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CBS News - Top stories
Why 19th Amendment, women's suffrage law, will be added to National Archives Rotunda
The 19th Amendment was the largest single articulation of voting rights in American history. The 11th Archivist of the United States, Colleen J. Shogan, tells CBS News why it will sit next to the ...2 hours ago -
The New York Times - Top stories
California Schools Must Restrict Phones Under New Law Signed by Newsom
Calls for crackdowns have mounted with reports of cyberbullying and studies indicating that smartphones are harmful to children’s mental health.3 hours ago - California -
Inc. - Business
Why California Is Taking on ExxonMobil's Plastic 'Deception'
State Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a lawsuit against ExxonMobil during Climate Week NYC.4 hours ago - California -
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Financial Times - Business
Trump’s plan to gut climate law would be self-harm, US energy chief says
Jennifer Granholm tells the FT the ex-president’s vow to undo Inflation Reduction Act would benefit China5 hours ago - Climate -
CBS News - Top stories
Meet the California Democrats getting money from Big Oil and voting against environmental laws
At the State Capitol, CBS News California found that Democrats get more money from big oil than Republicans. And unlike their D.C. counterparts, Democrats in the California statehouse often vote ...5 hours ago - California -
The New York Times - Top stories
California Sues Exxon Over Plastics Pollution and Recycling ‘Myth’
The lawsuit, seeking ‘multiple billions of dollars,’ opens a new front in the legal battles with oil and gas companies over climate and environmental issues.6 hours ago - California -
Financial Times - Business
California accuses Exxon of misleading public on plastic recycling
Allegations arrive as plastics play a growing role in supporting oil demand6 hours ago - California -
Inc. - Business
California Law Bans Plastic Shopping Bags at Grocery Stores
Gov. Gavin Newsome signs law pushing out all plastic grocery bags from supermarkets.8 hours ago - California -
CBS News - Top stories
Stylist Law Roach talks crafting iconic looks for Zendaya, Celine Dion
Law Roach, the fashion visionary behind unforgettable looks worn by Zendaya, Celine Dion and Naomi Campbell, joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss his new book and how he shapes red carpet moments.12 hours ago -
CBS News - Top stories
Boy abducted from California park in 1951 found alive on East Coast
More 70 years later, Luis Armando Albino has been found thanks to help from an online ancestry test, old photos and newspaper clippings.12 hours ago - California -
The Hill - Politics
Newsom signs California plastic grocery bag ban
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill Sunday that will prevent grocery stores from providing plastic bags to customers beginning in 2026. The legislation comes 10 years after the state ...13 hours ago - California -
NBC News - Top stories
Pilot killed in midair small plane collision in California
A pilot died after two single-engine planes collided midair on Sunday in Southern California, officials said.13 hours ago - California -
NBC News - Top stories
Families from Tennessee to California seek humanitarian parole for adopted children in Haiti
At only 6 years old, Esai Reed has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti as gangs pillage and plunder their way through once peaceful communities.16 hours ago - California -
ABC News - World
Families from Tennessee to California seek humanitarian parole for adopted children in Haiti
Esai Reed, at only 6 years old, has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti as gangs pillage and plunder their way through once peaceful communities20 hours ago - California -
The New York Times - Top stories
Cat Missing in Yellowstone Returns Home to California After an 800-Mile Journey
The owners of Rayne Beau, the 2-year-old Siamese cat, have no idea how their cat made it back, but call his return a “miracle.”22 hours ago - California -
ABC News - Top stories
California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores
“Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines,Yesterday - California -
ABC News - Tech
WNBA star Breanna Stewart raises awareness for marrow donor program after death of father-in-law
Breanna Stewart lost her father-in-law Josep Xargay to cancer nearly a year agoYesterday -
The Hill - Politics
How ‘foreign agent’ laws are being exploited around the world to attack democracy
There is a growing global pattern of using “foreign agent” laws to suppress civil society, silence dissent and imprison dissidents. Starting in Russia and spreading around the world, these laws ...Yesterday -
CBS News - Top stories
