2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (543+ words) The Justice Department sent letters to 29 states and the District of Columbia instructing election officials not to destroy the records. Those are places the Trump administration has sued in a bid to gain access to voter registration information that contains…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (358+ words) sfchronicle.com The nation’s largest alcohol distributor has agreed to pay $12.5 million to resolve a federal investigation into years of alleged bribery and false invoicing tied to wine sales in California supermarkets, federal prosecutors said Thursday The Florida-based company,…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1697+ words) Trump pledged Wednesday during the convention to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections. The dubious promise would likely cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval, and would further…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1362+ words) A former employee at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the nonprofit and nine of its leaders, alleging she was wrongfully terminated in July in retaliation for reporting that she had endured years of sexual harassment…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (500+ words) The laws will penalize large social media companies up to $1 million per child if they are found negligent of harming children through their platforms, ban tech businesses from offering addictive feeds to anyone under 16 and require operators of AI chatbots…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1150+ words) Cecilia Alveraz (in red) speaks with Eliza Reyes, a home visitor from Early Head Start, at her home in Reedley, in Fresno County. Nearly 86,000 of California’s children ages 0 to 3 — more than 5% of the state’s infants and toddlers — are estimated to…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (679+ words) Supervisor Shamann Walton, seen here in 2023, plans to introduce legislation that would place a moratorium on new data center construction in San Francisco. A San Francisco supervisor wants the city to permanently ban new data centers — and is taking the…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (432+ words) The promise comes after Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections and as affordability has become a central issue for voters heading into November. “The relief…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (440+ words) Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel said the agency that regulates television “threatened” the show and that an interview with James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, will not air on television but on YouTube — thus bypassing any…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (695+ words) California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a package of bills to create sweeping internet regulations aimed at protecting kids. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a package of bills to create sweeping internet regulations aimed at protecting kids, including…...