STEVE PEOPLES AP
National Political Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Facing intense scrutiny from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies, Hunter Biden announced on Sunday that he will step down from the board of directors of a Chinese-backed private equity firm at the end of the month as part of a pledge not to work on behalf of any...
CATHY BUSSEWITZ
AP Business Writer
When the nation's largest utility warned customers that it would cut power to nearly 2 million people across Northern California, many rushed out to buy portable generators, knowing the investment could help sustain them during blackouts.
Others had the security of knowing they could rely on solar panels and batteries installed in their homes.
But many families...
LEFTERIS PITARAKIS and SARAH EL DEEB
Associated Press
AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) — Hundreds of Islamic State supporters escaped from a holding camp in northern Syria on Sunday amid heavy clashes between invading Turkish-led forces and Kurdish fighters, and President Donald Trump ordered all U.S. troops to withdraw from the north to avoid getting caught in the fighting.
The twin developments reflected the...
HEMET (CNS) - Five adults were arrested on suspicion of providing a minor with alcohol during a sting operation in Hemet, police said Saturday.
Hemet police teamed up with the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control on Friday to conduct a ``Shoulder Tap'' decoy operation, in which minors under the supervision of officers attempt to purchase alcohol from patrons visiting licensed...
COLLEEN LONG
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kevin McAleenan, a career civil servant who became the unlikely point man for President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies, is stepping down as acting Homeland Security secretary after six months on the job.
McAleenan told The Associated Press he was leaving on his own terms — a contrast to other top administration officials pushed...
YURI KAGEYAMA and JAE C. HONG
Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) — A heavy downpour and strong winds pounded Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday as a powerful typhoon forecast to be Japan's worst in six decades made landfall and passed over the capital, where streets, nearby beaches and train stations were long deserted.
Store shelves were bare after people stocked up...
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California will be the first state to ban the sale and manufacture of new fur products and the third to bar most animals from circus performances under a pair of bills signed Saturday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The fur law bars residents from selling or making clothing, shoes or handbags with fur starting in 2023.
Animal rights groups...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Democratic Party has spent more than $800,000 in legal costs tied to three lawsuits alleging discrimination and sexual misconduct by its former chair, Eric Bauman.
The Los Angeles Times reports Saturday that the party has paid $430,000 in attorney fees and $378,348 in legal settlements in the three cases.
Bauman resigned as party chairman last...
CALIMESA (CNS) - The body of a second victim was found at a mobile home park ravaged by a brush fire sparked by a trash truck near Interstate 10 in Calimesa, authorities said Saturday.
The fire also killed a senior citizen, destroyed 76 mobile homes and blackened 832 acres.
Riverside County sheriff's officials said the coroner's office was working to identify...
MARCY GORDON
AP Business Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal agency is moving with little fanfare to revamp one of the most successful whistleblower programs in the government, alarming advocates who warn the changes will set back efforts to police Wall Street and punish corporate fraud.
Much like the whistleblower system for intelligence agencies that triggered the impeachment inquiry of President...