Category : miscellaneous

What you need to know to stay safe from COVID after the public health emergency ends

The end of the federal government's health emergency has left COVID-conscious Americans feeling vulnerable. Here are some steps you can take to protect yourself.

What you need to know to stay safe from COVID now that the public health emergency has ended

The end of the federal government's health emergency has left COVID-conscious Americans feeling vulnerable. Here are some steps you can take to protect yourself.

Photos: Migrants amass along the border as Title 42 nears expiration

In Tijuana, migrants wait in an area between two layers of border wall that has become an open-air holding cell for the U.S. Border Patrol.

Photos: Migrants mass along the border as Title 42 nears expiration

In Tijuana, migrants wait in an area between two layers of border wall that has become an open-air holding cell for the U.S. Border Patrol.

What is Title 42 and what happens now that the immigration policy has expired?

Title 42, the policy used to keep asylum seekers out of the U.S. during the pandemic, expired Thursday night, ushering in a new era for U.S. border control.

Supreme Court upholds California animal cruelty law that bans narrow cages for pigs

Supreme Court rules California's restrictions on the confinement of farm animals do not violate the Constitution's interstate commerce provisions.

Young doctor Julissa Gutiérrez is new head of L.A.'s Honduran Consulate. Can she heal it?

Julissa Gutiérrez, 28 years old and originally from Tegucigalpa, aspires for the Honduran Consulate to become an institution focused on the community.

'No child should be dying': Fentanyl-related deaths among kids rising, Yale study says

Fentanyl-related deaths among children increased more than 30-fold between 2013 and 2021 in the U.S., according to a study by the Yale School of Medicine.

GOP voters in liberal bastions could have outsize role in California's presidential primary

California has the most GOP delegates of any state. A candidate wins the same number of delegates whether they win the 29K GOP voters in Pelosi's district or the 206K in McCarthy's.

U.S.-Mexico border towns brace for Title 42 expiration as migrant arrivals push capacity limits

Across the southern border with Mexico on Wednesday, communities, migrants and border agents braced for the long-anticipated end of Title 42 orders. Most U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities were already overcapacity.

Community mourns 12-year-old killed in drive-by shooting in Long Beach

Lesley Marin provides continued coverage from Long Beach, where a community gathered to mourn Eric Gregory Brown III, a 12-year-old boy who was fatally shot during a drive-by shooting late Tuesday evening.

Title 42 is set to expire in less than 24 hours; what it means for immigration?

With Title 42, a COVID-era policy that prevented asylum-seekers from entering the country, set to end in less than 24 hours, U.S. government and law enforcement are preparing for a crisis at the border. Tom Wait explains what it all means and how it...