Saying the "UC's mission is at risk," a letter signed by hundreds of math and science professors and nearly all mathematics chairs at the University of California system calls for SAT and ACT test requirements to be reinstated. They want the test requirements reinstated beginning with the 2027 admissions cycle....
US Postal Service Seeks to Require States to Submit Lists of Voters
The U.S. Postal Service would require states to provide a list of voters who received mailed ballots as part of new rules proposed on Friday, one day after a federal judge declined to immediately block President Donald Trump's related executive order. The USPS proposal, published in a Federal Register notice,...
Israeli Push to Take More of Gaza Raises Alarm as Hamas Warns Against Escalation
Hamas said on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's declaration that his country would expand its area of control in Gaza was a dangerous escalation, as European states and residents of the Palestinian territory also voiced alarm at the plan. Under a ceasefire deal in October Israel's military was...
Clovis High, Clovis Elementary Under Shelter-in-Place as Police Search for Threat
Update: The Clovis Unified School District said that the shelter-in-place order has been removed from both schools. The district, in collaboration with the Clovis Police Department, confirmed that the suspicious phone call was not credible and did not pose risk to students. Original Story Clovis High School and Clovis Elementary...
Microsoft Copilot Down for Thousands, Downdetector Shows
Microsoft Copilot experienced a possible outage Friday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com. More than 2,600 users had reported problems with the platform as of 8:58 a.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources. Most users reporting problems to Downdetector...
Ex-US Attorney General Bondi Testifies to Congress Panel Probing Epstein Case
Former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared on Friday before a closed meeting of a Republican-led congressional committee to testify on the Justice Department's release of documents related to its investigation of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. "We will be asking today about why documents still are not released....what...
Trump to Decide Imminently on Iran Deal, Says Hormuz Strait Must Open
President Donald Trump said he would make a final decision on Friday over a deal with Iran to extend their ceasefire that would need to include opening the Strait of Hormuz and dismantling Tehran's capacity to make a nuclear weapon. "I will be meeting now, in the Situation Room, to...
In California Redistricting, Pro-Maga Town Likely to Get a Gay, Liberal Congressman
Huntington Beach, the right-leaning California city that banned the Pride flag from City Hall and elected a city council of MAGA supporters, is heavily favored to get a new Democratic congressman who is gay, progressive and an outspoken critic of U.S. President Donald Trump. It's a result of redrawing congressional districts....
District Court Denies California Parks Department Bid to Stop Sable Offshore Pipeline
A U.S. District Court on Thursday denied the California Department of Parks and Recreation's bid to stop oil producer Sable Offshore Corp from moving oil on a long-disputed pipeline linked to the Santa Ynez offshore platform. The denial marks a setback for California's efforts to stop the Santa Ynez project,...
Protesters Arrested at New Jersey Immigration Detention Center as Tensions Rise
A group of demonstrators was arrested late Wednesday outside an immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, after nearly a week of protests over living conditions at the facility that have been described as filthy and inhumane. The day after the arrests, relatives of detainees at Delaney Hall and advocates...