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Cattle graze near a fire in Amazonas, Brazil, on Sept. 22. A new report analyzed years of data on wildlife populations across the world and found a downward trend in the Earth's biodiversity.

Animal populations shrank an average of 69% over the last half-century, a report says

A new report from the World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London analyzed years of data on wildlife populations across the world and found a downward trend in the Earth's biodiversity.

The San Vicente reservoir in San Diego County stores water from as far away as the Colorado River. Pumping water into a smaller reservoir in the surrounding mountains could store excess solar power until it's needed, when the sun sets.

'Water batteries' could store solar and wind power for when it's needed

San Diego has an ambitious plan to store renewable energy, using extra solar power to pump water up a mountain. This old-style "water battery" technology could be set for a revival.

Republican Nathan Hochman, a candidate for California Attorney General, poses for a photo in Sacramento, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022.

Republican in uphill bid to upend appointed attorney general

Nathan Hochman thinks he has the resume that California Attorney General Rob Bonta can only dream of having.

State officials and workers prepare to send the first 500 feet of broadband cable below ground at the groundbreaking in Poway, Calif. Oct. 13, 2022. The state officials are (from left to right): Liana Bailey-Crimmins, director of the California Department of Technology. Toks Omishakin, California secretary of transportation. Antonio Villaraigosa, infrastructure advisor to Gov. Newsom. Amy Tong, secretary of State Government Operations Agency. Tony Tavaraes, director of Caltrans.

Construction begins in Poway on statewide high-speed internet project

Construction began Thursday near Poway on the first leg of a 10,000-mile-long broadband network.

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) (left) and Republican nominee Hershel Walker (right) are the major party nominees in the Georgia Senate race

With two Black men running for Senate in Georgia, race takes center stage

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Republican Hershel Walker face off in Georgia, the first time two Black men are major party nominees.

Aaron Banks, 38, and his son Aaron Banks, Jr., 8, embrace at a local park on Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Cedar Park, Texas. "The image of the average gun enthusiast needs an update," the elder Banks said. Banks is president of Keep Firing LLC and one of 24 pistol instructors certified by the National African American Gun Association.

These are the faces of the rising number of Black gun owners in the U.S.

Black gun ownership dates back to before the country's founding. In "Armed Doesn't Mean Dangerous," photographer Christian K. Lee captures the growing number of Black Americans who own firearms.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is interviewed at the CalMatters offices on Oct. 11, 2022.

What would Rob Bonta do next as California attorney general?

In an hour-long interview with CalMatters, Attorney General Rob Bonta talks about rising crime, affordable housing, concealed guns and other priorities if he wins a full term.

A video of then-President Donald Trump speaking is displayed as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022.

Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump for testimony on Capitol attack

The committee says Trump, after he lost the 2020 presidential election, launched an unprecedented attempt to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory.

Power crews work to restore electricity in the wake of Hurricane Ian on Oct. 6 on San Carlos Island, in Florida's Lee County.

Florida governor eases voting rules in counties slammed by Hurricane Ian

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an order extending early voting and mail ballot access for certain voters who were affected by Hurricane Ian ahead of elections this fall.

This April 26, 1989 file photo shows Norma McCorvey (L), known as "Jane Roe" in the 1973 landmark Roe vs Wade ruling, with attorney Gloria Allred (R) in front of the US Supreme Court building.

The forgotten story of Jane Roe, who fought for and then against abortion rights

Norma McCorvey is the real name of the woman many Americans now know as the Roe in Roe v. Wade. Her story shows the ways class, religion and money shape abortion politics in the United States.

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