WASHINGTON, Feb 11 - President Donald Trump plans to host Republican and Democratic governors for a breakfast meeting next week, the National Governors Association chairman said on Wednesday, though Trump later insisted he was still excluding two Democratic governors. Republican Trump is inviting all the governors to the meeting, according...
Mental Health Advocate for California Tribes Dies in Murder-Suicide
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A member of the Yurok tribe who advocated for better mental health treatment and suicide intervention in rural Northern California has died in an apparent murder-suicide. Celinda Gonzales was 59. In 2020, CalMatters wrote about her work in...
Instagram’s Top Exec Grilled over Safety Decisions at Trial
LOS ANGELES, Feb 11 - The top executive at Meta Platforms' Instagram defended the social media platform's choices around features that some company insiders called harmful to young users, at a trial on claims the app helped fuel a youth mental-health crisis. Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, is...
AbbVie Sues US Health Agency over Botox Price Controls
Feb 11 - AbbVie sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday, challenging a decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to impose price controls for Botox. In a complaint filed in the Washington, D.C., federal court, AbbVie said Botox is among the medications covered...
US House Passes Bill to Require Proof of US Citizenship for Midterm Voters
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to require proof of U.S. citizenship in the November midterm elections, which Democrats said would impose unnecessary burdens on American voters and concentrate electoral power in the hands of President Donald Trump. Lawmakers voted 218-213 to approve the SAVE America Act, with...
US House Backs Bid to End Canada Tariffs in Rare Rebuke to Trump
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday narrowly backed a measure disapproving of President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada, a rare rebuke of the president and leaders of his party in the Republican-majority House. Lawmakers voted 219 to 211 in favor of a resolution to terminate...
US Lawmakers Accuse Bondi of Hiding Names of Epstein Associates
A Republican U.S. lawmaker on Wednesday accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of concealing the names of powerful associates of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as she faced questions about the Justice Department's handling of investigative files in a charged hearing before a House of Representatives panel. Representative...
What Homeowners Need to Know About Smart Home Cameras
On Sunday, a Super Bowl ad promoting a new artificial intelligence-powered “Search Party” feature for Amazon’s Ring camera, which activates all the cameras in a neighborhood to find lost dogs, was met with condemnation from Democratic politicians, right wing talking heads and thousands of social media users. The criticism came...
Petal to the Metal: Fresno County’s Blossom Trail Bursts Into Spring
Community members gathered in Selma recently to kick off the annual Blossom Trail, a long-standing tradition that celebrates the arrival of spring and our region’s deep agricultural roots. Organizers say the event is more than a seasonal attraction — it’s a tribute to the farming industry that sustains the local...
Mexico’s Senate Backs 40-Hour Workweek in Initial Vote
MEXICO CITY, Feb 11 - Mexico's Senate on Wednesday approved a presidential proposal to reduce the legal workweek to 40 hours from 48, overriding resistance from both unions and the opposition with a revamped version of a previously proposed reform. The initiative was unanimously approved in general terms with 121...