The nation’s largest cities are lining up in support of California’s sanctuary policies, choosing sides in the growing fight over immigration between the Trump administration and the Golden State.
Read moreSan Diego Superior Court broke open a time capsule from 1961 on Friday containing court documents, newspapers announcing John Glenn’s trip to the moon and letters of congratulations on the new courthouse from past presidents.
Read moreCalifornia Governor Jerry Brown called efforts to repeal a gas tax that will pay for transportation and infrastructure projects throughout the state “stupid” and “devious” at a transportation event Friday in downtown Los Angeles.
Read moreMissouri lawmakers passed a bill Thursday that bars corrections officers from shackling pregnant prisoners through their third trimester, during labor and two days after delivery, and the measure will now go to embattled Governor Eric Greitens.
Read moreShelly Phillips works in an office at the First United Methodist Church in Laramie, Wyoming, and rarely donates to political candidates. But in December, she sent a small donation to David Ermold, who wants to be the next clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky, about 1,200 miles (1,900 kilometers) from where she lives.
Read moreA gubernatorial candidate’s use of “deportation bus” in his campaign across Georgia drew inspired criticism and consternation this week as its occupant threatened to round up undocumented immigrants in the state’s sanctuary towns.
Read morePolice have arrested a person suspected of fatally shooting several students at a high school near Houston early Friday morning.
Read moreSan Francisco on Thursday became the first city in the nation to adopt a promising new treatment for heroin addiction that city officials say could save lives and cut down on drug use on the streets.
Read moreOne day after President Donald Trump railed against California’s immigration policies and called some of its undocumented residents “animals,” Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed a measure meant to keep immigration agents out of California’s courtrooms.
Read moreTwo Iowa women filed a pair of lawsuits blaming Canadian National Railway Company and two U.S. subsidiaries for severe injuries they suffered last year while climbing through a stopped train to cross the tracks.
Read moreA Massachusetts judge has declined to issue a harassment protection order against a state lawmaker accused of choking a political challenger.
Read moreAs Memphis faces political fallout for using a loophole in state law to remove three Confederate statues from city parks, a state judge sided with the city Wednesday and declined to issue an injunction in favor of a Confederate heritage group.
Read moreAuthorities on Thursday arrested the business partner of a woman killed in an explosion that tore through her spa in an Orange County office building this week.
Read moreWhile threatened southern sea otters bob and sun in the gentle waves of this central California estuary, wildlife experts up and down the West Coast are struggling to figure out how to restore the crucial coastal predator to an undersea world that’s falling apart in their absence.
Read moreHawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted from its summit before dawn Thursday, shooting a dusty plume of ash about 30,000 feet (9,100 meters) into the sky.
Read moreA doctor who says he is bound by the teachings of Jesus Christ to provide care for the sick, claims in court the U.S. Forest Service violated his right to religious freedom by refusing him access to a woman who has been sitting in a tree protesting the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
Read moreAfter nearly two decades of fighting, lead paint maker NL Industries agreed Wednesday to pay 10 California counties $60 million to remove toxic lead paint from homes in a settlement agreement.
Read moreLos Angeles County will continue fighting a 2016 law that requires a randomized citizens committee to draw new voting lines, written by one if its own state senators.
Read moreGolden State politicians and leaders struck back against their colleagues who attended a Wednesday roundtable hosted by President Donald Trump to discuss fighting California’s sanctuary state laws.
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