8 h. ago Vance’s motorcade hit by shrapnel during military exercise despite Newsom warning against ‘reckless’ stunt

Newsom has demanded that the Trump administration apologizes for allowing live ordinance to be detonated over an interstate

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15 h. ago California police say shrapnel hits and damages a patrol vehicle during Marine Corps drills

California authorities say metal shrapnel from an exploding artillery shell hit and damaged a state highway patrol vehicle as the Marine Corps fired live rounds over a freeway during exercises observed by Vice President JD Vance

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4 d. ago University of Southern California grad student charged with multiple rapes and drugging women

A University of Southern California graduate student who police say is a serial sexual predator has been charged with drugging and raping multiple women

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8 d. ago Rainbows but also clouds as NC town hosts Pride Fest amid Trump administration's anti

The sound of hymns clashed with drums as thousands gathered for Pride Fest in Wake Forest, North Carolina

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1 week ago Who will run against Trump in 2028? Please step forward now – don’t wait | David Kirp

A leading Democrat, backed by substantial funding, should enter the 2028 presidential race right nowThe Democratic politicians on the national scene, charged with leading the opposition, continue to bring a butterknife to the ongoing gunfight that is US politics under Donald Trump. Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, comes across as a weary grandpa, glasses perched halfway down his nose as he reads his script in sleep-inducing monotone. Quick – who’s the minority leader of the House? You get bonus points if you can identify Hakeem Jeffries. Charismatic he is not.What’s to be done?David Kirp is professor emeritus at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California-Berkeley Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Democrats finally have some leverage in the shutdown fight. They should use it | Robert Reich

The government has effectively been shut down since Trump returned to office, as officials clamp down on work they opposeThe United States government is officially closed.Starting on Wednesday at 12.01am Washington time, the federal government ran out of money.Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Guardian US columnist and his newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com. His new book, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America, is out now Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘No driver, no hands, no clue’: California DUI police left puzzled after pulling Waymo over for illegal U

DUI enforcement officers in San Bruno made the stop on Saturday night after the autonomous vehicle performed the turn right in front of them at a light

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2 w. ago California police stumped after trying to ticket driverless car for illegal U

San Bruno officers pull over Waymo but say a ticket wasn’t issued, as ‘our citation books don’t have a box for “robot”’If a driver makes an illegal U-turn, but no one is behind the wheel, does the car still get a ticket? A police department in California grappled with this existential question last week.During a DUI enforcement operation, officers in San Bruno pulled over a car without anyone behind the wheel after the autonomous vehicle made an illegal U-turn at a light. A post by the San Bruno police department on Saturday shows an officer looking into a Waymo – the leading autonomous ride-hailing vehicle in the San Francisco Bay Area – after stopping the signature white car. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Police officers run into burning home to rescue woman in dramatic bodycam footage

This is the moment police officers in California saved a partially bed-ridden woman from a house fire.

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