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What California Can Do as Home Insurance Companies Retreat in Face of Mounting Climate Change Risks | KQED
A home burns as the Camp Fire rages through Paradise on Nov. 8, 2018.(Noah Berger/The Associated Press)
After State Farm declared in late May that it wouldn't sell any new home insurance policies in California, people shopping around for new insurance had one fewer option.When days later it was revealed that Allstate had quietly made the same decision last year, Californians are now left wondering: How bad is this?
How Greyhound Racing Drove the Evolution of a Superparasite
In 2017 Ray Kaplan, a parasitologist and veterinarian then at the University of Georgia, started receiving e-mails from colleagues around the U.S. asking for help with resistant parasitic infections in dogs.The parasites were hookworms, a group of roundworm species that target animals and humans.Kaplan specializes in livestock animals, not pets.
Politicians showing terrible failure of leadership, says Oscar winner
Politicians in Northern Ireland have shown a terrible failure of leadership and are sending voters a dangerous message that democracy does not work, an Oscar-winning actor from the region has said.An Irish Goodbye star Seamus O'Hara, who has also appeared in television sensation Game Of Thrones, said the lack of a functioning executive gives the toxic idea that casting a vote will not matter because the electorate appears redundant.
For many migrants being bused from New York City to other towns, hostility awaits.
Juan Carlos, recently arrived in Albany, N.Y. after being bused to various cities in the US.He is from Nicaragua, and volunteers with local non-profits in the city as a way to get to know the community and find work.Lexi Parra for NPR Johnson Coronel hopes Albany, N.Y., is the end of the line.He's 26 years old.
Only a small percentage of travellers are using ArriveCAN months after it was made optional | CBC News
Little more than a tenth of international arrivals at Canada's major airports used the ArriveCAN app in the first few months of 2023.The app was launched during the pandemic as a communication and screening tool to ensure travellers arriving in Canada complied with pandemic border measures.It later became a way for travellers to show their vaccination status.
Many of Canada's greenest apartments are ultra-affordable. Here's why | CBC News
Think you can't afford an eco-home?Some of Canada's greenest apartments go for as little as $85 per month thanks to social housing providers who have embraced energy efficiency standards and green building techniques.Those builders say it's a way to use public money to solve multiple problems at once including mitigating and adapting to climate change and tackling growing housing unaffordability and homelessness.
Editorial: Former Chicago IG Joe Ferguson sounds the alarm on police reform. He's right to do so.
The needless, tragic murder of Laquan McDonald, a Black teen, by a white Chicago police officer in 2014 put the city's Police Department, and the need to reform it, in the national spotlight.McDonald's death was a driving force behind the federally mandated consent decree that requires the Chicago Police Department to overhaul its training, supervision and accountability.
Column: State Farm is right. California can't keep building housing in high-risk places
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Back in January, on a dark night of pelting rain, Erica Lopez Bedolla had only minutes to evacuate her family from the impoverished Central Valley town of Planada after a levee broke."It was so quick," she told our Times colleague Jessica Garrison, recalling the speed with which the water rushed into her town and then her home, destroying almost everything and displacing hundreds.
Where a Photographer's Curiosity Became a Two-Year Commitment
Though he grew up just a few miles away, Jonah Markowitz, a photographer and documentarian based in Brooklyn, knew little about the neighborhood of Kensington before 2021.That's when he noticed, in New York City data from the year before, that an outsize portion of applications for new business licenses came from the area that included Kensington.
According to a study by Ernst & Young, there is one trait that is shared by 94% of women who hold C-suite level positions.PepsiCO CEO Indra Nooyi has it.So does former Hewlitt-Packard CEO Meg Whitman.Elevance Health CEO Gail Koziara Boudreaux and Sheex CEO Michelle Marciniak possess it as well.So, what is this trait?
Friday, June 16, 2023 by Nina Hernandez This week, the Austin Justice Coalition announced the launch of the Justice Now: Economic Justice Campaign.The nonprofit said the initiative aims to address systemic economic inequalities in the Austin area.The Justice Now campaign will leverage public awareness campaigns, grassroots organizing, partnerships with local businesses and policy advocacy to "create lasting change for marginalized communities," according to the coalition.
Immigrants Face Medical Neglect, Solitary Confinement and Torture in ICE Jails
Members of the activist group Rise And Resist gather in a silent protest inside the World Trade Center on September 12, 2019.Erik McGregor / LightRocket / Getty Images This story was originally published at Prism.CW: This story includes descriptions of torture in immigrant detention and mentions of death by suicide At least three facilities operated by the private prison company CoreCivic systematically use torture as retaliation against immigrants who denounce the conditions of detention, according to advocates, attorneys, researchers, and detainees.
