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The Supreme Court on Oct. 6 stayed a lower court order blocking the Biden administration’s rule regulating so-called ghost guns that can be assembled at home, allowing the policy to remain in force until Oct. 16. The new order from Justice Samuel Alito came late in the day on Oct. …

California water officials and forecasters say the state is more prepared heading into winter after last year’s “miracle” year that delivered a deluge of water and snow to its drought-depleted reservoirs. The Golden State started a new “water year” Oct. 1 with major reservoirs filled above average—reaching 128 percent levels—according to California …

DETROIT—The United Auto Workers union said Friday it will not expand its strikes against Detroit’s three automakers after General Motors made a breakthrough concession on unionizing electric vehicle battery plants. The announcement of the pause in adding factories to the strikes came minutes after GM agreed to bring workers at …

CAÑON CITY, Colo.—The awful smell seeped from a neglected building in a small Colorado town for days, followed by a report that made police take a closer look at the “green” funeral operator’s storage facility. Inside, they made a gruesome discovery: At least 115 decaying bodies. Investigators were tight-lipped Friday …

TOPEKA, Kan.—A 25-year-old homeless man was charged Thursday in the rape and killing of a 5-year-old Kansas girl who died despite firefighters’ efforts to save her life in a gas station parking lot. Mickel Cherry faces one count of capital murder—which would allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty—and one …

CHULA VISTA, Calif.—A man who stabbed another man in National City, then ran the victim over with a car was sentenced on Oct. 5 to 42 years to life in state prison. Thornell Brown, 58, was convicted by a Chula Vista jury of second-degree murder for the June 4, 2022, …

LOS ANGELES—A Los Angeles City Council committee on Oct. 5 unanimously approved a set of recommendations to create an Independent Redistricting Commission that would redraw the boundaries of council districts for future elections. But the Ad Hoc Committee on City Governance Reform left for another day plans to possibly expand …

A California bill aimed at further regulating exports of electronic waste was signed into law Oct. 4 by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Senate Bill 568, authored by Sen. Josh Newman (D-Fullerton), now requires those exporting electronic waste or electronic devices to other states or foreign countries for recycling or disposal to …

A funeral home offering “green” burials in southern Colorado is under investigation after more than 115 decaying bodies were found improperly stored at the facility, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Department said Friday. Residents contacted local authorities about foul odors coming from a building owned by Return to Nature Funeral Home …

A Russian rocket has killed at least 51 people in northeastern Ukraine as they held a memorial service, Kyiv says, in one of the deadliest such attacks in months. Dozens of people were in a cafe and shop in the Kharkiv village of Hroza when the missile struck. President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced the attack …