California's state Capitol was evacuated Friday morning after construction crews in the west wing of the building reported a threat to authorities, according to the California Highway Patrol.

CHP officials said in a written statement that it was aware of the threat but provided no further details.

"As a precaution, the building has been ...Read more

The 49th Kennedy Center Honors gala will go on despite the recent closure of the Kennedy Center, with the event moving to the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 7. The honorees and a broadcaster for the program will be disclosed at a later date.

The annual event will take place amid an ongoing legal battle as President Donald Trump ...Read more

Elon Musk’s partner Shivon Zilis announced the tech couple’s apparent split with a long message posted to the multi-billionaire’s social media platform on Friday.

“It’s hard to go from in love to let go in a week with no warning, but that’s just how it is sometimes,” Zilis wrote.

Her post includes what appears to be a text ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Brian Buckelew said Friday he will continue presiding over the second murder trial in the 2012 disappearance and presumed death of Sierra LaMar, denying defendant Antolin Garcia Torres’ call for Buckelew to recuse himself over alleged bias.

This means trial hearings will resume as ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina state trooper charged with killing a Cumberland County deputy who had previously dated his girlfriend sought release from jail last month, claiming self-defense, according to recently released court documents.

The judge considered that claim and others, but denied Trooper Nekime Oxendine’s request to set ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In the aftermath of the Eaton and Palisades fires, which killed 31 people and destroyed more than 16,000 structures, survivors have been frustrated by a series of official investigations that have glossed over or downplayed failures on the part of Los Angeles city and county agencies.

Now, a long-awaited independent ...Read more

NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday said Cornell University and a local district attorney “failed” the young woman at the center of an alleged 2024 gang rape at a university fraternity house as she spoke Friday on her decision to appoint the New York attorney general as special prosecutor.

The resurfaced allegations garnered national ...Read more

The Group of Seven nations and its partners plan to release as much as 100 million barrels of emergency oil and diesel stocks, capping a week of mounting pressure from the Trump administration to bring down soaring fuel prices.

The release, coordinated by the International Energy Agency, will take place over the next four months, with an ...Read more

Sean “Diddy” Combs has reportedly been placed in solitary confinement following allegations of his lavish federal prison lifestyle.

The action follows NBC News’ Tuesday reporting of detailed accounts of four anonymous inmates who alleged that the 56-year-old has been paying men for special services including massages, using a contraband ...Read more

The pilots who fought in the cockpit of a FlyDubai jet during an apparent murder-suicide mission were moved to the United Arab Emirates for further questioning while investigators seek additional information from the plane’s voice and data recorders to replay the fateful final hour of the flight.

“Following medical clearance, both pilots ...Read more

DETROIT — Daylight saving time will end at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, when clocks turn back one hour.

The annual “fall back” means an extra hour of sleep and a return to standard time. It also means an earlier sunset, with darkness arriving noticeably sooner in the late afternoon and evening.

And despite a push in Washington to end the...Read more

VINELAND, N.J. — When Amber Ayrer bought her Vineland home 25 years ago, she envisioned growing old there, enjoying lazy afternoons with the windows open and a view of farmland from her front door.

After her adult daughter, Ally, suffered a traumatic brain injury, Amber made the rancher accessible, installing a ramp that aides use to push ...Read more

The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search for 10 people who remain missing after a migrant boat capsized between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic on Sunday, the service said.

The Coast Guard said in a statement Thursday night that crews searched by air and sea for almost 80 hours in an area covering nearly 2,650 miles for the people. ...Read more

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado intends to make another attempt to return to her country after a series of failed efforts that have included a secret maritime operation from Panama, attempts to charter aircraft and trying to get on commercial flights, according to sources within her camp with firsthand knowledge of the ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — San Diego County is preparing for the impacts of a climate phenomenon known as El Niño, a result of warmer water in the Pacific Ocean that could lead to anything from heavy rainfall and flooding to mudslides and power outages.

The region has already seen some of these effects with recent heat, big waves and coastal erosion.

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BALTIMORE — Maryland regulators have ended a pilot program that allowed utilities to set rates over multiple years, concluding that the approach produced few measurable benefits for customers while adding complexity to the ratemaking process.

The Maryland Public Service Commission voted to sunset the Multi-Year Rate Plan pilot and launch a ...Read more

The pilots who fought in the cockpit of a FlyDubai jet during an apparent murder-suicide mission were moved to the United Arab Emirates for further questioning while investigators seek additional information from the plane’s voice and data recorders to replay the fateful final hour of the flight.

“Following medical clearance, both pilots ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland transportation officials are rolling out a new public dashboard to help visualize the progress of the Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild.

The dashboard, available at KeyBridgeRebuild.com, will be updated monthly to show the status of ongoing construction efforts, including the installation of permanent pile foundations for ...Read more

NEW YORK — As Mayor Zohran Mamdani expands New York City’s free childcare programs, he will need to significantly grow its workforce.

On Friday morning, the city’s Office of Talent and Workforce Development, or NYC Talent for short, will announce a key component of its strategy to do so: The expansions of two apprenticeship programs — ...Read more