JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer
The Golden Globes are famously unpredictable, but a few sure things seem to be in store for Sunday's awards: Streaming services will play a starring role; five-time host Ricky Gervais will snicker at his own jokes; and Brad Pitt is all but assured of taking home an award.
Plenty of question marks remain for the 77th...
ADAM BEAM
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — In a state burdened by billions of dollars in wildfire damage, California lawmakers are hoping for an advance loan before the next climate-fueled catastrophe hits.
Lawmakers in the Democratic-dominated state Legislature return to work Monday for the second year of a two-year session. Their to-do list includes a $4.2 billion climate bond, an ambitious...
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and California Rep. Ro Khanna have introduced a bill to block funding for military force against Iran without congressional authorization.
The lawmakers made their proposal in the wake of a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport that killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's Quds Force. Sanders, an independent, and Khanna, a Democrat,...
ROBERT BURNS
AP National Security Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday the U.S. strategy in countering Iran is to target the country's "actual decision-makers" rather than to focus on Iranian proxy forces in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East.
Pompeo was explaining U.S. strategy in the aftermath of the U.S. drone strike that killed Iran's...
ABDI GULED, TOM ODULA and CARA ANNA
Associated Press
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Al-Shabab extremists overran a key military base used by U.S. counterterror forces in Kenya before dawn Sunday, killing three American Department of Defense personnel and destroying several U.S. aircraft and vehicles before they were repelled, U.S. and Kenyan authorities said.
The attack on the Manda Bay Airfield was...
AYA BATRAWY
Associated Press
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's ancient and rich cultural landscape has become a potential U.S. military target as Washington and Tehran lob threats and take high-stakes steps toward a possible open conflict.
President Donald Trump tweeted Saturday evening that if Iran attacks any American assets to avenge the killing of a top Iranian general, the...
NASSER KARIMI, JON GAMBRELL and ZEINA KARAM
Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state television reported that the country will no longer abide by any of the limits of its 2015 nuclear deal.
The announcement came Sunday night after another Iranian official said it would consider taking even-harsher steps over the U.S. killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Friday...
AGUANGA - Authorities on Saturday publicly identified the man suspected of taking off on foot after he allegedly caused a fatal crash in Aguanga early Friday, and said they believe the man is planning to flee the country.Antone Wayne Bayard, 23, of Anza, is likely in the Temecula/San Diego area, according to the California Highway Patrol. Officers suspect he...
MATTHEW DALY
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate seems certain to keep President Donald Trump in office thanks to the overwhelming GOP support expected in his impeachment trial. But how that trial will proceed — and when it will begin — remains to be seen.
Democrats are pushing for the Senate to issue subpoenas for witnesses and documents, pointing to...
MICHAEL R. BLOOD
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Democratic Party announced Friday that it reached settlements in a trio of lawsuits that alleged its former chair engaged in a pattern of misconduct, discrimination and unwanted sexual advances.
The settlements with several former party staffers and a Democratic activist closed a chapter in an embarrassing scandal for state Democrats...