Homicides in big US cities down more than 10 percent in 2023
By Eric Levenson and Mark Morales | CNN After three years of distressingly high levels, homicides in the US declined significantly across the board in 2023 – even as the …
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House GOP readies for border clashes with Senate, Mayorkas
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Republicans used a border trip Wednesday to signal a more aggressive approach on border and migration policy, setting the tone for a January legislative …
Documents show Epstein’s influence among the powerful
By Larry Neumeister | Associated Press NEW YORK — Newly released court documents describing Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of teenage girls provide a reminder of how the financier leveraged connections …
Trans candidate kicked off ballot for not using ‘dead name’
By Morgan Trau | WEWS via CNN COLUMBUS, Ohio — A transgender candidate for the Ohio House has been disqualified because she only circulated petitions with her legal name, instead …
Multiple victims in Iowa school shooting; suspect dead
By Nicholas Riccardi and Hannah Fingerhut | Associated Press PERRY, Iowa — Multiple people were shot inside a small-town Iowa high school early Thursday as students prepared to start their …
The 7 California districts that will get a new House member
On the March 2024 primary ballot, seven of California’s 52 congressional districts won’t have an incumbent in the running. The map above highlights those districts in darker colors — six …
Gov. Newsom urges California voters to support Proposition 1
Gov. Gavin Newsom made a stop Wednesday, Jan. 3, at Los Angeles General Medical Center in Lincoln Heights to encourage constituents to vote yes for Proposition 1, a $6.38 billion …
Is the Middle East in danger of spinning out of control?
There is only so much a single person can do to control the events around them. Joe Biden is learning in real time that one of life’s golden rules also …
More Jeffrey Epstein court documents and names to be released
Jeffrey Epstein attends Launch of RADAR MAGAZINE at Hotel QT on May 18, 2005. Patrick McMullan | Getty Images The lawyer for multiple victims of Jeffrey Epstein says more court …
72-year-old man charged with threatening to kill East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell and his kids
By Mary Kay Mallonee | CNN A Florida man, 72, was arrested Wednesday and charged with threatening to kill Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell and his children in several voicemail messages …