LOS ANGELES — Adam Rich, the child actor with a pageboy mop-top who charmed TV audiences as “America’s little brother” on “Eight is Enough,” has died. He was 54. Rich died Saturday at his home in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, said Lt. Aimee Earl of the Los Angeles...
Biden Inspects US-Mexico Border in Face of GOP Criticism
EL PASO, Texas — President Joe Biden walked a muddy stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border and inspected a busy port of entry Sunday on his first trip to the region after two years in office, a visit shadowed by the fraught politics of immigration as Republicans blame him for record numbers of migrants crossing into...
Georgia Special Grand Jury Ends Probe of Trump, 2020 Election
ATLANTA — The special grand jury in Atlanta that has been investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies committed any crimes while trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia has finished its work, bringing the case closer to possible criminal charges against Trump and others. Fulton County Superior Court Judge...
Atmospheric Rivers Deal Californians Death, Flooding, Power Outages, Closed Schools
Californians grappled with flooding and mudslides Monday as the latest in a series of powerful storms walloped the state, shuttering schools, toppling trees, and leaving tens of thousands without power. Evacuation orders were issued in Santa Cruz County for residents living near rapidly rising rivers and creeks. The San Lorenzo...
McCarthy Elected House Speaker in Vote 15 After Chaotic Week
WASHINGTON — Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot early Saturday, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks and floor tensions boiling over after a chaotic week that tested the new GOP majority's ability to govern. After four days of grueling ballots, McCarthy flipped more...
The White Sedan: How Police Found Suspect in Idaho Slayings
The white sedan cruised past the gray, three-story rental home on a dead-end street in Moscow, Idaho. Then again. And again. It was unusual behavior in the residential, hillside neighborhood in the quiet hours before dawn. And according to a police affidavit released Thursday, surveillance videos showing the vehicle that...
Newsom Launches 2nd Term With Contrast to GOP
SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom will kick off his second and final term on Friday by contrasting his leadership of the nation's largest Democratic stronghold with Republican leaders he's branded as threats to freedom and democracy — including former President Donald Trump. Newsom began the ceremonies by leading a...
McCarthy Makes Big Gains for Speaker but Still Short After 13 Ballots
WASHINGTON — Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield flipped 15 colleagues to support him in dramatic votes for Speaker on Friday, as he neared becoming the first representative from the San Joaquin Valley to command the House gavel. McCarthy made extraordinary gains on the fourth day and the 12th and...
Close but Not Quite There for McCarthy on 12th Speaker Ballot
WASHINGTON — Republican Kevin McCarthy flipped several colleagues to support him in dramatic votes Friday for House speaker, a major sign of progress for the embattled leader on the fourth day and 12th ballot of a grueling standoff that is testing American democracy. The changed votes from the conservative holdouts, including...
Cubans Crossing Into US Stunned to Hear of New Asylum Limits
YUMA, Ariz. — Migrants who entered the U.S. illegally under moonlit skies and waist-deep cold water Friday were devastated to learn they may be sent back to Mexico under expanded limits on the pursuit of asylum. About 200 migrants who walked in the dark for about an hour to surrender...