Powerball player in Illinois wins $1B lottery jackpot
A Powerball ticket sold in Illinois matched all six numbers in Wednesday night's drawing, winning an estimated $1.04 billion jackpot, accord…
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Mystery surrounds dozens of dead sharks found at New Jersey beach
The dead sharks were scattered across roughly 10 blocks of beach in Sea Isle City, New Jersey.
Trump's decoy flight sparked by fears of Iranian cell with shoulder-fired missile: Official
The decision to sneak Trump out of Ankara on separate Air Force jet was driven by intel that an Iranian terror cell had snuck into Turkey wi…
LAUSD's dramatic decline in enrollment reflects trend impacting schools across California
Student enrollment in the Los Angeles Unified School District, along with many districts throughout California, has been in a steady state o…
11 arrested in New York in alleged international marriage fraud scheme
Prosecutors allege 11 people in New York arranged sham marriages for foreign nationals trying to obtain legal status in the United States.
New Jersey mother died saving daughter in Colombia earthquake, family says
A New Jersey woman died while trying to save one of her daughters during a powerful earthquake that caused widespread destruction in Colombi…
California launches environmental youth council after EPA program lapses under Trump
The EPA's National Environmental Youth Advisory Council appears to have lapsed. California is now taking applications for its own council at…
Jury selection begins in Oakland as Meta faces federal youth harms trial in CA
Jury selection began Wednesday in Meta's federal trial over claims its platforms have harmed youth mental health and track children in viola…
1 killed in fiery crash near Forest Lawn cemetery in Griffith Park area
One person was killed in a fiery crash near Forest Lawn Memorial-Park that also ignited a tree and damaged a traffic light, authorities said…
We killed off California's grizzly bears over a century ago. Can we resurrect them?
California was once home to about 10,000 grizzly bears. We have since exterminated the bear even though it is still a symbol of the Golden S…
'Profoundly corrupt': Trump sued in federal court over selling early access to Truth Social posts
A federal lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of violating the First Amendment by selling special advance access to Truth Social posts …
2 killed when military helicopter crashes in Central Texas, authorities confirm
The Bell County sheriff's office said it received a 911 call about a helicopter crash after 1:30 p.m., and that it had sparked a grass fire …