California Rite Aid store taking extreme measures against shoplifting
A Rite Aid store in Compton, California, is taking a dramatic step to combat shoplifting by placing nearly all its items behind locked cases, including paper goods and potato chips. Elise Preston ...2 days ago - California -
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California startup hopes weather balloons can help address global warming
A Northern California startup has taken on a controversial mission whose goal is to tackle global warming by sending weather balloons into the stratosphere that burst and release sulfur dioxide. ...2 days ago - California -
ABC News - Top stories
California firefighter arrested in connection with starting 5 fires
A Cal Fire employee was arrested Friday for allegedly igniting five fires in August and September, investigators allege.2 days ago - California -
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Why a California music lover is trying to sell his massive vinyl collection
For music lovers, the future is retro. In 2023, sales of vinyl albums grew for the 17th consecutive year, accounting for 40% of album sales in the United States. With no signs of vinyl sales ...2 days ago - California -
CNBC - Business
This is the most expensive U.S. city to retire—and it isn't in California or Hawaii
Spending your post-work years in these cities won't come cheap. Here are the 13 least affordable U.S. cities to retire in 2024, according to WalletHub.2 days ago - California -
Wired - Tech
California Can Slake the Thirst of Its Farms by Storing Water Underground
A new study finds that the state should replenish groundwater aquifers to sustain agriculture.2 days ago - California -
ABC News - Tech
California governor signs law to protect children from social media addiction
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law making it illegal for social media platforms to knowingly provide addictive feeds to children without parental consent2 days ago - California -
ABC News - Top stories
8 firefighters hurt, 2 critically, in fire truck rollover crash
Eight firefighters were injured when the fire truck they were driving in rolled over as it returned from battling the Airport Fire wildfire in Southern California.3 days ago -
NBC News - Top stories
California firefighter accused of setting fires in wine country
A California firefighter was arrested on suspicion of arson in a series of small fires that burned in wine country in recent weeks, officials said Friday.3 days ago - California -
The New York Times - Top stories
Cal Fire Engineer Accused of Starting 5 Northern California Wildfires
A Cal Fire employee was arrested Friday on suspicion of starting several blazes in Sonoma County.3 days ago - California -
ABC News - World
Did Middle East device attack violate international law? Advocates want an investigation
Human rights advocates are calling for an independent investigation into the deadly explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon and Syria3 days ago -
NBC News - Top stories
Latino groups denounce laws making it harder to help voters with disabilities, language issues
Laws in three states have enacted tougher restrictions for people who help voters with disabilities, language or other issues cast their ballots.3 days ago -
The Hill - Politics
Newsom signs deepfake, other AI bills into law in California
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Thursday signed multiple artificial intelligence (AI) bills aimed at preventing the misuse of sexually explicit deepfakes. Newsom's signature on the three ...3 days ago - California -
The Guardian - World
Trump’s threats to ‘go after’ opponents will subvert rule of law, experts warn
Trump’s escalating legal threats against lawyers, donors and others raise concern as Project 2025 seeks to curtail DoJ. Donald Trump ’s sweeping threats if he wins the presidency again to name a ...3 days ago - Donald Trump -
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Highway crash injures 8 Southern California firefighters
Authorities say eight firefighters have been injured in a severe highway crash involving a fire truck in Southern California3 days ago - California -
BBC News - Top stories
Trans woman killed in Georgia day after anti-LGBT law passed
Activists said Kesaria Abramidze had been a "trailblazing" transgender leader in the South Caucasus country.3 days ago -
Financial Times - World
Coffee producers fear being cut off from EU by new land protection law
Drinks company JDE Peets pleads for year’s delay on ban on supplies from deforested areas over lack of guidelines3 days ago - European Union -
CBS News - Top stories
8 firefighters injured in fire truck rollover on Southern California freeway
The firefighters had been battling the massive Airport Fire prior to the crash, officials said.3 days ago - California