for the killing his wife, who disappeared in 1982. He was acquitted in 2003 in the death of a Texas man.
Health Jan 06 Omicron surge sidelines 800 police, firefighters in Los Angeles A dramatic surge in coronavirus cases has sidelined more than 800 Los Angeles city police and firefighters and led to slightly longer ambulance and fire response times.
Nation Nov 20 Wildfires torched up to a fifth of all giant sequoia trees Lightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias this year, leading to a staggering two-year death toll that accounts for up to nearly a fifth of Earth’s largest trees, officials said Friday.
Nation Nov 19 California wildfires torch thousands of giant sequoia trees The estimate released Friday accounts for 13% to 19% of the native sequoias that are the largest trees on Earth.