I am the president of the United Bodegas of America. Our members are small business owners who came here as immigrants, opened businesses, operated legally, and contributed to their communities, but now, they face an existential crisis.

Dear Eric: My husband and I often go to an off-leash park near our home. There is one woman who regularly frequents the small dog area with her little doggo. We do not know her well, but we are polite and friendly. Yesterday, while bringing in our dogs, she accosted me by loudly telling me […]

After his announcement this week that he would seek to eliminate “all vaccine mandates,” Florida’s surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, made one thing clear: This decision was based on no science, just vibes. In an interview on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday morning, Ladapo told host Jake Tapper that officials did not undertake […]

The Santa Monica City Council is voting to declare a fiscal emergency at the next council meeting. Councilmembers will be asked to approve the declaration at Tuesday’s meeting, and if the motion passes, it would give City Manager Oliver Chi the authority to “take all necessary steps to address, alleviate and mitigate the emergency,” according to […]

The tickets, sold in Missouri and Texas, were able to overcome the abysmal odds and win the second-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.

With the CDC and FDA under the heel of vaccine denier Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his acolytes, Gov. Hochul was absolutely correct to issue her own executive order allowing all New Yorkers to get the COVID vaccine at pharmacies even as the federal government has issued anti-science guidance limiting access to the shots.

It wasn’t the big prize, but two Powerball tickets for Saturday’s drawing matching five of six numbers were sold in California, lottery officials said. The winning numbers for Saturday night’s $1.8 billion jackpot were: 11, 23, 44, 61, 62 and Powerball number 17. Two tickets worth $1.56 million were sold at: Officials said two lucky […]