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- Today in History: August 21, total solar eclipse captivates America
- Hurricane Erin still stirring up dangerous waves while it moves away from the East Coast
- Menendez brothers face parole hearings after decades in prison for parents’ 1989 murders
- Tariffs aren’t keeping Walmart from attracting shoppers and outpacing Target
- The US and EU release a bare-bones account of their trade deal, but it’s a work in progress
- US applications for jobless benefits rise last week, but layoffs remain historically low
- Rent stabilization ordinance proposal proffered before BOS
- A look at consumer prices 6 months into the second Trump administration
- California has a fallback plan for Trump’s clean car attacks. Does it go far enough?
- From Humboldt volunteer to Petaluma fire marshal, Amy Segui helps prevent disasters
- California Gov. Newsom signs legislation calling special election on redrawn congressional map
- California lawmakers rush to pass key education bills before deadline
- California’s finances face a perfect storm. It could eventually lead to another tax hike
- ‘Misunderstood’: Why this university is creating classes around psychedelic medicine
- California sues Trump over new conditions on funding for crime victims
- D.C. crime and the Trump-is-bad-but-he’s-right effect
- California cities lack unified response on homeless encampments
- Students face new cellphone restrictions in 17 states as school year begins
- Sony raises the price of the Playstation 5 in the US
- Kennedy’s anti-vaccine strategy risks forcing shots off market, manufacturers warn
- News Briefs
- Powell to give his last Jackson Hole speech under watchful gaze of Wall Street and the White House
- The 7 worst investment decisions beginners can make
- US home sales rose in July as mortgage rates eased a bit and home prices grew more slowly
- New missions for Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs: Treating alcoholism and smoking?
- Illegal immigration hit a record-high of 14 million in the US in 2023, Pew report finds
- Gretchen’s table: Bucatini with burst cherry tomatoes and fried caper crumbs offers ample flavor
- It’s the cheapest time of the year to visit Disneyland right now
- Every day can be Halloween: Why theme parks are going big on year-round horror experiences
- Appeals court throws out massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump
- Uganda agrees deal with US to take deported migrants if they don’t have criminal records
- Walmart helps pull Wall Street to its 5th straight loss
- James Dobson, influential founder of conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, dies age 89
- Why the Federal Reserve has historically been independent of the White House
- Average rate on a 30-year mortgage holds steady at lowest level in nearly 10 months
- Prosecutors say Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ request for acquittal or new trial should be swiftly rejected
- Russian attack on western Ukraine hits an American factory during the US-led push for peace
- Netanyahu says he’ll push ahead with Gaza City takeover and renewed ceasefire talks
- US flight attendants are fed up like their Air Canada peers. Here’s why they aren’t likely to strike
- Aging U.S. railroad bridges are self-inspected and their findings are kept secret
- Former top aide to NYC mayor among 7 facing new charges in City Hall corruption probe
- Tesla is slow in reporting crashes and the feds have launched an investigation to find out why
- Federal investigators demanded details on transgender patients from at least 1 hospital
- Trump to join Washington patrol while feds deploy checkpoints around city
- Iowa Democrats consider bringing back lead off caucuses, even if it means going ‘rogue’ in 2028
- Brent Hinds, former Mastodon singer-guitarist, dies in motorcycle crash
- Lawyers ask judge to order ICE to free Spanish-language journalist from immigration detention
- Trump administration is reviewing all 55 million foreigners with US visas for any violations
- Privacy and civil rights groups urge US colleges to end campus surveillance to protect protesters
- Police investigation continues into death of Hulk Hogan
- Judge says former Trump lawyer Alina Habba has been unlawfully serving as US attorney in New Jersey
- Trump blames renewable energy for rising electricity prices. Experts point elsewhere
- Passengers sue United and Delta for selling ‘window’ seats next to blank walls
- Vance pitches Trump’s sweeping new law as a ‘working families’ tax cut’ in swing-state Georgia
- Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut $783 million of research funding in anti-DEI push
- Villanova says a report of a campus shooter was a ‘cruel hoax’
- More frozen shrimp recalled for possible radioactive contamination
- Musk’s X reaches tentative settlement with former Twitter workers in $500 million lawsuit
- Cracker Barrel unveils a new logo as part of wider rebrand efforts, sparking ire among some online
- Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be released from jail Friday. Here’s what to know
- Inspectors find numerous decomposing bodies behind hidden door at Colorado funeral home
- FACT FOCUS: A look at RFK Jr.’s misleading claims on US dietary guidelines and Froot Loops
- Wyoming man indicted for allegedly hitting wolf with snowmobile, bringing it to bar and killing it
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