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A Massachusetts fugitive who gained notoriety as the “Bad Breath Rapist,” was apprehended by U.S. Marshals and other law enforcement officials in California on Tuesday, after nearly 17 years on the run. Marshals announced on Tuesday that the agency’s Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force (PSWRFTF) in Northern California and the Massachusetts Fugitive Task Force arrested Tuen Kit Lee, 55, …

Despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s reversal on cutting public school funding and reaching an agreement with the nation’s most influential teachers union, the union will continue airing an attack ad against him until the deal is passed in the legislature. The California Teacher’s Association (CTA), the state’s powerful progressive teachers union, launched an ad against the liberal governor last week after …

At least five people were shot Monday night in a mass shooting in Sacramento, California, according to police. Sacramento Police responded to the area of Coral Gables Court and Meadowview Road in South Sacramento at around 8:18 p.m. to a report of a shooting, according to Fox 40. Multiple people, including a minor, were shot, police said. BLM CO-FOUNDER LOSES …

Earlier in May, two starkly different fiscal news items highlighted the divergent paths taken by North Carolina and California. While North Carolina celebrated news of projected revenue surpluses in 2024 and 2025, California is grappling with a $44.9 billion budget deficit. How did these two states end up in wildly different places? The contrast is emblematic of the philosophies governing …

California lawmakers have voted to do away with reusable plastic bags after the elimination of single-use plastic bags failed to reduce plastic pollution. “California’s original ban on plastic bags hasn’t worked out as planned, and sadly, the state’s plastic bag waste has increased dramatically since it went into effect,” said Sen. Catherine Blakespear, the bill’s author, in a statement. “California …

The U.S. Air Force released new pictures of its B-21 Raider, a nuclear-armed stealth bomber currently going through testing. The new photos show the B-21 conducting tests, including flight tests and taxiing, as well as a rarely seen full-frontal view of the new aircraft stored under a hangar at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The aircraft, which is set to …

A California surfer recently survived a harrowing encounter with a shark who was displaying “aggressive behavior,” officials said. The Sunday encounter in the vicinity of T-Street Beach in San Clemente, California prompted the city to close the beach “due to confirmed aggressive shark behavior.” “The beaches will remain open, but water access will remain closed until 8 p.m. Monday, pending …

Americans from sea to shining sea feast on juicy beef burgers dripping with Wisconsin cheddar followed by apple pie or peach cobbler at sun-splashed cookouts each summer. The more ambitious among us will fuel up for 4th of July road races on Wheaties and fresh-squeezed Florida orange juice. Every item on that all-American menu has one thing in common. AMERICAN …

A California man who randomly punched two elderly victims in separate incidents and posed for a casual photo after one of the attacks was arrested on Saturday, authorities said. Nicholas Hostetler, 25, was identified in connection to the two attacks on elderly men in Campbell this month, the Campbell Police Department said. In the first incident on May 4, Hostetler …

LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. – A businessman who says sitting on the sidelines isn’t his style is aiming to flip one of California’s battleground House districts away from Democrats as crime and immigration take center stage across the Golden State. Republican Matt Gunderson, who built multiple auto dealerships from the ground up and serves as chairman of a local hospital foundation …