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DENVER — Voters will decide in November whether to dedicate state sales taxes collected on outdoor gear to conservation and wildfire prevention grant programs.

If approved, Proposition 137 would also exempt that sales ...Read more

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Newport Beach surgeon once accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a series of women recently had his medical license revoked, state records show, years after his headline-grabbing criminal ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was nonchalant last week when asked about a contested administration rule that would use the U.S. Postal Service to weed out allegedly illegal midterm election ballots. His foes say ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City’s public school system is set to release a policy on artificial intelligence — which will include a ban on the use of generative AI for all students in 2-K through eighth grade, the Daily ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For decades, two of the music world’s most notorious killings remained unsolved.

First, Tupac Shakur was gunned down on the Las Vegas Strip in 1996. Six months later, Christopher Wallace, known as Biggie...Read more

Dolly Parton's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame has reportedly been vandalised - a week after her death.

A fan raised the alarm on Monday night (31.08.26), claiming "someone had stolen flowers" left at the Hollywood ...Read more

Jonathan Bailey has pulled out of Sunday in the Park with George - a month after Ariana Grande withdrew from the show.

The actor will no longer star in the production, scheduled to open next summer at the Barbican Centre ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Legislation that would require parental consent for social media platforms to process data for users under 16 advanced out of a House panel on Tuesday, after it was amended to remove a proposed ban on social...Read more

NEW YORK — “Good Day New York” host Rosanna Scotto struggled to control her emotions on her first day back to work after her mother’s death.

Scotto announced the death of her mom, 90-year-old Marion Scotto, in an...Read more

The U.S. Army is ensuring its military bases will not lose power if the local electric grid goes down through small nuclear reactor technology.

The Army’s Janus Program, in partnership with the Department of War ...Read more

CHICAGO — On Aug. 3, state investigators inspecting the notorious South Chicago Chapel were confronted with an overwhelming smell and a nightmarish scene.

In a ramshackle building, the temperature in one storage area ...Read more

NEW YORK — “Saturday Night Live” standouts and Staten Island natives Pete Davidson and Colin Jost are hosting a one-night only comedy show on the Staten Island Ferry the pair purchased in 2022.

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Help is on the way for California's film and TV postproduction workers.

A bill, known as AB 2319 and aimed at supporting the industry's editors, sound mixers, composers and visual effects artists, passed the Senate on ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, California — Long the epicenter of the global tech industry, California is taking more action to shield its children, communities and workers from the threats posed by the very industry that’s become ...Read more

Mel Gibson is apologizing for once again doing something offensive, though this time he did it in public instead of during a drunken driving arrest or while fighting and allegedly battering his ex-girlfriend.

As the 70-...Read more

TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers may answer a grand jury’s call to change state law after the jurors found that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration misused $10 million in taxpayer dollars.

The leaked grand jury report,...Read more

Gal Gadot and Tom Hiddleston spent four hours auditioning for Mad Max: Fury Road - but neither of them got cast.

The 41-year-old actress was left a little stunned that she did not land the role of Imperator Furiosa, which...Read more

Evan Rachel Wood "supported" Joey King playing Kylie Owens in Practical Magic 2 - amid being "sad" to miss out on reprising the role.

The 27-year-old actress "had a lovely conversation" with 38-year-old Wood after the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers voted to hold two associates of former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick in contempt of Congress, accusing them of failing to comply with multiple subpoenas.

The House adopted the resolutions by ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House easily cleared a stopgap spending bill Tuesday that would keep federal agencies funded through Dec. 11, avoiding the risk of a partial government shutdown this fall.

On a lopsided vote of 370-48, ...Read more