LOS ANGELES — After the Palisades fire broke out in January, the head of the powerful firefighters union, Freddy Escobar, quickly got on the news and continued to say what he always had: The Los Angeles Fire Department was underfunded.

With millions around the world paying attention to the dire situation in Los Angeles, Escobar had a much ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Thursday he’s called off an expected deployment of immigration agents in San Francisco.

“The Federal Government was preparing to ‘surge’ San Francisco, California, on Saturday, but friends of mine who live in the area called last night to ask me not to go forward with the surge in that the Mayor, Daniel Lurie...Read more

Virginia Democrats Thursday said they will seek to redraw the blue-trending state’s congressional map to flip two or three Republican-held seats and counter President Trump’s push to hold Congress in next year’s crucial midterm elections.

Lawmakers in the Old Dominion State would seek to pass a constitutional amendment necessary to open ...Read more

PITTSUBURGH — Stacy Garrity continues to hammer Gov. Josh Shapiro's rising national profile as she looks to take over the executive seat in Harrisburg.

The Republican state treasurer, who launched a bid for governor this summer, blasted this week's news of Mr. Shapiro's memoir from Harper, which comes before the governor has announced a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet next Thursday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, the White House announced, as the leaders of the world’s two largest economies look to deescalate a simmering trade war.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — New questions are emerging about why there were no public warnings before the U.S. Marines fired over Interstate 5 and a major regional commuter rail line as a test run a day before the 250th birthday celebration for the Corps at Camp Pendleton.

Friday’s exercise occurred during normal freeway and train operations amid the ...Read more

Highly anticipated federal immigration raids in San Francisco were canceled after a phone call between Mayor Daniel Lurie and President Donald Trump, the mayor said on social media Thursday morning.

“Late last night, I received a phone call from the President of the United States. I told him the same thing I told our residents: San Francisco ...Read more

There's been a long-standing belief that urinary tract infections are largely caused by poor personal hygiene. New research, however, suggests that many cases may actually be caused by infections of E. coli bacteria from contaminated meat purchased in grocery stores.

UTIs are common — globally there are 400 million cases a year — and can ...Read more

George Santos is vowing to pay back his fraud victims, but admitted the check won’t be in the mail anytime soon.

Days after being freed by President Donald Trump, the disgraced former Republican congressman said he accepts that he should pay restitution to his victims even though the clemency order means he’s not legally obligated to do so....Read more

LAS VEGAS -- Difficult-to-detect synthetic drugs smuggled into Nevada’s prison system through ink on mailed correspondence has caused a substantial increase of overdoses among the inmate population, according to the state’s prisons chief.

At least 127 inmates have been hospitalized with suspected overdoses this year, compared with 59 for ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Leon County grand jury probing Hope Florida, the controversial charity spearheaded by First Lady Casey DeSantis, is likely considering a range of possible financial crimes, according to attorneys with knowledge of its scope and process.

Interviews and observations by news organizations including the Orlando Sentinel ...Read more

The FBI is offering a massive reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who placed pipe bombs outside the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters the night before the Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021.

“The FBI and its partners are renewing their call for tips from the public, with a reward ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Lifted by song, prayer, and Scripture, dozens of Philadelphia-area Catholics rallied outside the Center City ICE office on Wednesday, joining a pro-immigrant push undertaken by fellow church groups around the country.

Catholic priests, nuns, and other supporters prayed and sang outside the field office near Eighth and Cherry ...Read more

While Scott Sakiyama was being arrested by federal immigration officers outside his child’s Oak Park, Illinois, elementary school this week, he had what he could only describe as an out-of-body experience.

Sakiyama, a 46-year-old U.S. citizen, was accused of “cutting off (an) agent’s vehicle” and “impeding (a) federal officer,” ...Read more

When a right-wing provocateur last month posted a video outside Gov. JB Pritzker’s Chicago home encouraging viewers to “take action” after conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the governor reached out to both Republican leaders of the Illinois legislature.

“I’m dealing with vastly increased threats on my family and ...Read more

Tropical Storm Melissa continued Thursday its slow push north in the Caribbean, expected to grow into a major hurricane as it nears Jamaica, but its long-term path including what effects it might have on Florida remain uncertain, according to the National Hurricane Center.

In the NHC’s 8 a.m. advisory, Melissa had maximum sustained winds of ...Read more

A state court on Wednesday ordered the University of California to release the $1.2-billion UCLA settlement proposal from the Department of Justice, handing a victory to faculty members who are pushing UC for more transparency in its negotiations with the Trump administration.

The one-sentence decision signed by 1st Appellate District acting ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — When jurors returned to a West L.A. courtroom to deliver their verdict in a child sex abuse case earlier this month, one key person was missing: the defendant.

John Kaleel — a veteran piano teacher who has given lessons to the families of several Hollywood power players — faced allegations that he sexually abused one of his ...Read more