AI windfall helps California narrow projected $3-billion budget deficit
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California and its state-funded programs are heading into a period of volatile fiscal uncertainty, driven largely by events in Washington and on Wall Street.
Gov. Gavin Newsom's budget chief warned ...Read more
Immigration judge issues ruling in Maryland woman's deportation case
BALTIMORE — A federal immigration judge on Friday denied bond for an Eastern Shore woman arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in December, keeping her detained as deportation proceedings move forward, her...Read more
EPA opposes Colorado plan to close coal-fired power plants
DENVER — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday determined Colorado cannot order the closure of coal-fired power plants under the Clean Air Act, and, therefore, the agency will deny the state’s plan to reduce ...Read more
New Jersey's Petty's Island, now owned by Venezuela's Citgo, will soon belong to major conservative donor's firm
New Jersey has long coveted Petty’s Island, 300 acres in the Delaware River off Pennsauken, as a potential environmental and recreational haven with its grand views of Philadelphia.
Originally the hunting grounds of ...Read more
Harassment toward Somali businesses surges after viral video
Minnesota businesses are facing a wave of harassment and threats following a politically charged YouTube video accusing Somali-owned day care providers of defrauding the state, fallout that advocates say has intensified ...Read more
Elon Musk's Grok bot restricts sexual image generation after global outcry
Elon Musk's Grok chatbot on Thursday started restricting the ability for non-paying users to create deepfake, sexualized images after global pushback from users and governments.
Late last month, some users began tagging ...Read more
Conan O'Brien's party guests likely to testify at Nick Reiner's trial
Some of the celebrities and high-powered executives who gathered at Conan O’Brien's annual holiday party on Dec. 13 are likely to be called to testify in the first-degree murder trial of Nick Reiner, especially if he ...Read more
Filmmaker who killed man in Miami now gets to make pizzas in Italy
MIAMI — An Italian filmmaker who gunned down an Australian hotelier on Miami’s Virginia Key in the '90s can now leave prison to make pizzas and windsurf in Italy, thanks to the Italian judicial system and the U.S. push...Read more
'CBS Evening News' producer fired amid turbulent relaunch
A veteran producer at "CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil" was fired this week after raising concerns over the editorial direction of the program.
Javier Guzman, who has been with CBS News since 2017, was dismissed ...Read more
Trump considering visit to Michigan next week
DETROIT — Planning is underway for a potential visit by President Donald Trump to Michigan on Tuesday, according to four sources familiar with the behind-the-scenes preparations.
The sources requested to speak on the ...Read more
Illinois AG says National Guard case should be resolved in its favor following Supreme Court ruling
Calling a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling a “straightforward path” to a legal victory, lawyers for the state of Illinois said Friday they hope to quickly resolving ongoing litigation over President Donald Trump’s ...Read more
FAU professor, suspended over Charlie Kirk comments, will not be reinstated ahead of spring semester
A Florida Atlantic University professor who was suspended in September over social media comments she made about Charlie Kirk will remain under investigation heading into the spring semester.
Kate Polak, an English ...Read more
Mayor Mamdani's administration reconsidering funding legal defense for ex-Adams aide Tim Pearson
NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration is revisiting a decision by his predecessor to let ex-City Hall adviser Tim Pearson get taxpayer-funded legal representation against four lawsuits accusing him of sexual...Read more
Massachusetts begins seizing homes today for Cape Cod bridge replacement
BOSTON — The nightmare in the Round Hill neighborhood of Sagamore has begun.
As of Friday, the state officially seized ownership of most of the 14 homes there by eminent domain for the $4.5 billion MassDOT project to ...Read more
Kanye West sues ex-employee over Malibu mansion lien
LOS ANGELES — Kanye West, the rapper now known as Ye, is suing his former project manager and his lawyers, alleging they wrongfully put a $1.8 million lien on his former Malibu mansion.
The suit, filed in Los Angeles ...Read more
US diplomats return to Caracas to assess reopening embassy after Maduro ouster
U.S. State Department officials, including the interim U.S. ambassador to Colombia, John T. McNamara, traveled to Venezuela on Friday for the first time since strongman Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces in his ...Read more
Bird flu confirmed in Massachusetts, as backyard chickens killed
BOSTON — The circulating bird flu has been confirmed in the Bay State, as agricultural officials report that backyard chickens tested positive for the disease and were killed.
The Massachusetts Department of ...Read more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's budget plan banks on strong revenues despite fiscal risks
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California and its state-funded programs are heading into a period of volatile fiscal uncertainty, driven largely by events in Washington and on Wall Street.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget chief ...Read more
Florida says it found toxins in infant formula, but provides no data
BARTOW, Fla. — The state of Florida announced Friday that its testing has uncovered a variety of toxins at amounts above federal standards in 16 infant formulas on the market. But officials during a news event in Bartow ...Read more
Out eof jail, ex-Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson spills the tea on shocking Boston City Council president vote
BOSTON — Freshly sprung from jail, ex-Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson is spinning a twisted tale of treachery and deceit that she says left Brian Worrell and the Black community on the losing end of this ...Read more
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