Stories for you

  • USAssociated Press

    Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes painful cuts to close California's growing budget deficit

    California's budget deficit is at least $45 billion, a shortfall so large it prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday to propose painful spending cuts impacting immigrants, kindergarteners and low-income parents seeking child care in a state often lauded for having the world's fifth-largest economy. Officially, Newsom said the state's deficit is $27.6 billion. Including reductions in public education spending, which Newsom has not included, the deficit would be even billions of dollars more, accor

    5 min read
    Thanks for your feedback!
  • USLA Times

    'Let her go! Let her go!' Fontana officer shoots armed man who put his partner in a headlock

    Body-camera footage released by the Fontana Police Department shows an officer being put in a headlock during a traffic stop in Yucaipa by a man whom authorities have identified as Alan Metka.

    3 min read
    Thanks for your feedback!
  • USLexington Herald-Leader

    ‘Things that only happen in dreams.’ Ky. man who found trove of gold coins shares story on KET

    “After I flipped the first clump of dirt ... the coins kept coming. I knew it was hundreds,” the man who found the multi-million-dollar treasure shared with “Kentucky Life.”

    4 min read
    Thanks for your feedback!
  • USAssociated Press

    State trooper who arrested LGBTQ+ leaders in Philadelphia no longer works for state police

    The state trooper who arrested two LGBTQ+ leaders after a contentious traffic stop in Philadelphia is no longer employed by the Pennsylvania state police, officials said Friday. Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Adam Reed said the trooper, who has not been named, no longer works for the agency, though it's unclear whether he was fired and when he left the job. In March, Celena Morrison and husband Darius McLean were arrested after a traffic stop on an elevated stretch of highway in the city, part

    2 min read
    Thanks for your feedback!
  • USFox News

    Hawaii tourist dies on Maui beach, and wife alleges state failed to warn her about snorkeling danger

    Patti Johnson believes her husband Ryan Johnson's snorkeling death off the coast of Maui could have been prevented if he had known about Rapid Onset Pulmonary Edema.

    5 min read
    Thanks for your feedback!
  • WorldNBC News

    Wife of U.S. soldier detained in Russia says he was having an affair, not involved in 'geopolitical intrigue'

    The wife of Gordon Black, the American soldier detained on theft charges in Russia, said he traveled there because he was having an affair and was not involved in "geopolitical intrigue."

    2 min read
    Thanks for your feedback!
  • USAssociated Press

    Pennsylvania to ban cell phone use while driving and require police to collect traffic stop data

    Pennsylvania will join the majority of states that ban motorists from handling a cell phone for almost any purpose while driving, as backers of the legislation hope to reduce distracted driving accidents and deaths after nearly two decades of pressing the measure. Gov. Josh Shapiro's office said Thursday that the Democrat will sign the bill, 18 years after he first introduced a similar bill when he served in the state House of Representatives. The bill also includes a provision long-sought by

    4 min read
    Thanks for your feedback!