First U.S. detection of virulent H5N9 strain, at a California duck farm, draws scrutiny as evidence of genetic reassortment that could trigger human outbreaks.

The visit came the day after a new ballot initiative asking voters whether the state should become an independent country was cleared by the California Secretary of State's office to begin gathering signatures. Could the Golden State just fly the coop, become its own nation and walk away from 175 years of union with the United States?

Trump lost more than two-thirds of the lawsuits filed against his rules in his first term. His win rate of 31% was lower than that of the three administrations prior, according to an analysis by the Institute of Policy Integrity at the New York University School of Law.

A new bid to place a measure on the ballot that would ask California voters to approve the state's secession from the U.S. has been cleared for signature gathering.

California leaders are disputing a claim from President Donald Trump about the state's water resources.

New Jersey and other states call it unconstitutional. The Trump admininstration says it does not want money going to "Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies."

The San Diego County-based Independent California Institute thinks the Golden State should become an independent nation. Canada would be an appropriate model.

Heightened fears of mass deportations can make undocumented immigrants and their families in the Central Valley vulnerable to unscrupulous people trying to take advantage of their situation. Oftentimes, immigrant rights advocates say, people who fall prey to scammers lose their money and are placed in greater risk of deportation.

The California Department of Water Resources on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump’s claim that the U.S. military “turned on the water” supply in the state. In a statement on X, formerly Twitter,

Calexit is a movement for the largest U.S. state to secede from the union, though the initiative's website offers contradictory definitions.

A California woman has been sentenced to more than 3 years in prison for running a business that helped pregnant Chinese women travel to the United States to deliver babies who automatically became American citizens.