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Snowmobiles glide across the tundra at sunset in Chevak.

Being a new teacher is hard. Having a good mentor can help

In isolated, rural school districts, hiring teachers is only half the battle – keeping them is hard too. One Alaska program has a research-backed approach to helping teachers stick with it.

Gas prices at $7.69 for regular at a Shell station are shown.

California regulators could decide oil profits penalty

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he wants state regulators to decide whether to impose the nation's first penalty on oil companies for price gouging.

Fitness instructor Andra Valencia beats drumsticks on an inflatable exercise ball at San Diego Oasis' 'Fitness Palooza.'

Getting healthy is a popular New Year's resolution, fitness instructors have advice on how to stick with it

Experts in San Diego tell us how to get the most out of your New Year's resolution and give advice to help.

FILE - The Missouri State Capitol is seen on Sept. 16, 2022, in Jefferson City, Mo.

Republican legislatures look to put local issues in liberal areas under state control

State legislatures are considering more than 600 bills that would undermine local control on culture wars issues from education and policing to environmental policy.

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Sen. Katie Britt, R- Ala., Sen, Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Sen, Chris Murphy, D-Conn. are pushing a new bipartisan bill focused on online safety for kids.

Bipartisan senators predict parents will overcome tech lobby to protect kids online

Four senators — all parents of young kids or teens — are pushing new legislation to set the minimum age to use social media platforms at 13, and require parental consent for teens signing up.

Robert Gottlieb describes editing as a service job: "Our job is to serve the word, serve the author, serve the text."

He's edited Caro, le Carré and 'Catch-22,' but doesn't mind if you don't know his name

Robert Gottlieb has been working in publishing since 1955. The documentary Turn Every Page, by daughter Lizzie Gottlieb, examines his decades-long editing relationship with author Robert Caro.

White House chief of staff Jeff Zients, seen here in a Feb. 1, 2023 file photo, says President Biden wants to keep talks about government spending separate from a bill needed to raise the debt limit.

First raise the debt limit. Then we can talk about spending, the White House insists

White House chief of staff Jeff Zients says debt limit talks and spending negotiations must be kept separate — despite House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's insistence they be tied together.

UC San Diego engineering professor Sheng Xu holds a small cardiac imaging monitor that can be worn on the chest to examine the heart. Feb 2, 2023

Wearable patch can measure a heart’s performance

UCSD scientists designed a wearable patch they said can connect to a laptop to show you the functions of your heart.

Critics say U.S. government training videos like this one from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exaggerate fears of fentanyl exposure among police.

Cops say they're being poisoned by fentanyl. Experts say the risk is 'extremely low'

Police officers regularly report being poisoned or overdosing after encountering trace amounts of fentanyl on the job. Experts say it's not happening.

<em>New York Times</em> chairman and publisher A.G. Sulzberger, shown above, on Monday called for journalists to operate independent of government pressure, corporate influence, partisan agenda - and personal ideology.

The New York Times' Sulzberger warns reporters of 'blind spots and echo chambers'

In recent years, social justice movements have affected U.S. newsrooms. In a 12,000-word essay, New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger argues journalism must be free of personal ideology.

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