The Department of Health and Human Services is freezing $10 billion in federal funds in five Democrat-run states over allegations of fraudulent child-care programming, an HHS official confirmed to ABC ...

"Stranger Things" fans, get ready for a big-screen binge this holiday weekend. The hit Netflix series is closing out its story with a blockbuster finale, and you can catch it in theaters across ...

Billionaires in California are threatening to leave the state over a potential wealth tax that would change innovation. The proposal would impose a 5% tax on California residents’ assets that are ...

As climate change continues to threaten California in 2025 — from devastating wildfires, declining kelp forests and struggling salmon runs to shrinking snowpack in the Sierra Nevada — the state has ...

A natural gas line ruptured north of Los Angeles on the afternoon of Saturday Dec. 27, shutting down portions of Interstate 5, a heavily trafficked north-south route. The California Highway Patrol ...

In October 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 831, a sweepstakes casino ban, into law. Set to take effect on January 1, 2026, the promotion or facilitation of sweepstakes-style gaming ...

As authorities investigate last week’s deadly Bondi Beach attack in Australia, criminologists have noted an unusual characteristic. Most mass shooters act alone, but this may have been “the first ...

Co-creator Ross Duffer shared the runtimes for the supersized next batch of final episodes, along with a slight update to the series finale. By Jackie Strause Managing Editor, East Coast The highly ...

Two Fantasy 5 players in California hit the nearly $600,000 jackpot, lottery officials say. The tickets matched five winning numbers in the drawing Saturday, Dec. 20, to win $293,393 each, the ...

California could soon be running short of gasoline, potentially hiking some of the highest gas prices in the country. Refineries in the state have been closing for years with two more set to shutter ...

I have been playing fighting games ever since Street Fighter II hit the arcades, and yet in all that time I have never been too bothered about the Virtua Fighter franchise. Whether it was because back ...

Proponents of the 2026 Billionaire Tax Act amended the initiative, prompting opponents to file five new initiatives aimed at undermining various aspects of the measure. The 2026 Billionaire Tax Act ...