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Montana Advocates Worry About Federal Impacts on Support for Students With Disabilities

By Alex Sakariassen Tucker Jette lives for gaming, but like so many other recent high school graduates, he’s had to come to terms with the reality that he can’t make…

California issues advisory on New World Screwworm, danger to humans

A parasitic fly whose maggots can infest living livestock, birds, pets and humans, could threaten California soon. The New World Screwworm has rapidly spread northward from Panama since 2023 and…

Projected Surge in Uninsured Will Strain Local Health Systems

By Sam Whitehead and Renuka Rayasam RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — Jake Margo Jr. stood in the triage room at Starr County Memorial Hospital explaining why a person with persistent…

Shohei Ohtani is removed after five no-hit innings, then Dodgers’ bullpen collapses in loss

It was a stressful decision. But it shouldn’t have been so consequential. In the middle of the fifth inning Tuesday night, Shohei Ohtani returned to the Dodgers’ dugout after a…

Disney, Universal and Warner Bros. Discovery sue Chinese AI firm as Hollywood’s copyright battles spread

Walt Disney Co., Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday sued a Chinese artificial intelligence firm called MiniMax for copyright infringement, alleging its AI service generates famous characters including…

People’s Park in Berkeley soon to be home to massive dorm

BERKELEY — It’s been 20 months since the leaders of the University of California’s original campus launched an extraordinary incursion on their own property — deploying dozens of trucks and…

Primm, once an affordable casino mecca for L.A., is now a ghost town

PRIMM, Nevada — As the sun set just before 8 p.m., the bison-headed neon marquee welcoming visitors to Primm flickered faintly. The animal’s face was dark, though the words “Buffalo…

Oscar winner Robert Redford, respected actor, director and producer who founded the Sundance Institute, has died at 89.

Robert Redford, a generational icon who commanded the big screen as the star of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “The Way We Were” and won awards and lasting…

Charlie Kirk’s killing fuels anti-transgender rhetoric

America’s already roiling debate around transgender rights sharply escalated in recent days after Charlie Kirk — one of the nation’s most prominent anti-transgender voices — was fatally shot by a…

An HIV Outbreak in Maine Shows the Risk of Trump’s Crackdown on Homelessness and Drug Use

By Aneri Pattani Penobscot County, Maine, is grappling with the largest HIV outbreak in the state’s history. Home to Bangor, a city of roughly 32,000, the county has identified 28…