Column: Compassion and decency lost amid wildfires as California foes play politics

California’s burning and its political foes are practically dancing in the flames and reveling in the ashes.From the mountains to ...

Us & Canada

Michelle Obama doesn’t attend state funeral for Jimmy Carter

January 9, 2025

Former first lady Michelle Obama did not attend the state funeral Thursday for former President Jimmy Carter. Except for Michelle ...

A casket draped in an American flag is carried by several people down steps outside

Us & Canada

President Jimmy Carter honored with a state funeral at a Washington cathedral

January 9, 2025

President Jimmy Carter will be honored in a state funeral Thursday, culminating days of marking the contributions of a man ...

Economic Policies

Sri Lanka to do state imports of coconut kernels amid crop shortfall todayheadline

January 9, 2025

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s rupee was quoted at 295.60/90 to the US dollar Thursday, weaker from yesterday’s close of 295.05/15 ...

Us & Canada

UC enrolls record number of Californians; steadies Black, Latino students

January 7, 2025

The University of California enrolled a record number of Californians in Fall 2024, while UC Berkeley joined UCLA in bucking ...

Map shows California wastewater sampling sites monitoring for bird flu. Most of the locations are in the Bay Area, with sites scattered around the Sacramento area and Northern California, on the Central Coast and in Los Angeles County. There is only one site in the lower San Joaquin Valley, which includes Kings, Tulare and Kern counties.

Us & Canada

In the Central Valley lack of wastewater testing for bird flu a blind spot

January 6, 2025

As the H5N1 bird flu virus continues to rip throughout California’s dairy herds and commercial poultry flocks, a Central Valley ...

Business & Finance

North Korea fires ballistic missle as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds meetings in Seoul todayheadline

January 6, 2025

South Korea has been in political turmoil since President Yoon Suk Yeol tried, and failed, to impose martial law. Read ...

Environmental Policies

What the Beaver State can do for the ocean in 2025

January 4, 2025

Oregon’s Pacific coastline is not only breathtaking but also a vital ecosystem. Our coast is home to millions of seabirds, ...

Us & Canada

An Arizona prisoner is asking to be executed sooner than the state wants

January 4, 2025

PHOENIX -- An Arizona death row prisoner asked the state’s highest court to skip legal formalities and schedule his execution ...

Us & Canada

Meet the 9 new House members from California

January 3, 2025

WASHINGTON — Friday was the first day of work for California’s nine new House members, and their first order of business ...

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