Let's Accept Climate Science - And Also Reimagine Our Relationship to the Earth
Developing a spiritual connection to the Earth makes climate action feel like a way to reciprocate the environment's generosity.Maskot / Getty Images Last week, the northeastern skyline was overtaken by an orange haze, as winds blew smoke from Canadian wildfires southwards.The impact was palpable as the effects of climate change became apparent to nearly 50 million Americans.
Bill banning councils from boycotting Israeli goods due to be unveiled next week
A Government Bill aimed at banning councils from imposing boycotts on Israeli goods is expected to be unveiled next week.The proposed legislation could prevent public bodies from adopting their own approach to international relations including through sanctions and divestment campaigns.The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Bill was first set out in the Queen's Speech last year following a commitment in the 2019 Conservative general election manifesto.
Twitch Star Signs $100 Million Deal With Rival Platform
One of Twitch's most popular streamers said on Friday that he was joining a rival streaming platform, Kick, in a significant blow to the Amazon-owned site and a sign of its increasingly strained relationship with content creators.Felix Lengyel, a Canadian known online as xQc, is signing a two-year, roughly $70 million contract, with incentives that could push the total to about $100 million, said his agent, Ryan Morrison.
Killing of Crenshaw High athlete marks the latest trauma for L.A.'s Black youth
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Teenagers filled the sidewalk outside a South Los Angeles party last week when gunfire rang out.After the crowd scattered, friends found a Crenshaw High School basketball player dead - the latest example of violence that is disproportionately killing young Black Angelenos, a Times analysis shows.
Op-ed: Chicago won't address crime as long as CTU is in power
Last week, in response to another weekend of shootings, Mayor Brandon Johnson pushed back on critics of Chicago's violence, saying, "What I find disingenuous is, where were these individuals when schools were being shut down and closed?"This latest rhetorical gem builds on what already qualifies as a pattern of deflection by distraction by the new administration.
The Starbucks Union Claims the Company Is Taking Down Pride Decorations
Starbucks has long portrayed itself as a queer-friendly workplace.On its own website, the company touts its benefits for trans employees, its longtime support of marriage equality, and its willingness to fly the rainbow flag at its Seattle headquarters.The Human Rights Campaign calls it one of the best places to work for LGBTQ+ equality.
Brooklyn to celebrate Juneteenth with festivals, workshops, and more this weekend * Brooklyn Paper
File photo by Paul Frangipane Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams Local businesses and organizations will celebrate Juneteenth this weekend with workshops, live musical performances, festivals, and more.Juneteenth, a federal holiday signed into order by President Joe Biden in 2021, recognizes the complete emancipation of enslaved Black people in America.
A tunnel too far? Debate intensifies over need for Lower Thames Crossing
They say it will ease traffic, but I can't see it myself, said Lyn Loines about Britain's biggest road-building project, connecting north Kent with Essex via a huge, six-lane, 2.6-mile tunnel under the Thames.Construction of the 9bn Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) will be on the doorstep of Loines's house near Gravesend, blocking a view of green belt land that takes in lines of trees and rolling fields of bright yellow rapeseed.
Charges against Price draw outrage, sadness and sense of 'Black loss' in South L.A.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Curren Price was sworn in for his third term on Los Angeles City Council last fall with a promise to mend rifts.After leaked recordings had exposed Latino council members plotting to consolidate power in a conversation laced with anti-Black tropes, Price was a counterpoint - a veteran Black leader who had forged unity in his majority Latino district.
A deadly new street drug caught the U.S. off guard. Experts say it'll happen again
Amy Treglia shows scarring on her arms caused by xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer that is being used as a cutting agent for heroin and fentanyl.Kris Craig/The Providence Journal/USA Today Network via Reuters Public health and law enforcement agencies around the U.S. are scrambling to blunt the impact of xylazine, a deadly new threat to Americans who use street drugs.
Biden Again Has Union Support. But the Unions Look Different This Time.
The public image of President Biden's Union Joe persona rests largely on his longtime affiliations with labor unions representing police officers, firefighters and building-trade workers.But the modern labor movement that is gathering Saturday in Philadelphia to endorse Mr. Biden's 2024 re-election campaign is younger, more diverse and has far more women than the union stereotype Mr. Biden has embraced during the decades he was building his political identity.
Consent Decrees Force Changes to Policing. But Do Reforms Last?
As demonstrations over police brutality rocked the country in 2020 following the death of George Floyd, Newark was held up as a model of police reform, a department so transformed by federal intervention that its officers had not fired a single shot that year.The department had revamped its disciplinary process, established New Jersey's first civilian complaint review board and kept the peace during local protests even as the police in other cities clashed violently with demonstrators.
Metro's new subway opens in downtown L.A., connecting three lines, reducing transfers
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
A 1.9-mile rail line with stops at some of downtown Los Angeles' most iconic locations opened Friday to crowds hoping to take a spin on the new trains that transit officials say were the missing link in the system."It's gonna be about half the time for me," said Margarita Navarrete, a city clerk who commutes from East Los Angeles.
