For 150 years, the Merced County Courthouse has stood as a symbol of the residents of Merced. On Monday, its significance was ...

Pope Leo, born Robert Francis Prevost, is the 267th successor to St. Peter and the first-ever American pontiff who arrives on ...

All nine of California’s Republicans voted Thursday to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. All of the state’s Democrats voted no. The House voted for the renaming by a 211 to 206 majority.