Out of the 50 most dangerous cities in the world, an incredible 43 of them are located in Central or South America, according to a study released by Mexico’s Citizens’ Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice.
By the end of 2016, Politico will be bereft of three of its guiding lights. Jim VandeHei, the co-founder and CEO; Mike Allen, author of Politico Playbook; and Kim Kingsley, Politico’s COO, will all have left for greener pastures. Chief
Transit ridership in Los Angeles County has declined precipitously in the last ten years, despite efforts by local transportation agencies that cost millions of dollars, the Los Angeles Times reports.
California Congresswoman and U.S. Senate candidate Loretta Sanchez is doubling down on her statement in December that as much as 20% of the world’s Muslims want to form an Islamic caliphate and would condone terror to achieve that goal.
On Wednesday, California Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a ballot initiative for November that would allow prison inmates convicted of nonviolent offenses to accumulate credits that would enable them to be eligible for early release.
Washington D.C. may be hard up for money, so they’re grateful for the blizzard that struck the city. Since last Friday, according to NBC Washington, the district has issued $1,078,000 worth of parking tickets and $65,600 in fines.
On Tuesday, members of the Iowa football team endorsed Donald Trump at a rally at the University of Iowa.
Almond growers in California worry that the recent drop in almond prices may be a harbinger of things to come.
Heavy El Niño rain, which catalyzes the growth of poisonous mushrooms, has caused the death of pets that consumed the deadly plant.
Severe cold weather in East Asia has led to at least 90 deaths.
According to the Los Angeles Times, some public health experts claim online dating apps may be the cause of Los Angeles County’s ranking as the nation’s leader in sexually transmitted diseases and one of the leaders in rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis.
San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener is facing the wrath of homeless advocates after suggesting last week that people living on the streets in tents should be moved into shelters.
On Monday night, All-Star forward Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers injured his right hand when he repeatedly punched a member of the team’s equipment staff at a restaurant in Toronto. According to ESPN’s Michael Eaves, Griffin, who has
How badly has Washington D.C. been hit by the current snowstorm? According to the Washington Post’s Robert Thompson, reporting on Monday:
Now that Florida State University has settled a federal Title IX lawsuit with a woman who claimed she was raped by then Seminoles star quarterback Jameis Winston in 2012, her attorneys can rejoice. According to FSU, the woman reportedly won $250,000 in the settlement while her lawyers will divvy up $700,000.
Now that attempts by the government to prop up projects attempting “carbon capture and storage” have failed, industries’ penalties for releasing carbon into the atmosphere could be quadrupled in California.
On Sunday, in Sunnyvale, California, roughly two dozen volunteers, including many teenagers, joined the Grateful Garment Project, an organization based in San Jose, California, to stuff survival backpacks for victims of sex trafficking during Super Bowl week.
Actor Kevin Spacey, who plays President Frank Underwood on House of Cards, offered his opinion of the 2016 presidential race while he attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, saying Donald Trump’s campaign reminds him of George Wallace’s independent campaign in 1968.
Jeb Bush ripped into GOP frontrunner Donald Trump at a state Republican Party presidential candidate forum in New Hampshire on Saturday.
California state officials may betray the promise they made to Southern Californians that the projected $68 billion bullet train’s first completed section would run from Burbank to the Central Valley.
On Thursday, Uber started transporting passengers from LAX, cutting into taxi drivers’ opportunities and prompting taxi drivers to slam the ride-sharing company for lax security procedures.
Washington, D.C. has proven once again that its city government is inept, as evidenced by the massive failure of preparedness dealing with the snow that covered the city on Wednesday.
Sriracha, the famous California red chili pepper sauce, will now be offered in packets, making the sauce more convenient to transport than the bottles in which it had been packaged before.
There’s great news for adventurous male Olympic hopefuls: if they declare themselves women and reduce their testosterone below 10 nmol/L for at least 12 months prior to competition, they can compete against ladies.
The St. Louis Rams may be leaving St. Louis for sunny southern California, but they won’t be leaving their troubles behind them.
Just this week, companies across the American landscape announced they were slashing hundreds jobs, one company is even moving those jobs to Mexico.
On Tuesday, members of Friends of San Onofre Beach, a nudist group, attended a Huntington Beach City Council meeting to protest the city manager’s decision to prohibit their use of the Huntington Beach Gym and Pool for nude bathing.
On Wednesday, Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) attacked rival California Attorney General Kamala Harris as bluntly as possible, telling a candidate forum hosted by the Latino Journal: “I think we need a Latina in the U.S. Senate.”
In a move certain to infuriate the left, Breitbart Tech Editor Milo Yiannopoulos has created the Yiannopoulos Privilege Grant, “a scholarship exclusively available to white men who wish to pursue their post-secondary education on equal footing with their female, queer and ethnic minority classmates.”
U.S. News has spoken: The best country in the world is — Germany.
On Tuesday, Josh Innes of Philadelphia’s 94.1 WIP, whose salacious and vulgar repartee has dumbed down the average verbiage of the city’s talk shows, reached a new nadir, calling Eagles center Jason Kelce, who is white, a “house Negro” for arriving early to a press conference introducing new head coach Doug Pederson.
A University of San Diego project that targets Latino men for being overweight by sending them texts telling them to exercise was approved by the National Institutes of Health and has already spent $406,875, the Washington Free Beacon notes.
On Monday night, Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx made a split-second decision that saved a man from being burned alive in the car he had crashed.
As Barack Obama starts his last year in office, the terrible financial position of young Americans under the Obama Administration was delineated in a new report from Young America’s Foundation.
On Tuesday, a South Carolina state representative who attempted to keep the Confederate flag flying outside the statehouse, and was investigated by the Post and Courier for his spending habits, introduced a bill designed to create a registry for journalists.
California ranks second in the nation among states where its citizens are forced to live paycheck-to-paycheck, according to GoBankingRates.com.
He may be barred from the National Baseball Hall of Fame, but Pete Rose has found his place right at home. The Cincinnati Reds will induct him into its Hall of Fame on the June 24-26 weekend.
Fresno police arrested an “aggressive panhandler” in West Fresno, and found he was quite successful at his job: he had $1,800 on his person.
Last Wednesday, Elton John interrupted his performance at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles in order to pay tribute to the late David Bowie, acknowledging Bowie’s aid in launching John’s career.
Potential terrorists in San Francisco can rejoice: because of a 2012 San Francisco ordinance, the FBI has to ask permission from the city’s police department if it wants to question possible terrorists.
