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Los Angeles International Airport, on Jan. 27, 2026. John Fredricks/The Epoch TimesThe Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a Californian woman at Los Angeles International Airport on Oct. 4 on suspicion of acting as an unregistered agent for Beijing and...

WASHINGTON—National attention is turning to elections that will shape the last two years of President Donald Trump’s final term.Republican majorities in both the House and the Senate are at stake in November. Voters will also weigh in on key gubernatorial...

California plans to free up existing state funding for homeless housing that requires residents to be sober, shifting away from a strict “housing first” model and toward recovery and intervention.Assembly Bill 1556, authored by Assemblyman Matt Haney and signed...

APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz.—Marita Benjamin of Arizona remembers conservative commentator Charlie Kirk as the man who inspired her faith in God.She had been going through a difficult period in her life, following Kirk on social media while campaigning for Robert F....

CHOWCHILLA, Calif.—U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson traveled to the small Central Valley city of Chowchilla to campaign for Republican congressional candidate Kevin Lincoln on Sept. 30.Lincoln is running for California’s 13th Congressional District as...

Writing generated by artificial intelligence is becoming a familiar headache for publishers, educators, and other professionals amid widespread calls to protect and prioritize human-authored content.AI writing detectors have stepped up to the challenge; some...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters in Stockton, Calif., on Oct. 22, 2025. Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Sept. 27 that would have added people using autopilot features in their cars after drinking or...

Patrick “Tate” Adamiak savors the peace and quiet of life outside of federal prison. He says that for almost five years, he lived with the constant noise, confusion, and uncertainty of prison while serving a 20-year sentence for violating the National Firearms...

At least several gas stations in the San Francisco Bay Area are pricing diesel at more than $9 a gallon, as an industry analyst says elevated costs reflect local state policies and continued global tensions in the Middle East and between Russia and...

OKEECHOBEE, Fla.—On an 1,800-acre private preserve about 15 miles from Florida’s massive Lake Okeechobee, taxidermist and rancher Ian Hall offers a service some experts say is a critical solution to the explosion of invasive feral hogs across the U.S. mainland:...

Lawmakers worked together to introduce a bill Sept. 24 aimed at bringing film production back to the United States by establishing a 20 percent base tax credit for movies, television, and visual effects projects.The Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment...

GLENDALE, Ariz.—To know another’s pain is to walk a mile in their shoes—but to experience a fraction of what New York City’s first responders endured on Sept. 11, 2001, is to climb more than 2,000 stair steps.On Sept. 11, hundreds of firefighters in full gear,...

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters in Stockton, Calif., on Oct. 22, 2025. Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed bipartisan legislation Sept. 20 to lower the retirement age for law enforcement and firefighters and increase benefits,...

BOULDER CITY, Nev.—At Lake Mead’s Callville Bay Marina, exposed-rock bluffs now rise above the shoreline where the lake once covered the land.A brown-and-white sign marks a vanished 2000 shoreline—and the beginning of a decades-long regional megadrought.Farther...

MURRIETA, Calif.—The Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will fund a much-needed facility to maintain U.S. Border Patrol vehicles in Southern California and inspect impounded vehicles for narcotics.Fleet readiness is “absolutely critical” to...

PHOENIX—Playing pinball was simpler and always fun when Dean Kenyon was growing up. Drop in a quarter, hit the start button, smash the plunger, and watch the steel pinball fly.Kids back then dreamed of being a “pinball wizard,” like the character immortalized...

Now that classroom AI use is restricted in the nation’s two largest districts, schools of all sizes in various states could eventually follow suit.New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Sept. 2 a one-year moratorium on classroom use of generative...

MONTICELLO, N.Y.—Ten new ski trails are being added to Holiday Mountain this season, which will more than double the nine that were open last season at the ski area in the southern Catskills region.Mike Taylor, 58, a lifelong Monticello resident, bought Holiday...