From France to Iceland to the United States, April Fools’ Day is celebrated with practical jokes and elaborate hoaxes.

California lawmakers have rejected two bills aimed at keeping trans kids and teens off sports teams consistent with their gender identity.

Scientists have developed a device that can translate thoughts about speech into spoken words in real time.

Prosecutors in California say San Bernardino County deputies involved in a shootout that killed a teenage girl and her fugitive father will not face any criminal charges.

The Trump administration says it has opened investigations into the admissions policies at Stanford University and three campuses within the University of California system, including UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Irvine.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is set to launch 27 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Wednesday.

The deadline to file your taxes is less than a month away, and if you’re doing them for the first time, you might be feeling added pressure.

President Donald Trump will deliver remarks Monday afternoon with Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry.

City of Jacksonville officials and community leaders will commemorate Women’s History Month at City Hall on Thursday morning.

Escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and Europe are being closely watched in California’s already struggling iconic wine industry.

California faces a $6.2 billion budget gap in the state's Medicaid services.

A pet food company has recalled one lot of its raw chicken pet food after it was linked to bird flu infections detected in two cats and suspected in a third in New York City.

States with aggressive climate goals like Oregon are facing a conundrum.

Iga Swiatek has offered a revealing look at her emotional state in recent months and discussed online criticism she received for nearly hitting a ball boy during a match last week.

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing a backlash from members of his own party after a series of podcasts that featured Steve Bannon and other supporters of President Donald Trump.

A fire at a nightclub in the town of Kocani in North Macedonia has killed 59 people and injured more than 150 others, according to authorities.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will hold a news conference Friday morning in Palmetto.

A new study finds that atmospheric rivers — the heavy rain and wind events most known for dousing California and other parts of the West — have been getting bigger, wetter and more frequent in the past 45 years as the world warms.

NASA's newest space telescope has blasted off to map the entire sky like never before.

California’s almond growers are used to dealing with the swings of volatile weather and water supply.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers urge the Trump administration to scrap plans to kill more than 450,000 invasive barred owls in West Coast forests in coming decades.

De’Aaron Fox spent much of his time in Sacramento as the fan favorite and face of the Kings franchise that ended a record-long playoff drought and brought much-needed joy to what had been a downtrodden team.

The U.S. military's classified mini space shuttle has returned to Earth after circling the world for 434 days.

For 47 million American households, cooking means a gas stove.

Betsy Arakawa, a concert pianist and co-founder of a home furnishing business, was found dead Wednesday in her Santa Fe, New Mexico, home along with actor-husband Gene Hackman and their dog, according to authorities.

Attorneys for Lyle and Erik Menendez say California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered the state parole board to investigate whether the brothers would pose a risk to the public if they are released after nearly three decades in prison for the 1989 killing of their parents.

A judge has given final approval to a legal settlement that subjects the federal Bureau of Prisons to independent monitoring and increased transparency in the wake of rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse at a now-shuttered federal women’s prison in California.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked Congress to approve nearly $40 billion in aid to help the Los Angeles area recover from January’s devastating wildfires.

The Glynn County Sheriff’s Office said U.S. ICE officers made arrests in Glynn County of people unlawfully present in the United States Saturday morning.

Yosemite National Park employees who recently were fired by the U.S. government worry cuts will affect the experience of visitors and the welfare of wildlife that thrive in the popular vacation destination located in California’s Sierra Nevada.

Sean Baker’s “Anora” won best film, best director and best actor for Mikey Madison at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday in what could be a preview of next Sunday’s Oscars.

Dudzinski “Zink” Poole and 16 co-conspirators were sentenced to federal prison terms ranging from six years, up to life, in a multi-state drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy, the US Attorney’s Office announced Friday.

The apparent leader of a cultlike group known as the Zizians has been arrested in Maryland along with another member of the group.

Record high egg prices prompted Nevada lawmakers to unanimously back suspending their cage-free egg law, but the six other states with similar laws in effect have shown no sign of dropping them even if it might help lower grocery bills.

Republicans are trying to exclude people who are in the U.S. illegally from the numbers used to portion out congressional seats among the states.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has announced legal action against New York officials over a 2019 state law allowing immigrants to obtain state-issued driver’s license regardless of legal status.

A California farm is donating hundreds of thousands of fresh eggs to people affected by last month’s devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles Area.

Egg prices have reached a record high in the U.S. The consumer price index released on Wednesday confirmed what consumers, bakers and food companies already knew: an ongoing bird flu outbreak that began in 2022 are making eggs terribly expensive right now.

Heavy snow and freezing rain from Kentucky to the nation's capital caused hundreds of crashes and left tens of thousands of residents in the dark.

Notre Dame has moved up to No. 2 in the Associated Press women’s basketball Top 25 for its best ranking since 2019.

Did a wide-open Oscar race just get a frontrunner.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will order state officials to advance implementation of a state rule aiming to make homes more fire resistant during wind-driven wildfire after years of delay.

A federal scientific publication has returned from a forced two-week hiatus with two papers examining the health effects of wildfires in Hawaii and California.

Governor Ron DeSantis will deliver remarks Thursday at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa.

A California utility says its equipment may have sparked a small wildfire in Los Angeles that broke out the same day as two massive blazes in the area killed at least 29 people and destroyed thousands of homes.

Music mogul Clive Davis has held his annual, star-studded pre-Grammys gala at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

As crews work to clean up from the Los Angeles wildfires, city officials and residents are opposing the designation of a federally owned park to process hazardous waste.

