Politics

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom granted 10 pardons Friday , including for several people convicted of drug crimes more than 20 years ago and someone facing the possibility of deportation.

BOSTON (AP) — The son of a renowned American painter was convicted Friday of four counts of participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The federal government will put $600 million toward repairing the troubled water system in Mississippi's capital city — a project that the mayor has said could cost billions of dollars.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, first lady Jill Biden, visited Children's National Hospital on the Friday before Christmas to visit with patients and read a story.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it will overhaul packaging labels for the emergency contraceptive pill, Plan B, that women can take after having sex to prevent a pregnancy.

BEIJING (AP) — China has sanctioned two U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook’s corporate parent has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social media platform allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that s

WASHINGTON (AP) — A massive final report released by the House Jan. 6 committee late Thursday places the blame for the 2021 Capitol insurrection on one person: former President Donald Trump.

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has thrown out Republican Abraham Hamadeh’s challenge of election results in his race against Democrat Kris Mayes for Arizona attorney general, concluding that Hamadeh didn’t prove the errors in vote counting that he had allege

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Preempted by holiday programming. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — 75th anniversary special. __ CBS’ “Face the Nation" — Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md. ___ CNN’s “State of the Union” — No program this week.