SANTA ANA — A judge on Wednesday halted a Southern California school district from requiring parents to be notified if their children change their gender identification or pronouns at school. San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Thomas S. Garza ruled after California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Chino Valley...
California Lawmakers Vote to Become First State to Ban Caste-Based Discrimination
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers on Tuesday voted to outlaw discrimination based on caste, adding protections for people of South Asian descent who say they have been left out of traditional American safeguards for fairness in employment and housing. The bill — the first of its kind in the U.S. —...
Say Cheese: Ohtani Body Double Finds Way into Angels’ Team Photo
ANAHEIM, Calif. — It is next to impossible to replace all that Shohei Ohtani can do when standing on a baseball field, although the Los Angeles Angels did their best for a few minutes Tuesday. The Body Double With Ohtani unavailable for team photo day, as he continues to be...
Judge Rules Trump Defamed Writer Who Won a Sex Abuse Suit Against Him
NEW YORK — Four months after a jury found that Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that still more of the ex-president’s comments about her were libelous. The decision means that an upcoming second civil trial will concern only how much...
Blinken to Bring $1 Billion in New Funding for Ukraine as Latest Russian Shelling Kills 16
KYIV, Ukraine — At least 16 people were killed and dozens were wounded Wednesday when Russian shelling struck a market in a city in eastern Ukraine, officials said. The deadly attack came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Kyiv and was expected to announce more than $1 billion in...
Proud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio Gets Record 22-Year Sentence for Seditious Conspiracy in Jan. 6 Riot
WASHINGTON — Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for orchestrating his far-right extremist group’s attack on the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to stop the transfer of presidential power after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Tarrio’s sentence is the longest...
Xi Jinping’s No-Show at G20 Summit Disappoints Biden
President Joe Biden expressed his disappointment over Chinese President Xi Jinping's decision not to attend the upcoming G20 summit in India. China announced that Premier Li Qiang will head the nation's delegation at the Delhi summit. The relationship between the U.S. and China remains strained, despite numerous diplomatic efforts from...
UAW’s Clash With Big 3 Automakers Shows off a More Confrontational Union as Strike Deadline Looms
DETROIT — A 46% pay raise. A 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay. A restoration of traditional pensions. The demands that a more combative United Auto Workers union has pressed on General Motors, Stellantis and Ford — demands that even the UAW's own president calls “audacious” — are edging...
Congress Returns to Try to Prevent a Government Shutdown While the GOP Weighs an Impeachment Inquiry
WASHINGTON — After months of struggling to find agreement on just about anything in a divided Congress, lawmakers are returning to Capitol Hill to try to avert a government shutdown, even as House Republicans consider whether to press forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. A short-term funding...
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un May Meet With Putin in Russia This Month, US Official Says
WASHINGTON — A U.S. official said Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may travel to Russia soon to meet with President Vladimir Putin as the Kremlin tries to acquire military equipment for use in its war in Ukraine. The official, who was not authorized to address the matter publicly and...