Planned Parenthood affiliate to close clinics in Iowa and Minnesota
Four of the six Planned Parenthood clinics in Iowa and four in Minnesota will shut down in a year, the Midwestern affiliate operating them has…
Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in U.S cuts. Foreign universities want to hire them
As the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in federal funding to scientific research, thousands of scientists in the U.S. lost their jobs or grants…
Thousands nationwide mark 5th anniversary of George Floyd’s murder
MINNEAPOLIS — Police reform and civil rights activists joined thousands of other people Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder at religious services, concerts…
No Wedding Bell Blues for Gay Couples
OKLAHOMA CITY — On the day that the U.S. Senate publicly spurned gay and lesbian activists, Helen and Tina Stiefmiller straggled home from their jobs, exchanged embraces…
LAPD still pays for George Floyd protests. Will lawsuits force change?
As mass protests over the police murder of George Floyd raged across Los Angeles in late May 2020, the LAPD had an unexpected problem.After a…
Haitians with HIV defy stigma as they denounce USAID defunding
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A video showing dozens of people marching toward the office of Haiti’s prime minister elicited gasps from some viewers as it circulated recently on…
A century after Scopes trial, creationism proponents persist
WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. — As a colossal manifestation of the biblical Noah’s Ark rises incongruously from the countryside of northern Kentucky, Ken Ham gives the presentation he’s often…
Texas moves closer to mandating Ten Commandments displays in classes
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas would require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a Republican proposal that cleared a major vote Saturday and would…
Federal judge orders Trump administration to return Guatemalan deported to Mexico
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration late Friday to facilitate the return of a Guatemalan man it deported to Mexico in spite of his…
Half of Republican men say they don’t want the vaccine
Millions of elderly Americans are still hunting for appointments to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Millions of younger Americans are waiting impatiently for their turn in…
Father ripped from family as agents target immigration courts
The man just had his immigration case dismissed and his wife and 8-year-old son were trailing behind him when agents surrounded, then handcuffed him outside…
California’s budget deficit is back, Gov. Jerry Brown says
Reporting from Sacramento — Less than four years after declaring California’s budget balanced for the foreseeable future, Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday said the state is projected…
Supreme Court upholds privacy rights when police believe someone is in danger at home
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday that police do not have a broad authority to enter a home to check on someone who may be suicidal…
Trump at commencement hails West Point cadets, claims credit for U.S. military might
WEST POINT, N.Y. — President Trump used the first military commencement address of his second term Saturday to congratulate West Point cadets on their academic and physical…
With L.A.’s latest budget, has the political pendulum firmly swung at City Hall?
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Remembering the Henry Waxman-Howard Berman machine
SACRAMENTO -- The defeat of Rep. Howard Berman last fall marked the end of an era in California politics.Berman, a former state Assemblyman who lost…
Health clinics make house calls on immigrant patients afraid to leave home
Across Los Angeles, the Inland Empire and the Coachella Valley, one community health center is extending its services to immigrant patients in their homes after…
Democratic debate: 5 things to watch
WASHINGTON — A lot has happened since the Democratic presidential candidates last clashed on the debate stage. Former Vice President Joe Biden has taken some blows.…
‘Black lives matter!’ chants erupt as Mothers of the Movement take the stage at the DNC
As the “Mothers of the Movement” came on stage to talk about the deaths of their children and endorse Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National…
2 Wealthy Conservatives Use Think Tanks to Push Goals
SACRAMENTO — Few Californians have played a bigger role in turning the state Legislature to the right than two Orange County millionaires--conservative Christian Howard F. Ahmanson Jr.…