House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had stern words Thursday for two of the most right-wing members of her chamber after their outbursts during President Joe Biden's State of the Union. “I agree with what Sen. Lindsey Graham said, ‘Shut up.’ That's what he said to them. They should just shut...
California Could OK Abortions by Solo Nurse Practitioners
A bill announced Thursday in the California Legislature would let some nurse practitioners perform abortions without the supervision of a doctor — part of a plan to prepare for a potential influx of patients from other states if the U.S. Supreme Court allows states to ban or severely restrict...
Newsom Proposes Forcing Some Homeless People Into Treatment
SACRAMENTO — California's governor proposed a plan Thursday to offer more services to homeless people with severe mental health and addiction disorders even if that means forcing some into care, a move that many advocates of homeless people oppose as a violation of civil rights. The proposal by Gov....
Jan. 6 Panel Sees Evidence of Trump ‘Criminal Conspiracy’
The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol said Wednesday for the first time that its evidence suggests crimes may have been committed by former President Donald Trump and his associates in the failed effort to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Trump...
Live Ukraine Updates: Leaders Urge Citizens to Wage Guerrilla War Against Russians
The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces battled for control of a crucial energy-producing city in Ukraine's south on Thursday and gained ground in their bid to cut off the country from the sea, as Ukrainian leaders called on citizens to rise up and...
Russian Missiles Hit Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is appealing to Jews around the world to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in which significant Jewish sites have been hit. Zelenskyy made the appeal on Wednesday, a day after a Russian missile strike damaged the Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial on the...
Incoming! Rocket Crash Set to Create New Crater on Moon Friday
The moon is about to get walloped by 3 tons of space junk, a punch that will carve out a crater that could fit several semitractor-trailers. The leftover rocket will smash into the far side of the moon at 5,800 mph on Friday, away from telescopes’ prying eyes. It...
Police: Parents of 2 Missing Kern County Boys Arrested
The adoptive parents of two little California boys who vanished in 2020 have been arrested on murder and other charges, according to police and court records. Trezell West and Jacqueline West were arrested Tuesday, Bakersfield police Lt. Jason Townsend told KERO-TV and The Bakersfield Californian. Kern County Superior Court online records show...
SOTU Analysis: Biden Seeks ‘Reset’ on Pandemic and his Presidency
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON — Midway through his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Joe Biden pleaded with the country to finally, after nearly 1 million deaths, stop viewing the coronavirus as a political fault line. “Let’s use this moment to reset,” he said. It...
Live Ukraine Updates: Powerful Explosion Rocks Kyiv Near Railway Station
The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials have reported a powerful explosion in central Kyiv, between the Southern Railway station and the Ibis hotel, an area near Ukraine’s Defense Ministry. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office told The Associated Press on Wednesday night that it was...