About 23 million California residents will receive “inflation relief” checks of up to $1,050 after Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a $308 billion state budget that includes the payments. The checks are part of a $17 billion relief package that will also suspend the state’s sales tax on diesel …

[This story previously aired on December 18, 2021.] Prosecutors say Nikki Kuhnhausen, 17, vanished from Vancouver, Washington, in June 2019, just hours after meeting David Bogdanov, then 25, and exchanging messages on Snapchat. Four months later in a meeting with police, Bogdanov told them the last time he had seen …

President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday announced it would develop a policy requiring cigarette makers to reduce nicotine to non-addictive levels — a move that would substantially cut nicotine levels in cigarettes and deal a powerful blow to the tobacco industry. If successful, the new US. standard could save millions …

Stocks rose broadly on Wall Street Tuesday, clawing back some of the ground they lost in their worst weekly drop since the beginning of the pandemic. The S&P 500 rose 90 points, or 2.4%, to close at 3,765. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 2.1%, and the Nasdaq jumped 2.5%.  …

Stocks in the U.S. plunged Monday as investors digested a report last week showing that inflation in May surged at its fastest pace in four decades.  The S&P 500 tumbled 151 points, or nearly 4%, to close at 3,750. The more than 21% drop since its most recent peak in January, …

A 7-year-old Texas boy was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting while he was lying in bed Sunday night, police said Monday. The Harris County Sheriff’s office identified the boy as Paul Vasquez. According to the sheriff’s office, the occupant or occupants of a white or grey sedan drove …

A North Carolina TV station erred last week in taking down an ad against Democratic Senate candidate Cheri Beasley by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, according to a letter from an attorney for the station’s owners. In the letter, the station owners also asked Democratic lawyers to stop referencing that …

A retired judge was shot and killed at his Wisconsin home early Friday morning by a gunman with a purported list targeting several judicial members, along with Michigan’s governor, authorities said. Deputies responded to reports that an armed suspect, later identified as Douglas K. Uhde, 56, had fired two shots …

An array of cheeses sold in supermarket delis in nine states are being recalled because the cheddar, brie, pecorino and other products are potentially contaminated with listeria, a harmful bacteria, according to a notice posted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.  The possibly tainted cheeses were produced during the …

Washington – Iranian-backed hackers launched an unsuccessful cyber attack against Boston Children’s Hospital in the summer of 2021, FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed Wednesday.  Speaking at a cybersecurity conference hosted by Boston College, Wray said when the FBI was alerted to malicious activity by an “intelligence partner,” agents in the …