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Donna Dunn, 49, works as the office manager at a healthcare clinic in Booker, Texas. Despite getting a raise, she has struggled to pay her family's bills as prices have risen faster than her paycheck.

Workers are changing jobs and getting raises, and still struggling financially

It should be good news for Americans: a new poll shows almost everyone is getting a raise and they're not having to stick it out in jobs they hate. But for many the financial struggle continues.

I grew up gazing at fossils in natural history museums. When I discovered that I could find them myself, the prehistoric world of my childhood dreams was suddenly more accessible. Some of my favorite finds are these Cambrian trilobites from Utah.

Bones, teeth and really old rocks: How finding fossils takes me out of myself

Fossils are a humble, hidden constant in the city's bustling ecosystem. And in my overstimulated life, seeking out a few constants in the world sounded pretty good.

200,000 could lose their jobs as Western companies withdraw, Moscow mayor says

The city is preparing to retrain some workers and give temporary public works jobs to thousands more as a growing number of Western companies distance themselves from Russia.

A monkeypox vaccine vile sits on a table, July 13, 2022.

San Diego County supervisors ratify state of emergency on monkeypox

San Diego County supervisors unanimously ratified a state of emergency Tuesday in response to the monkeypox outbreak in an attempt to bolster vaccination efforts.

North Fortuna Mountain in Mission Trails Regional Park, San Diego, Calif. July 30, 2021.

Cool-Down Expected to Begin Thursday Across Southern California

Mother Nature gave Southern California a farewell blast of summer heat this week, but forecasters said it'll start feeling more like fall Thursday as temperatures slip back to normal.

Sue Shrinkle-Emmons is shown at her home in Vista, Aug. 5, 2022. She has been suffering from long COVID since contracting COVID-19 in April.

COVID changed their lives. What those with long haul symptoms want people to know

COVID cases are on the rise again, and experts are concerned that more people will experience post-viral conditions following the surge, causing a ‘mass disabling event.

A man walks onto an MTS bus at the City Heights Transit Plaza, Jan. 12, 2022.

Free transit fare pilot program for foster care youth goes into effect

The program will be valid for all MTS and NCTD fixed-route bus services, the trolley, SPRINTER and COASTER. Passes became available Friday.

Flooding in Imperial Beach, Jan. 18, 2019 (left); 2007 Witch Creek Fire (right).

San Diego scientists give mixed reaction to climate summit

Researchers are both hopeful and apprehensive about the climate conference underway in Scotland.

When women get a blood test during pregnancy that looks at free-floating DNA, they expect it to tell about the health of the fetus. But the test sometimes finds signs of cancer in the mother.

A new kind of blood test can screen for many cancers — as some pregnant people learn

Testing pregnant people's blood to look at free-floating DNA can tell doctors about the health of the fetus. But these tests sometime turn up DNA that might be shed by cancerous cells.

The federal government is starting to forecast the budget impacts of climate change. Hurricane damage is a big driver, and could cause up to an additional $94 billion annually in coastal disaster response costs by 2100.

The future cost of climate inaction? $2 trillion a year, says the government

The federal government has begun tallying the damage climate change could do to the economy and its budget. This comes as scientists warn time is running out to avoid catastrophic global warming.

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