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A patient from central Texas is escorted down the hall by clinic administrator Kathaleen Pittman prior to getting an abortion at Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, Louisiana on Oct. 9, 2021.

California fails to collect basic abortion data — even as it invites an out-of-state influx

As California vows to protect abortion rights, it lacks the data that would help estimate how many out-of-state women may seek services. Currently, the state does not collect abortion data, including comprehensive numbers.

In this Feb. 23, 2016 file photo, people try to catch fish along the Sacramento River in the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta, near Courtland, Calif.

California plan would pay farmers to grow less to save water

California would pay farmers not to plant thousands of acres of land as part of a $2.9 billion plan to let more water flow in the the state's rivers.

Republican politicians claim big financial firms are using environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing to try to bankrupt the fossil fuel industry and to advance other purported liberal objectives they couldn't achieve at the ballot box.

How ESG investing got tangled up in America's culture wars

Amid Republican attacks, investors focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues say they are just trying understand emerging risks and opportunities.

Smoke billows from the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon fire, outside of Las Vegas, New Mexico, on May 11.

Fire crews battling the massive New Mexico wildfire want a break from relentless wind

The giant, wind-whipped blaze burning in New Mexico has displaced tens of thousands and is on track to become the largest wildfire in the state's history

In this Jan. 21, 2020, file photo, state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, speaks at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif.

Federal Judge Says California Can Enforce Net Neutrality Law

A federal judge has ruled California can enforce its net neutrality law.

Bills targeting trans youth are growing more common — and radically reshaping lives

An NPR analysis finds that over the past two years, state lawmakers introduced more than 300 bills targeting trans people. Most of this legislation, 86%, takes aim at the rights of trans youth.

In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell, left, sits at the defense table with defense attorney Jeffrey Pagliuca while listening to testimony in her sex abuse trial on Dec. 16, 2021, in New York.

Ghislaine Maxwell portrayed as both predator and innocent woman at closing arguments

Federal prosecutors argued Monday that Jeffrey Epstein could not have preyed on teenage girls without the help of the British socialite. Defense attorneys, meanwhile, said she was wrongfully accused.

The exterior of the San Diego County Central Jail in downtown San Diego is shown on April 26, 2022.

California inmate overdoses plummet under drug program

The rate of overdose deaths dropped by more than half after the program began in 2020.

FILE - This Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, file photo shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency's campus in Silver Spring, Md.

FDA recalling 2 million Ellume at-home COVID-19 test kits because of false positives

The federal regulatory agency says the recall stems from a manufacturing defect found in some 2 million tests.

Leonard Glenn Francis, also known as "Fat Leonard" at a Navy event.

Navy's 'Fat Leonard' scandal goes to trial

After dozens of guilty pleas, the last five named defendants in the largest contracting scandal in Navy history are on trial in San Diego.

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