A California private school apologized to parents after a teacher shared a video last month of her leading preschool students in a chant denouncing President Joe Biden. The video obtained by ABC 7 News in Los Angeles shows the unnamed teacher at Turning Point Christian School in Norco asking the 4-...
Live Updates: Ukraine Retakes Key Kyiv Suburb
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine said it retook a strategically important suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, as Russian forces squeezed other areas near the capital and pressed their attack on the embattled southern port of Mariupol. Explosions and bursts of gunfire shook Kyiv, and black smoke rose from a spot in...
Valley Grocery Workers Begin Strike Authorization Vote
Thousands of grocery workers in the Central Valley and Southern California started voting Monday on whether to authorize their union to call a strike against several major supermarket chains. About 47,000 workers at hundreds of Vons, Ralphs, Albertsons, and Pavilions stores are eligible to vote this week. Results are...
This Week’s Biggest Social Media Lie Is About Congressional Pay Raises
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: Congress Didn't Raise Its Salaries CLAIM: Members of...
EXPLAINER: Driver in Texas Crash Was 13; Is That Legal?
From the logging roads of the Pacific Northwest to the farm country of the Great Plains and beyond, it's not uncommon for people in rural parts of the U.S. to learn to drive when they're young, sometimes even before they reach their teens. But the news that a 13-year-old...
U.S. Gunmakers are Helping Ukrainians Fight Back Against Putin
Adrian Kellgren’s family-owned gun company in Florida was left holding a $200,000 shipment of semi-automatic rifles after a longtime customer in Ukraine suddenly went silent during Vladimir Putin’s invasion of the country. Fearing the worst, Kellgren and his company KelTec decided to put those stranded 400 guns to use, sending them...
Kings County Mother’s Conviction in Death of Unborn Child Overturned
A judge has overturned the conviction and 11-year prison sentence of a woman for causing the death of her unborn child through drug use, the state's top prosecutor said Thursday. A judge in Kings County Superior Court on Wednesday reversed the conviction of Adora Perez, who pleaded no contest...
California Lawmakers Vote to Make Abortions Cheaper
California lawmakers on Thursday voted to make abortions much cheaper for people on private health insurance plans, bringing California closer to becoming the fourth state in the country to ban insurance fees for the procedure. Thursday's vote is part of lawmakers' strategy to make reproductive care more accessible in...
Live Updates: Putin Praises Troops at Huge Rally in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared at a huge flag-waving rally at a Moscow stadium and praised his country's troops Friday as they pressed their lethal attacks on Ukrainian cities with shelling and missiles. “Shoulder to shoulder, they help and support each other,” Putin said in a rare public appearance...
New Valley Dam Project Gets Giant Boost from Feds
A long-delayed plan to build a giant new reservoir to help California withstand notorious droughts got a huge boost on Thursday when the federal government signaled its intent to loan the project nearly $2.2 billion — or about half the cost. The announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency is...