SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to ask voters in November to approve a series of new congressional maps to redistrict the state and combat a similar effort in Texas, he said Thursday.

The special election would be held the first Tuesday of November, and the maps would be in effect for the 2026, 2028, and 2030 election cycles, ...Read more

DENVER — Two people are on the run after ramming a vehicle into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers during an operation near Colorado Springs on Thursday, federal officials said.

An ICE officer fired three shots into the vehicle and the suspects – who agency officials said are in the country illegally – fled the scene and ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed against the city for banning rapid-fire gun devices known as “bump stocks” and “switches,” and lawyers for the plaintiffs quickly filed an appeal.

Common Pleas Court Judge Caroline Turner’s one-sentence order, which provided no explanation, dismissed the ...Read more

A new report from the U.S. Department of Energy says projections of future global warming are exaggerated, while benefits from higher levels of carbon dioxide such as more productive farms are overlooked. It concludes, at odds with the scientific mainstream, that policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions risk doing more harm than good.

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NEW YORK — A flash flood warning has been issued for Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island with New York City Mayor Eric Adams declaring a state of emergency and the FDNY rescuing motorists stranded by rising waters.

The heavy rains are turning the evening commute into a nightmare, as flooding conditions necessitated the closure of several ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — As the Trump administration continues its aggressive immigration crackdown, Congressman Jimmy Panetta has introduced new legislation to protect undocumented immigrant survivors and witnesses of crimes cooperating with law enforcement.

Advocates and public officials say the feds tough stance on immigrants already has led to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced a slew of new tariffs, including a 10% global minimum and 15% or higher duties for countries with trade surpluses with the U.S., as he forged ahead with his effort to reshape international commerce.

The baseline rates for many trading partners remain unchanged from the duties Trump imposed in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is preparing draft legislation that would add an additional $18 billion to a state fund for wildfire victims that officials have warned could be exhausted by January’s deadly Eaton wildfire.

Under Newsom’s plan, customers of the state’s three biggest for-profit utilities would pay another $9 ...Read more

President Donald Trump escalated his campaign to pressure pharmaceutical companies to lower drug prices, sending letters to 17 of the world’s largest drugmakers demanding they charge the U.S. what other countries pay for new medicines.

In the letters, sent to Eli Lilly & Co., Novo Nordisk A/S, Pfizer Inc. and others, Trump insisted companies ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After an investigation from the Los Angeles Times found L.A. city had failed to publicly comply with a 2019 law requiring it to analyze the capacity, safety and viability of its evacuation routes, Council member Traci Park filed a motion that would force the city to comply.

“The Palisades fire underscored just how vulnerable ...Read more

BOSTON — The Bay State will attempt to bridge the economic divide caused by the federal government’s sudden seeming aversion to paying for scientific research with research funding of its own, Gov. Maura Healey said while announcing new legislation.

Healey, speaking from the State House on Thursday, said that her Discovery, Research and ...Read more

NEW YORK — While juggling the balance of a busy home life and a corporate job, New York City shooting victim Wesley LePatner was adamant about getting home in time to spend evenings with her husband Evan and their kids.

“That was nonnegotiable,” a longtime colleague said.

It was, then, shocking to friends and family that LePatner, a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will maintain a minimum global tariff of 10%, while imports from countries with trade surpluses with the U.S. face duties of 15% or higher, the White House announced Thursday.

The White House issued a statement just hours before midnight Eastern time, the deadline Trump set last month after pausing his ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Florida’s Department of Government Efficiency is set to conduct on-site audits of Pinellas and Hillsborough counties, starting next week.

In letters addressed to the chairpersons of Pinellas and Hillsborough’s county commissions, state officials said their budgets showed excessive spending of tax dollars.

The letters have a...Read more

MIAMI — A prominent Haitian businessman and onetime presidential aspirant accused of collaborating with armed gangs in Haiti will have to remain in U.S. immigration lockup for now.

Pierre Reginald Boulos, who appeared in immigration court on Thursday, will have to return to court next month after a judge at the Krome North Service Processing ...Read more

LAS VEGAS —An attorney representing the man who sold Shane Tamura a rifle used in a shooting spree that killed four people in Manhattan said the sale was legal.

“Rick Ackley legally sold a firearm to the suspect in the New York shooting and is not a suspect or considered to have any nefarious involvement,” the statement from defense ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said special envoy Steve Witkoff would be headed to Russia after wrapping up a visit to Israel ahead of a new deadline for Moscow to halt its fight with Ukraine.

“Yeah, going to Israel and then he’s going to Russia, believe it or not,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Thursday.

Trump ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — A wildfire south of Boise has grown to more than 6,000 acres in less than a day.

Fire crews responded at 1:48 a.m. Thursday to the Striker fire, located approximately 4 miles northeast of Murphy in Owyhee County, the Bureau of Land Management said in a social media post.

Between 6 a.m. and noon, the fire grew from 2,000 acres...Read more

NEW YORK — A flash flood warning has been issued for Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island until 6:15 p.m., with authorities warning people not to walk or drive where water covers the road, ensnarling commuters as extreme thunderstorms overtake NYC following a dangerous heatwave.

Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency to allow ...Read more