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The Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati…

Following the near-disaster caused by a chemical facility in Garden Grove, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that aims to protect communities near potentially explosive chemicals.

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ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...

Billions of dollars, dozens of hearings, three administrations and no answers. On the VA’s fourth attempt to modernize electronic health records, Congress says “enough.”

The Ohio Democratic Party suppressed dissent from within its own Pride Caucus, activists said.

The three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals consisted exclusively of Donald Trump appointees.

Joseph Kutzko was charged with assaulting the child in January 2025, not long before the child was removed from the family’s home. Mother Arlene Kutzko was charged with witness intimidation in connect...

New speculative fiction from Annalee Newitz

Heavy with driftwood and otherwise empty, the Emeryville mudflats became a sculptural playland in the 1960s and ’70s.

Disbanding of department in Trinidad comes after arrest of a resident for posting about issues with local water supply

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No ethical landlord calls a competitor to agree on rent. With algorithmic collusion, they don’t have to.

Among the issues a pair of out council candidates in two East Bay cities are running on this fall is opposition to the use of Flock Safety cameras by their police departments.

As an abolitionist, I know that more police, more prisons, and harsher punishments aren't how we prevent crime. While Emeryville police are among the best

and more importantly: a response to all the cis people responding to the way that trans people are responding to said Democrats’ responses

While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.