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Statewide the snowpack is 25% of average, but significant snow is in the next seven day forecast for the Sierras. The survey is held approximately 90 miles east of Sacramento off Highway 50 in El Dorado County. Photo taken Jan. 2, 2024.

California snowpack is below average, a complete turnaround from last year

California water officials measured about a quarter of the snowpack they would expect to see this time of year.

Palestinian people with empty bowls wait for food at a donation point in Rafah. A report out this week shows widespread hunger and malnutrition in Gaza but stopped short of declaring it a "famine."

There's already 'catastrophic' hunger in Gaza. Who decides when to call it a 'famine?'

A report out this week says hunger, malnutrition and even starvation are widespread in Gaza, but stopped short of declaring it a 'famine.' Here's a primer on what that means, and who gets to decide.

On the set of United Airlines' new onboard safety video in Montreal, Canada.

With flyers more distracted than ever, United rolls out a rebooted safety video

United Airlines is releasing a new safety video for the first time in years. The refresh comes as airlines struggle to hold the attention of passengers who are distracted by screens of their own.

Many cities have older lead service lines connecting homes to the water system.

Lead in the drinking water is still a problem in the U.S. — especially in Chicago

The Windy City has the most lead pipes of any U.S. city. A study estimates that more than two-thirds of children there are exposed to lead in their home tap water.

Astronaut Charlie M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, is photographed collecting lunar samples during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site.

NASA is set to return to the moon. Here are 4 reasons to go back

NASA's Apollo missions already sent astronauts to the moon from 1969 to 1972. But scientists say there's still lots of good science to do there. The moon also could be an ideal stepping stone to Mars.

David Banks, chancellor of New York City Public Schools, testified at a House Education Committee hearing on antisemitism on Wednesday. He was joined by Karla Silvestre, president of the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland, Emerson Sykes, staff attorney with the ACLU, and Enikia Ford Morthel, superintendent of the Berkeley Unified School District in California.

Republicans and K-12 school leaders clash over handling of antisemitism

Republicans tried for the kind of headline moments they've scored in similar hearings with elite college presidents. But the testimony from K-12 public school leaders offered few surprises.

Vehicles line up in a several-hour wait to leave the Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev., Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. The traffic jam leaving the festival eased up considerably Tuesday as the exodus from the mud-caked Nevada desert entered a second day following massive rain that left tens of thousands of partygoers stranded there for days.

No longer stranded, tens of thousands clean up and head home after Burning Man floods

An unusual late-summer storm turned the weeklong fest into a sloppy mess, with tens of thousands stuck in foot-deep mud and with no working toilets.

Emily rests in bed with her husband and newborn daughter Willow after giving birth at home, Oct. 2022.

San Diego has seen a jump in home births during COVID years

Countywide, the number of home births rose by 28% from before the pandemic to the end of 2022.

CBS is developing its first Black daytime soap opera in 35 years

The series, currently titled The Gates, will follow the lives of a wealthy Black family in a posh, gated community. There's no word yet about when the show will air or who will star in it.

Law enforcement officers search for Francisco Oropesa, who is suspected of shooting and killing five people in a Cleveland, Texas, home early Saturday.

Authorities are offering $80K for information about the suspected Texas shooter

Police say 38-year-old Francisco Oropesa shot five people to death in a home in Cleveland, Texas, early Saturday and then fled the area. Investigators are still searching for the suspect.

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