Hard-hitting immigration rhetoric is popular with conservative GOP primary voters, but may be costly in the fall because Latinos seem likely to account for a bigger share of the electorate than four years ago.
It’s a vicious cycle. Many families in this country cannot afford the skyrocketing cost of higher education without student loans. But many graduates can't find a job to pay off the loans.
A substitute teacher in the nation's second-largest school district was investigated three times for allegations of sexual misconduct with students before he quit in 2007 and started teaching in another district, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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When three boys ran out of firewood while trapped in a Colorado blizzard, they turned to the next flammable thing they could think of, NBC station KUSA of Denver reports.
Arturo de los Santos lost his home to foreclosure more than a year ago and was evicted. Now he's facing forcible removal and arrest after moving back into the home to protest what he says is unfair treatment by lender Freddie Mac.
After an "extensive and complex" almost nine-month investigation, a man was arrested in his father's slaying, which happened at Skim X in Roseville, police said Wednesday morning.
Other prison gangs not included in this list: the Four Horseman, otherwise known as Tangos; Public Enemy Number One (PEN1); The Nazi Low Riders; Ñeta; and Nuestra Familia. To read more about these prison gangs, visit the U.S. Department of Justice.
Today marks the beginning of Lent, and the 40 days leading up to Easter Sunday. At the state Capitol, Bishop Jamie Soto presided over an outdoor Ash Wednesday service on the west steps.
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Four members of a Sacramento County family were tied up in their home Wednesday morning by a group of robbers who wore orange vests, knocked on the door and said they had to check for a gas leak, sheriffs deputies said.
A shoplifting suspect bit the deputy who was trying to arrest him, outside a Walmart store Tuesday, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department.
Students at Christian Brothers High School are decorating 300 artistic bowls to be donated in time for the River City Food Bank's annual fundraiser in two weeks.
