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Gas prices are displayed at a Mobil gas station in Los Angeles on Oct. 28, 2022. ExxonMobil posted record earnings in 2022, benefitting from a surge in oil prices.

Exxon announced record earnings. It's bound to renew scrutiny of Big Oil

Exxon earned nearly $56 billion in profit last year, the biggest annual profit any Western oil company has ever seen. Chevron set its own record with $35 billion in profit.

The Internal Revenue Service building is seen in Washington, D.C., on April 5. The IRS got $80 billion in new funding as part of the climate and health care bill passed by Congress on Friday. Most of that money will be used to target wealthier tax evaders.

The IRS just got $80 billion to beef up. A big goal? Going after rich tax dodgers

The big climate and health care bill passed by the House Friday includes billions in new funding for the IRS over the next decade. Most of that money is aimed at catching wealthy tax cheats.

A windsock billowing in the wind in Jamul, Calif., Nov. 22, 2021.

Santa Ana Winds expected to taper off, easing wildfire concerns

According to the National Weather Service, winds will taper off by late morning, although some gusts of 15 to 25 mph will still be possible in some mountain areas, while humidity levels could hover in the 5 to 15% range.

SANDAG crews break ground on the new Blue Trolley Line expansion into University City, San Diego, Jan. 18, 2017.

SANDAG transportation plan in limbo over mileage tax, emission standards

SANDAG's Board of Directors voted months ago to remove the tax, but the state says it needs to stay for the region to meet requirements.

A construction excavator sits on the street outside of a home building an accessory dwelling unit, April 12, 2022.

San Diego hopes incentives will lead to more low-income 'granny flats'

More low-income granny flats could be on their way to San Diego, after the City Council passed an amendment to incentivize their construction.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster sent a letter to the state's department of education this week about <em>Gender Queer: A Memoir,</em> a book he wants investigated.

More Republican leaders try to ban books on race, LGBTQ issues

In the latest instance, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster calls on the state's department of education to look into banning a book about queer identity, saying the content is sexually explicit.

David Sinopoli was arrested Sunday and charged in the 1975 killing of Lindy Sue Biechler. Police used a discarded coffee cup to compare Sinopoli's DNA with another sample collected at the crime scene decades ago.

A discarded coffee cup may have just helped crack this decades-old murder case

David Sinopoli was charged Sunday in the 1975 killing of Lindy Sue Biechler. Investigators chased down leads for decades, but it wasn't until advanced DNA analysis was done that he became a suspect.

8 year old Victoria Jenkins boards a bus to attend school outside of San Antonio, Texas. Victoria is nonverbal and relies on a motorized wheelchair and assistive communication devices.

For disabled children of military parents, frequent moves can lead to schooling and health care gaps

When service members move from base to base, they sometimes find it takes too long for their child's new school to begin providing special education services.

Dr. Joyce Medina does an eye exam on Jessica, a 6th grade student at the Monarch School in Barrio Logan. 45 students from the school were given a new pair of eye glasses following their exams. San Diego, CA, March 16, 2022.

Students who are unhoused get a gleam of hope in their eyes

Some students at the Monarch School now have a much clearer view of the world: They have a new pair of eyeglasses.

Ernie, a Muppet from the popular children's series <em>Sesame Street</em>, appears with new character Ji-Young, the first Asian American Muppet, on the set of the long-running children's program in New York on Nov. 1.

This 'Sesame Street' kid is now the Muppeteer for its first Asian American character

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kathleen Kim, the puppeteer behind Ji-Young, the show's newest Muppet. Kim, born to Korean immigrants, says she grew up watching the show herself.

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