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FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas Christian University has eliminated its Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and several web pages related to DEI and LGBTQ services have been scrubbed from the university’s website.

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LOS ANGELES — Federal officials arrived and were denied entry at two L.A. Unified elementary schools this week, district officials confirmed Wednesday, the first reported instance of an attempt by U.S. authorities to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Two former Torrance police officers pleaded guilty Thursday to charges they spray-painted a swastika inside a car in 2020, a vandalism incident that revealed the officers were part of a larger text thread ...Read more

One year has passed since 400,000 California workers at fast food chains like McDonald’s and Taco Bell began earning $20 per hour — a special minimum wage that’s thrilled employees and unions but remains vehemently ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — James Hepworth says he’s become one of the most popular people in Rep. Angie Craig’s 2nd Congressional District since she announced she’s considering running for retiring U.S. Sen. Tina Smith’s seat...Read more

Set in Canada's northernmost territory among the Indigenous Inuit people, "North by North," which premiered Thursday on Netflix, is a charming small-town comedy, with — as is so often the case in small-town comedies — ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Just in time for a mini heat wave going into the weekend, local public health authorities have lifted ocean water advisories placed on Malibu- and Santa Monica-area beaches affected by January's Palisades ...Read more

Spike Lee announced Thursday that his upcoming film, “Highest 2 Lowest,” his fifth collaboration with Denzel Washington, will debut out of competition at Cannes.

The Oscar-winning New Yorker, 68, shared the news on ...Read more

Russian and U.S. officials held a fresh round of talks in Turkey, after a prisoner swap in which Moscow released detained American Ksenia Karelina.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a post on the X platform ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — When the Prodigy first played Coachella in 2002, they were outlaws. The brash electronic group's 1997 LP "The Fat of The Land" had topped charts in the U.S. and heralded the mainstreaming of underground ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said that he plans to withhold all federal funding to sanctuary cities, a move that would pressure finances from New York to San Francisco.

“No more Sanctuary Cities! They protect ...Read more

Teddi Mellencamp has been making plans. Her father John Mellencamp is helping her out — whether she likes it or not.

“Yesterday my dad calls 11 times in a row,” Teddi said in the Tuesday episode of the “Two T’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Michigan U.S. Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet has ruled out a run for U.S. Senate and will instead run for reelection to the House, she said Thursday.

The first-term Democrat from Bay City had been actively ...Read more

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Thursday that she stood by in the Oval Office a day earlier as President Donald Trump signed a series of memos targeting his political enemies because she wanted to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday adopted the resolution Republicans needed to get moving on their sweeping budget bill to enact many of their top legislative priorities, after several days of negotiations with ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said his tariffs may cause “transition problems” but expressed confidence in his plan, after the White House clarified U.S. tariffs on China rose to 145%.

“There’ll be a ...Read more

Demand for warehouses used to move goods through Los Angeles County ports is expected to fall if widespread tariffs take effect, potentially damaging the economic vitality of one of the world's largest industrial real ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif — Vacancy levels improved and rental rates rose during the first three months of 2025, a welcome improvement in the battered South Bay office market after months of weaker conditions, a new report shows. ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis defended state officials who steered a $10 million donation to a charity created to fund Hope Florida, a key initiative of the first lady, and attacked Republican lawmakers who have ...Read more

CHICAGO — Dozens of Chicago artists have drafted a letter to Mayor Brandon Johnson expressing “deep concern” over alleged failures in his administration’s work for the arts community.

The letter, posted to ...Read more