Police chief focused on public confidence after recognition in birthday honours
The chief constable of a force which dealt with a spate of gun crime, including the shooting of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel, has been awarded the King's Police Medal.Serena Kennedy said rebuilding public trust in the police was the number one priority for the force going forward, as she described her mention in the King's Birthday Honours as recognition of the work of officers, staff and volunteers at Merseyside Police.
A senior firefighter who helped with plans for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral said he is immensely proud to be recognised in the King's Birthday Honours list.Area Commander Matt Acton of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) has been awarded the King's Fire Service Medal.SFRS said Mr Acton was integral in delivering the service's role in Operation Unicorn, the formal plans put into effect following the Queen's death in Scotland.
SCSJ Calls for End of Voting Law That Criminalizes Mistakes by Individuals with Felony Convictions
DURHAM - A group of pro-democracy plaintiffs have asked a federal court in the MiddleDistrict of North Carolina to block a longstanding racist law that makes it a felony for a NorthCarolinian to vote while on parole, probation, or post-release supervision for a felony conviction,even if they mistakenly believe or are told in error by election workers or their parole officersthat they are eligible to vote.
Michelle Villegas Tapia: DACA allowed me to pursue my dreams
I was a Dreamer for many years, and this week marks the 11th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.I want to honor all of the young people like me who were given the opportunity to pursue their dreams thanks to this program and assure you that Democrats will continue to fight for you, for us, so that we can continue dreaming.
Senate committee urges Cannabis Act overhaul to address exclusion of First Nations | CBC News
The federal health minister should amend the 2018 Cannabis Act to recognize First Nations' right to govern the possession, sale and distribution of cannabis on their lands, a Senate committee says.In a report tabled Wednesday afternoon, the standing Senate committee on Indigenous Peoples says many problems identified before legalization remain unaddressed, with some First Nations still blocked from the lucrative industry.
Who will replace Kim Foxx as Cook County state's attorney?
The Cook County Democratic Party met Friday for its second day of pre-slating, a traditional meet-and-greet that gives hopeful candidates the chance to make their pitches - and also often lays bare internal party rifts and past grudges.Aside from judges' seats, two key races are on 2024 ballots countywide: state's attorney and circuit court clerk.
Thunderstorms set to sweep across UK could cause flash flooding
Thunderstorms set to sweep across the UK this weekend could cause flash flooding, forecasters have warned.Parts of the UK could face train and bus delays and some communities may be cut off by flooding as warm, humid air causes storms to develop, the Met Office said.Some areas could be battered with up to 30mm of rainfall in an hour on Sunday and the Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning across most of England and Wales for the whole day.
Met Office issues thunderstorm warning as London faces weekend downpours
A yellow thunderstorm warning has been issued for London this weekend - as the recent heatwave is expected to be broken by heavy rain.London is due to stay very warm and dry on Saturday before being hit by thunderstorms on Sunday, which the Met Office says could bring torrential downpours.Despite the stormy conditions, the capital is expected to stay very warm, with an increasingly humid feel, says the Met Office.
Arizona Is Extracting Steep Concessions to Thwart Navajo Nation's Water Rights
The Pascua Yaqui reservation, with a casino and golf course, lower left.Arizona Republicans introduced a bill in 2020 to bar tribes from renewing casino licenses if they had unresolved water rights litigation with the state.The measure failed.Russel Albert Daniels for ProPublica and High Country News.
Ibram X. Kendi On Book Bans, How To Use Outrage, And Teaching Antiracism
Ibram X. Kendi's books have become a frequent target for the library book-banning movement.It's been a swift backlash for the author, historian, and director of Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research, whose New York Times No. 1 bestseller, How To Be An Antiracist, popularized the term "antiracism" and became a prominent resource for Americans working to process the murder of George Floyd in the summer of 2020.
Menace to society: galore of illicit drugs available in the EU as powerful new substances emerge
New harmful illicit drugs are inundating a flourishing market for traffickers amid violence and corruption hurting local communities across Europe, the EU's agency monitoring drugs and addiction said Friday.The grim finding was part of the agency's annual report.It also said that drug users in Europe are now exposed to a wider range of substances of high purity as drug trafficking and use across the region have quickly returned to pre-COVID 19 pandemic levels.
IAS Expands TikTok Partnership for Brand Safety Measurement to 23 New Markets
Integral Ad Science, a global leader in digital media quality, today (June 14th, 2023) announced a significant expansion with TikTok, bringing its industry-leading Total Media Quality brand safety and suitability measurement product to advertisers in 30 new markets.This expansion further cements IAS's deep partnership with TikTok and adds to the seven countries where brand safety and suitability measurement went live in October 2022.
