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A trolley arrives at the 12th & Imperial Transit Center, Sept. 14, 2023.

It's about to get easier to pay MTS bus and trolley fares

The transit agency's board of directors voted to allow fare payment by tapping a credit card or smartphone.

A couple walks in a flooded Saint Mark's Square during high waters on Nov. 19, 2013, in Venice, Italy.

Venice won't be listed as one of the world's most endangered sites

UNESCO, the United Nations body that designates and protects World Heritage sites, says it will continue to monitor the famed Italian city's issues, including climate change and over-tourism.

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 Valero gas station in San Diego, Calif. Oct. 4, 2022.

Average San Diego County gas price rises more than 2 cents

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County rose Thursday 2.4 cents to $5.597.

The California State Capitol in the early evening in Sacramento, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016.

California lawmakers vote to let legislative employees join a labor union

The bill now goes to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk. The bill is one of hundreds of pieces of legislation lawmakers have sent to Newsom during the final two weeks of the legislative session.

A view of Iron Mountain along a trail in Poway in this undated photo.

Slow warming trend for San Diego inland areas into weekend

Temperatures are expected to rise, however slowly, in San Diego County inland areas Thursday and into the weekend.

As House Republicans bicker, the government shutdown threat grows

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is working to contain a revolt by hard-line members of his party that could threaten his job as speaker and a potential government shutdown.

A surfer watches higher than normal waves crash ashore in Lido Beach, N.Y. on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Long Island beaches witnessed 8 to 10-foot waves as Hurricane Lee moved toward the New England area.

Hurricane Lee will bring heavy rain to already saturated areas of New England

Winds on Cape Cod could gust as high as 50 to 60 mph, forecasters said on Thursday. The area is now under a tropical storm warning.

A wounded Ukrainian soldier who goes by the call sign Flame awaits evacuation after being injured in fighting near the eastern town of Bakhmut, Ukraine, on Sept. 4. Ukraine has been waging an offensive against Russian forces since June, but so far has made only limited gains.

In Ukraine, the focus is the fighting, but are negotiations possible?

Ukraine's military offensive is making only limited progress. This is contributing to a debate on whether the U.S. needs to send even more powerful arms, or try to lay the groundwork for peace talks.

Visitors look upon the White House as the U.S. flag flies at half mast following a school shooting in Nashville, Tenn., last March.

For young Americans, politics breaks the American dream instead of building it

Gen Z and millennial voters should dominate the electorate in coming years. A poll from the Sine Institute, exclusively obtained by NPR, shows how 18- to 34-year-old Americans feel about the future.

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