Authorities made several arrests on Saturday after a dueling protest over transgender rights outside a Los Angeles spa turned violent.
Author: Steven Vargas, USA TODAY
Court overturns FDA ban on electric shock treatment at Massachusetts school
A Massachusetts school can continue using electric shock devices on its students with intellectual disabilities after a court overturned an FDA ban.
Pacific Northwest heat wave shattered temperature records. Is another dangerous weather developing this weekend?
The alarming heat that shattered records in the Pacific Northwest in late June has prompted states to develop plans to adapt to future heat waves.
California police investigate Martin Luther King Jr. statue vandalism as a hate crime
The Long Beach Police Department told USA TODAY that the incident is being investigated as a hate crime. There were no suspects as of Monday night.
There was a $500K reward in alleged road rage shooting of Aiden Leos in California. Will it be paid?
Will someone ever claim the $500K reward in the fatal road rage shooting involving 6-year-old Aiden Leos? Here’s what experts say.
‘Joy he brought into our lives was insurmountable’: Mother eulogizes 6-year-old boy killed in suspected road rage shooting
A Southern California mother eulogized her son Aiden Leos, the 6-year-old boy who was shot and killed in a suspected road rage shooting last month.
‘Pandemic misery’ index finds hardship hit most people; ‘troubling’ report finds teen hospitalizations increasing: Latest COVID-19 updates
An index of “pandemic misery” released this week found that 80% of people involved in the survey experienced hardships in the past year.
Aiden Leos case: Reward grows to $450K in suspected road-rage killing of California boy; suspects’ vehicle identified
The reward for information leading to an arrest in an apparent road rage shooting of a 6-year-old in Southern California has increased to $450K,