TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — One of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ key programs reshaping how the state handles welfare for Floridians has not been complying with state laws governing its oversight, ethics and fundraising, according to an analysis for a Republican-led House committee.

The charity arm of Hope Florida, launched by first lady Casey DeSantis, hasn�...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Southern California Edison crews are scaling tall electrical towers, testing the nearby soil and taking close-up images of electrical equipment, the latest detailed examination to determine exactly what sparked the disastrous Eaton fire.

It is likely to take more months for a final determination of what caused the fire. But ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Monday was momentous for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing although it still looked like a bridge to nowhere from the 101 Freeway, where more than 300,000 vehicles stream endlessly every day.

Nearly three years after the project began, the critical milestone was visible only to the government officials, scientists and ...Read more

An Indiana abortion patient has accused a Champaign, Illinois, physician of perforating her uterus during the procedure and leaving half of a fetus inside her body, requiring emergency surgery afterward, according to a recent lawsuit.

The medical negligence lawsuit was filed March 21 in the Circuit Court of Champaign County against abortion ...Read more

NEW YORK — Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday said the Justice Department would seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione for the December killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the first sought since President Donald Trump’s return to power.

Bondi said the decision was in line with her Day 1 memo to DOJ staff outlining the ...Read more

Only one person, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, has ever served more than two terms as president of the United States. This is for two reasons.

First, prior to Roosevelt’s election to a third term in 1940 there was a longstanding American tradition that presidents not serve more than two terms.

This tradition was established by ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday over South Carolina’s effort to keep Planned Parenthood facilities from receiving Medicaid funding if they perform abortions, part of a dispute that could impact Congress’ ability to mandate coverage in the program.

Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit to challenge the state�...Read more

ATLANTA — The Federal Emergency Management Agency can’t get out of a lawsuit by the city of Atlanta after approving only $200 of the city’s request for $1.2 million in flood repair costs, a federal judge in Atlanta has ruled.

The city sued FEMA in May 2024, claiming it didn’t properly respond to or assess the city’s 2009 request for ...Read more

NEW YORK — Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday said the Justice Department would seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione for the December killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

“Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children — was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination...Read more

NEW YORK — After two Columbia University presidents resigned in quick succession since campus protests began against Israel’s campaign in Gaza, the Board of Trustees is playing it safe and tapping one of their own to lead through federal funding negotiations with the Trump administration.

The board late last week unexpectedly elevated one ...Read more

A Maryland man with legal status in the United States was accidentally deported to El Salvador, President Donald Trump’s administration admitted Monday.

Kilmer Armando Abrego-Garcia was on board one of three flights to El Salvador on March 15 and jailed in the nation’s notorious CECOT prison, ABC News reported.

An immigration judge had ...Read more

Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre remains in an Australian hospital following a crash with a school bus on March 24. Her condition remains serious, according to her spokeswoman.

Western Australian police said that a 71-year-old woman was driving, and a 41-year-old woman, presumably Giuffre, was a passenger in the vehicle when the accident...Read more

DENVER — A group of Colorado lawmakers has unveiled a plan to fundamentally change state tax policy and attempt to eliminate the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR.

The plan, announced Monday afternoon by Democratic legislators, includes reclassifying chunks of Colorado highway funding so it doesn’t fall under the TABOR spending cap, ...Read more

ATLANTA — Some lawmakers who voted in favor of banning cellphones in Georgia public schools for students in grades K-8 said they felt like the legislation would make schools safer.

“This is indeed … the first and only school safety bill, true school safety bill, that we’ve heard this year,” said Sen. Jason Esteves, D-Atlanta, before ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Some records from the investigation into the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, can be released to the public as long as they do not clearly show the couple’s bodies after they were discovered in their Santa Fe home in February, a New Mexico judge ruled Monday.

Redacted videos of the couple’s mummified ...Read more

DENVER — Psychedelic-assisted therapy is one step closer to becoming legally available in Colorado, with the state’s first healing center obtaining a license to offer the service this week.

On Monday, the state’s Natural Medicine Division issued an operational license to The Center Origin, a wellness center located at 1440 Blake St., ...Read more

ATLANTA — A federal judge has dismissed an epic court case challenging Georgia’s touchscreen voting system, ending the seven-year lawsuit that uncovered election security vulnerabilities and a breach in Coffee County.

U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg closed the case Monday but cited “substantial concerns” about Georgia’s voting ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A Riverside County man, charged with multiple felony counts of domestic violence, was at the center of a courthouse brawl that culminated in three sheriff's deputies being sent to the emergency room, according to authorities.

Ryan James Chalfant, 31, attempted to flee the Riverside County Hall of Justice after refusing to be ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After weeks of criticism from political allies, Gov. Gavin Newsom explained why he shared his belief that it's unfair for transgender athletes to compete in women's sports.

Newsom, in a recent interview with The Times, said that although he had been deliberating over the issue for years, he didn't set up the interview with ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County jury has awarded a former LAPD sergeant $4.5 million after finding that department officials retaliated against him when he reported another officer for billing Metro Transit for overtime work that was never performed.

The lawsuit by Randy Rangel, who spent 32 years with the department before retiring in ...Read more