Death toll rises to at least 23 in California wildfire after 14 bodies found
The charred remains of fourteen more victims have been found in and around a Northern California town overrun by flames from a massive wildfire, officials said on Saturday, raising the death toll to 23. The bodies were recovered in and around Paradise, California, a mountain ...
Democrat Andrew Gillum lost his bid to become Florida's first black governor on Tuesday, suffering a razor-thin defeat to Republican Ron DeSantis in a contest that drew national attention and allegations of race-baiting. "I want to encourage you not to give up," Gillum, the 39-year-old ...
Thousands evacuate in California amid threat of dam spillway collapse
Residents below the tallest dam in the United States, near Oroville in Northern California, were ordered to evacuate on Sunday after a spillway appeared to be in danger of imminent collapse. The abrupt evacuation orders came as authorities said that an auxiliary spillway on the ...
California surpasses France as world's sixth-largest economy
California is now the sixth-largest economy in the world, surpassing France, thanks to a robust state economy and a strong U.S. dollar. California was the world's eighth-largest economy in 2014, Irena Asmundson, chief economist of the California Department of Finance, said in a phone interview ...
Citizens group sues California agency over nuclear waste burial
A civilian watchdog group sued a California coastal agency on Tuesday, seeking to overturn its decision to allow 1,800 tons of radioactive waste from a closed nuclear power plant to be buried in containers not far from a beach. Citizens Oversight Inc. asked a San ...
California gets first comprehensive regulations on medical marijuana
California Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law the state's first comprehensive regulations on medical marijuana, two decades after legalization fueled disparate local rules, a gray market in cultivation and concerns about the ease of obtaining the drug. The package of three laws, viewed ...
California legislature approves bill legalizing physician-assisted suicide
The California legislature on Friday approved a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients despite opposition from religious and disability rights groups, sending it to Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown for his approval or veto. The bill will allow mentally competent patients to request ...
Recreational marijuana became legal in Oregon on Wednesday as a voter-approved law took effect that will ultimately see it sold in shops, similar to those operating in Washington state and Colorado. The new state laws reflect a shifting legal landscape for a drug that remains ...
Obama completes 50-state sweep with visit to South Dakota
President Barack Obama crossed the last state off his presidential bucket list on Friday with a stop in South Dakota, the last of the 50 united states he has visited since taking office in 2009. Fresh from a trip to Oregon, where he advocated for ...
The Arkansas Senate overwhelmingly approved on Friday a Republican-backed bill that, according to its authors, is intended to protect religious freedoms but which critics contend could allow businesses to refuse service to gay people. The Republican governor of Indiana signed into law a similar "religious ...
One of the world's largest solar energy farms has opened in Southern California's desert, with 160,000 homes now able to power lights and appliances through sunlight converted into electricity, federal officials said on Tuesday. The Desert Sunlight Solar Farm, located in Riverside County about 170 ...