Sepp Straka beat most of the weather and shot another 65 to build a three-shot lead in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Fresh off the release of a new album called “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” The Weeknd has announced a massive North American stadium tour.

Meta Platforms Inc. posted sharply higher profit and revenue for its fourth quarter on Wednesday, thanks to higher ad revenue on its social media properties.

A sleek white aircraft has become the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier.

A miles-long cluster of dolphins was filmed leaping, gliding and cavorting their way across Carmel Bay on the central coast of California.

With so many styles of yoga out there, which one is right for you.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit.

President Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of responding to disasters in California and North Carolina.

Ex-San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield will remain in California state prison for now after a judge declined to make a bail ruling.

Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s.

Apple is suspending an error-prone feature that used artificial intelligence to deliver bogus news alerts to some iPhone owners.

Easton Schirra has turned California’s tragedy into hope by spearheading a fundraising effort to support displaced families and animals and raise money to help get supplies to those in need.

California is years behind in implementing a 2020 law aiming to make it harder for homes to burn during a wildfire.

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Townsend Bell waited the entire offseason to learn if Fox Sports wanted him as an analyst for its inaugural season of IndyCar coverage.

Firefighters from across the North American continent have converged onto Los Angeles to fight the wildfires.

An American accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said “So I raped you” has been extradited from France to the United States.

As fire crews continue their efforts to battle the California wildfires, officials with the Northeast Florida chapter of the American Red Cross say the disaster is shining a light on the ongoing need for volunteers.

As we keep an eye on dangerous California winds and watch as firefighters battle the blaze, many have wondered—can ocean water be used to help battle the blaze?

A billionaire couple was accused of withholding water that could help stop Los Angeles’ massive wildfires.

The NBA has rescheduled two games postponed due to catastrophic wildfires in Southern California.

The National Weather Service's warning about the “particularly dangerous situation” in which any new fire could explode in size in the Los Angeles area didn’t mention fire tornadoes.

California has withdrawn requests for the EPA to give the state authority to enforce rules limiting emissions from diesel-powered trains and big rigs.

President Joe Biden is set to deliver remarks celebrating his administration’s historic conservation legacy and sign proclamations to establish the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument in California.

When Lucy Walker debuted her harrowing documentary about California wildfires, “Bring Your Own Brigade,” at Sundance in 2021, it was during peak COVID.

A driver died early Tuesday morning on Highway Avenue in the Edgewood area of Jacksonville, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

News4JAX is sharing the story of how he helped save his girlfriend’s home, which started out like so many others: Frantically.

The Oscar nominations are being pushed back almost a week from their original date amid the ongoing California wildfires.

Reports are circulating that former WWE star Melina Perez has been unreachable amidst the California wildfires.

Firefighters scrambled to make further progress against wildfires that have killed at least 24 people in the Los Angeles area as forecasters again warned of dangerous weather with the return of strong winds this week.

Joining companies such as John Deere and Walmart, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms Inc. is getting rid of its diversity, equity and inclusion program, a company spokesperson confirmed on Friday.

The high school where Brian De Palma brought Stephen King’s “Carrie” to life, Will Rogers’ ranch house and a motel owned by William Randolph Hearst are among some of the famous structures that were damaged or destroyed by the California Fires.

Some Los Angeles fire hydrants ran dry in recent days as demand soared for water to quell fast-moving wildfires.

Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday said the state of Florida has offered help to assist the people of California in responding to deadly wildfires that have prompted mandatory evacuations of more than 80,000 people.

This is why the country is seeing such drastically different weather patterns.

Schools around the country are reviewing what to do if immigration agents come knocking as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office after campaigning on a pledge to deport millions of people.

CBS is the place to watch the Golden Globes this year.

A driver heading north on Blackrock Road hit a bicyclist riding in the same direction near the fog line. The crash happened when the front right of the vehicle collided with the back of the bike.

Nicole Kidman has given a long-awaited dedication to her late mother at the Palm Springs Film Festival's 36th annual International Film Awards.

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of turning its virtual assistant Siri into a snoop that eavesdropped on the users of iPhones and other trendy devices in a betrayal to its long-standing commitment to personal privacy.

Police in Southern California say two people are dead after a small plane crashed through the roof of a sprawling furniture manufacturing building.

A new bill under consideration in Florida could change how residents insure their homes against hurricanes.

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices.

At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number.

Athletics president Dave Kaval will resign from the organization after being the public face of the organization’s planned move from Oakland to Las Vegas.

New laws taking effect with the new year will affect Hollywood actors, social media stars and chatty motorists.

Americans still dreaming of a really big Christmas present can keep that dream alive during Friday’s Mega Millions drawing for a jackpot worth an estimated $1.15 billion.

Persistent high surf and flooding threats along California's coast have residents on high alert a day after a major storm was blamed for one man's death and the partial collapse of a pier.

A major storm has pounded California’s central coast bringing flooding and high surf that was blamed for fatally trapping a man beneath debris on a beach and later partially collapsing a pier, tossing three people into the Pacific Ocean.

Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow might be enough to brighten some homes this holiday season.

Police say the shooter who killed a student and teacher at a religious school in Wisconsin this week brought two guns to the school.

The Environmental Protection Agency has granted two requests from California to enforce strict standards for vehicle emissions, including a rule aimed at banning sales of new gasoline-powered cars in the state by 2035.

The U.S. government will pay nearly $116 million to resolve lawsuits brought by more than 100 women who say they were abused or mistreated at a now-shuttered federal prison in California that was known as the “rape club” because of rampant staff-on-inmate sexual misconduct.