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An American university student is free following a week long detention in China for allegedly injuring a taxi driver who was roughing up his mother during a fare dispute, in a case that drew objections over the student's treatment from U.S. lawmakers.
Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci pledged to begin "an era of a new good feeling" and said he hopes to "create a more positive mojo." He also promised to crack down on information leaks and pledged to better focus the message coming from the White House.
The Senate will move forward with a key vote this week on a Republican health bill but it's not yet known whether the legislation will seek to replace President Barack Obama's health care law or simply repeal it, the third-highest ranking Republican senator said Sunday.
Five teens had to be taken to the hospital Sunday afternoon after an incident involving a flash explosion at Folsom Lake.
At least nine people died after being crammed into a sweltering tractor-trailer found parked outside a Walmart in the midsummer Texas heat, victims of what authorities said on Sunday was an immigrant-smuggling attempt gone wrong.
When O.J. Simpson told a Nevada parole board last week that he's led a "conflict-free life," he seemed to overlook a few episodes that had him cycling in and out of courtrooms and jail cells for nearly 20 years before the Las Vegas hotel-room heist that sent him to prison in 2008.
Former California state Sen. Dave Cogdill has died after battling pancreatic cancer. Cogdill's family said the Central Valley Republican died at his home in Manteca Sunday morning. He was 66. Cogdill served three terms in the state Assembly and was the Senate Republican leader during the state's fiscal crisis in 2009.
The aggressive wildfire sweeping through the Sierra Nevada foothills covered with dense brush and dead trees has destroyed 60 homes and 64 other buildings. It spared Mariposa, a historic Gold Rush-era town but burned homes nearby.
Twenty-two-year-old Spencer Fry is finally home in Citrus Heights after a thirteen-day stint in the hospital with one of the ten most deadly viruses in the world.
Authorities say the pilot of a small-engine plane has died following a crash just outside the Apple Valley Airport in the Southern California desert. The FAA says the fixed-wing aircraft went down Saturday afternoon.
For the first time, northbound lanes of the Golden Gate Bridge will be closed during the San Francisco Marathon because of terrorism concerns. The Marin Independent Journal reports (http://bayareane.ws/2uM4NMo) bridge operators decided to keep motorists out of those lanes between 6 to 9 a.m. Sunday after several terrorist attacks elsewhere occurred where drivers intentionally plowed into pedestrians.
Actress Evan Rachel Wood says "Westworld" changed her life. She says the series about a futuristic park manned by robot hosts where humans can live out their fantasies has inspired existential questions about her own life. She also says the powerful character she plays has empowered her off-screen as well.
A man who was denied a $5 million lottery jackpot because his teenage son bought the ticket is suing the California Lottery Commission.
A lawsuit filed Thursday alleges Democrats violated the California constitution when they changed the state's recall election process.
Next on Brown's list is a pledge to tackle the affordable housing crisis when lawmakers return in August.
