Illinois Tightens Gun Regulations With Red-Flag Law
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed a new law Monday that will allow guns to be taken away from people showing signs they may be a danger to themselves or others.
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Claiming Racism, Texas Inmate Asks Judge to Halt Execution
A black death-row inmate set to die Tuesday night claims that racism led the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to vote against sparing his life, and now a federal judge is considering whether to postpone the execution.
Read morePianist’s Wife Not Guilty by Insanity for Killing Daughters
The estranged wife of famed Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko was found not guilty by reason of insanity Monday for suffocating her two daughters at their Texas home.
Read moreCalifornia Democratic Party Ditches Feinstein for De Leon
California’s Democrat-on-Democrat clash for a U.S. Senate seat ratcheted up over the weekend, as party delegates spurned longtime Senator Dianne Feinstein in favor of progressive candidate Kevin de Leon. But many experts believe Feinstein will win handily in November anyway, despite the delegates’ fervent hopes.
Read moreEndangered White Lion Cub on Display at Texas Sanctuary
A rare 7-week-old white lion cub is on public display at an animal sanctuary in northeastern Texas.
Read moreFirefighter Killed as Wildfire Explodes Near Yosemite
A deadly wildfire threatening Yosemite National Park in California doubled in size overnight, fire officials said Monday.
Read moreCar-Sharing Crackdown
The car-sharing app Turo filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles on Thursday, claiming the city’s planned lawsuit against the app is because of pressure from rental car companies and inappropriate.
Read moreExecution Halted
Plans to execute a twice-convicted killer who wants to die rather than spend his life in prison stalled Wednesday after a Nevada judge indefinitely delayed the execution over a pharmaceutical company’s objections to the use of one of its drugs to put someone to death.
Read moreLand Rover Dealerships Accused of Refusing to Sell to Asians
Several Land Rover dealerships in California kept a “blacklist” to keep people of Chinese or Asian descent from buying or leasing vehicles, a Los Angeles man claims in a class action filed in Orange County Superior Court.
Read moreNinth Circuit Urged to Dump Washington State Cyberstalking Law
An activist blogger challenging Washington state’s cyberstalking law prohibiting actions that harass, intimidate, torment or embarrass people asked the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday to revive his free speech claims.
Read moreTraveler Slams Seizure of Dogs by Ohio Authorities
A California man who was traveling through Ohio with his two adult dogs and 10 puppies claims in court that authorities seized the dogs, one of which is his registered service animal, because he did not have local dog tags.
Read moreCalifornia Literacy
In a tentative bench ruling Wednesday, a California judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit by parents claiming the Golden State has failed students when it comes to literacy – setting the stage for a trial in October 2019.
Read moreCalifornia Succeeds in Cutting Emissions to 1990 Levels
California’s decades-old quest to clean its infamously smoggy air by promoting solar energy and cutting fossil fuels is working, and at no detriment to its booming economy: Regulators said Wednesday the Golden State’s greenhouse gas pollution in 2016 was below 1990 totals, reaching a rigorous climate change goal four years ahead of schedule.
Read moreQuestions Stall OK of Massive LA County Housing Development
LOS ANGELES (CN) – Environmentalists who say a proposed 12,000-acre housing development will hurt the undeveloped wilderness in northern Los
Read moreTexas High School Upgrades Security After Shooting
A Texas school district board has agreed to spend more than $1 million to fortify Santa Fe High School before students return in August in response to the recent shooting there that left 10 people dead.
Read moreFirefighters Battle Los Angeles Park Brush Fire
A massive brush fire erupted near the Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon, sending thick plumes of smoke into the air as firefighters hurried to contain the blaze.
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