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California lawmakers are introducing a new bill that would ban school districts from notifying parents if their child identifies as LGBTQ. The new bill will be added to Assembly Bill 1955 — introduced by Assemblymember Chris Ward, D-San Diego, earlier this year — through a process called “gut-and-amend.” Under the amended bill, called the “Support Academic Futures and Educators for …

The wreck of a U.S. Navy submarine that “sank the most Japanese warships” during World War II has been found in the South China Sea after being missing for nearly 80 years. The USS Harder, which vanished on Aug. 24, 1944, with 79 sailors onboard, has been discovered off Luzon island in the Philippines with the help of data provided …

True crime is booming. Streamers pump out hit true crime documentaries, while cable channels dedicate all their programming to the genre. A legion of podcasters, YouTubers, TikTokers and Vloggers have built audiences of millions. They can do a lot of good, too. Forgotten cases can be rediscovered by citizen journalists, and sluthers committed to finding justice for victims can uncover …

Two people were hurt Thursday night after gunfire erupted at a high school graduation ceremony in Oakland, California. Oakland Police Lt. Robert Trevino said officers responded to Skyline High School around 7:45 p.m. local time after reports of a shooting inside the school while graduation was underway. When officers arrived at the school, two victims — a man and a …

The Philippines will continue to build security alliances and stage joint combat drills in disputed waters to defend its territorial interests, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said Friday, dismissing China’s criticisms of such moves as paranoia. Teodoro bluntly criticized Beijing’s increasingly aggressive actions in the South China Sea, without citing China by name, in a speech before the military’s top brass …

A Nashville woman was arrested in Florida on Tuesday after she allegedly left her dog inside a hot car while she went to the beach. Marie Rutherford, 40, was booked into the Pinellas County Jail on an animal cruelty charge after her dog had to be rescued from a hot car in the Pier 60 parking lot at Clearwater Beach, …

This story is the fifth in a series examining the mass-migration of West Coast residents to Idaho. Read parts one, two, three and four. COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Seth Horst used to avoid telling strangers what he did for a living. “Police officer” felt like a four-letter word in 2020, especially in California. Fast-forward a year and Horst stood with …

Kouri Richins, the Utah mom of three and children’s book author accused of fatally poisoning her husband in 2022, is speaking out publicly for the first time since her husband’s death. Richins, now 35, is charged with attempted murder, aggravated murder and drug possession after she allegedly killed her husband of nine years, Eric Richins, on March 3, 2022 with …

A Mexican national jumped a fence, breaching Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas on Thursday, officials confirmed. Del Rio Border Patrol agents attempted to conduct a traffic stop early Thursday morning on Highway 90 East, when a 17-year-old male ran from the vehicle and breached the base, a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital. …

Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, was back in court Thursday for another pre-trial hearing where his defense pressed the Moscow Police Department detectives about the mishandling of phone records linked to his alibi. Moscow Police Detective Lawrence Mowery testified on Thursday about his role in the investigation, admitting that he did …