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California voters rejected a 5 percent billionaire tax after opponents outraised supporters tenfold.

An illustration of the California flag against a backdrop of $100 bills

California voters have rejected a proposed 5% tax on the net worth of billionaires, handing a victory to tech leaders who poured hundreds of millions of dollars into defeating the measure. The defeat of Proposition...

The novel proposal would have charged billionaires a one-time 5% tax on most of their overall wealth, including their ownership in companies.

Two experienced female skydivers, Levi Pimentel and Georgia Jean, died on November 6 after a midair collision during a training session for a California skydiving record in Lake Elsinore.

Two exceptionally experienced skydivers died this weekend in a freak accident when their parachutes became entangled, causing them to plummet helplessly some 150 feet to the ground.

<p>A Chicago-area skydiver was among two people killed after a mid-air collision Friday morning in Southern California. </p><p>Levi Pimentel, 29, of Aurora, was one of two women who died in the accident, according to...

Two experienced skydivers die after midair collision entangles their parachutes Fox News 2 skydivers die after colliding midair in California and their parachutes become entangled CNN 2 Skydivers Die After Midair...

The Trump administration can’t force Washington state election officials to set aside ballots from 400-plus voters alleged to be noncitizens, a judge ruled.

The Trump administration has dismissed its lawsuit that sought to prevent California from counting some 20,000 ballots the federal government said were mailed to potential noncitizens, saying the election is too far...

The DOJ remains enmeshed in litigation with immigrant and voting rights groups seeking to limit its use of the list of what is says are suspected noncitizens.

Trump administration ends California balloting lawsuit Reuters

Several counties in Northern California were hit with fresh grand jury subpoenas over alleged noncitizen voting just days before the midterm elections, local officials told CBS News.

Trump’s DoJ charges six more people in ‘voter fraud’ crackdown in California The Guardian Trump Is Playing Up Voter Fraud Prosecutions. Meet Some of the Accused. The New York Times Justice Department Announces...

Latest arrests come after DoJ unsuccessfully fought to force state election officials to set aside about 20,000 ballots US midterms – live updates The US Department of Justice (DoJ) in California has charged six more...

Federal authorities in Texas planned to detail their response Monday to a series of shootings in Dallas, one of numerous gun incidents across the nation on Halloween weekend that left at least eight people dead and...

The Halloween weekend saw violence and chaos unfold across the country, rocking communities in more than 10 states.

Halloween weekend was marred by gun violence from coast to coast. Seven people were shot at a Spirit Halloween in Northern California, while three separate shootings near Dallas left four dead and 15 injured. Fatal...

The three shootings in Deep Ellum appeared to be unrelated, police said.

Trump weighed in Saturday after a series of legal setbacks for the Justice Department.

The Justice Department has targeted President Trump’s political opponents and sued states over election administration ahead of the midterms. Our reporter Devlin Barrett explains how this activity compares with the...

The Trump administration's push to back up its unproven voter fraud claims in California has now followed one election worker home. The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into alleged noncitizen...

A crucial and contentious midterm election arrives next week, and President Donald Trump's Justice Department has been scrambling with a blitz of headline-making actions and cases that defense lawyers, Democrats and...

US midterm election 2026: California voters will elect a new governor on November 3 and decide a handful of House races that could swing the balance of power in Congress.

An expanded panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday blocked a judge’s order restricting the Trump administration’s demands that election officials segregate ballots from suspected noncitizens and...

A federal appeals court reversed itself on Election Day, handing the Trump administration a green light to pressure the workers counting ballots. On Tuesday, a majority of an 11-judge en banc panel of the 9th Circuit...

Trump wins Election Day court battle over ballot demands, poll worker threats Axios Full 9th Circuit caps whiplash-inducing series of election orders by backing DOJ’s 'core' functions until further notice Yahoo...

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals gave Trump a win on Monday to lift a block on the administration's investigations into voting by noncitizens in California, but only a few hours later the same court reversed its own...

Ken Calvert defeats Young Kim in battle of House incumbents Politico Rep. Ken Calvert Wins House Battle Between Two California Republicans The New York Times Rep. Calvert declared winner in contested Southern...

The question: Is he a YIMBY or a NIMBY?

In his first speech as California's new governor, Democrat Xavier Becerra attacked ICE and hinted that he wants Joe Biden's open borders.

Xavier Becerra makes history as California’s first elected Latino governor! Xavier Becerra, a former California attorney general and Biden Cabinet secretary, defeated Republican Steve Hilton to become the state’s...