The business advantages of scale and scope are widely recognized, but large, global enterprises often fail to fully realize them when it comes to innovation.Innovations that are developed in one geographic region or business unit - new products to delight customers, new HR policies to attract and retain talent, new production processes that drive efficiency gains - too often stay within them instead of being disseminated across the enterprise.
Tribes seek greater involvement in talks on Colorado River water crisis
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
As the federal government starts negotiations on long-term plans for the overtapped Colorado River, leaders of tribes are pushing for more involvement in the talks, saying they want to be at the table in high-level discussions among the seven states that rely on the river.
Editorial: California should stop investing its retirement funds in fossil fuels. They're risky and immoral
(Jeff Chiu / Associated Press)
California has some of the nation's leading climate policies, with hard deadlines to slash greenhouse gas emissions, switch to zero-emission cars and trucks and get 100% of its electricity from carbon-free sources.But so far, its leaders have lagged behind other states, like Maine and New York, in using another important tool - the financial power of its massive public pension funds - to hasten the nation's independence from fossil fuels.
Boston MA Condos For Sale In 2023: Find Your Dream Home Now! Boston Condos For Sale Ford Realty
Picture this: it's a brisk autumn day in 2023; the leaves on Boston Common are a riot of blazing reds and vibrant oranges.Just a short stroll away, your very own piece of this historic city awaits.We aren't just talking about any old place - we're talking about lavish condos that will make your heart skip a beat.
Nusrat Choudhury was confirmed Thursday as a federal judge by the US Senate, making history as the first Muslim woman and the first Bangladeshi American to join the federal judicial bench.The vote in the Democrat-led Senate narrowly passed along party lines.President Joe Biden nominated the civil rights attorney in January 2022, along with seven other federal judicial nominees, who, the White House said, continue to fulfill the President's promise to ensure that the nation's court reflects the diversity that is one of our greatest assets as a court both in terms of personal and professional backgrounds.
Institutions Often Treat Disability and Mental Health Not With Care But Violence
Ayo Walker Typically, one hears the term "carceral" used in discussions of prisons and jails.One significant aim of the prison abolition movement is to critique and eliminate carceral forms of state punishment that encage, degrade and dehumanize human beings while stripping them of agency.
AI will soon be able to cover public meetings. But should it?
The Palm Springs Post, a hyperlocal digital-first news outlet in California, began as a daily email newsletter Mark Talkington would grind out in the evenings, squeezed in on top of his longtime day job as an editor for Microsoft.Since founding the newsletter in 2021, Talkington has made the Post a full-fledged news organization valued by the community - enough so that he was able to hire two additional reporters.
Early voting for the primary election: Here are the CUNY campuses where you can go to vote early | amNewYork
By Sarah Belle Lin Posted on June 15, 2023 Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams CUNY campuses will once again serve as early voting polling sites for the upcoming primary election.Ten colleges in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens will open from Saturday, June 17 to Sunday, June 25.
Image Installed on the grounds of Waddesdon Manor in southeast England, Joana Vasconcelos's nearly 40-foot-high sculpture Wedding Cake (2023) walks the line between patisserie and architecture.Credit...A Rothschild House and Garden.Photo: Chris Lacey The Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos is known for her ambitious oversize sculptures that frequently elevate everyday objects.
All aTwitter: 15 June 2023 - Commanders help launch football program at Washington DC school
The goal of All aTwitter is to give readers a handy spot to check the Washington Commanders beat writers & bloggers, national sports journalists, and football fans in order to keep up on the latest news and opinions about Washington, the NFL, and sports in general, along with a smattering of other things.
NASCAR touts economic benefits for Chicago but pushback grows
NASCAR's first-ever street race will come to Chicago during the first days of July, bringing with it questions and apprehension from community members and city leaders about a deal made by former Mayor Lori Lightfoot.Concerns about traffic and public safety - and skepticism of the street race's economic benefit to the city - were among the issues aldermen raised Wednesday at the City Council's Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee, where they questioned Chicago street race President Julie Giese, staff from the emergency management office and other city leaders.
Workers want to stay remote, prompting an office real estate crisis
SAN FRANCISCO - The owners of the fourth-tallest office tower here - one of whom is Donald Trump - want more time to pay back their loans.The 52-story carnelian building, 555 California Street, is about 93 percent leased.But many tenants - which include banks like Morgan Stanley and firms like Kirkland & Ellis - will be up for renewal soon in a city where workers have been slow to return to the office.
A New Therapy for Multiple Personality Disorder Helps a Woman with 12 Selves
When Ella time traveled in my office for the first time, I did not realize what was happening right away.She was sitting comfortably in a chair, her hands folded, her back straight and her feet flat on the floor.There was no dramatic change, no shuddering or twitching.But then I saw it: a slight shift in how she held her body.