Supreme Court Turns Down Case on Carrying Guns in Public

The case concerns a challenge to a California law that places strict limits on carrying guns in public — one of numerous Second Amendment cases the court has turned away in recent years.

She Was Named World’s Ugliest Dog, but ‘She’s Just Darling’

By HANNAH ALANI June 24, 2017 Jessica Burkard of Penngrove, Calif., saw a beautiful companion for her St. Bernard when she found Martha, a 125-pound Neapolitan mastiff. Her father saw something else: a “train wreck.” The judges sided with the...

This Boy Scout Has Enough Merit Badges for a Whole Troop

By CHRISTOPHER MELE June 20, 2017 Ty Bingham had to earn 21 merit badges on his way to becoming an Eagle Scout. It’s the highest rank in Boy Scouts, reached by more than 2.4 million boys since the award was first presented in 1912. But the California...

The Single-Payer Party? Democrats Shift Left on Health Care

By ALEXANDER BURNS and JENNIFER MEDINA June 3, 2017 For years, Republicans savaged Democrats for supporting the Affordable Care Act, branding the law — with some rhetorical license — as a government takeover of health care. Now, cast...

Democrats’ Bid to Regain Hold on House Begins in California

By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JONATHAN MARTIN June 1, 2017 VISTA, Calif. — Representative Darrell Issa was 2,500 miles away from his Southern California home the other day, on a fund-raising mission to Florida. Outside his congressional district...