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The preteen, visiting the United States on a school trip from China, was allegedly molested by Douglas Rivera, 40, when she was staying with her friends.

The project from the school's elite magnet program titled “Race and IQ” questioned whether certain races were well equipped with intelligence to handle the the program’s academically challenging coursework.

A California high school held a vigil for a teen who became the latest victim of this year's unusually deadly flu epidemic.

This could be the nation's first government-backed cryptocurrency.

Two Russian pranksters nicknamed Vovan and Lexus masquerading as a Ukrainian politician placed a call to a top Democrat of the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff, alleging they were in possession of compromising material against President Donald Trump.

Two hot air balloons caused minor panic in Yucaipa, California, Tuesday afternoon, as they flew dangerously close to the ground in a residential neighborhood.

A California judge will face a recall after a controversial decision in a sexual assault case.

Not giving it a second thought, Michelle Carr dug in and took a few mouthfuls of the salad before realizing that her fork was not holding up a vegetable, but something dead and squishy.

Valentino Gutierrez, 56, was charged with one count of murder and one count of arson of property.

Reports state both father and son were biking on an asphalt path near the aqueduct when the boy lost control and fell in.

A San Diego girl scout sold hundreds of boxes of cookies outside a weed dispensary in California.

Small amounts of sodium or the alcohols, phenols, or peroxides in mouthwash are not going to accumulate over time.

A healthy lifestyle is part of an overall strategy of cancer prevention, that should include screening as recommended by your doctor, for early detection.

An African-American University of California worker union protester at U.C. Berkeley can be seen getting violently thrown on the ground by several police officers during what appears to be a peaceful protest.

A U.S. appeals court found Tinder's pricing of its Tinder Plus feature to be discriminatory—but the case was brought to light by a controversial figure.

It’s time for the models to have a house mother. A hilarious one.

The incident is currently being investigated by El Ranco School District and Salcido has been kept on an administrative leave since Monday. 

In a letter to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, California Rep. Adam Schiff said that his staff discovered Wednesday evening that the memo sent to the White House was "materially different" than the version on which the committee voted.

Police released the identities of those who died in a helicopter crash in Newport Beach, California Tuesday.

Louise Turpin's sister claimed that their previous experience with sexual abuse likely caused her to harm her 13 children.

The husband of a woman who went missing in 2014 and whose body was found two years later was arrested Wednesday.