Tesla's controversial "Full Self-Driving" mode is being investigated by U.S. authorities following a series of crashes, including one accident that killed a pedestrian.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened its latest probe into the leading maker of electric vehicles after receiving reports of four collisions that occurred ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A judge sentenced a woman to 10 years in prison for a deadly drunken driving crash in El Dorado County in which she failed to tell authorities about her boyfriend, a passenger ejected from the vehicle and found dead by a passerby the following afternoon along the highway.

Erica Lynn Chambers, 37, of Placerville, on Aug. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Facing a dangerous weekend of dry, gusty winds across California, firefighters in Oakland are battling a brush fire that has damaged several homes and threatening others.

The fire broke out in the Oakland Hills near Mountain Boulevard and Keller Avenue Friday afternoon, where much of the region was under a red flag warning ...Read more

CHICAGO – A “supermajority” of young Americans across the political spectrum feel distressed about human-made climate change and want bolder action from the government and corporations, a new study has found. Experiencing the worsening effects of a rapidly changing climate throughout their youth and into adulthood, this crisis has become ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom had a dire warning for California this week: “Big oil companies are in cahoots with Donald Trump pushing prices even higher during election season.”

But gasoline prices have been stable in recent weeks in the state and nationwide. In fact, prices at the pump are well below levels of a year ago. And there’s no evidence ...Read more

CVS Health Corp.’s elevation of veteran David Joyner to chief executive officer failed to appease activists who want to see a bigger shift in direction at the health-care company.

Joyner, 60, took over as CEO Thursday from Karen Lynch, according to a Friday release, ending her tumultuous three-year tenure. The change came after CVS repeatedly...Read more

BOSTON — The new prosecutor in the Karen Read case appears to have been quite excited by a television special aired last year in which the accused murderer’s family was interviewed — and thinks it may bear even more fruit.

Special prosecutor Hank Brennan on Friday requested two pieces of material he says could be beneficial in his ...Read more

The University of Michigan Board of Regents has joined a growing list of universities that that are not allowing public officials to take a stance on political or social issues unless they are related to the internal governance of the university.

The Board of Regents on Thursday voted unanimously to adopt an institutional neutrality bylaw, ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams might think it’s “common” to accept tens of thousands of dollars in benefits to pressure a city agency, but it is “nonetheless illegal,” federal prosecutors argued Friday in opposing the mayor’s motion to toss a bribery count in his sweeping corruption case.

On the heels of his indictment,...Read more

President Joe Biden and his senior leadership hailed Israel's killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as an "opportunity" to end the yearlong war that has devastated the Gaza Strip and killed thousands of Palestinians.

Speaking Friday in Germany, Biden said he telephoned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and told him the elimination of the...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Former President Donald Trump is now the biggest favorite to date over Vice President Kamala Harris in election betting odds after a flurry of wagers.

Trump replaced Harris as a slight -115 favorite on Oct. 7 before increasing his edge to -130 on Oct. 11. On Friday, Trump had climbed as high as a -173 favorite at Pinnacle, where ...Read more

BOSTON — Shortly after their son received a “D” grade for using AI on a history paper at Hingham High School, his parents filed suit — claiming that “artificial intelligence is here to stay.”

“While artificial intelligence is a new technology and it is still emerging, it is widely accepted. Business, other industries, academia and...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams might think it’s “common” to accept tens of thousands of dollars in benefits in exchange for pressuring a city agency, but it is “nonetheless illegal,” federal prosecutors argued Friday in opposing the mayor’s motion to toss a bribery count in his sweeping corruption case.

On the heels of his indictment...Read more

Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro on Friday appointed controversial businessman Alex Saab as the country’s minister of industry and production, despite the charges that had been brought against him in the United States for allegedly running a massive corruption and money-laundering scheme.

Saab, who was released from a Florida prison after ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The murder trial of accused suitcase killer Sarah Boone got underway in earnest Friday — after 4 1/2 years of delays and four days spent picking a jury — with Boone under significant pressure to take the stand in her own defense.

That may be the only way Boone can use the “battered spouse syndrome” defense her attorney...Read more

WILMINGTON, N.C. — North Carolina voters showed up in record numbers on Thursday to cast their ballots on the first day of early voting.

The State Board of Elections reported that 353,166 people voted in person on Thursday — slightly breaking the first-day record set in 2020, by about 4,500 votes.

“Yesterday’s turnout is a clear sign ...Read more

Roughly a fifth of voters are expected to vote by mail in the 2024 election, according to recent polls, meaning millions of ballots will be in the hands of postal workers.

Is the U.S. Postal Service prepared to process and deliver that kind of volume in a timely manner? In short, yes, according to officials and election experts.

But they ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center continued Friday to keep track of two systems with a chance to form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm, with the most likely in the western Caribbean.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time tropical outlook, that broad area of low pressure with widespread showers and ...Read more

DETROIT —A Thumb-area man accused of threatening to kill Gov. Gretchen Whitmer along with other Democratic politicians, law enforcement officers and members of the LGBTQ+ community was sentenced Thursday to almost three years in federal prison.

The 32-month sentence for Sebewaing resident Randall Berka, 31, is the latest for someone convicted...Read more

Hamas is likely to name Qatar-based Khalil al-Hayya as a successor to slain leader Yayha Sinwar, aligning it closer to Iran and giving its main backer more sway in the next stage of the group’s war with Israel.

Al-Hayya is a protégé of Ismail Haniyeh, Sinwar’s predecessor who was believed to have been assassinated by Israel in Tehran in ...Read more