The Trump administration has sued California over the state's voter-approved animal welfare law, which protects hens, pigs and calves from being kept in small cages, claiming the law has driven up egg prices and violates federal farming laws and regulations.

"California has contributed to the historic rise in egg prices by imposing unnecessary ...Read more

Although Kate Middleton and Prince William’s children aren’t often in the public eye, the couple often find ways to include them in their various outings.

And when the young royals do step out with their parents, the youngest’s personality is usually on display.

Middleton and William share three kids together, 11-year-old Prince George, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Maryland won a key fight on Thursday to keep the future headquarters of the FBI in Greenbelt.

After the Senate Appropriations Committee voted on Thursday to preserve $1.4 billion in funds for use at the Greenbelt site for the new FBI headquarters, Republicans tanked the amended bill to prevent it from advancing out of the ...Read more

BOSTON — After adding new attorneys to her cause, Karen Read said she intends to ask the court to toss a civil case against her.

Read, 45, of Mansfield, was acquitted last month of criminal charges including second-degree murder in the Jan. 29, 2022, death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, her boyfriend at the time. With that trial now...Read more

Measles cases throughout the U.S. are on the rise — but Southern California is faring better than other states.

Nationally speaking, more cases have been reported halfway through 2025 than any other year since the disease was declared eradicated in the U.S. in 2000.

In California, 17 cases have been reported thus far in 2025. In 2024, the ...Read more

The lawmaker wife of scandal-tarred Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed for divorce on Thursday, citing “recent discoveries” and infidelity.

State Sen. Angela Paxton said she moved to end her power marriage of 38 years to the Republican U.S. Senate candidate “on biblical grounds,” a euphemism for adultery.

“I believe marriage is...Read more

NEW YORK — A state appellate court ruled Thursday that Mayor Eric Adams must move to enact a package of legislation that would expand the city’s rental assistance program, an initiative City Council Democrats argue is critical amid a citywide housing crisis.

The legislative package, which was adopted by the City Council last year after the ...Read more

A federal judge in New Hampshire again blocked the Trump administration’s effort to end birthright citizenship Thursday, the first such ruling since a Supreme Court decision tossed the first court orders to block the policy nationwide.

Thursday’s ruling from Judge Joseph Laplante of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire ...Read more

A Southern California mayor urged residents to stay indoors amid reports of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity.

In a brief 28-second video shared to the city of Perris’ Facebook and Instagram accounts on July 9, Mayor Michael Vargas tells residents city officials have received “reports of ongoing ICE operations within the ...Read more

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said the Democratic Party went too far in its focus on diversity, equity and inclusion, prioritizing ideology over practical solutions.

“I have a lot of friends who are Democrats, and they’re idiots,” Dimon said Thursday at a foreign-ministry event in Dublin. “I always say they ...Read more

There’s nowhere to park right now at the International Space Station for NASA’s next Commercial Crew Program launch, but a slot should clear next week allowing for the launch of Crew-11 as early as July 31.

That’s because the private Axiom Space Ax-4 mission that arrived to the space station two weeks ago could depart as early as Monday, ...Read more

VAXHOLM, Sweden — The solution is simple, according to Karl Fagerström.

Now retired, the Swedish researcher and inventor has dedicated his life to smoking cessation therapies and strategies. In 2000 he founded Niconovum, a pharmaceutical company that created the first tobacco-free nicotine pouches, sourcing nicotine the same way as for ...Read more

Ever since operetta composer Victor Herbert sued Shanley’s restaurant in New York in 1917 to force it to pay for playing his song on a player-piano, songwriters and music publishers have depended on Performing Rights Organizations to make sure they get compensated.

For much of the last century, three organizations dominated the industry, a ...Read more