LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leon Thomas and Olivia Dean brought soul, global girl group Katseye and Addison Rae performed electric pop and Lola Young made a triumphant return to the stage. Those acts, alongside The MarÃas, sombr and Alex Warren, make up the 2026 Grammys’ best new artist nominees and were the headliners of Spotify’s…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals panel has ruled that a California law prohibiting open carry of firearms in heavily populated counties is unconstitutional. The ruling was issued Friday by two judges on a three-judge panel for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The judges found that the state’s policy of limiting open…
Tools that power artificial intelligence devour energy. But attempts to shield regular Californians from footing the bill in 2025 ended with a law requiring regulators to write a report about the issue by 2027. If that sounds pretty watered down, it is. Efforts to regulate the energy usage of data centers — the beating heart…