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Jerome Adams, who served as Trump's U.S. surgeon general, says he hopes that coming out of the pandemic, people can have a healthier respect for the scientific process.

Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams calls for masking 'compassion'

The U.S. needs to ensure everyone has an equitable chance to protect themselves, and if people don't have that opportunity, they need to be able to rely on others to be compassionate, he says.

A poll worker hands off a Georgia Voted sticker to a voter on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022, in Atlanta.

Step aside, Florida and Ohio. Georgia is ready to be a political battleground

Is it purple? Georgia's status as a solid red state has been challenged in recent elections but not everyone is ready to say it's changing hue.

Chinese President Jiang Zemin sings a selection from "Beijing Opera" on the last day of an eight-day visit to the U.S. on Nov. 2, 1997, in Los Angeles.

China's ex-leader Jiang Zemin, an influential reformer, has died at 96

Jiang Zemin rose to power in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square protests and leaves a legacy of economic reforms — but also tight political control.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican who's seen here on Oct. 25, is the ultimate decider of the state's presidential primary date. At right is Gabriel Sterling, chief operating officer in Raffensperger's office.

An early Democratic presidential primary in Georgia depends on Republicans

A DNC panel approved changes to its primary calendar, but states face different challenges in implementing the plan.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian speaks at the daily media briefing in Beijing on April 8, 2020. This week, Zhao was assigned a new job: deputy director of the ministry's Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs — a lateral move to an obscure post that takes Zhao out of the spotlight.

A 'wolf warrior' is sidelined, as China softens its approach on the world stage

Zhao Lijian, a foreign ministry spokesman known for his combative approach, was reassigned. The change is mostly tactical, but analysts see a window of opportunity to improve China-U.S. relations.

Bats have a seven-octave vocal range. Researchers say, to make their low-frequency calls, bats use the same trick as throat singers and death metal growlers.

Death metal singers have a vocal counterpart ... in bats

Bats and death metal singers have more in common than a love of the dark. A new study has found that some of bats' lower frequency calls appear to use a technique similar to death metal growling.

Ivan Luna, second from left, attends an excercise science course at Southwestern College in Chula Vista. Dec. 2, 2021.

Enrollment drops at San Diego community colleges during COVID-19

COVID-19 was supposed to bring more students to San Diego County’s community colleges. Instead, some campuses have been hit with steep declines.

Former Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke.

Ben Bernanke among 3 American winners of Nobel Prize in economics

Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and two academic economists — Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig — share this year's Nobel Prize in economics for their work on bank runs.

Scripps Professor Ram Ramanathan Will Receive Prestigious Climate Prize

Veerabhadran "Ram" Ramanathan, the renowned professor and researcher in climate science at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, is being honored for his work on climate change.

A TikTok official gives a tour of the company's Transparency and Accountability Centers in the Los Angeles area.

TikTok officials go on a public charm offensive amid a stalemate in Biden White House

The hit video app is facing an existential crisis, and it is hoping promoting its reorganization will help convince Americans that it is independent from its Chinese owner.

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