Los Angeles County to vote on emergency declaration over immigration raids
Los Angeles County officials will vote Tuesday on whether to declare a state of emergency that would give…
When is the Social Security 2026 COLA announcement date?
Social Security checks increasing in 2025 The Cost of Living Adjustment is rising in 2025, which will change…
Education Dept. wipes out special ed office, union says
The agency cut nearly everyone who works to administer federal funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,…
A great year for U.S. stocks? Not compared with rest of the world.
Check a ranking of the best-performing equity indexes this year and the U.S. doesn’t crack the Top 10.…
Trump administration cancels massive Nevada solar power project
Solar panel fields operate in Wuzhong, a frontier city in the northwestern province Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of…
MIT rejects proposed ‘compact’ with White House
“The premise of the document,“ Kornbluth continued, ”is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be…
Kent Wong dead: Champion of nonviolent resistance in L.A. labor movement was 69
The incursion of armed federal immigration agents in his beloved hometown of Los Angeles shocked Kent Wong. The…
California Nobel laureate John Martinis won’t quit on quantum computers
A California physicist and Nobel laureate who laid the foundation for quantum computing isn’t done working. For the…
Federal grand jury indicts N.Y. AG Letitia James on bank fraud charges
Oct. 9 (UPI) — A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on…
Extreme drought conditions continue to expand across our region
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – The Thursday morning U.S. Drought Monitor update shows that the extreme drought has continued…