SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — Thousands of people rushed to leave South Lake Tahoe as the entire resort city came under evacuation orders and wildfire raced toward Lake Tahoe, a large freshwater lake straddling California and Nevada. Evacuation warnings issued for the city of 22,000 on Sunday turned into orders Monday....
State Mask Bans Face Federal Civil Rights Inquiries
The U.S. Education Department announced Monday that it’s investigating five Republican-led states that have banned mask requirements in schools, saying the policies could amount to discrimination against students with disabilities or health conditions. The department’s Office for Civil Rights sent letters to education chiefs in Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee,...
Hurricane Ida Traps Louisianans, Leaves the Grid a Shambles
NEW ORLEANS — Rescuers set out in hundreds of boats and helicopters to reach people trapped by floodwaters and utility crews mobilized Monday after a furious Hurricane Ida swamped the Louisiana coast and made a shambles of the electrical grid in the sticky, late-summer heat. One of the most powerful...
China Limits Children to 3 Hours of Online Gaming a Week
BEIJING — China is banning children from playing online games for more than three hours a week, the harshest restriction so far on the game industry as Chinese regulators continue cracking down on the technology sector. Minors in China can only play games between 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on...
RFK’s Oldest Son Condemns Possible Parole of Sirhan Sirhan
BOSTON — Former congressman Joseph P. Kennedy II, the oldest son of Robert F. Kennedy, denounced the possible parole of the man convicted of killing his father in California in 1968. “Two commissioners of the 18-member California Parole Board made a grievous error last Friday in recommending the release of...
Rockets Fired at Kabul Airport but US Flights Continue
KABUL, Afghanistan — Rocket fire apparently targeting Kabul's international airport struck a nearby neighborhood on Monday, the eve of the deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw from Afghanistan after 20 years of war. The Islamic State group claimed the attack, and there were no immediate reports of casualties. The rockets...
Testy DeChambeau Silent on Losing BMW Golf Playoff to Cantlay
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The golf world will have to wait to know what was on Bryson DeChambeau's mind after he had four putts to win, three of them in the playoff, in his runner-up finish at Sunday's BMW Championship. The former Clovis East High School standout, who has refused...
GOP Rift Widens Amid Growing Hostility to Afghan Refugees
WASHINGTON — As the U.S. rushes to evacuate Americans and allies from the chaos of Afghanistan, a growing number of Republicans are questioning why the U.S. should take in Afghan citizens who worked side by side with Americans, further exacerbating divides within the party heading into next year’s midterm elections....
Massive Fire Forces Evacuation of Most of South Lake Tahoe
Update, 10:40 a.m.m, Monday, Aug. 30: The raging Caldor Fire forced nearly all residents in the city of South Lake Tahoe to evacuate on Monday morning. The order came at 10 a.m. as officials upgraded the warning to a mandatory order for the neighborhoods of Tahoe Keys, Tahoe Island, Al...
California Advances Zoning Bills to Promote Scarce Housing
Spurred by an affordable housing shortage, spiking home prices and intractable homelessness, California lawmakers on Thursday advanced the second of two measures designed to cut through local zoning ordinances. The measure promoted by Senate leader Toni Atkins and supported by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, both Democrats, would make it easier...