California’s new Golden State Start diaper program is facing backlash after viral social media posts claimed taxpayers were paying as much as 50 cents per diaper through a partnership with Baby2Baby. The Newsom administration fired back, insisting the actual cost is just 15.5 cents per diaper. But a CBS News California Investigates review of the …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Southern California mayor pleaded guilty Friday to acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government. Eileen Wang, who stepped down as the mayor of Arcadia earlier this month, was charged in April with one count of acting in the United States as an illegal agent of a foreign …
May 29 (Reuters) – The United States issued new counter-terrorism sanctions on Friday targeting Iranian individuals and entities, among others, a notice on the Treasury Department website showed. (Reporting by Ismail Shakil and Bhargav Acharya; Editing by Daphne Psaledakis) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.
HOUSTON (AP) — Milwaukee reliever Abner Uribe received a one-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for his inappropriate actions towards the St. Louis dugout earlier this week, MLB announced Friday. Uribe is appealing the suspension so he will be available Friday night when the Brewers open a three-game series at Houston. Uribe retired Alec Burleson …
The Arctic Ocean may have reached a climate “tipping point,” according to researchers at the University of Edinburgh. This week, they published a study in the Communications Earth & Environment journal detailing a massive loss of sea ice – that is, frozen water on the ocean’s surface – in the Arctic Ocean over the last …
Sean Sweeney’s wait to become a head coach is about to be over. The Orlando Magic are set to give him the shot he’s wanted for years. Sweeney is in the final stages of completing a deal that will make him the next coach of the Magic, according to a person with knowledge of the …
WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) – A judge on Friday ordered the removal of President Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ruling that the iconic Washington venue cannot be renamed without an act of Congress. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington directed the Trump administration to take down all physical …
Tomatoes are the latest popular food to take a bite out of consumer wallets, joining items like coffeebananas and beef. As of April, government data shows the fruit’s prices were up nearly 40% from a year ago, compared with 17% for food costs overall. Across the U.S., tomatoes cost an average of $2.69 a pound, a record …
Over the 23 long and arduous years that the Oakland police have been under federal court oversight, many comparisons have been made to describe the city’s progress and stumbles toward reform. On Wednesday afternoon, U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick, the federal judge overseeing the Oakland Police Department’s 23-year federal oversight program, added one more …
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cultural and arts venue for major renovations. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington, D.C., ruled that the Kennedy Center board’s March 16 vote to close the facility …