A recent column on processed meats generated more questions. Cheri M. from California writes: “Your article…made me wonder. Does processed meat include whole roasted chickens and turkeys and hams that we eat at Thanksgiving and Christmas? We eat a whole …
By Lauren Sausser, Kaiser Health News
MOUND BAYOU, Miss. — In the center of this historically Black city, once deemed “the jewel of the Delta” by President Theodore Roosevelt, dreams to revitalize an abandoned hospital building have all but dried …
By Jim Saksa, CQ-Roll Call
WILMINGTON, Del. — As she pulls up in front of a downtown coffee shop, Sarah McBride answers a reporter’s question matter-of-factly, all while parallel parking. “I’ve never had a job where I haven’t had death …
By Kevin Hardy, Stateline.org
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Inside a white-walled conference room, a speaker surveyed hundreds of state lawmakers and policy influencers, asking whether artificial intelligence poses a threat to the elections in their states.
The results were unambiguous: 80% …
By BILL BARROW Associated Press
Barack Obama was days shy of his 43rd birthday and months from being elected to the U.S. Senate when he stepped onto a Boston stage at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
A state lawmaker from …
By ZEKE MILLER, JONATHAN J. COOPER, AAMER MADHANI and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Former President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and second gentleman Doug Emhoff will speak Tuesday on the second day of the Democratic National Convention, turning …
By Eugene Kiely, Lori Robertson, Robert Farley and D'Angelo Gore, CQ-Roll Call
CHICAGO — In a torch-passing speech, President Joe Biden vowed that he would be “the best volunteer” to help the campaign of his vice president, Kamala Harris. Biden …
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday denied Hunter Biden’s latest bid to dismiss the tax charges against him, setting the stage for his trial to begin next month in California.
Citing a …
The baton has officially been passed: Democrats bid a fond farewell Monday to President Joseph Biden, who in a late-night speech that closed the first day of the Democratic National Convention ticked off his political and policy victories and gave …
The “Looking Glass” ponders economic and real estate trends through two distinct lenses: the optimist’s “glass half-full” and the pessimist’s “glass half-empty.”
Buzz: House hunters were the winners, and apartment seekers the losers, in California's housing construction game in the …
By WILL WEISSERT and NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — The Democratic National Convention set up its first night to feature speeches from the last Democrat to lose to Donald Trump and the last one to beat him.
Hillary …
By WILL WEISSERT and ALI SWENSON
CHICAGO (AP) — Delegates at the Democratic National Convention voted Monday night to approve their 2024 party platform, which lays out familiar priorities for the party but wasn’t updated to reflect that President Joe …
By ERIC TUCKER
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials said Monday they were confident that Iran was responsible for the hack of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, casting the cyber intrusion as part of a brazen and broader effort by Tehran …
MONTEREY >> A classic car was engulfed in flames, totaling more than $1 million in losses. The Monterey Fire Department responded to the vehicle fire Sunday, on the northbound Highway 1 Munras Ave. off-ramp around 7 p.m.
When the first …
SALINAS >> A new resource for homeless youth in Salinas has opened, assisting individuals with basic needs, the search for housing and financing the move-in process.
The hub, located at 212 N. Main St., will provide housing navigation services and …
BIG SUR – Continued slide activity in and around the Regent's Slide repair site on Highway 1 has halted excavation work there since Friday with Caltrans engineers now assessing the slide area and figuring the timeline for reopening.
“We have …
By PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty Monday to committing wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with the federal fraud case that led to his expulsion from Congress. …
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — George Santos, the former New York congressman who spun lies into a brief political career, pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, acknowledging that he allowed his ambitions to cloud his judgment. …
By GISELA SALOMON AND ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) — As registration opened Monday for an estimated 500,000 spouses of U.S. citizens to gain legal status without having to first leave the country, Karen and Xavier Chavarria had nothing …
Karen Kaplan | Los Angeles Times (TNS)
LOS ANGELES — Remember when Elmo went viral in January by asking folks on the Internet how they were doing and briefly became the unofficial therapist of X?
"The world is burning, Elmo," …
