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SACRAMENTO — Sometimes you have to see nature’s power firsthand before you believe it.Heading into New Year’s weekend, meteorologists warned that an inbound atmospheric river would pack a serious punch. Yet as...

After RU-486’s approval, Dr. Elisabeth Aubény, an obstetrician-gynecologist, said her hospital gave it to appreciative patients, but also encountered protesters who chained themselves to operating tables.Beginning in the 1980s, Dr. Baulieu received...

“Since Covid, the face of libraries have changed,” Marie Hotta, the chair of the Englewood Public Library board, said. “Libraries are not just a place to check out books and do research...

WASHINGTON — White House officials said on Monday that there are no visitor logs that keep track of who comes and goes from President Biden’s personal residence in Wilmington, Del., where six...

RIO VERDE, Ariz. — Joe McCue thought he had found a desert paradise when he bought one of the new stucco houses sprouting in the granite foothills of Rio Verde, Ariz. There...

SAN MATEO, Calif. — More than two weeks of storms have already hammered California, and one more is on the way over the holiday weekend. The relentless downpours and their impact —...

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — In 1964, hoping to erase its image as a privileged cloister for white rich families, Wesleyan University contacted 400 Black high school students from around the country to persuade...

Following four years in private practice, he became a state circuit judge in Lane County, Ore. He was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court in 1960 by Gov. Mark O. Hatfield, a...

Israel’s government, the most right-wing in its history, is barely three weeks old and already leaving its mark, quickly pressing ahead with legislation that critics fear will erode Israeli democracy. Benjamin Netanyahu...

At Donner Summit, scientists at the Central Sierra Snow Lab at the University of California, Berkeley, on Saturday reported more than two feet of snowfall in less than 36 hours , and...