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An essential worker wearing a face mask stands in a field of strawberries. In the distance, more workers pick on May 2, 2020.

How California Farms Can Survive The Post-Pandemic World

Growers will need to find new ways to market their products, such as shipping farm boxes directly to consumers.

File photo of supporters attending a rally held by Planned Parenthood commemorating the 45th anniversary of the landmark Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court ruling at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 22, 2018.

California to vote on constitutional right to abortion

Supporters say constitutional protection will not negate current state law that restricts late-term abortions unless the mother's life or health is at stake.

Protesters rallying against a COVID lockdown gather along a Beijing street where with candles are lit for the victims a deadly fire in the city of Urumqi.

How a deadly fire in Xinjiang prompted protests unseen in China in three decades

Residents held late-night demonstrations against draconian "zero-COVID" lockdown measures after 10 people were killed in an apartment fire. Protests in China are extremely rare.

Visitors to the Department of Labor are turned away at the door by personnel due to closures over coronavirus concerns, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in New York.

A Guide To Surviving Financially As The Bills Come Due

The coronavirus has already dealt a financial blow to millions of Americans dealing with layoffs, furloughs or reduced hours. And now April's bills are coming due. The good news is there is help available.

In this June 12, 2019 photo, a log burns as the ground smolders from a prescribed fire in Cedar Grove in Kings Canyon National Park, Calif.

As UN tackles twin climate threats, California struggles with them, too

UN nations have pledged to reduce climate-changing methane and forest destruction within 10 years. California has been trying to handle both problems, with limited success.

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Taliban officials eradicate a poppy field on Sunday in Washir, a district of Helmand province in Afghanistan. The country's Taliban rulers have begun a campaign to eradicate poppy cultivation, aiming to wipe out the country's massive production of opium and heroin, even as farmers fear their livelihoods will be ruined at a time of growing poverty.

Afghanistan dominates global opium production. The Taliban is shutting that down

After the group retook power in the country in 2021, it banned poppy cultivation. Now it's tearing the plants out, field by field. But farmers and workers worry there's no money in other crops.

Artwork for Idolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez, an eight-part podcast released Feb. 1, 2022 that dives into the legacy and murder of the slain corrido singer.

'Idolo': Why Singer Chalino Sánchez Is Still a Legend 30 Years After His Unsolved Murder

He was just another Mexican immigrant hustling to survive. But within a few years he became a bestselling singer whose music flowed from California to Mexico, mesmerizing fans with his songs about outlaws and drug traffickers.

Ram Charan stars in<em> RRR, </em>an action-packed bromance set in India in the 1920s.

If you haven't been back to the movies yet, Indian epic 'RRR' is the reason to go

The epic action-picture bromance makes the case for returning to theaters — it reminds us that movies are always more thrilling when they're part of a collective experience.

A view of Shakespeare's Globe on the banks of the River Thames in London in 2016. The theater faces the threat of closure after the coronavirus lockdown has dried up its streams of revenue.

Shakespeare's Globe May Not Survive Pandemic, U.K. Lawmakers Warn

Shakespeare's Globe in London is in dire financial straits after being closed since March, the venue's leadership says. The theater is requesting government aid to stay afloat.

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