California staggered by deadly back-to-back mass shootings
MONTEREY PARK, Calif., Jan 24 (Reuters) - Just two days after a gunman killed 11 people at a Los Angeles-area dance studio, seven more victims...
California temperatures soar to new records, adding strain to power grid
Record high temperatures were expected in California's Central Valley from Sacramento to outside of Los Angeles on Sunday, with officials warning that the dangerous heat...
Michael Avenatti offers to plead guilty in remaining criminal case
Michael Avenatti, the twice-convicted lawyer who represented porn actress Stormy Daniels in her legal battles against former U.S. President Donald Trump, on Sunday offered to...
California church shooter upset over Taiwan-China tensions, police say
The man accused of killing a doctor and wounding five other people in a shooting at a Taiwanese-American church banquet in California methodically planned the...
Wildfires threaten New Mexico resorts, burn California mansions
Wildfires edged towards mountain resort towns in northern New Mexico on Thursday and engulfed an enclave of multi-million-dollar mansions in southern California. Residents of around...
U.S. cities are backing off banning facial recognition as crime rises
Facial recognition is making a comeback in the United States as bans to thwart the technology and curb racial bias in policing come under threat...
Internet providers end challenge to California net neutrality law
The U.S. broadband industry ended late on Wednesday its legal challenge to California's landmark net neutrality law, which seeks to protect the open internet. A...
U.S. lawmakers in 16 states to introduce laws to protect transgender youth
Democratic lawmakers from 16 states on Tuesday pledged to introduce legislation providing legal refuge to transgender youth and their families displaced by restrictive laws in...
Heirs to Nazi-looted painting win U.S. appeal in case against Spanish museum
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Jewish family that is trying to reclaim a Camille Pissarro painting seized by the Nazis...
‘We’re done with dead kids’: U.S. bars are handing out free fentanyl tests
Walking into the Good Hop craft beer bar in Oakland, California, Alison Heller looks like any other patron thirsting for happy hour. But instead of...