FEMA faces shakeup under Trump while it wrestles with disasters on both coasts
President Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of responding to recent wildfires in California and last ...
Texas’ bar association drops lawsuit against AG Ken Paxton over 2020 election challenge
The State Bar of Texas is dropping efforts to discipline Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton over allegations that his failed efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 ...
Suburban Seattle officer gets over 16 years in prison for fatally shooting a homeless man
A suburban Seattle police officer was sentenced to over 16 years in prison on Thursday in the 2019 shooting death of a 26-year-old homeless man he was trying to arrest for disorderly conduct ...
JetBlue sued after ‘watermelon’ sized ice block drops through roof of Southern ...
An Inglewood couple is suing a major U.S. airline after a block of ice came crashing through the roof of their home last year. The incident occurred shortly after 8 p.m. on New Year’s Day ...
Supreme Court allows small business registration rule to take effect, aimed at money laundering
The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a requirement that owners of millions of small businesses register with an arm of the ...
Colorado DNA analyst appears on forgery charges as validity of more than 500 cases in doubt
A former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA scientist is facing 102 criminal charges, including dozens of counts of forgery, after authorities said she cut corners and ...
Wall of ice the size of Rhode Island heading toward penguin-packed island off Antarctica
The world’s biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals. The ...
The Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA, giving Trump his second Cabinet member
The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump the second member of his new Cabinet. Ratcliffe was director of national ...
California Legislature approves $2.5B for state response to Los Angeles-area fires
California bolstered funding to help the Los Angeles area recover from its recent deadly wildfires under a more than $2.5 billion fire relief package approved Thursday by ...
New recall effort targets Gov. Newsom, citing California’s rising costs, policies
Another recall may be on the horizon for Gov. Gavin Newsom. Saving California, a newly formed coalition founded late last year, announced its intent to serve Newsom with official ...
Southern cities get creative to clear leftover snow and ice after rare winter storm
Days after a winter storm dropped ice and record-breaking snow, cleanup efforts were underway Thursday in several major Southern cities such as New Orleans, where crews were ...
North Macedonia court frees 4 convicted over 2017 parliament attack
Four former officials from North Macedonia’s conservative VMRO-DPMNE party were released on Thursday after their convictions for organizing a violent attack on parliament ...