Gov. Gavin Newsom chooses Laphonza Butler to fill Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has chosen Laphonza Butler, the president of EMILY’s List, to fill the seat of the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the governor’s office confirmed to NBC…

5 in Illinois highway crash died from exposure to toxic payload, coroner says

Five people who died in an Illinois highway crash succumbed to exposure to a tanker truck’s payload, anhydrous ammonia, a toxic chemical used in fertilizer, a coroner said on Sunday.…

Taylor Swift expected to attend ‘Sunday Night Football’ game at Metlife

The QB face off that could have been Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Rodgers have a word prior to Sunday’s game. Elsa / Getty Images From late last week: Colin…

Rep. Dean Phillips exits House Democratic leadership after urging a challenge to Biden

U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips is stepping down from his House Democratic leadership position, an exit driven by his unsuccessful call for a viable party challenger in the 2024 presidential election.…

MAGA Republicans will try and thwart the next funding deal

President Joe Biden has warned that conservative rebels “will be back again” to try thwart the next funding deal after Congress voted to pass a stop-gap bill to keep the…

Advocates laud the late Dianne Feinstein as an evolving LGBTQ ally

Dianne Feinstein once stood at the center of a pivotal moment in LGBTQ+ history. Decades later, in death, she’s being lauded by LGBTQ+ leaders as a longtime ally who, if…

Congressional Black Caucus urges Gavin Newsom to appoint Barbara Lee to Feinstein’s seat

WASHINGTON — The Congressional Black Caucus on Sunday urged California Gov. Gavin Newsom to appoint Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., to the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. “She is…

Tim Wakefield, who revived his career and Red Sox trophy case with knuckleball, has died at 57

BOSTON (AP) — Tim Wakefield, the knuckleballing workhorse of the Red Sox pitching staff who bounced back after giving up a season-ending home run to the Yankees in the 2003…

Connecticut enacts its most sweeping gun control law since the Sandy Hook shooting

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s most wide-ranging gun control measure since the 2013 law enacted after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting takes effect Sunday, with proponents vowing to pursue more gun legislation…

Chipotle sued after former Muslim employee alleges manager ripped off her hijab at Kansas location

Chipotle has been sued for religious harassment by a federal agency on behalf of a former Muslim employee who alleges an assistant manager ripped off her hijab at a Kansas…