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Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chair of the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, speaks during a meeting on Dec. 13, 2021. One part of the panel's probe focuses on money and the day's events.

New clues emerge about the money that might have helped fund the Jan. 6 insurrection

Recent legal moves by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol offer some clues on how it's following the money.

A trolley pulls into the MTS headquarters station in the East Village on March 10, 2022

Gas price surge leads to boost in MTS ridership

The Metropolitan Transit System says ridership numbers have been on the upswing for months.

Pamela Hill shows off her electric bike near her home in the San Diego neighborhood of Encanto, March 9, 2022.

Electric bikes are one alternative to paying the high price of gas

San Diego nonprofit puts more than 200 people on e-bikes with the goal of improving human health and the environment.

A Vons supermarket storefront in San Diego is shown. Safeway Inc. is the parent company of the supermarket.

Grocery workers authorize strike vote against SoCal supermarkets

The union representing grocery store workers in Southern California supermarkets said Thursday it has authorized a strike vote as contract negotiations with the owners of Ralphs and Vons/Pavilions/Albertsons have stalled.

With federal rules unclear, some states carve their own path on cryptocurrencies

As cryptocurrency become more mainstream, some states are introducing legislation to standardize crypto as a form of payment.

State Department spokesperson on the U.S.' efforts to counter Russia's messaging

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Ned Price, spokesperson for the State Department, who says Russia is accusing U.S. and Ukraine of preparing biological weapons.

A Blue Line trolley travels toward downtown San Diego, June 1, 2021.

MTS Board approves new affordable housing development in San Ysidro

This is the first MTS housing development planned in San Ysidro. Construction is estimated to begin by early 2024, and will take around 21 months to build.

Middlebury College in Vermont suspended a study abroad program in Russia at the end of February citing safety concerns, urging the 12 students to return home. Among them was Zavier Ridgley, who was studying in Moscow when he was told to book a flight home quickly. Here, he stands for a self-portrait in front of Moscow State University in January.

U.S. colleges are cutting their partnerships and financial ties with Russia

Colleges are pulling students from study abroad programs in Russia, ending research partnerships and cutting investments as part of a global wave of condemnation over the invasion of Ukraine.

Thousands of Russians have fled, afraid a new Iron Curtain will fall

New Yorker staff writer Masha Gessen says there's been an exodus from Russia in the last week and a half: "It's a sudden and drastic descent into a sense of having no country."

Family members exchange photographs of their lost loved ones in the lobby of the Akin Gump law firm offices on Thursday in Manhattan, NY. The family members and victims gave statements to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court with the Sackler family, who own Purdue Pharma LP, present on Thursday.

For the first time, victims of the opioid crisis formally confront the Sackler family

The Sacklers, who own Purdue Pharma, maker of Oxycontin, have maintained they did nothing wrong. People who lost loved ones and years of their lives to opioid addiction believe otherwise.

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