Before the Gold Rush changed California forever, and before California became a state, Fort Ross was a windswept outpost where Russian settlers and fur traders built a rugged community along the Sonoma Coast from 1812 to 1841.
On Thursday, a …
SALINAS – Five members of the self-proclaimed “Murder Squad,” a crew of Salinas-based Norteño gang members, have been sentenced to a combined 161 years in prison for gunning down 11 people between 2015 and 2018, according to authorities.
Over the …
Kelsey Butler | (TNS) Bloomberg News
Breastfeeding is one of the biggest challenges for a new mother returning to work in the U.S.
It usually requires bringing a breast pump to work, making time in a busy schedule to express …
Jenny Gold | Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Researchers at UC San Francisco have found that newborns with an unusual pattern of metabolites in their blood — the byproducts created when the body processes energy — were far more likely to …
Helena Oliviero | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS)
The Food and Drug Administration announced it has started a research project examining the possible effects of toxic metals in tampons, sparking concerns about products used by millions of women in the U.S. …
Rae Ellen Bichell | KFF Health News (TNS)
In a video posted to Reddit this summer, Lucie Rosenthal’s face starts focused and uncertain, looking intently into the camera, before it happens.
She releases a succinct, croak-like belch.
Then, it’s wide-eyed …
People who are taking high doses of Adderall face an increased risk for developing psychosis or mania, according to a new Mass General Brigham study.
The researchers from McLean Hospital, a psychiatric teaching hospital, found that high doses of the …
By ALI SWENSON and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jim Duggan uses ChatGPT almost daily to draft marketing emails for his carbon removal credit business in Huntsville, Alabama. But he’d never trust an artificial intelligence chatbot with any …
Karen Kaplan | (TNS) Los Angeles Times
These days, there's no surer way to start a fight than to talk politics with someone who disagrees with you. And with election day drawing near, political conversations are increasingly difficult to avoid. …
By LINLEY SANDERS and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Young women are more liberal than they have been in decades, according to a Gallup analysis of more than 20 years of polling data.
Over the past few years, …
By LISA MASCARO Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has the potential for history-making this fall, with not one, but two, Black women possibly elected to the chamber, a situation never seen in America since Congress was created more …
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a practice that’s about as American as apple pie — accusing immigrant and minority communities of engaging in bizarre or disgusting behaviors when it comes to what and how they …
By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press
BRISTOL, Pa. (AP) — The presidential debate this week was the final affront to Rosie Torres’ lifelong Republicanism. She said her allegiance to Donald Trump, already strained by his stand on abortion, snapped in the …
By CHRIS MEGERIAN, JONATHAN J. COOPER and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are making a beeline for swing states that they hope to flip in their favor this …
A shrinking number of Californians live in poverty. But the improvement is much too slow.
My trusty spreadsheet reviewed the latest "supplemental" poverty measurements from the Census Bureau. These calculations weigh state-by-state incomes – that's paychecks plus government assistance – …
By JANIE HAR | Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — The attorney for a 17-year-old high school senior charged in the daytime shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall said Tuesday that new video evidence supports his theory that …
The Monterey County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 to approve the environmental review for the Carmel Lagoon Project, that’s designed to help prevent flooding in the area.
During the meeting Tuesday, the county staff went over the changes made to …
Christopher Snowbeck | (TNS) The Minnesota Star Tribune
Bobbie Putman-Bailey knows how to solve problems when it comes to medical bills and health insurance.
In one instance, upon the surprise realization her specialist doctor had gone out of network for …
MONTEREY – This year marked another successful event for the Monterey County Fair, with increases in attendance, pre-sale tickets and boosts in sales.
The fair ran from Aug. 29 through Sep. 2 and saw a 14.5% rise in admissions as …
Julie Appleby | (TNS) KFF Health News
Suspicions that U.S. consumers’ personal information could be accessed from India led regulators to abruptly bar two large private sector enrollment websites from accessing the Affordable Care Act marketplace in August.
New details …
