You would think you’d get texts, emails, phone calls and letters if your insurer was about to drop you. But you may be wrong. Go to Source Author: Ron Lieber …
From streets to murals, the erasure of Cesar Chavez comes with unprecedented speed in California
In unprecedented speed California is already eliminating Cesar Chavez’s name and likeness from streets, murals and parks in the wake of sexual abuse allegations. Read full story Author: Karen Garcia, …
Scandal resurrects old clash over renaming beloved Brooklyn Avenue after Cesar Chavez
Los Angeles’ leaders pushed for the renaming of Brooklyn Avenue more than 30 years ago, but many in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles objected to the move. Read full …
As precious groundwater vanishes, a few in California find ways to bring it back
Groundwater has fallen to precarious depths in much of the world. New research highlights areas that have been able to bring levels back up. Read full story Author: Ian James
Homeless and stateless: Deportees from U.S. are trapped in Mexico
Deported not to their homelands but to unfamiliar cities deep inside Mexico, thousands of migrants are stranded in a dangerous, bureaucratic limbo with little support and no clear path forward. …
Lopez: She started teaching music at Santa Monica school in 1971 and can’t leave because ‘it feeds me’
“It fills me,” Mary Ann Cummins says of her job as a music teacher, and at 93, she’s not done. Read full story Author: Steve Lopez
Inside Democratic Socialists of America’s decision on whether to endorse for L.A. mayor
Some members believe that a mayoral endorsement would take valuable phone-banking and door-knocking resources away from the slate of six local candidates they have already endorsed. Read full story Author: …
Mono Lake water levels are well below what’s required. Now some want L.A. to tighten its tap
Decades after a landmark decision called for Los Angeles to limit its taking of water to raise the level of Mono Lake, California regulators are reexamining why it still hasn’t …
California considers restrictions on social media for kids
California is considering restrictions on social media for kids Read full story Author: Queenie Wong
It’s Time To Force a Talking Filibuster on National Voter ID
In 2024, the public delivered a resounding mandate to President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans to fix our country. Chief among those problems: Ensure we never have a repeat of …
Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK military base Diego Garcia, it is understood
Iran reportedly fired two ballistic missiles at Indian Ocean base, but neither reached the target. Read full story Author:
As Starmer faces war overseas, his party can’t find peace at home
British politicians tend to stick together during dangerous moments abroad. In 2026? Not so much. Read full story Author:
Sarah Ferguson is keeping a low profile, but pressure mounts for her to give evidence on Epstein
There are calls for the former duchess to give testimony in the US, although there is no legal requirement she does so. Read full story Author:
First photos as BTS make live return in front of huge crowd
RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook perform together for the first time since October 2022. Read full story Author:
As meningitis cases rise, some people are changing plans in Canterbury
Events are cancelled and businesses say the city feels quieter after the start of the outbreak which has killed two young people. Read full story Author:
Iranian strikes on bases used by US caused $800m in damage, new analysis shows
Much of the damage was caused in initial retaliatory strikes by Iran in the week after the US and Israel launched its operation. Read full story Author:
Watch: Israeli strike next to British journalist is not AI-generated
The video of the strike, hitting just metres from RT’s Steve Sweeney and his crew, was recorded on Thursday in southern Lebanon. Read full story Author:
US lifts sanctions on some Iranian oil as energy prices soar
The treasury secretary says the move will quickly bring about 140m barrels of oil to global markets. Read full story Author:
Five questions that still need answering about the meningitis outbreak
The size and speed of the outbreak which has now affected 34 people, killing two of them, has been labelled “unprecedented”. Read full story Author:
Remember Chuck Norris memes but never watched his films? You’re not alone
Chuck Norris became an inadvertent source of humour for a viral online celebration of his movie tough-guy persona. Read full story Author: