Hundreds of American college professors have signed an open letter criticizing the campaign to get rid of advanced mathematics in schools, as activists attempt to create more equality by reducing student “achievement gaps.” Warning that the US would be put at a disadvantage internationally, 911 pr...
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management has elevated seasonal fire restrictions effective May 6 for BLM California Desert District managed public lands within Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, Imperial, southern Inyo, eastern Mono, San Diego, and eastern Kern Counties. The...
The stampede at last Friday’s Astroworld festival has claimed another victim, a 22-year-old student from Texas who has died of her injuries. Rapper Travis Scott, who produced the event, has urged victims to contact him. The disaster has now claimed nine lives, with the latest victim, Bharti Shahan...
By Suzanne Potter/PNS SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Now is the time to sign up for health insurance or hunt for a better deal, as this year's CoveredCA's open-enrollment period runs now through Jan. 31.Groups advocating for older Americans urged everyone, even those currently insured, to check out the Cover...
By Suzanne Potter/PNS SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The U.S. does a poor job of steering students toward good jobs, according to a new study from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. The study found schools focus too much on getting kids to the next level, and not enough helping ...
By Katie Fleischer for Ms. Magazine.Broadcast version by Lily Böhlke for West Virginia News Service reporting for the Ms. Magazine-Public News Service Collaboration COVID-19 and the unprecedented economic crisis it caused made 2020 one of the most economically challenging years for communities acros...
LONG BEACH, Calif. - Mona Rodriguez, the teen mom shot by a school resource officer in Long Beach, is brain dead and is expected to be taken off life support. The officer, who fired at the car after Rodriguez fled the scene of a fight, is on administrative leave - but the incident has reignited deba...
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By Suzanne Potter/PNS- JOSHUA TREE, Calif. -- Projects to protect the Mojave and Colorado Deserts stand to get a lot more funding, as Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill creating the California Desert Conservation Program. The program is not yet funded, but the money should come with the 2022 budget cyc...
By Suzanne Potter/PNS SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California's eviction moratorium expires today, and advocates for affordable housing are urging people to apply for help to stave off an avalanche of evictions and homelessness. Danita Churchill, a single grandmother from East Palo Alto who fears imminent ...
By Francesca Tomasi, Kevin Ma, and Megan McCurryWith multiple highly effective vaccines against COVID-19, we have begun to round a corner on the current pandemic. But another crisis looms.Bacteria and fungi are mutating to resist our current antibiotics. Soon, the world may have no effective antibio...
(Desert Hot Springs, CA) - The Desert Hot Springs Cleanup Committee held its third event on Saturday, July 24th, at a vacant property located next to the DHS Animal Hospital starting at 6:00 p.m. "About a dozen or more volunteers have gathered together to clean up houses and lots along Palm Drive...
The Norwegian government has claimed that Chinese hackers were responsible for a cyberattack on the country's parliament in March this year and called on Beijing to tackle and prevent such "malicious" activities. In a statement on Monday, Norway's Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide said that an...
