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A worker, wearing a protective mask against the coronavirus, stocks produce before the opening of Gus's Community Market, Friday, March 27, 2020, in San Francisco.

California Regulators Reconsider Mask Standard For Workers

A dozen major California business organizations have called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to change recently adopted workplace regulations requiring all workers to wear masks unless everyone in a room is vaccinated.

Myanmar poet Khet Thi died in police custody early last month. Authorities "said he died because of heart disease," his widow Chaw Su says. "But they just beat his head in."

He Used His Poetry To Speak Out Against Myanmar's Coup. It May Have Cost Him His Life

"They shoot in the head, but they don't know the revolution is in the heart," Khet Thi wrote. He died in police custody. In opposing the coup, "I have decided to sacrifice my life," he told a friend.

Naomi Flynn watches a movie from inside her SUV along a road in Spring Valley on June 7, 2021. She has been living in her SUV since she was forced to leave a San Diego County-run hotel for COVID-19 isolation.

Review Of County COVID-19 Hotel Program Delayed; Guests Say Shelter Effort Still Troubled

County staff missed a deadline set by the Board of Supervisors to produce an independent review of the troubled COVID-19 hotel sheltering program.

By the time Victoria Cooper enrolled in an alcohol treatment program in 2018, she was "drinking for survival," not pleasure, she says — multiple vodka shots in the morning, at lunchtime and beyond. In the treatment program, she saw other women in their 20s struggling with alcohol and other drugs. "It was the first time in a very long time that I had not felt alone," she says.

Women Now Drink As Much As Men — Not So Much For Pleasure, But To Cope

Women aren't just upping their drinking, researchers say. Increasingly they are "drinking to cope," instead of for pleasure — which accelerates the risk of alcohol use disorder and its health damage.

Democrats Increasingly Say American Democracy Is Sliding Toward Minority Rule

More and more Democrats say the system is out of whack, with key pillars of democracy under stress.

Women Now Drink As Much As Men — Not So Much For Pleasure, But To Cope

Women aren't just upping their drinking, researchers say. Increasingly they are "drinking to cope," instead of for pleasure — which accelerates the risk of alcohol use disorder and its health damage.

Jerome Lucero is the governor of Zia Pueblo in New Mexico, and one of its police officers.

Supreme Court Rules Tribal Police Can Detain Non-Natives, But Problems Remain

Tribal forces can investigate and hold non-Native Americans while waiting for back up from state police or federal officers, but they can't arrest them. Tribes say that means criminals going free.

Biden is heading out on his first trip abroad â as president â but he's met most of the world leaders he will talk with in Europe before, including Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Biden Heads To Europe To Convince Allies The United States Has Their Backs

Biden wants to rebuild relations with allies, but some of his old friends in Europe have grown weary after the last four years.

The U.S. Capitol is seen on the morning of April 29.

Democrats Increasingly Say American Democracy Is Sliding Toward Minority Rule

More and more Democrats say the system is out of whack, with key pillars of democracy under stress.

A worker making pasta at Cesarina in Point Loma with a sign requiring face covering on the premises, July 21, 2020.

County Supervisors Approve Plan To Spend $650 Million In Federal COVID Relief Money

San Diego County Supervisors spend hours on Tuesday afternoon discussing how to spend about $650 million in federal financial relief from the American Rescue Plan Act.

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