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FILE - A worker wears a mask while preparing desserts at the Universal City Walk Friday, May 14, 2021, in Universal City, Calif. Workplace regulators are poised on Thursday, Dec. 16 to extend California’s coronavirus pandemic regulations into next year with some revisions that business groups say could worsen the labor shortage.

New California rules end distinction for vaccinated workers

California workplace regulators extended the state's coronavirus pandemic regulations into next year with revisions that businesses say could worsen the labor shortage.

A mountain lion photographed with a motion sensor camera in the Verdugo Mountains overlooking the city lights of Los Angeles. New money for wildlife crossings will help animals whose habitat has been cut by roadways.

Our roads are killing wildlife. The new infrastructure law aims to help

For the first time, the federal government is making a sizeable investment in wildlife road crossings. The goal is to help slow extinctions, and also protect people from animal collisions.

Migrants leave Huixtla, Chiapas state, Mexico, on Oct. 27 as they continue their trek north toward Mexico's northern states and the U.S. border.

U.S. will resume 'Remain in Mexico' policy for asylum-seekers

Migrants seeking to enter the United States will again have to stay in Mexico as they await immigration hearings, as the Biden administration reluctantly announced plans to comply with a court order.

Ice coats trees and the road as an SUV drives in Richardson, Texas, on Thursday. A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path is spreading rain, freezing rain and heavy snow further across the country.

Ice becomes a bigger concern as massive winter storm moves across the U.S.

Storm spawns a deadly tornado along its southern edge in Alabama while about 350,000 homes and businesses are without power.

In this March 31, 2021, file photo, Jen Ho Lee, a 76-year-old South Korean immigrant, poses in her apartment in Los Angeles with a sign from a recent rally against anti-Asian hate crimes she attended.

More Than 9,000 Anti-Asian Incidents Since Pandemic Began

A new report has found the frequency of anti-Asian incidents — from taunts to assaults — reported in the U.S. so far this year seems poised to surpass last year, despite months of political and social activism.

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk up the stairs as they arrive at the North Portico of the White House on Wednesday.

6 Numbers That Show President Biden's Greatest Challenges

President Biden is calling for unity to address several current crises, but that will prove difficult in a country as divided as ever.

6 Numbers That Show President Biden's Greatest Challenges

President Biden is calling for unity to address several current crises, but that will prove difficult in a country as divided as ever.

Undated file photo of Albert Lee Blake in court.

Jury convicts man in Otay Mesa restaurant killing

The jury found that Albert Lee Blake, 51, killed 28-year-old Maribel Merino Ibanez at the Church's Chicken restaurant at 3726 Del Sol Blvd. on Nov. 6, 2019.

Debris in Waverly, Tenn. on Sunday, August 22 after heavy rains caused deadly flash flooding. Climate change is driving more torrential rain around the world.

The Floods In Tennessee Aren't Freak Accidents. They're A New Reality

At least 21 people died in floods in Tennessee over the weekend. Such dangerous flash flooding is a hallmark of climate change.

An Air New Zealand plane arrives at Auckland Airport on Aug. 9, 2021. Some Aucklanders will be able to get their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine aboard a 787 on Saturday.

Air New Zealand will give travel-hungry Kiwis the chance to get vaccinated on a plane

Air New Zealand will turn one of its 787s into a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Auckland Airport on Saturday. It's part of a broader day of action aimed at boosting the country's vaccination rate.

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