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Judge blocks administration from enforcing anti-diversity and anti-transgender executive orders
A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing anti-diversity and anti-transgender executive orders in grant funding requirements that ...
Can $1,000 at birth change a child’s future? A Republican proposal aims to find out
When children of wealthy families reach adulthood, they often benefit from the largesse of parents in the form of a trust fund. It’s another way they get a leg up on less ...
Florida agency tells newspaper to halt reporting angle on foundation associated with governor’s wife
Florida’s child welfare agency sent a letter to a Florida newspaper telling it to “cease and desist” its reporting on foster families for a story about a nonprofit ...
SF fountain that divides public opinion to be fenced off
A controversial fountain along San Francisco’s waterfront has been ordered closed off from the public. The Vaillancourt Fountain across from the Ferry Building ...
Los Angeles businesses looted overnight; anti-ICE protests expected to continue Monday
Several downtown Los Angeles businesses were looted and vandalized overnight as law enforcement worked to restore order following a weekend of protests that turned violent.
Georgia’s experience raises red flags for Medicaid work requirement moving through Congress
Georgia’s experiment with a work requirement for Medicaid offers a test of a similar mandate Republicans in Congress want to ...
US imposes sanctions on El Chapo’s fugitive sons, offers $10 million reward for their capture
The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on the two fugitive sons of incarcerated Mexican Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and announced a reward offer of up ...
BART’s North Berkeley station shuts down due to ‘major medical emergency’
A “major medical emergency” has shut down BART’s North Berkeley station Monday morning, according to transit officials. The station closure was announced by BART at ...
Oklahoma prosecutors seek retrial for death row inmate Richard Glossip
Oklahoma prosecutors will retry longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip a third time for his role in the 1997 killing of his former boss, Attorney General Gentner Drummond ...
Israel seized a Gaza-bound boat with Greta Thunberg on board. Can it do that?
Israeli naval forces, far from the country’s shores, intercepted and seized a Gaza-bound ship carrying international activists, including Greta Thunberg, in an early morning raid ...
East Bay men arrested after South SF home ransacked, vehicle stolen
Two East Bay men were arrested Thursday after a South San Francisco home was ransacked and a stolen credit card was used at a Bay Area casino, according to police. The South San ...
Dick Vitale has an extension with ESPN — and a college basketball event in his honor
Dick Vitale is inextricably intertwined with college basketball, with his iconic voice, exuberant style and enthusiastic catchphrases melding into a soundtrack for nearly five decades of the ...