National News
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234CDC Chief Overrules Agency Panel and Recommends Pfizer-BioNTech Boosters for Workers at Risk
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday overruled a recommendation by an agency advisory panel that had...
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385No More Apologies: Inside Facebook’s Push to Defend Its Image
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, signed off last month on a new initiative code-named Project Amplify.
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456Democrats Launch Effort to Curb Post-Trump Presidential Powers
House Dems plan to introduce a package of proposed new limits on executive power
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454California Is Sued Over Its Rule on Solar Power Installers
California's solar power sector has sued the state over a new requirement mandating that installers are 'certified electricians'
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672Medicare Expansion Clashes With Health Care for the Poor as Budget Bill Shrinks
Dems facing tough decisions over how to pursue universal health care
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458COVID Vaccine Prompts Protective Immune Response in Younger Children, Pfizer Says
Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine has been shown to be safe and effective in children ages 5 to 11 years old
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599County Supervisors Ease Rebuilding Rules for CZU Survivors
The new rule applies to permitted structures that existed previously on the properties
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589FDA Panel Recommends Against Approving Pfizer-BioNTech Booster
A scientific advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration recommended against approving booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine
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740In California, Worsening Fires Show Limits of Biden’s Power
California wildfires have burned more than 2 million acres, displaced thousands and pushed responders to exhaustion
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1.2KU.S. Poverty Fell Last Year as Government Aid Made Up for Lost Jobs
Enormous government relief effort helped offset the worst economic contraction since the Great Depression
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944Billions in Student Debt Erased Under Biden, but Calls Grow for More
Nearly $10 billion in student loan debt has been wiped away since President Joe Biden took office
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871Biden Mandates Vaccines for Workers, Saying, ‘Our Patience Is Wearing Thin’
President Biden pushes two-thirds of U.S. workers to be vaccinated against the coronavirus
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638Watsonville Community Members Honor 9/11 Victims on 20th Anniversary
20 years after 9/11, people across the U.S. continue to pay tribute
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799Vice President Pushes Back Against Effort to Recall Newsom
Vice President Kamala Harris warned California voters that the values they hold dear were under dire threat
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1.2KAbortion Politics
Abortion arrives at the center of the American political maelstrom
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1.2K2‘Pandemic of the Unvaccinated’
Vaccines not an option, life for families with young children
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1.1KThe World Is Still Short of Everything. Get Used to It.
Delays, product shortages and rising costs continue to bedevil businesses large and small.
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937Calls Grow to Discipline Doctors Spreading Virus Misinformation
The Federation of State Medical Boards recommended last month that states consider action against doctors who share false medical claims.
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829It’s ‘Back to That Isolation Bubble’ for Workers Pining for the Office
In a survey of more than 950 workers, 31% said they would prefer to work from home full time; 45% said they...
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941FDA Grants Full Approval to Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for people 16 and older, making it the...
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976Democrats Unveil Budget Blueprint, Without Addressing Debt Limit
$3.5 trillion budget blueprint could prove to be the most significant expansion of the nation’s social safety net since Medicare and the...
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1.3KU.S. Pushed for Olympic Skateboarding but Came Up Short on Medals
The United States struggled to find the medal stand in skateboarding, a sport that it invented and pushed into the Olympics.
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1.1KBiden, in a Push to Phase Out Gas Cars, Tightens Pollution Rules
President Biden announced a multistep strategy aimed at rapidly shifting Americans from gasoline-powered cars and trucks toward electric vehicles
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1.3KCotoni-Coast Dairies Approved for Monument Designation
North County property moves a step closer to opening to the public.
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1.2KMonthly Payments to Families With Children to Begin
Experts estimate the payments will cut child poverty by nearly half, an achievement with no precedent.
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1.5KMore Power Lines or Rooftop Solar Panels: The Fight Over Energy’s Future
The choices that lawmakers, energy businesses and individuals make in the next few years could lock in an energy system that lasts...
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1.0KWorld’s Reported Covid Death Toll Passes 4 Million
The loss is roughly equivalent to the population of Los Angeles, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns...
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1.0KCDC Issues New School Guidance, with Emphasis on Full Reopening
Schools urged to fully reopen in the fall, even if they cannot take all of the recommended steps to curb the spread...
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1.1KHouse, Setting a Marker for Talks, Passes $715 Billion Infrastructure Bill
The House on Thursday approved a five-year, $715 billion transportation and drinking water bill.
