President Donald Trump plans to issue an executive order on flag burning, NewsNation reported, a move that aims to crack down on burning the American flag without running afoul of a 1989 Supreme Court decision that ruled doing so was protected speech.

Under the order, set to be signed Thursday, the Justice Department would review cases ...Read more

California’s last-running nuclear plant barely escaped extinction in 2022. The cost of operating it has become a source of tension amid a worsening affordability crisis. And the state has a moratorium on new nuclear power.

Yet, the Diablo Canyon plant — in many ways a relic of yesteryear — is primed for a 20-year extension, coinciding ...Read more

President Donald Trump said the U.S. won’t approve solar and wind projects that hurt farmland, claiming they are inflating electricity prices.

The post on Truth Social, Trump’s latest attack on renewables, comes a day after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it was ending programs that provide financial support to clean energy on ...Read more

North Korea has quietly built and operated a sprawling long-range missile base near the Chinese border that stores Kim Jong Un’s most advanced strategic weapons, demonstrating the regime’s ongoing efforts to advance its nuclear strike capabilities, a think tank said.

The base in Sinpung, North Pyongan Province, located 17 miles from the ...Read more

An herbal supplement that's marketed as a cure-all for chronic pain and sold in gas stations and smoke shops is getting banned in communities across Southern California and the nation.

Kratom is derived from the leaves of Mitragyna speciosa, a tree native to Southeast Asia, and is commonly extracted into a powder or pill.

Researchers say in ...Read more

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook signaled her intention to remain at the central bank, defying calls for her resignation by President Donald Trump over allegations of mortgage fraud.

“I have no intention of being bullied to step down from my position because of some questions raised in a tweet,” Cook said in an emailed statement via a Fed...Read more

A California resident tested positive for plague, health officials said.

“The individual is currently under the care of a medical professional and is recovering at home,” El Dorado County officials said in a news release. “It’s believed that the person may have been bitten by an infected flea while camping in South Lake Tahoe area. ...Read more

The 2020 presidential election is history, but a legal dispute over Fox News' reporting on President Trump's false claims of voter fraud is heating up.

A motion for summary judgment by voting equipment company Smartmatic filed Tuesday in New York Supreme Court laid out in detail how phony allegations that it manipulated votes to swing the ...Read more

A third person in Idaho has tested positive for the measles this month.

Public health officials announced Wednesday that the third case, confirmed in an unvaccinated child in Bonner County, has no known link between the case in Kootenai County. There also was a case in Bonneville County earlier this month. “Without any link between these two ...Read more

Former President Obama endorsed California Democrats' plans to redraw congressional districts if Texas or another Republican-led state does so to increase the GOP's chances of maintaining control of Congress after next year's midterm election.

Obama said that while he opposes partisan gerrymandering, Republicans in Texas acting at President ...Read more

An Israeli professor is suing the University of California after UC Berkeley allegedly blocked her from teaching because the situation at the school was too “hot” after Hamas attacked Israel and Israel retaliated.

A seven-month internal UC Berkeley investigation found the school discriminated against Yael Nativ because she was Israeli, ...Read more

Did it want one scoop or two?

Deputies from the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office who were dispatched to an ice cream shop at Camp Richardson in South Lake Tahoe on Sunday were greeted with a big surprise when they found a bear behind the counter, according to a Sheriff's Office news release.

"The deputies could barely believe their eyes," the...Read more

Incarcerated at Idaho’s maximum security prison for less than a month, Bryan Kohberger has lodged five formal complaints to corrections staff, including over other prisoners threatening him with sexual assault.

The 30-year-old man, who confessed to killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, moved last month to the state ...Read more

California will foot the cost of redistricting upfront, an official with the state’s Department of Finance told lawmakers on Wednesday.

Legislators are continuing to fast-track a package of bills this week to convene a special election in November where voters will decide whether to implement new, partisan congressional maps for the 2026, ...Read more

Gov. Ron DeSantis launched a multi-pronged attack on the state’s congressional districts on Wednesday, offering justifications for a mid-decade redistricting that is all-but-guaranteed to send more Republicans to Congress from Florida.

DeSantis also made clear the part of the state he wants to concentrate on is South Florida — the region ...Read more

A bipartisan congressional committee is investigating whether California's High-Speed Rail Authority knowingly misrepresented ridership projections and financial outlooks, as alleged by the Trump administration, to secure federal funding.

In a letter sent to Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday, House Committee on ...Read more

As armed gangs continue to sow chaos in Haiti, the United States is looking to double the size of the foreign forces deployed in the fight, with possibly another country, rather than Kenya, taking the lead.

Speaking at an Organization of American States meeting on Wednesday, U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Kimberly J. Penland told foreign leaders ...Read more

Former President Barack Obama is in favor of California’s redistricting plan.

The former president threw his support behind the effort while the state legislature continues to advance bills to convene a special election in November, when voters would decide whether to implement congressional maps for the next three elections.

“Over the ...Read more

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said federal immigration authorities plan to “flood” Boston in response to Mayor Michelle Wu’s refusal to dismantle the city’s sanctuary protections, as ordered by the Trump administration.

Speaking on “The Howie Carr Show” Wednesday, Lyons said his response to Wu’s stated intention to defy the ...Read more