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With clock ticking, Trump transition is so far skipping background checks and briefings

FBI background checks and ethics agreements are a standard part of vetting cabinet nominees. But, so far, the Trump transition is going its own way.

A server bringing a beer to a customer sitting at the patio parklet at Biergarden Encinitas, June 18, 2024.

Encinitas to charge businesses fees for 'parklets'

Encinitas is the third city in the region to impose a parklet fee, following San Diego and Carlsbad.

A poll manager listens to a presentation by the Committee for Safe and Secure Elections (CSSE) and the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office in the coastal Georgia town of Brunswick.

Police and poll workers train for possible election threats

How to keep polling places safe is becoming part of regular police training in Georgia.

AirPods are displayed during an announcement of new products at Apple headquarters on Sept. 9 in Cupertino, Calif.

FDA approves some Apple AirPods to be used as hearing aids

An upcoming Apple software update will allow some AirPods to double as over-the-counter hearing aids. Only 1 in 6 American adults with hearing loss wears hearing aids.

Karin Allison stands in front of the old FEMA trailer she and her family rent-to-own from Green Oaks Ranch Ministries, where she lives with her husband and three teenagers on June 10, 2024 in Vista, Calif.

Future of Vista's Green Oak Ranch means evictions for RV community

The 110-acre property will soon be managed by Solutions for Change, an organization that helps homeless families.

A group of Indian and Haitian immigrants arrive at a bus stop in Plattsburgh, N.Y. on a Saturday afternoon in August. The migrants were received by Indian drivers who take them to New York City for a fee.

Indian migrants drive surge in northern U.S. border crossings

Unauthorized crossings through the U.S. northern border have surged due to an influx of Indian migrants. Many leave Canada in search of better economic opportunities.

5 years ago they protested for freedom in Hong Kong. They want us to remember them

Five years after mass protests disrupted Hong Kong, and were crushed by the government, people who took part are downsizing their dreams and ambitions — but keeping a small flame of hope alive.

Houses across the Monongahela River are seen from Braddock, Pa., on Oct. 16, 2024.

Why Pennsylvania could be the key to the White House

Vice President Harris and former president Donald Trump are in a tight race in Pennsylvania. The state could go either way and it’s why both candidates are working so hard to appeal to voters.

Islamist rebels of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) light a fire to keep warm as they guard the abandoned Iranian Embassy just days after toppling Syria's leader, and close ally of Iran, Bashar al-Assad, on Dec. 13, in Damascus, Syria.

Who's been funding the HTS rebels now in control of Syria?

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, made a lightning assault across Syria. Where did the rebels get the cash, weapons and training that made their takeover possible?

A map shows the electric car charging stations that the nonprofit group Comite Civico Del Valle plans to build in the Imperial Valley.

This county is California’s harshest charging 'desert' for electric cars. Local activists want to change that

Lack of EV chargers in remote areas could derail California’s aim to electrify cars. In Imperial County, residents have access to few public chargers and buy electric cars at only a fifth of the statewide rate.

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