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- Today in History: May 9, FDA approves first birth control pill
- ERTH town hall elects leaders, discuss plan to combine with other MACs
- A very uncertain time’: Federal funding cuts impact Humboldt County schools
- Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass as details emerge of how votes coalesced in the conclave
- China’s exports to US sink, offset by trade with other economies, as US tariffs hit global trade
- Judge sets dates for Menendez brothers’ resentencing hearings
- President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
- Wall Street and other markets hold steady ahead of a highly anticipated US-China meeting on trade
- As US and China begin trade talks in Geneva, Trump’s tariff hammer looks less mighty than he hoped
- CA regulator weakens AI rules, gives Big Tech more leeway to track you
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- CLERC $30 million in grants helps reduce 3,500 acres of hazardous vegetation
- Trump’s budget would abolish funding for English learners, adult ed, teacher recruitment
- Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Republican who became a liberal favorite, dies at 85
- Judge rejects claim that Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was treated differently because of his race
- Most Americans disapprove of Trump’s treatment of colleges, a new poll finds
- 2 men convicted in chainsaw massacre of UK’s beloved Sycamore Gap tree
- Freed Palestinian student accuses Columbia University of inciting violence
- What is the special tribunal for Ukraine that world leaders have backed?
- Rights groups sue to free Venezuelans deported from the US and held in El Salvador
- Air traffic controllers for Newark airport briefly lose radar access again
- Victory Day parade in Russia celebrates the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany
- Turkish Tufts University student released from Louisiana immigration detention center
- Justice Sonia Sotomayor says lawyers should stand up and fight amid turmoil in nation’s legal system
- Fishermen battling with changing oceans chart new course after Trump’s push to deregulate
- Stockholm City Council rejects US Embassy demands to end DEI programming
- UN agencies warn Israel plans for aid distribution endanger lives in Gaza
- Trump revives, then discards, then revives again the idea of taxing the rich in big GOP bill
- FedEx board member Steiner is picked to be next USPS postmaster general amid talk of privatization
- Hurricane season is coming. Here’s what forecasters predict for the East Coast
- Two dolls instead of 30? Toys become the latest symbol of Trump’s trade war
- Record-breaking amounts of seaweed drifting toward Florida, experts say
- From AI avatars to virtual reality crime scenes, courts are grappling with AI in the justice system
- Should you handle debt or build an emergency fund first?
- When they don’t recognize you anymore
- Despite historic indictment, doctors will keep mailing abortion pills across state lines
- FDA will allow three new color additives made from minerals, algae and flower petals
- Challah French toast is a simple but indulgent breakfast to make Mom on Mother’s Day
- Varroooom! It’s back on the bikes for Ewan and Charley for Europe trek in ‘Long Way Home.’
- The new rules of airline loyalty programs
- You called me. No — you called ME. Before US-China meeting, nations each say the other wanted talks
- ‘Don’t get in my way,’ the new acting head of federal disaster agency warns in call with staff
- Pentagon directs military to pull library books that address diversity, anti-racism, gender issues
- ‘DA POPE!’ Leo XIV’s Chicago roots unleash spate of holy humor
- Federal Reserve official sees signs of slowing economy but not ready to cut rates
- More warning signs emerge for US travel industry as summer nears
- A 2012 video shows comments from new pope that disappoint LGBTQ activists
- First at-home test kit for cervical cancer approved by the FDA, company says
- Mayor Baraka of Newark, New Jersey, arrested at immigration detention center he has been protesting
- 15 states sue over Trump’s move to fast-track oil and gas projects via his ‘energy emergency’ order
- US to accept white South African refugees while other programs remain paused
- Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks, a form of ancient communication
- Liam and Olivia dominate — again — with top baby names for a sixth year in a row
- How the military is dealing with Hegseth’s order to remove transgender troops
- Longtime agent Jeff Sperbeck’s fatal fall from golf cart driven by John Elway ruled an accident
- Pakistan says India fired missiles at 3 air bases inside country. Pakistani retaliation underway
- Google will pay Texas $1.4B to settle claims the company collected users’ data without permission
- Treasury secretary calls on Congress to raise or suspend the debt ceiling by mid-July
- Judge pauses much of Trump administration’s massive downsizing of federal agencies
