By DAVID RISING, JILL LAWLESS and NICHOLAS RICCARDI
BANGKOK (AP) — Whether on the left or the right, regardless of how long they’ve been in power, sitting governments around the world have been drubbed this year by disgruntled voters in …
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI
The 2024 presidential election featured sky-high turnout, approaching the historic levels of the 2020 contest and contradicting long-held conventional political wisdom that Republicans struggle to win races in which many people vote.
According to Associated Press elections …
By HALELUYA HADERO
About one in five Americans — and a virtually identical share of Republicans and Democrats — regularly get their news from digital influencers who are more likely to be found on the social media platform X, according …
By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. said Sunday that any pushback from the Washington establishment around his father’s unconventional choices for Cabinet proves they are just the kind of disruptors that voters are …
Winter rains have started. Temperatures are dropping. Is California’s fire season over?
It depends where you live, experts say.
Much of the northern part of the state, generally from Interstate 80 to Oregon, has seen multiple storms in recent weeks …
After leading in the early returns, it looks as if Measure CC, which would ban all fireworks in Seaside, is heading for defeat.
Friday's report from the Monterey County Election Department shows almost 54 percent of the over 9,000 votes …
By Nina Heller, CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
WASHINGTON — Despite deep partisan divides on issues like abortion and contraceptive access, lawmakers from both parties appear to have forged a cautious consensus on another women’s issue: menopause.
The agreement became evident earlier …
By MICHELLE L. PRICE
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named Karoline Leavitt, his campaign press secretary, to serve as his White House press secretary.
Leavitt, 27, currently a spokesperson for Trump’s transition, would be …
By AMANDA SEITZ, MATTHEW PERRONE and JONEL ALECCIA
WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist and environmentalist, for years gained a loyal and fierce following with his biting condemnations of how the nation’s public health agencies do …
SALINAS – A project to transform a heavily traversed section of Boronda Road in north Salinas, converting it from a two-lane to a four-lane roadway with four multi-lane roundabouts, began work this week.
Work on phase one of the Boronda …
PEBBLE BEACH – The Stevenson School in Pebble Beach has received $20 million in lead gifts for its new Math, Science and Engineering Center. The center is part of the “Remarkable Stevenson” campaign, aiming to raise $60 million by 2026 …
By FARNOUSH AMIRI
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that he will “strongly request” that the House Ethics Committee not release the results of its investigation into ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz, rebuffing senators who are demanding access now …
By MATTHEW DALY and CHRIS MEGERIAN
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, his choice to head the Interior Department, will also lead a newly created National Energy Council that will seek to …
By TARA COPP, MICHELLE R. SMITH and JASON DEAREN
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” …
MONTEREY – “Our Oceans,” a new docuseries by Netflix, takes a deep dive into what’s just outside our backdoor – the Pacific Ocean.
Earlier this fall, the Monterey Bay Aquarium opened its doors for a private screening for a group …
A new long COVID study could be a “game changer,” according to local researchers who found that an AI tool can identify hidden cases of the mysterious condition from patient health records.
While some diagnostic studies suggest that about 7% …
By LAURA UNGAR, Associated Press Science Writer
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Janet Rapp strode briskly down a paved path through the city zoo, waving at friends and stopping briefly to greet emus she knows by name.
The 71-year-old retiree starts …
President-elect Donald Trump is sending a clear message with his lightning round of political appointments: He knows who his friends are.
From his recent appointment of Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz as attorney general to Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy leading …
Calls are mounting for the U.S. House Ethics Committee to make public a report that could shed more light on sexual misconduct allegations involving Attorney General nominee Matt Gaetz and his ties to disgraced former Seminole County tax collector Joel …
