• In California’s agricultural heartland, thousands of wells could soon run dry

    In California’s agricultural heartland, thousands of wells could soon run dry

    Jul 20, 2021 09:22 PM EST

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACDfnAH3to0 To cope with its current circumstance, Teviston has relied on bottled water deliveries paid for by State Water Resources Control Board contracts, while trucks haul thousands of gallons of water from as far away as Fresno to refill storage tanks that help maintain ...

  • Russia moves to extinguish pro-Navalny 'flashlight' protests

    Russia moves to extinguish pro-Navalny 'flashlight' protests

    Feb 14, 2021 06:03 PM EST

    Several independent online outlets reported that instructions to record videos in support of Putin came from the Kremlin and the governing United Russia party, and that people featured in some of the recordings were invited to shoots under false pretenses. The Russian president's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said the Kremlin ...

  • California funeral homes run out of space as COVID-19 rages

    California funeral homes run out of space as COVID-19 rages

    Jan 02, 2021 09:15 PM EST

    ... certainly in the surge after Christmas travel and gatherings” and added, “As we enter this new year, our first resolution should be to follow guidelines.” https://youtu.be/GSpwm_-dHZ0 In Louisiana, a funeral was being held Saturday for a congressman-elect who died of COVID-19 complications. Republican Luke ...

  • Breaking the cycle of childhood trauma in rural Montana

    Breaking the cycle of childhood trauma in rural Montana

    Dec 15, 2020 11:30 PM EST

    ... CHW program is now connecting patients all across Montana with mental health care via telehealth -- a badly needed solution to transportation and access issues in rural areas. On a warm, fall day, Grace brought her guitar down to a creek that runs behind the log cabin where her family used ...

  • Poet uses runaway slave ads to tell a story of resistance

    Poet uses runaway slave ads to tell a story of resistance

    Nov 29, 2020 06:30 PM EST

    come GEOFFRY slave falls intolerable against you you living temples you gilded wards come STEPHEN JOHNSON come WILL NORRIS come BAR come NATthis day and every day belongs to your longing to your shortened years your worn joints your smooth black laugh toward peril https://youtu.be/cDurGAUKvWk

  • Alex Trebek, long-running ‘Jeopardy!’ host, dies at 80

    Alex Trebek, long-running ‘Jeopardy!’ host, dies at 80

    Nov 08, 2020 06:39 PM EST

    ... or not — hundreds of thousands of people who have sent in tweets, texts, emails, cards and letters wishing me well,” Trebek said. “I’m a lucky guy.” An outpouring of grief from former contestants and the wider public quickly followed news of his death. https://twitter.com/KenJennings/status/1325495244784168960

  • Rural Midwest hospitals struggling to handle virus surge

    Rural Midwest hospitals struggling to handle virus surge

    Oct 17, 2020 05:51 PM EST

    ... time, people say they are not going to worry about it,” said Kathleen Taylor, a 67-year-old author who lives in Redfield, South Dakota. https://youtu.be/ehDTdoYCdbQ In swaths of the country decorated by flags supporting President Donald Trump, people took their cues on wearing masks from his ...

  • New rule may strip pollution protections from popular lakes

    New rule may strip pollution protections from popular lakes

    Sep 27, 2020 07:03 PM EST

    ... waste treatment system,” Bond said, but rather the area near a plant where hot water is discharged. “Anything beyond that would be subject to regulation.” https://youtu.be/bolpN3b5yd8 EPA said in a statement that federal agencies “do not anticipate changes in longstanding implementation practices associated with these systems.” Duke ...

  • Russia is cutting corners on COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials. Here's why they matter

    Russia is cutting corners on COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials. Here's why they matter

    Aug 14, 2020 05:14 PM EST

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0ZBZ2Zy7Lw&feature=emb_logo Problems if the vaccine is released too early Carefully conducted clinical trials are necessary to identify any problems with the vaccine. For example, studies of a new type of measles vaccine in the early 1990s found that it was detrimental ...

  • Joe Biden picks California Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate

    Joe Biden picks California Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate

    Aug 11, 2020 08:20 PM EST

    WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party’s presidential ticket and acknowledging the vital role Black voters will play in his bid to defeat President Donald Trump ...