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California governor signs package of bills giving state more power to enforce housing laws
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California cities will soon face more state scrutiny — and new penalties — for pushing back on housing and homeless shelter construction, according to a package of laws signed Thursday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom has been cracking down on what he...
Instagram makes teen accounts private as pressure mounts on the app to protect children
Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing backlash against how social media affects young people's lives. Beginning Tuesday in the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia, anyone under 18 who signs up for...
California makes ACC debut against struggling Florida State
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — California (3-0, 0-0 ACC) at Florida State (0-3, 0-2), 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2) BetMGM College Football Odds: Florida State by 2 1/2. Series record: First meeting WHAT’S AT STAKE? Cal makes its debut in the Atlantic Coast Conference...
Texas education commissioner calls for student cellphone ban in schools
Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath on Wednesday said next year lawmakers should ban the use of cellphones in public schools across the state. Morath’s endorsement of a statewide ban came during his testimony at a Senate Education Committee hearing, where he called the...
Supreme Court justices have a job for life. But some left the court to make their lasting mark
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the summer of 1941, James F. Byrnes became a Supreme Court justice. Little over a year later, he had had enough and left the court to take a key role in planning the nation's wartime economy. Americans have become accustomed in recent decades to justices who...
California laws cracking down on election deepfakes by AI face legal challenges
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California now has some of the toughest laws in the United States to crack down on election deepfakes ahead of the 2024 election after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three landmark proposals this week at an artificial intelligence conference in San Francisco. ...
Autopsy finds a California couple killed at a nudist ranch died from blows to their heads
REDLANDS, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California couple whose bodies were found under their neighbor’s home in a nudist ranch died from “blunt force trauma to the head,” an autopsy found. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department released the cause of death of Daniel...
Los Angeles area sees more dengue fever in people bitten by local mosquitoes
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Health officials warned Wednesday that the Los Angeles area is seeing more dengue fever cases in people who have not traveled outside the U.S. mainland, a year after the first such case was reported in California. Public health officials said at least three...
Work has begun on an inauguration stage at the Capitol. The last one became part of Jan. 6 attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — Work on the presidential inauguration platform began Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol with congressional leaders pounding the first ceremonial nails into a stage they cast as a symbol of America's commitment to the peaceful transfer of power — a tradition that was almost upended...
California’s cap on health care costs is the nation’s strongest. But will patients notice?
Vickie Villegas had to pay $3,000 out-of-pocket every time she was treated for multiple sclerosis, a disease that attacks the central nervous system. Her doctor recommended she get treatments twice a year to keep the disease from worsening, but she couldn’t afford it, the Pasadena-area resident...
