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Elon Musk's DOGE takes aim at agency that had plans of regulating X

Musk and other Silicon Valley executives have long railed against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for its work overseeing the tech industry. Now, Musk hopes to eliminate the agency.

Physicist and Kyoto Prize Laureate John Pendry on stage at the UC San Diego Price Center, explaining how devices can redirect light waves. March 12, 2025

Kyoto Prize winner explains the science of invisibility

The annual Kyoto Prize winners came to San Diego for this year’s symposium. Kyoto Laureate John Pendry talked about the theory of bending light rays that’s led to technologies that do that and more.

Real estate sign left standing amidst smoldering ruins of Oct. 20, 1991 Oakland hills fire.

This economist survived a wildfire. Now she's taking on California's insurance crisis

An economist's harrowing escape from fire, and her big ideas to rescue California from its insurance doom spiral.

Hundreds of UC San Diego faculty, staff and students gathered for the Stand Up for Science rally. March 7, 2025

Hundreds gather at UC San Diego for the Stand Up for Science rally

From Social Security to the IRS, federal budget cuts under the Trump administration are being felt everywhere. On Friday, the focus turned to science—nationwide and at UC San Diego.

The Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based venture capital firm, will shutter its grant program for Black women as part of a settlement, ending a year-long affirmative action battle. Here, co-founders and CEOs of The Fearless Fund Arian Simone (center left) and Ayana Parsons (center right) speak to journalists outside federal court in Miami on Jan. 31.

How pushback against DEI impacts businesses owned by women of color

On Midday Edition Tuesday, we’re talking about the ongoing legal challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion.

First responders work the scene after a plane crashed in the parking lot of a retirement community in Manheim Township, Pa. on Sunday.

A single-engine plane crashes near a Pennsylvania airport, injuring 5 passengers

The crash happened around 3 p.m. Sunday just south of Lancaster Airport in Manheim Township. All five victims were taken to hospitals. Nobody on the ground was hurt.

Here are all the ways people are disappearing from government websites

Executive orders from President Trump have agencies across the government scrubbing websites of photos and references to transgender people, women and people of color.

President Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on March 6, including the order terminating the security clearances of those who work at the law firm Perkins Coie.

Law firm says Trump order targeting it specifically is attack on rule of law

Perkins Coie's lawsuit is in response to President Trump's executive order that accused the firm of "dishonest and dangerous activity" that sought to overturn laws and elections and of allegedly discriminatory DEI policies.

Ghassan Mamouli, a representative from the Damascus government, inspects the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike on Thursday.

Israel targets what it says was an Islamic Jihad command center in Damascus

An Israeli airstrike targeted a building in an upscale neighborhood, destroying an apartment that neighbors said had been vacant for years.

A Southwest Airlines plane is unloaded at Denver International Airport on Thursday, Feb. 27. The airline announced that it would begin charging some passengers to check bags.

Bags fly for a fee: Southwest Airlines cancels its free checked luggage perk

The carrier announced Tuesday that it will begin charging certain passengers to check their luggage on flights, a significant shift at the company long prized by consumers for its perks.

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