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A burned sign greets travelers in Grizzly Flat, Calif. Tuesday, August 17, 2021.

Stalled US Forest Service project could have protected California town from Caldor Fire destruction

Unreliable agency data limits wildfire prevention accountability.

A bald eagle is shown in 2020 in Philadelphia. NextEra Energy subsidiary ESI Energy was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay more than $8 million in fines and restitution after at least 150 eagles were killed over the past decade at its wind farms in eight states.

A wind energy company has pleaded guilty after killing at least 150 eagles

NextEra Energy subsidiary ESI Energy pleaded guilty to charges over the deaths of eagles at three of its wind farms in Wyoming and New Mexico.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leads the passage of the gun safety bill in the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022.

House passes semi-automatic gun ban after 18-year lapse

The House has passed legislation to revive a ban on semi-automatic guns.

Seattle Pacific University students and staff have sued leaders of the board of trustees for refusing to put an end to the university's discriminatory hiring practices.

Seattle Pacific University leaders are sued for anti-LGBTQ hiring practices

The lawsuit says the university discriminates against potential faculty members by prohibiting individuals in same-sex relationships from being hired.

Evan Neumann, who is wanted by the FBI, holds his new Belarusian documents at the department of citizenship and migration office in Brest, Belarus.

A Jan. 6 Capitol riot suspect wanted by the FBI was granted refugee status in Belarus

Evan Neumann is under federal indictment in the U.S. for more than a dozen charges linked to last year's Capitol insurrection. Russian ally Belarus has granted him asylum and protection indefinitely.

Veterans Village of San Diego's campus for drug and alcohol rehabilitation is shown on Jan. 27, 2022.

DEA investigating second death at Veterans Village of San Diego

Three days before the nonprofit’s premier event, Stand Down, a rehab center resident died of a suspected fentanyl overdose.

Amazon tractor trailers line up outside the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Staten Island, N.Y., in April 2020. The pandemic has been good for the company's bottom line.

Court: Amazon customers can sue over lack of toxic warnings

California's Supreme Court is allowing customers to sue Amazon.com for failing to warn buyers that some products it sells may contain hazardous substances such as mercury.

Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons workers ask customers to support them if a strike were to happen, August 27, 2019.

Local labor leader sees new energy in union organizing

While support for labor unions is increasing, overall membership is down.

American Medical Association President Dr. Jack Resneck recently recounted how doctors around the country are facing difficulties practicing medicine in states that ban abortion.

Doctors who want to defy abortion laws say it's too risky

In states with abortion bans, doctors may hesitate to provide abortion care in a medical emergency. Some ethicists argue doctors should practice civil disobedience and put patients' lives first.

Job cuts are rolling in. Here's who is feeling the most pain so far

Tesla, JPMorgan, Netflix, Redfin and Coinbase are among companies that are cutting jobs. While layoffs are contained to the hottest parts of the economy, there's fear they could spread elsewhere.

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