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California exodus left a gaping population hole. Can the Golden State bounce back?
Despite a recent uptick in population, California still has a long way to go to make up for the exodus that began in 2019 and accelerated during the pandemic.
Though the state population grew 0.17% in 2023 — the first ...Read more
Will Colorado's new land-use laws kickstart housing? Experts laud changes, but now the real work begins
DENVER — The suite of landmark zoning and land-use reform laws passed by Colorado lawmakers this year should help alleviate the housing crisis, national experts say, while catapulting the Centennial State into the ranks ...Read more
Virginia Rep. Jen Kiggans blasts Veterans Affairs after missed deadline for Hampton VA Medical Center investigation
HAMPTON, Va. — The Department of Veterans Affairs is under fire for missing the deadline to provide information on the Hampton VA Medical Center to the House Committee on Veterans Affairs following allegations of ...Read more
Budget talks begin in state Senate as Massachusetts stares down fiscal headwinds
BOSTON — Before lawmakers begin the work of dispensing with the 1,100 amendments offered to their nearly $58 billion spending plan for the next fiscal year, state Senators met in a formal session to start the week and ...Read more
Pro-Palestinian encampment at The New School comes down in deal with admin
NEW YORK — The New School reached a deal on Monday with pro-Palestinian protesters to dismantle a campus encampment in exchange for a vote to divest from Israel.
The investment committee of the downtown Manhattan school...Read more
NYC 'Bling Bishop' Lamor Whitehead jailed ahead of June sentencing for fraud
NEW YORK — Convicted scam artist Lamor Whitehead, known as the “Bling Bishop” for his flamboyant lifestyle, was sent to federal jail Monday ahead of his sentencing next month, according to new court filings.
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Prosecutors rest hush money case against Donald Trump as Michael Cohen wraps testimony
NEW YORK — Manhattan prosecutors rested their case against Donald Trump on Monday — more than five years after they began investigating him and a month after the hush money trial began — during a dramatic day that ...Read more
Rana Abbasova, NYC Mayor Adams aide whose home was raided, is cooperating with feds' campaign finance probe
NEW YORK — An aide to Mayor Adams whose home was raided amid an FBI probe into his 2021 campaign is cooperating with federal authorities, a source with knowledge of the matter said Monday.
The aide, Rana Abbasova, is ...Read more
Biden urges GOP leaders to revive immigration bill opposed by Trump
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden urged the Republican leaders of the House and Senate in calls on Monday to revive a bipartisan immigration measure that failed after Donald Trump proclaimed his opposition.
In his ...Read more
Russia advances near Chasiv Yar as Ukraine bolsters Kharkiv
Russia stepped up attacks in the east of Ukraine, advancing toward the strategically important city of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk area as Kyiv rushed troops to bolster defenses on the new northeastern front near Kharkiv.
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Minneapolis announces plan to flag police officer problems early
Minneapolis leaders on Monday announced they had selected a company to build a database designed to flag problems with police officers — before they become problematic.
The idea is a technological approach — an "early...Read more
FDIC chair says he'll leave job after toxic workplace report
WASHINGTON — Martin Gruenberg will step down as head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. after findings of a toxic work environment put the regulator at the center of a heated political fight and fueled calls for his ...Read more
Second Henrietta Lacks family lawsuit can proceed against pharmaceutical company, judge rules
BALTIMORE — The family of Henrietta Lacks can proceed with a lawsuit against a pharmaceutical company that uses the Baltimore County woman’s “immortal” cell line to develop medical treatments, a federal judge ruled...Read more
Gov. Jared Polis rankles fellow Democrats with vetoes of wage-theft bill, other measures
DENVER — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ first vetoes following this year’s legislative session included a bill aimed at fighting wage theft in the construction industry that he said “would not punish the real ...Read more
Boston pro-Palestine protesters plan rally against Biden visit Tuesday
BOSTON — President Joe Biden’s visit to Boston is expected to be felt around the city through Tuesday, with Boston Police warning of major traffic delays along his route and a pro-Palestine rally against his visit ...Read more
Solo climber killed in fall on Denali, the park's second fatality this season
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Rangers on Monday found the body of a climber on Denali who likely died in a fall last week, the National Park Service said.
Mountaineering rangers with Denali National Park and Preserve found the ...Read more
At GOP convention, ex-Trump lawyer says battle to keep California legal license cost $750,000
John C. Eastman, an ex-attorney for former President Donald Trump, told Republicans at last weekend’s California GOP convention that his legal bills for a fight with the State Bar have so far cost $750,000.
The ...Read more
It's been one year since California launched a hate-crime hotline. Here's what's happened so far
In the year since California launched a hotline for reporting hate crimes, most of the calls were related to race or ethnicity, with 26.8% of calls citing anti-Black bias. The second- and third-most cited incidents ...Read more
Gavin Newsom said he wants to help California's home insurance crisis, but details are sparse
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom made a splash when he promised on May 10 to bring relief to California’s turbulent insurance market by vowing to speed up how quickly price increases are reviewed in the state.
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Cyberattack forces Michigan hospitals to switch to paper documentation, divert some patients elsewhere
DETROIT — A cyberattack against Michigan Ascension hospitals continues to cause issues, forcing it to divert some ambulances to other hospitals for certain medical issues, delay diagnostic imaging and affecting its ...Read more
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