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Alaska's senior population continues its 'astounding' growth, creating widespread implications
The number of seniors in Alaska continues to surge, a trend that's contributing to the reduction of natural population growth and causing other wide-ranging impacts, according to a recent state report.
The pattern, which is set to continue, is helping drive the state's health care industry while holding down its working-age population, said ...Read more
How a dog visitation dispute in San Diego turned into a warning to judges about AI
SAN DIEGO — It started as a legal dispute over dog custody and visitation after a San Diego County couple broke up.
The judge’s order cited two similar cases and ultimately sided with the woman who had Kyra the dog for the last couple of years, giving her full rights and denying her ex’s requests.
It wasn’t until later, well into the ...Read more
Trump's one Big Beautiful Bill Act darkens outlook for government-backed clinics
Bluestem Health, a clinic that serves low-income and uninsured patients in Lincoln, Nebraska, has lost money for the last two years.
And CEO Brad Meyer fears times will soon get worse for the clinic and its 21,000 patients. That’s because Nebraska is set to become the first state to require certain Medicaid enrollees to work or lose their ...Read more
A taste of the outdoors: National Geographic cookbook features National Parks-inspired recipes
What do America’s national parks taste like?
In Northern California, perhaps it’s the earthiness of forest mushrooms and sweetness of crab meat. Along the Southern border, maybe the basso of pine nuts and tang of cactus paddles. And in the East, how about … a whole lot of country ham?
That delicious thought came up while Nina Elder and ...Read more
Colorado eyes changes to courts' competency process after high-profile case stirred outrage
DENVER — Colorado lawmakers want to create a new way to institutionalize mentally ill and disabled people who are accused of serious crimes in an effort to ensure that dangerous people are not set free when their criminal cases end.
The bipartisan effort to tweak Colorado’s competency laws is backed by major players in the criminal justice ...Read more
Trump issues ultimatum to hit Iran's power plants after rescue
President Donald Trump issued increasingly aggressive threats to destroy Iran’s power plants starting Tuesday and bring “Hell” to the country following the rescue of a U.S. airman more than a day after his fighter jet was shot down.
Iran rejected Trump’s latest ultimatum to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying it would only fully resume ...Read more
There's a public health alert about a Walmart brand food aimed at kids
Chicken nuggets sold under Walmart’s store brand were the subject of a public health alert after a state agency found unsafe levels of lead.
In announcing the alert about Great Value Dino Shaped Chicken Breast Nuggets, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service didn’t name the state, only saying “the problem was discovered during ...Read more
The eaglets have landed for Big Bear couple Jackie and Shadow
It’s an Easter Sunday to remember for Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow, who welcomed a pair of eaglets this weekend in front of 2.5 million social media followers.
The first chick hatched late Saturday at 11:33 p.m. while the second emerged Sunday at 8:30 a.m., according to Friends of Big Bear Valley, the nonprofit group that oversees ...Read more
Chinese researcher dies after alleged questioning by feds
DETROIT — Chinese officials are calling on the United States to investigate the death of a University of Michigan researcher after undergoing what they labeled "hostile questioning" by federal law enforcement.
The researcher, whom the university said was electrical and computer engineering research assistant Danhao Wang, died March 20. The ...Read more
Redesign of George Floyd Square to begin this summer
MINNEAPOLIS — Construction at George Floyd Square, the Minneapolis intersection where George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020, is expected to begin this summer as the city moves forward with plans to redesign the area.
Street and infrastructure improvements around the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue ...Read more
Trump escalates threats to bomb Iran's power plants after rescue
President Donald Trump issued a series of increasingly fiery threats to destroy Iran’s power plants starting Tuesday and bring “Hell” to the country after U.S. forces rescued an airman from Iran more than a day after his fighter jet was shot down.
Iran rejected Trump’s latest ultimatum to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying the strait ...Read more
Justice Department's use of military lawyers against civilians in Minnesota courts put to the legal test
MINNEAPOLIS — After a wave of resignations decimated the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s office, the federal government has tried to offset the staffing crunch with a novel strategy: deploying military lawyers to temporarily serve as assistant prosecutors.
That method now faces a legal test over whether these lawyers can prosecute civilians in ...Read more
On NASA's moon mission, the biggest headache has been the toilet
As NASA’s Artemis II astronauts make their way to the moon this weekend, their test flight has gone surprisingly well without any major issues, save for one piece of technology giving the crew some grief: the toilet.
The Lockheed Martin-built Orion crew capsule that’s carrying the Artemis II crew to the moon is equipped with what’s known...Read more
Congo is latest country to take third country deportees from US
The Democratic Republic of Congo will join several African states willing to accept third-country nationals deported from the U.S.
The program will see deportees arriving in the central African country from this month, the government said in a statement on Sunday. The U.S. will cover all the costs, it said.
“This stay is not intended to ...Read more
Israel says more than 1,000 Iranian missiles still threaten it
Israel assesses that Iran still has more than 1,000 missiles capable of reaching it, while Hezbollah’s arsenal in Lebanon includes as many as 10,000 shorter-range rockets, according to military briefings cited by Israeli media this weekend.
In an interview with Channel 12, an Israeli air force officer provided the tally of remaining Iranian ...Read more
US request prompts Planet Labs to withhold Iran war images
The Trump administration has asked satellite imagery providers to voluntarily withhold images of designated areas of interest due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, prompting Planet Labs PBC to restrict access to data from the region.
The San Francisco-based commercial satellite provider said on Sunday that the measures would apply ...Read more
Inside the Pentagon, fears of a disrupted war effort after Army chief's ouster
WASHINGTON — Merely two weeks had passed since the Iran war began when Gen. Randy George, the Army's highest-ranking officer, began sounding an alarm.
Touring a weapons depot in North Carolina, George warned lawmakers present that the conflict's vast and ever-growing list of targets was straining U.S. capacity — "depleting our stockpiles ...Read more
Trump loses across courts in bruising week of immigration and legal setbacks
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump spent much of last week railing against the courts. The courts, in turn, spent it ruling against him.
While Trump made history as the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court, where he stared down justices as they questioned his bid to end birthright citizenship, quieter ...Read more
NASA shoehorns in human science on Artemis II moon mission
While the primary goal of the Artemis II mission is the ensure the Orion spacecraft is safe for humans, NASA did find time to fit some science on board during the 10-day lunar fly-by.
“The most complex machine we’re flying is the human, and we have to understand the human as a system in order to be successful,” said Steven Platts, NASA’...Read more
Israel says more than 1,000 Iranian missiles still threaten it
Israel assesses that Iran still has more than 1,000 missiles capable of reaching it, while Hezbollah’s arsenal in Lebanon includes as many as 10,000 shorter-range rockets, according to military briefings cited by Israeli media this weekend.
In an interview with Channel 12, an Israeli air force officer provided the tally of remaining Iranian ...Read more
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