The Associated Press In this July 17, 2017, file photo, New York Knicks general manager Scott Perry poses for a picture after ...

California's Democrats are facing pressure from Republicans to tighten criminal justice policies, with bills to restrict elderly parole and other measures advancing.

Making a collective statement by their absence, social media memes depicted Black folks stepping to line dances and waving hand fans as an answer to multiracial protests, or what Kenner, a speaker at ...