California governor says Trump is ‘coming after me because I am considering running for president’

Gavin Newsom said on Monday that Donald Trump directed the US Department of Justice (DoJ) to investigate him and his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom.

The California governor said in a video statement that federal agents had knocked on the doors of family friends and former employees in recent days as part of an effort to find a crime, demanding records and “abusing the grand jury process”.

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Former UK political operative endorsed by Trump will face off against Democrat Xavier Becerra in November election

Republican Steve Hilton, the former UK political operative turned Fox News personality, has advanced to the November general election in the race to become California’s next governor, facing off against Democrat Xavier Becerra, a former congressman, state attorney general and US health secretary.

Hilton’s success, a remarkable achievement for a recent immigrant, came after he was endorsed by Donald Trump.

Former xAI engineer Devin Kim alleges he was illegally fired for trying to implement safety mechanisms for the chatbot

A former engineer at Elon Musk’s xAI who now heads a thinktank focused on AI safety filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired from the SpaceX subsidiary for raising concerns about the risks artificial intelligence poses to humanity.

Devin Kim claims in the lawsuit filed in California state court on Tuesday that his efforts to place guardrails on the development of the chatbot Grok made him a target for company leadership.

LOS ANGELES, June 2 — Carly Rae Jepsen has begun teasing new music by quietly uploading audio and video snippets to her official website, sparking renewed anticipation for her next album cycle.

Jepsen sent out a newsletter text stating, pre-empting the sudden uploads: “Is this thing on?”

According to posts monitored on fan account Carly Rae Jepsen Wiki, Jepsen updated her site twice in the past day with short clips of unreleased tracks, including snippets identified by fans as After All and Amalfi Coast. The uploads were accompanied by new visuals and layout changes, signalling the start of what fans are calling the “CRJ7” era. 

The fan account reported that Jepsen’s website now features a refreshed section for tour dates, suggesting additional announcements may follow. One clip shared through the site was later reposted by Pop Base, amplifying speculation about an imminent rollout.

The teasers have generated significant engagement on X, where Jepsen’s fan community has been circulating the snippets and tracking each update to the site. Some posts noted that the new material resembles the upbeat, melodic style associated with her earlier releases.

Jepsen has not yet issued an official statement about the new music or confirmed a release timeline.

B-52 crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards air force base in southern California’s Mojave Desert, officials say

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Eight people are presumed dead after a B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday morning at a US air force base in California’s Mojave Desert, officials said.

“An Air Force B-52 Stratofortress carrying eight people on a routine test mission crashed today shortly after take-off at 11:20 a.m,” Edwards air force base said in a statement Monday afternoon. “Initial indications are that the crash was not survivable. Emergency response personnel are on scene, and officials are working to account for all personnel.”

Hilton has worn many hats since he arrived in the US 14 years ago, and now faces steep odds of defeating Democratic Xavier Becerra in November

After years of working in the background of Conservative party politics in Britain, Steve Hilton has passed the first major test as his own front man: clinching a spot in the November run-off to become California’s next governor.

The outcome was far from a given under California’s open primary system, which rewards the top two vote winners regardless of party, and the particular challenge of running as a Republican in one of the most solidly blue states in the country.

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Officers responding to call about ‘screaming woman’, who was celebrating Knicks win, shot dog named Jameson

As the Los Angeles police department faces mounting scrutiny after officers shot and killed a two-year-old golden Saint Bernard doodle, the city’s political leaders have backed calls for an investigation into the incident.

On Saturday, LA police officers responded to a radio call about a “screaming woman” in the Canoga Park neighborhood, about 30 miles (48km) from downtown, which turned out to be celebratory noise in reaction to the New York Knicks’s long-awaited championship win.