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Federal authorities said Thursday that evidence seems to support the Japanese superstar's claims he was unaware of illegal gambling by his interpreter and a victim of bank fraud, leaving him free to continue playing baseball.

The proposal to name a San Francisco post office after the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein struck some as unbefitting the gravitas of her half-century career in politics.

Officials have decided to ban salmon fishing on the California coast for a second year. Salmon populations have dropped after the state's last drought.

O.J. Simpson, whose rise and fall from American football hero to murder suspect to prison inmate fueled a public drama that obsessed the nation, has died.

Outraged over the war in Gaza, protesters gather every night near the Israeli Embassy in Jordan's capital to demand an end to peace agreements with Israel.

Donald Trump says the world disrespects Biden, but he's projecting his own deep unpopularity onto the president.

William Howell wrote the Arizona law banning abortions in 1864. On Tuesday, 160 years later, Arizona's Supreme Court reinstated the law.

It has been two months since Alejandro Mayorkas, a California native and the highest-ranking Latino in the federal government, was narrowly impeached.

The special counsel urged the Supreme Court to let the case proceed as soon as possible rather than delaying it for theoretical questions about presidential immunity.

In dealing with the economy, President Biden faces all too-real consequences of higher inflation, and he's also battling human psychology.

Trump faces the first of four criminal charges in a trial that will cut into his campaigning. He is accused of falsifying records to hide payments to a porn actor.

Instead of deflecting, Trump's move places his political fate in the hands of judges and state lawmakers willing to go far beyond where most voters stand.

The EPA has issued federal limits on dangerous "forever chemicals" in drinking water, which it says will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses.

With an average surface temperature of 57.45 degrees, last month was warmer than any previous March on record, according to European climate officials.

The Arizona Supreme Court's ruling Tuesday made abortions illegal, except when a mother's life is at risk. Attention quickly turned to the November election.

As Ramadan fasting ends amid the Israel-Hamas war, Palestinian Muslims in Jerusalem's Old City are somber, skipping festivities in sympathy with Gazans' suffering.

Trump said abortion access should be decided by the states. But that has been more complicated than it sounds.

The Coquille tribe wants to build a casino on the California border. Pushback from nearby tribes raises a question: Who gets to determine a tribe's rightful homeland?

Since being tapped as interim executive editor, Tang moved rapidly to reorganize the newsroom, form her own leadership team and put a heavier emphasis on traditional news gathering.

The ad buy includes more than $19 million in L.A., a media market where some hotly contested congressional races could determine control of the House.

An L.A.-based nonprofit with support from Angel City FC is using soccer to help children stranded on the U.S.-Mexico border cope with waiting for asylum.

Experts said the visa fee hikes could make a difference in some employers' efforts to recruit foreign workers.

Biden isn't running only against Trump. An anti-vax Kennedy and other third-party candidates could draw enough Democratic defectors to swing the election.