Xavier Becerra was elected the next governor of California today, the first Latino to win the state’s highest office. In a race just called by the AP, Becerra, a Democrat, was long projected to easily defeat...

Monte Smith, 17, faces murder and attempted murder charges over a shooting at a Fairfield Spirit Halloween store that killed a pregnant woman and injured six people.

Monte Smith was arrested Monday in connection with the Oct. 30 bloodbath at the Solano Town Center mall in Fairfield.

Monte Smith, 17, allegedly opened fire inside a Spirit Halloween store at Solano Town Center, killing pregnant mother Constance Hages and wounding six.

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in last week’s shooting at a Spirit Halloween store in California that killed a pregnant woman and injured six others, police said Monday.

Meta, Google and TikTok each filed separate federal lawsuits against California on Wednesday, seeking to block a new law that would bar social media platforms from offering "addictive features" to users under 16.

The complaints, filed Wednesday, target Assembly Bill 1709. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the measure on September 10 as part of a broader package covering social media and AI chatbot safety. It's scheduled to take...

Google, Meta and TikTok have separately challenged California's law restricting addictive feeds and autoplay for under-16s, arguing it violates free-speech protections and Section 230.

Meta, TikTok and Google filed separate lawsuits against California over a new law seeking to tighten restrictions on child social media usage, arguing the legislation violates the companies’ First Amendment rights....

A cruise ship entertainer is alive after falling overboard and being stranded for hours last week off the coast of Southern California. Carter Evans has the story.

Exhausted Pianist Pulled Out Of Pacific Nine Hours After Falling Overboard Two fishermen heading home from a marlin trip off Southern California pulled a Royal Caribbean crew member out of the Pacific on Nov. 6 after...

Cruise ship pianist found treading water nine hours after plunging overboard... (Second column, 15th story, link ) Related stories: FBI arrests luxury passenger over homicide while vessel sailing off Texas...

The Coast Guard is investigating what sent a cruise ship employee overboard near the coast of Southern California over the weekend.

Experts say it could help make 2027 the hottest year on record

El Niño is coming for your 5-day weather forecast USA Today

Thanks to climate change, intense El Niño seasons will probably cause "new public health challenges," research warns.

El Niño is expected to intensify extreme weather and keep global temperatures near record highs into 2027.

Kurt 'CyberGuy' Knutsson discusses the Pentagon investigating a potential cyberattack targeting grocery store refrigeration systems across Europe, with hackers allegedly raising freezer temperatures to 122 degrees....

Pentagon probes overnight sabotage of food supply at 14 US military bases... (Second column, 3rd story, link ) Related stories: Hackers exploit global loophole... While Britain Preps for Doomsday, Leaders Hoard...

The Pentagon is treating the food storage failures as a cyber attack. Investigators have not identified any suspects.

The new incidents come weeks after a cyberattack on fridges and freezers in France that forced supermarkets to throw away food.

Republican Anna Paulina Luna won election Thursday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Florida's 13th Congressional District, defeating Democrat Leela Gray.

North Carolina Democrat Don Davis won reelection in the state’s redrawn 1st Congressional District, beating Republican Laurie Buckhout in a rematch of their 2024 contest. The Associated Press called the 1st District...

HOUGHTON —In the State House and Senate races Tuesday night, Republicans once again won state legislative seats to represent the Copper Country in Lansing. The 38th State Senate District saw Republican David Prestin...

Ed Sheeran closes his US stadium tour after calling Gaza 'catastrophic', as the Macklemore ban controversy continues over political speech.

Music artist Macklemore says nine U.S. venues, including Crypto.com Arena and the Kia Forum, turned down being locations for the Free Palestine shows.

The indie rapper was kicked off Ed Sheeran’s stadium tour in September over his public support of Palestinians.

After Macklemore called out some of the venues that would not host his Free Palestine Tour, Madison Square Garden has responded. In a recent statement, an MSG spokesperson claimed the decision to reject the tour was...

Gavin Newsom offered a rambling justification last week for his decision to commute the death sentences of 548 convicted murderers on California’s Death Row. The letter is stunning in what it reveals about the sheer...

Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Americas Newsroom,” Marc Klaas, father of 12-year-old murder victim Polly Klaas, reacted to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) announcement to commute all 548 death sentences in the...

Michael and Cynthia Ellerin thought their daughter, Ashley, finally received justice when the man who butchered her in 2001 was put on death row five years ago.

Some of California's most notorious serial killers are among the 548 condemned prisoners whose death sentences Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to commute to life in prison without the possibility of parole.