LOS ANGELES—A shooter stood over a 16-year-old mother clutching her 10-month-old baby and shot and killed them in a brazen attack in a central California farming community that left six dead, a sheriff said Jan. 17. Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said the teenager was fleeing the violence early Jan. 16 when the killers caught…

Commentary California Gov. Gavin Newsom is refusing to address the hydrocarbon elephant in the room, namely that the end of oil would be the end of civilization, as the products manufactured from crude oil played a major role in allowing the world population to grow from one billion to eight billion people in the past…

OCEANSIDE, Calif.—Investigators sought Jan. 18 to determine what caused a solo SUV crash in Oceanside that killed a woman and a child and injured four other underage passengers, two critically. The vehicle was traveling south on Douglas Drive at high speed when the driver lost control of it near Pala Road about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday,…

The accused shooter behind the 2019 massacre at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart will not face death penalty in the federal case, a court filing suggests. In a court document filed Tuesday at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in El Paso, federal prosecutors said they “will not seek the death…

The first official act in office from Alabama’s recently elected Secretary of State Wes Allen, a Republican,  was to remove the state from a voter registration data-sharing group. Allen, who was sworn in as the state’s 54th secretary of state on Monday, made the promise to voters to withdraw from the Electronic Registration Information Center…

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday that he had requested Republican state legislators to introduce a new bill to “require Virginia schools to inform students and their parents about National Merit Scholarships and other awards.” “We now know that at least 16 schools across three different school divisions in Northern Virginia withheld notification of accolades…

Family Brunch Cooking Class Spend some quality time with your kids while cooking and dining on a delicious homemade breakfast, all under the instruction of a professional chef. This weekend, the guests will be cooking blueberry muffins, vegetable frittatas, parmesan bacon potatoes, and fruit parfaits. Tickets are priced for pairs, and guests must arrive 10…

The Supreme Court turned away a firearms dealers’ emergency request on Jan. 18 to halt a months-old New York law that imposed new restrictions on gun purchases and dealers that the dealers say adversely affected sales and violated their rights. The ruling comes as challenges to gun laws across the nation have escalated since the…

A former Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney who worked in its sex crimes unit is warning early releases of pedophiles from California prisons—due to a series of recent progressive laws—will lead to more children being victimized and harmed, in part because such criminals are rarely rehabilitated. Samuel Dordulian, who now heads the Dordulian Law…

Another power substation in North Carolina was damaged due to alleged gunfire—the third such incident in recent weeks—officials confirmed on Tuesday. EnergyUnited said that officials discovered an “equipment issue” at the Pleasant Hill Substation in Thomasville on Tuesday morning. Thomasville is located about one hour from Moore County, where two other substations were damaged. When crew…