NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to announce a universal child care program for 2-year-olds along with Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday, a boon to one of the mayor’s signature campaign promises.

The governor was expected to details those plans, which would start rolling out this fall and be fully phased in by the 2029-30 school year, in...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The fatal shooting Wednesday of a 37-year-old woman by a federal immigration agent during an operation in Minneapolis has sparked public outrage and protests across the country, including in California, where agents have been involved in some shootings.

California lawmakers and immigrant rights groups condemned the killing of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The University of California enrolled a record number of Californians in fall 2025, according to data released Thursday, touting the vitality and popularity of a system under attack by the Trump administration and grappling with federal funding cuts and state budget belt-tightening.

More than 301,000 students attended one of UC'...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In his final State of the State address, Gov. Gavin Newsom will look to define his legacy by touting California's economic and policy achievements while casting the state as a counterweight to dysfunction in Washington.

The speech, which he will deliver Thursday morning to lawmakers in the Capitol, highlights economic strength, ...Read more

Israel pushed back against Lebanon’s assertion that militias in the south of the Arab country had been disarmed, saying efforts to force Hezbollah to lay down its weapons were “far from sufficient.”

In a statement on Thursday, the Lebanese army said it achieved the first phase of a larger strategy to disarm all militias on its soil. The ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — There were no stars in the October sky. No moon that 64-year-old Masuma Khan could see from the narrow window of the California City Immigration Processing Center.

"No planes," she said, recalling her confinement.

Once a prison, the facility in the Mojave Desert, located 67 miles east of Bakersfield, reopened in April to hold ...Read more

Lenia Watson-Burton, a 37-year-old U.S. Navy administrator, expected that cosmetic surgery would get rid of stubborn fat quickly and easily — just as the web advertising promised.

Instead, she died three days after a liposuction-like procedure called AirSculpt at the San Diego office of Elite Body Sculpture, a cosmetic surgery chain with more...Read more

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — It’s hemmed in by Israel’s tanks and troops. U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened it with annihilation. But Hamas, defiant in the ruins of less than half of Gaza, is clawing its way back to a semblance of pre-war governance.

Surviving civil servants have returned to work. Taxes are being collected, including...Read more

MIAMI — Venezuelan artist Pedro Martín didn’t waste any time celebrating Nicolás Maduro’s capture in the way he knows best. So on Saturday, with cans of spray paint, he headed to Wynwood, the Miami neighborhood famous for its murals.

When Martín saw the photo of Maduro in handcuffs, he knew that would be the subject of his mural. So he...Read more

In 2013, before the Affordable Care Act helped millions get health insurance, California’s Placer County provided limited health care to some 3,400 uninsured residents who couldn’t afford to see a doctor.

For several years, that number has been zero in the predominantly white, largely rural county stretching from Sacramento’s eastern ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Starting this year, a single request form will allow Californians to demand that data brokers delete their personal information and refrain from collecting or selling it in the future.

Third parties are constantly lurking as you navigate the internet, collecting data they can later aggregate and sell, according to the Electronic...Read more

After California paused a plan to cancel the licenses of thousands of immigrant truckers, federal officials announced Wednesday they would withhold $160 million in transportation funds from the state.

The state was set to revoke 17,000 commercial driver's licenses for immigrants by Jan. 5 but instead extended the deadline amid the threat of a ...Read more

The funding request from Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear for a pre-K for all initiative looks different from what he pitched two years ago. And this year’s ask could be seen as a more politically savvy move as spend-conscious Republicans are increasingly wary of how the state spends its money while the executive remains adamant about the ...Read more

BOSTON — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s inauguration fund received $1.2 million in donations from heavy-hitters in the sports and business industries, including $15,000 from the professional women’s soccer team the city is rebuilding White Stadium for.

Wu’s inaugural fund contribution report was filed with the state Office of Campaign and ...Read more

Rapper Snoop Dogg’s daughter, Cori Broadus, has finally welcomed her new baby home, after the infant spent 10 months in a hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit following her birth at 25 weeks.

“She’s home,” a beaming Broadus posted on Instagram Wednesday alongside a photo of her cuddling with tiny Codi under a faux fur blanket. “...Read more

The Trump administration is quickly moving to reestablish a diplomatic presence in Venezuela, asking local staff to prepare for the arrival of U.S. officials at its embassy in Caracas as soon as this week.

No official date has been set to reopen the embassy, according to people involved, asking not to be identified because the discussions are ...Read more

As state lawmakers returned to Sacramento for a new legislative session this week, Democratic members are having serious behind-the-scenes conversations about ways to raise revenue for the state budget.

State spending has outgrown its tax revenues and in recent years the budget has faced structural deficits in the tens of billions of dollars. ...Read more