One of California’s worst oil spills occurred off the Santa Barbara coast in 2015, when a corroded pipeline burst.

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst is not seeking reelection next year.

An Iowa Democratic state lawmaker is bowing out of the 2026 U.S. Senate primary race and endorsing a colleague as the “best hope” to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst.

A jury has ordered 17 white nationalist leaders and organizations to pay $26 million in damages over violence that erupted during the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.

A Tennessee state senator and a Nashville social club owner have been indicted on charges they illegally concealed the movement of $91,000 during the Republican lawmaker’s 2016 failed congressional campaign.

Florissant Police Chief Tim Fagan has asked St. Louis County police and the FBI to investigate. – O'A white suburban St. Louis police detective who was captured on video apparently hitting a black suspect with a police SUV then kicking and punching the man was charged Wednesday with two counts of assault and armed criminal action. The St. Louis region has been the site of dozens of protests since Floyd’s May 25 death. The arrest happened a day after four St. Louis police officers were shot and a retired St. Louis police captain was fatally shot during a violent night in the city. An officer gets out of the SUV and appears to kick and hit the man on the ground as the man yells out, “OK!