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One memorable speech can turn around a faltering campaign − how Nixon did it with his ‘Checkers’...
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 2 weeks agoFacing an uproar over use of a private fund to cover expenses, vice presidential candidate Sen....
Wildfire smoke linked to thousands of premature deaths every year in California alone
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 2 weeks agoBreathing wildfire smoke can cut years off people’s lives. As fires become more frequent in a...
String of earthquakes rattles L.A.: Are they telling us something bigger?
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoSouthern California was recently rattled by several small earthquakes. They produced minor shaking...
The U.S. Drought Monitor is a critical tool for the arid West. Can it keep up with climate change?
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoNew research raises questions about the familiar map's ability to address long-term drying trends,...
In Acton, rural serenity threatened by planned battery facilities, costlier fire insurance
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoLithium-ion battery energy storage sites are being built across California. In Acton, residents fear...
'How has court worked out for them?' — With NCAA settlement talks heating up, college leaders brace...
Yahoo Sports· 2 months agoIn the fall, as college leaders were mired in negotiations to settle a handful of antitrust...
Columbia University’s encampment ended with a mass police operation. Here’s how some schools avoided...
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance Canada· 3 months agoWhile the apparent end of Columbia’s pro-Palestinian encampments was marred by a takeover of a...
Are pro-Gaza college protests free speech? Survivors of Hamas attack say no in lawsuit
Miami Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoPro-Palestinian protests at U.S. universities are prompting constitutional questions – particularly...
Baseball boosted Japanese Americans during internment. A field in the desert may retell the story.
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Canada Sports· 3 months agoIn a desolate valley of Southern California’s high desert, an act of restoration is unfolding that befits the resolve of the intended honorees. With every prickly chunk of cleared tumbleweed ...
Report: U.S. air pollution worst in 25 years as new environmental regulations finalized
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoAn American Lung Association report finds 131 million people are breathing “hazardous” or “very unhealthy” air. The exposure can be life-threatening.