With Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Democratic-led Legislature coming to a budget agreement on Saturday, some winners and losers of the spending plan have become clear. As CalMatters Capitol reporter Alexei Koseff explains, many programs saw funding cuts, deferrals, and delays to find $46.8 billion in fiscal solutions and balance the budget. The effort, according...
Supreme Court Rejects COVID-19 Vaccine Appeals from Nonprofit Founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected two appeals related to COVID-19 vaccines from Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine nonprofit founded by independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The justices did not comment in letting stand rulings against the group from the federal appeals courts in New Orleans...
Things to Know About the Gender-Affirming Care Case as the Supreme Court Prepares to Weigh In
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will hear arguments on the constitutionality of state bans on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The issue has emerged as a big one in the past few years. While transgender people have gained more visibility and acceptance in many respects, half the...
Netanyahu Says He Won’t Agree to a Deal That Ends the War in Gaza, Testing the Latest Truce Proposal
TEL AVIV, Israel — The viability of a U.S.-backed proposal to wind down the 8-month-long war in Gaza has been cast into doubt after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would only be willing to agree to a “partial” cease-fire deal that would not end the war, comments that...
Funny Car Legend John Force, 75, Alert After Fiery Crash in Virginia
DINWIDDIE, Va. — NHRA great John Force was alert and talking to safety workers immediately after a fiery, 300-mph crash Sunday in the Virginia Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park. John Force Racing said the 75-year-old Force was examined at the track by the NHRA Medical Team before being transported by...
Sonny Gray Allows 1 Hit in 7 Innings as Cardinals Sweep the Reeling Giants
ST. LOUIS — Sonny Gray allowed one hit over seven innings and Alec Burleson drove in two runs as the St. Louis Cardinals completed a three-game sweep with a 5-3 win over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. Brendan Donovan and Matt Carpenter also drove in runs for the Cardinals,...
Glasnow Fans 10, Ohtani Homers Against His Old Team as Dodgers Belt Angels
LOS ANGELES — Tyler Glasnow pitched seven strong innings, Shohei Ohtani homered for the second straight game against his old team, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-2 on Saturday night to split the Freeway Series. Ohtani blasted a 455-foot, two-run shot in Friday's 10-inning, 3-2...
One Man Drowns in San Joaquin River, Another Is Hospitalized
The San Joaquin River claimed its second victim this month at Skaggs Bridge Park in Kerman when an unidentified man drowned on Sunday afternoon. In a confusing scene at the popular park, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office dive team found the man at the bottom of the river at about...
How to Navigate the End of Your Pet’s Life
NEW YORK — Dr. Lisa Walling’s first house call of the day was with a particularly fluffy hospice patient — a 13-year-old Newfoundland named Rugby. Rugby happily licked a plate of peanut butter as Walling inserted needles along her back; acupuncture and a ketamine injection to help with pain and...
Trump’s Allies Say They’ll Enforce the Comstock Act. Believe Them.
Opinion by Michelle Goldberg on June 21, 2024. Until the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, it was hard for feminists to get Americans to take the threat of losing the constitutional right to abortion seriously. Describing Hillary Clinton’s inability, in 2016, to shake abortion-rights voters out of...