SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Southern California lawmaker hopes to create a new designation for the state’s iconic wave breaks through the creation of “surfing reserves.”

Excepting perhaps Hawaii, California’s coastline is home to more world-famous waves than any state. Breaks dot the coast, from renowned Malibu and San Diego beaches to the...Read more

Relatives of a disabled Allegiant passenger filed a lawsuit Friday against the airline, alleging that the company was responsible for his death after crew members pushed him in an unsecured wheelchair, and he fell face-first.

Tony Adkins, represented by attorneys from Claggett & Sykes Law Firm, is suing Allegiant Travel Company and Allegiant ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said the U.S. would postpone strikes against Iran’s energy infrastructure after what he called “productive conversations” with the country, in comments that spurred confusion over the participants in the talks and parameters of a deal.

Trump told reporters on Monday that he was holding off on ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department will no longer allow media organizations to keep offices in the Pentagon building after a federal judge ruled that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had improperly revoked credentials for dozens of them.

The Pentagon will close what’s known as the Correspondents’ Corridor after deciding that access to the ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Baltimore City Council members on Monday introduced legislation that could place a one-year moratorium on data centers in the city, a move sponsors say is aimed at addressing rising energy costs and environmental concerns.

Council President Zeke Cohen, who is also sponsoring the bill, said it is meant to staunch the increasing ...Read more

NEW YORK — Two pilots were killed when the jet they were landing at LaGuardia Airport collided with a Port Authority fire truck, authorities said Monday.

The dramatic seconds before and after the crash, which happened at about 11:35 p.m. Sunday and left more than 40 survivors hurt, was captured on audio, with an air traffic controller saying ...Read more

NEW YORK — The New York City Council on Monday challenged Chancellor Kamar Samuels to find savings in the Department of Education’s $38 billion proposed budget — the largest of all city agencies.

Mayor Mamdani in January ordered the school system, like the rest of local government, to appoint a “chief savings officer” tasked with ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado lawmakers are quickly advancing legislation to rename a March 31 state holiday for farmworkers and remove its association with labor leader César Chávez, who was accused last week of sexually abusing girls and women.

The House State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee voted unanimously Monday afternoon to ...Read more

Only six of the ten leading candidates for California governor will take the stage Tuesday night for the next televised debate, prompting backlash from the excluded candidates — all of whom are major former officeholders — who are accusing organizers of using biased criteria that let in San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan despite similar polling ...Read more

NEW YORK — A Manhattan federal judge on Monday declined to release a City Council staffer detained by ICE as he awaits possible deportation.

Manhattan Federal Judge John Cronan wrote in his denial that the U.S. had lawfully cancelled Rafael Rubio’s temporary protected status, or TPS. His decision to shut down the habeas corpus petition came...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Shaken by allegations that the late civil rights leader Cesar Chavez had raped women and girls as young as 12 during the 1970s, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will take up a motion on Tuesday to remove his name and image from numerous places in Los Angeles County.

Supervisors Hilda Solis and Lindsey Horvath will ask...Read more

CHICAGO — Sheridan Gorman spent the early morning hours on Thursday with friends, watching the skyline on the Loyola Beach Pier, prosecutors said, when she noticed someone hiding.

As the group started to run away, Jose Medina, 25, fired a gun, prosecutors alleged Monday, hitting the 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student in the back ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said the U.S. would postpone strikes against Iran’s energy infrastructure after what he called “productive conversations” with the country, in comments that spurred confusion over the participants in the talks and parameters of a deal.

Trump told reporters on Monday that he was holding off on striking...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared ready during oral arguments Monday to restrict state laws allowing the counting of late-arriving ballots, in a challenge to Mississippi’s state law on absentee ballots.

Mississippi allows state officials to count mail ballots that were postmarked on or before Election Day but arrive up to five ...Read more

Maryland Republicans often accuse Democrats of overspending taxpayer dollars and failing to bring in enough revenue in return. But on Monday, Senate Minority Leader Steve Hershey asked his chamber colleagues to pass a bill that would place a $449 million price on annual Medicaid funds, placing a heavier burden on taxpayer dollars used to cover ...Read more

In a 135-1 vote, the Maryland House of Delegates on Monday passed a bill requiring public schools statewide to sharply limit student use of personal electronic devices during the school day, as lawmakers debated how such restrictions would be enforced in practice.

The Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act, or House Bill 525, would require every local...Read more

WASHINGTON — A coalition of states filed a lawsuit Monday challenging a Trump administration effort to impose certain conditions on billions of dollars for key federal nutrition programs from the Department of Agriculture.

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts by 20 states and the District of Columbia...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Bill Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted a former waitress in 1972 after escorting her to one of his shows, a civil jury in California concluded Monday, awarding the woman $19.25 million in damages.

The verdict was the latest turn in a series of legal battles the disgraced entertainer, now 88, has faced since allegations that ...Read more