Californians are honoring the influential Filipino American labor rights leader Larry Itliong, who organized strikes and built coalitions between farmworkers alongside César Chávez and Dolores Huerta.
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Israel shows Hamas attack videos as it tries to keep focus on brutality of Oct. 7 ambush
The IDF played a gruesome, 46-minute montage of extended footage that it says captures parts of Hamas’ deadly attack on Oct. 7.
White House increases outreach to Muslim and Arab Americans in face of criticism to Israel-Gaza war response
Inside the White House some aides worried that Biden hadn’t shown enough empathy for Palestinian civilians and a Muslim community facing a torrent of anger.
Scholastic backtracks on policy that separated books about race and gender
Scholastic has reversed a decision to allow school districts running book fairs to exclude books about race and gender after facing widespread criticism.
Bear on the lam after raiding kitchen and attacking guard at Aspen resort
A bear prowling for pre-hibernation snacks raided the kitchen of a luxury Colorado resort and injured a responding security guard, authorities said Tuesday.
Trump storms out of his civil fraud trial after hearing gets heated
The judge presiding over the $250 million fraud trial against Donald Trump and his company fined the former president $10,000 on Wednesday for violating an order not to talk about his court staff. He later stormed out of the courtroom, appearing to surprise even his own lawyers.
GOP speaker nominee Mike Johnson played a key role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election
Mike Johnson, the recently selected GOP House speaker nominee, played a major role in the Jan. 6 effort to overturn the 2020 election after Donald Trump’s loss.
Exposure to hazardous chemicals in the womb may be linked to rapid childhood weight gain, study finds
Babies exposed to endocrine-disrupting chemicals while in the womb may face a higher risk of gaining weight rapidly during early childhood, a study found.
Driver in crash that killed 4 Pepperdine University seniors charged with murder
Fraser Michael Bohm, the driver accused of killing four Pepperdine University students, in a crash, has been re-arrested, this time on four counts of murder.
FDA says it is looking into the death of a college student who drank Panera Bread's Charged Lemonade
The Food and Drug Administration is looking into University of Pennsylvania college student Sarah Katz’s death after drinking a Panera Charged Lemonade.