California Governor Gavin Newsom has officially declined to provide financial assistance to the city of Los Angeles, which faces a staggering $1 billion deficit, citing the state’s own $12 billion budget shortfall. Despite repeated pleas from L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, Newsom’s latest budget proposal offers no relief.
A Mexican navy sailing vessel collided with the iconic Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night, killing two crew members and injuring at least 20 others in a chaotic scene that stunned onlookers and prompted emergency rescues. The Cuauhtemoc, a 297-foot-long training ship with 277 people aboard, was on a global goodwill tour when it struck the bridge, snapping its masts and leaving sailors dangling from broken rigging.
A 30-year-old Georgia woman, Adriana Smith, declared brain dead in February 2025, remains on life support as doctors aim to sustain her pregnancy until the fetus reaches viability.
A deadly explosion rocked downtown Palm Springs, California, on Saturday, after a bomb detonated outside a fertility clinic in what the FBI has officially classified as a terrorist attack. One person was killed and four others injured in the blast, which destroyed part of the American Reproductive Centers building and damaged nearby structures.
History’s first American pope, Leo XIV, will formally begin his papacy on Sunday in a ceremony at St. Peter’s Basilica filled with deep Catholic tradition, global symbolism, and high-level diplomatic presence. Nearly 150 official delegations are expected, with an estimated 250,000 attendees crowding into St. Peter’s Square for the inaugural Mass.
President Donald Trump sharply criticized Walmart on Saturday, demanding the retail giant absorb the costs of his administration's tariffs instead of passing them on to consumers.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced plans to remove concentrated ingestible fluoride prescription drug products for children from the market, citing potential health risks.
The South’s largest remaining pre-Civil War plantation mansion, Nottoway Plantation in White Castle, Louisiana, burned to the ground Thursday — and the response on social media revealed a stark cultural divide. While local officials and historians mourned the loss of a vital piece of American history, left-wing activists online openly celebrated the destruction.
