Oct 11 Shepard Smith leaves Fox News Channel By David Bauder, Associated Press Smith, whose newscast on Fox News Channel seemed increasingly an outlier on a network dominated by supporters of President Trump, had his final broadcast Friday. Continue reading
Oct 11 California adopts broadest U.S. rules for gun violence restraining orders By Elana Schor, Associated Press California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that will make the state the first to allow employers, co-workers and teachers to seek gun violence restraining orders against other people. Continue reading
Oct 11 Californians could face new power outages with winds moving south By Brian Melley, Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press The fire danger spread to Southern California on Thursday as raging winds moved down the state. Continue reading
Oct 11 Trump ramps up deportations to Cuba By Adriana Gomez Licon, Gisela Salomon, Associated Press Since the end of the Obama administration, the number of Cubans deported from the U.S. has increased more than tenfold to more than 800 in the past year. Continue reading
Oct 10 Millions are out of power in California, but were the PG&E shutoffs necessary? By Nsikan Akpan This week's Diablo winds were projected to be the strongest in two years, but early signs suggest that PG&E may have overestimated the fire risk. Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch 7:56 Why California residents are 'frustrated' with PG&E over planned power outage The power is still out across a wide swath of Northern California. Officials from utility company PG&E are conducting a planned blackout to reduce the risk of wildfire from high winds mixing with dry weather. But anger is building among… Continue watching
Oct 10 Seniors will get modest cost-of-living increase from Social Security in 2020 By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Seniors and advocates complain that the inflation yardstick used to determine the annual adjustment doesn't adequately reflect their costs, mainly for health care. Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch 8:58 How 'Deep State' book disputes accusations of Trump bias at FBI, DOJ In a new book, Pulitzer winner James B. Stewart explores two controversial recent investigations by the FBI and the Justice Department: Probes into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server when she was secretary of state and Russian interference… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch 9:21 How 'Sesame Street' is still supporting families, 50 years after its debut By Hari Sreenivasan November marks the 50th anniversary of public television’s “Sesame Street," a cultural landmark widely praised for its approach to children’s programming. But beyond the songs and fun, "Sesame Street" does some serious work for those in need, providing special support… Continue watching
Oct 10 EPA proposes upping testing for lead at schools in rule overhaul By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Contrary to regulatory rollbacks in many other environmental areas, the administration has called dealing with lead contamination in drinking water a priority. Continue reading