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Sens. Mark Warner and Mike Crapo, seen here making their way to the House chamber for President Trump's first State of the Union Address in 2018, are announcing an effort to expand access to capital for small businesses emerging from the pandemic.

Senators to announce coalition reaches $1 billion goal for minority, community lending

Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, will join Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo at the Capitol Thursday to announce the funding.

People shop ahead of Black Friday at a Walmart Supercenter in Burbank, Calif., on Nov. 14, 2023.

Skip the shopping frenzy with these 4 Black Friday alternatives

From hiking local trails to studying black holes, some Americans are finding creative ways to mark America's busiest shopping day without spending a dime.

Mandy Gunasekara, the Environmental Protection Agency's former chief of staff, speaks during a bitcoin mining event in Houston on March 30, 2022.

How climate policy could change if a Republican is elected president in 2024

Mandy Gunasekara, a former EPA official in the Trump administration, says climate change will be "mild and manageable." She wrote a playbook to weaken the EPA if a Republican wins the 2024 election.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito sits for a group portrait the Supreme Court building in Washington on Oct. 7, 2022.

Justice Alito disputes ProPublica report he should have disclosed luxury trip

Justice Samuel Alito says he didn't have to disclose a 2008 luxury trip to Alaska, or the flight on a private jet of hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer who had several cases before the high court.

Israel is trying to arm more citizens with guns since the Hamas attack

Israel was already known for having lots of firearms. But since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, the Israeli government has moved to loosen gun restrictions and fast-track permits for civilians.

In a year of book bans, Maureen Corrigan's top 10 affirm the joy of reading widely

Fresh Air's book critic says 2023 was an outstanding year for reading. Corrigan shares 10 of her favorite titles – a wide-ranging list of fiction and nonfiction.

Megan McCall stands on a North Park street corner on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. She says like the cannabis industry, she's watched some get wealthy off the neighborhood while people of color are pushed out.

San Diego local wants equity in cannabis industry

San Diego is deciding how to spend $1 million allocated to its cannabis social equity program.

Sesame Place opens in the South Bay. The new theme park is rebranded by SeaWorld Entertainment and the Sesame Workshop that produces the long running educational television show Sesame Street, Chula Vista, CA, March 25, 2022.

Report: Impact of tourism in San Diego totaled $22.7B in 2022

According to the findings, $13.6 billion of direct visitor spending was generated last year by 28.8 million visitors to San Diego.

Sisters, wives, mothers, cousins of the community gather and mourn at the Qusra wake for for four of the six men killed in Qusra, Palestine.

Palestinians brace for more violence after reprisal attacks in the West Bank

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank in the days after Hamas' attack on southern Israel.

The city of San Diego seal is shown outside city hall in San Diego, Calif. Jan. 24, 2023.

San Diego leaders head to Washington, DC, for 3-day conference

A group of more than 170 San Diego business and civic leaders to Washington, D.C. for a three-day conference.

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