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After heated debate, California updates key climate limit. Critics say it's a retreat

The updated cap-and-invest program determines how aggressively the state will curb planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions and how billions of dollars in revenue will flow.

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Worker with L.A. anti-violence group was active member of 18th Street gang, feds allege

Federal authorities in Los Angeles said a gang interventionist in MacArthur Park was arrested on suspicion of illegal possession of body armor by a convicted felon and alleged he was still an active member of his old crew.

Union invokes California's landmark environmental law to challenge Newsom's return-to-office mandate

A union representing California legal workers employed by the state invoked CEQA, the state's landmark yet oft-criticized environmental law to challenge a return-to-office mandate.

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WATCH: Texas roller coaster riders rescued after getting stuck for hours 100 feet in air

Eight students dangling nearly 100 feet in the air after a roller coaster in Galveston, Texas, malfunctioned and became stuck were rescued. The operation took hours, but everyone is OK.

Baby crocodile smuggler from Oxnard headed to federal prison

Jose Manuel Perez trafficked reptiles worth more than $739,000 into the U.S. from Mexico and Hong Kong, using social media to make deals, according to federal officials.