Alaska is a climate victim and a perpetrator. The next four years will only make matters worse
Another 'drill, baby, drill' Trump administration promises to turn up the heat in fast-warming, methane-emitting Alaska. ...
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Amid the joy after Assad’s ouster, Syrians search for their missing
Loved ones are now searching for the estimated 150,000 people who were detained and disappeared in Bashar Assad's Syrian government…
Poet and activist Nikki Giovanni, the ‘Princess of Black Poetry,’ dies at 81
Nikki Giovanni, a prominent poet, civil rights activist and educator, has died at 81. 'We will forever be grateful for…
Israel targets Syrian military bases and arsenals before new leaders can take them over
The Israeli military said it targeted Syrian antiaircraft batteries, missile depots, manufacturing facilities, drones, helicopters, fighter jets, tanks, hangars, radars…
Trump names Kimberly Guilfoyle as ambassador to Greece
Guilfoyle, a San Francisco native, was previously married to California Gov. Gavin Newsom. ...
Column: California produced a female House speaker and vice president. So why are women losing ground?
Even as women have reached near-parity in Sacramento, the ranks of female House members from California are shrinking. For the…
Abcarian: This is why Donald Trump just doubled down on mass deportation of millions of immigrants
The president-elect reiterated his promise to deport millions of immigrants who are in the country without authorization. His rationale for…
One of the last Pearl Harbor survivors recalls that infamous day
Bob Fernandez was a sailor assigned to the USS Curtiss on Dec. 7, 1941. "I wish that they never would…
Analysis: Assad was a brutal dictator. Will Syria’s new leaders be any better?
The rebels who toppled Syrian dictator Bashar Assad trace their roots to Al Qaeda and Islamic State. They say they've…