The latest poll in California’s governor race at press time Friday showed Democratic former U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra maintaining his lead and a tightening contest for second place between ...

Assemblymember James Ramos has a persistent memory from his childhood in San Bernardino County. A teacher at his elementary school played a drum song and asked students to stand up if they were Native ...

I woke feeling pretty punk on the day I was to have a breathing test in Ukiah. Fortunately, Mabel stepped up and drove me to my appointment. “It’s a good day to have your breathing tested,” she said, ...

The head of the World Health Organization has arrived in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, to support efforts against an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola virus, where he called on the international health ...

A pregnant woman from Ghana who entered the U.S. on a valid visa with her four-year-old son so he could receive medical care has been held for more than a week in a windowless detention room at a ...

President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday moved to give political appointees more power over the billions of dollars in grants awarded by federal agencies, a move scientists say puts critical ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers passed a new congressional map Friday designed to help Republicans pick up a seat while eliminating one of the state’s two majority-Black House districts, ...

As San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has campaigned for governor the last 3½ months on a platform of results and accountability, the mayor has missed more than a third of City Council meetings, a Bay Area ...

Rescuers are trying to reach four climbers who fell on Alaska’s Mount McKinley, North America’s tallest peak, the National ...

State election officials are urging voters to return or mail ballots as soon as possible ahead of June’s primary election, ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Black death row inmate from Mississippi who claims there was racial bias in the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Uncertainty swirled Friday around what the U.S. called a tentative deal to extend the ceasefire in its war with Iran. It wasn’t clear whether U.S. President Donald Trump supports it, ...