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Voters braved a rare San Diego rain storm to vote in the border community of San Ysidro, Nov. 8, 2022.

How healthy is democracy in San Diego? Depends on where you look

As the world celebrates Democracy Day, we examined how some pillars of democracy are holding up in San Diego County.

Typhoon Farma, which operates a hemp farm in Montrose, Colo., planted 70 acres of the cannabis plant this year.

Apple picking season? In Colorado, you can pick your own hemp

A farm in Montrose, Colo., is showing off its harvest, letting the public take home their own CBD plant. It's like picking your own Christmas tree, with therapeutic side effects.

Internal Exxon documents obtained by <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> span Rex Tillerson's tenure as the company's chief executive from 2006 until 2016.

Exxon minimized climate change internally after conceding that fossil fuels cause it

The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that as recently as 2016, Exxon executives were privately pushing back on the idea that humans need to cut their use of oil and gas to limit global warming.

A motorcyclist rides past a mural of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, left, and revolutionary hero CÃ©sar Augusto Sandino<em> </em>during general elections in Managua, Nov. 7, 2021. Ortega won a fourth consecutive term against a field of little-known candidates while those who could have given him a real challenge sat in jail.

I returned to Nicaragua, where I was born, and found a country steeped in fear

NPR's Eyder Peralta recently visited Nicaragua for the first time in a decade, gaining rare access to a nation that is hostile to journalists and known as the Western Hemisphere's newest dictatorship.

After a long lull since 2021, companies from Birkenstock to Instacart are pursuing IPOs. First up is Arm Holdings, a designer of chips, which is making its market debut on Thursday.

What a crop of upcoming IPOs from Birkenstock to Instacart tells us about the economy

A crop of IPOs are coming, starting with chip designer Arm, which is making its debut on Thursday. It's another sign of confidence in markets — and the U.S. economy.

The number of overdoses that involve both fentanyl and stimulants like cocaine and meth is growing fast. One way people who use drugs can protect themselves is by using test strips to check for the presence of fentanyl in other drugs.

Fentanyl mixed with cocaine or meth is driving the '4th wave' of the overdose crisis

A new study finds a 50-fold growth in deaths from combined use of stimulants and opioids. The toxic and contaminated drug supply is to blame.

In this Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, photo a woman types on a keyboard in New York.

UC San Diego researcher finds new vulnerabilities for email providers

San Diego cybersecurity experts discovered some email providers are very vulnerable to hackers who impersonate other people on the network.

Anita Dunn (left) speaks onstage with Hilary Rosen (right) at an event titled "Women Rule" in June 2018. That summer, Dunn and her communications firm began providing crisis communications for the then-Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives regarding allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation.

A corruption trial revealed a #MeToo ethics entanglement for a top Biden adviser

Newly disclosed evidence revealed an apparent conflict of interest for Biden adviser Anita Dunn, when she consulted for an Illinois politician facing #MeToo related allegations in 2018.

UAW supporters and members hold signs outside the Stellantis Assembly Plant in Sterling Heights, Mich., on July 12, 2023. Electric vehicles may not be at the heart of the contract talks between the UAW and the Detroit automakers, but as the sign subtly shows, they loom large in the negotiations.

Why the transition to electric cars looms large in UAW talks with Big 3 automakers

Wages, benefits and job security may be at the heart of union talks with Detroit automakers — but the rise of battery-powered cars looms large in the background.

Border patrol and immigration and border and US-Mexico border

Border Patrol once again puts migrants in outdoor San Ysidro camp with no bathrooms

Approximately 300 men, women and children are sleeping outdoors in a makeshift camp between the primary and secondary border walls in San Ysidro.

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