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High housing costs in Milpitas, in Northern California, have made it difficult for educators to live near where they work. The median home price in Milpitas is $1.3 million, according to Realtor.com. Here, a house is under construction in Culver City, in Southern California, in 2020.

A California school district is asking families to rent rooms to teachers

The Milpitas Unified School District put out the call to families in response to staff losses and high housing costs that have made it difficult for educators to live nearby.

Brandy Bottone has said she was not trying to make a political statement when she told Dallas deputies that her fetus counts as a living person.

Pregnant woman who claimed her fetus was an HOV lane passenger gets another ticket

Brandy Bottone got the first traffic violation dismissed, arguing that under Texas' abortion law, her fetus counted as a person. She's hoping to make the same argument again.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck got married in Las Vegas

The couple dated in the early 2000s before rekindling their romance last year.

First freeze of the season expected tonight for parts of Florida

Temperatures could fall below freezing over the interior peninsula on Tuesday night. Below average temperatures to occur over the state through the rest of the week.

Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, the Nevada Republican candidate for governor, at a campaign rally in Reno, Nev., on Sept. 15, 2022.

Las Vegas-area GOP Sheriff Joe Lombardo beats Nevada's incumbent Gov. Steve Sisolak

Nevada's Democratic leader, Steve Sisolak, is the only governor to lose reelection so far this Nov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican, beat Sisolak in a state thought to be trending bluer.

2 Killed, 20 Injured In Colorado Mining Accident

A coroner's preliminary report says the men died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Investigators with the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration are still determining what happened inside the Revenue Virginius mine.

Eric R. Holder Jr. sits in the courtroom at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on Sept. 15, 2022, in Los Angeles. Holder, who was convicted last year of fatally shooting rapper Nipsey Hussle in 2019, was sentenced Wednesday to 60 years to life in prison.

Rapper Nipsey Hussle's killer is sentenced to 60 years to life in prison

Eric R. Holder Jr. will likely remain in jail for the rest of his life for the murder of Nipsey Hussle, a beloved figure in south LA who was killed in 2019 outside his clothing store.

Be part of history by sharing your Hurricane Ian experience

The Fort Myers nonprofit visual and performing arts center Alliance for the Arts is collecting stories as part of an oral history project called, “Storm Stories” from anyone who experienced Hurricane Ian.

A woman was arrested for killing her terminally ill husband at a Florida hospital

Police said the two had made a pact weeks beforehand. She could be charged with first-degree murder.

A woman was pronounced dead at the Water's Edge Rehab and Nursing Center in Port Jefferson, N.Y. — but hours later, workers at a funeral home discovered she was alive and breathing.

She was declared dead, but the funeral home found her breathing

"This is an awful situation that has caused unnecessary trauma for the impacted resident and her loved ones," the New York attorney general's office told NPR.

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