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Surf from Tropical Storm Debby breaks over a sea wall in Cedar Key, Fla., in August 2024. Abnormally hot ocean water is contributing to a very active Atlantic Hurricane season. Climate change is the main driver of record-breaking ocean temperatures, but scientists are trying to figure out what other causes may be at play.

The oceans are weirdly hot. Scientists are trying to figure out why

Scientists knew that climate change would cause the oceans to heat up a lot. But current ocean temperatures are even higher than expected.

San Diego County Supervisor Nora Vargas speaking at the Board of Supervisors meeting, March 14, 2023.

Poll finds majority of San Diego, Imperial County officeholders experienced threats

Researchers found women elected officials in San Diego and neighboring Imperial and Riverside counties were four times more likely to be threatened weekly than men. White male conservative politicians are also reporting that threats are getting worse.

PragerU CEO Marissa Streit speaks at a news conference with Arizona state Sen. Jake Hoffman, State Superintendent of Schools Tom Horne and Scottsdale Unified School District Board Member Carine Werner at the Arizona State Capitol.

PragerU is a conservative video giant. Here's why it's trying to get into schools

Despite the suggestive sound of its name, PragerU is a content creator, not a university. Its short, well-produced videos appeal to college students and young people. And it has big plans to grow.

James Baldwin's face is painted on a decorative bookcase inside the Baldwin & Co. bookstore in New Orleans.

A bookstore named for James Baldwin is counting down to his 100th birthday

James Baldwin died in 1987. Baldwin & Co. is a Black-owned bookstore and community hub in New Orleans. "His literature, his perspective, his insight ... have changed my life," says owner DJ Johnson.

Members of California Faculty Association — the union representing some 29,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches across the 23- campus CSU system — strike at SDSU. San Diego, Calif. Jan. 22, 2024.

California State University faculty reach tentative contract agreement and will end strike

They demanded higher wages, more manageable workloads and increased parental leave.

The Match Day ceremony at the University of California, Irvine, on March 15. Match Day is the day when medical students seeking residency and fellowship training positions find out their options. Increasingly, medical students are choosing to go to states that don't restrict abortion.

Medical residents are starting to avoid states with abortion bans, data shows

A new analysis shows that students graduating from U.S. medical schools this year were less likely to apply for residencies across specialties in states with restrictions on abortion.

Artwork from the upcoming "Shook 2: Songs of the Dark Sirens," which is in final hours of a Kickstarter.

Black women comics creators seek visibility with Kickstarter

The "Shook Volume Two: Songs of the Dark Sirens" surpassed its Kickstarter goal and will be funded. Look for it to be available in mid-2024.

Children play by a guard tower in the Jewish settlement of Evyatar in the West Bank on July 18. The current Israeli government, which is strongly supportive of settlements, recently authorized Evyatar and four other outposts that did not previously have government approval.

With attention on Gaza, Jewish settlers expand in the West Bank

The war in Gaza has been the main focus in the Middle East. Yet in the West Bank, Israel's government is seizing land and Jewish settlers are establishing outposts at the highest rate in decades.

Glyptodonts were giant, armadillo-like shelled mammals that went extinct about 10,000 years ago. A study reveals that cut marks on a glyptodont fossil in South America could have been made by humans a little over 20,000 years ago.

When did humans get to South America? This giant shelled mammal fossil may hold clues

A fossil of an armadillo-like mammal appears to bear cut marks from butchering by humans, suggesting people were living in South America at least 20,000 years ago, even earlier than once thought.

The UC Berkeley chapter of End Overdose at Sproul Plaza in Berkeley on Jan. 23, 2024. The organization passes out free fentanyl test strips to students and gives other organizations training on Narcan usage.

Narcan at California colleges: Are students getting overdose medication?

The Campus Opioid Safety Act required colleges and universities to put the power of reversing fentanyl overdoses directly into the hands of students. Some campuses are giving out the life-saving nasal spray Narcan, while others are not.

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