Parkinson’s News Today, by Andrea Lobo: A team at Colorado State University (CSU) has been awarded $3 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate how a distinct variant of the alpha-synuclein protein — which can build up…

SF Gate, by Farley Elliott: Some of Southern California’s famous beach towns are suddenly finding themselves short on their most notable public resource: coastal sand. And with an eye-opening, powerful El Niño on the horizon, the timing couldn’t be worse….

Mezha: Pete Hegseth is reshaping the U.S. Department of Defense school system, which serves about 66,000 children of American service members around the world. This is happening even though students consistently score above the national average on federal tests. Banned…

CNN, by Hadas Gold and Adam Cancryn: President Donald Trump said Tuesday that top tech executives had signed a new commitment aimed at better “self-policing” their companies’ AI models, arguing that the light-touch approach represents the best way to balance…

SACRAMENTO – As a historic El Niño storm season develops, Governor Newsom is proclaiming a state of emergency today, mobilizing state resources ahead of potential winter storms and other impacts. The emerging El Niño event is already breaking records, and…

The Epoch Times, by Zachary Stieber: Catholic clerics abused nearly 1,000 children across three dioceses in Massachusetts, the state’s attorney general said in a report published on Sept. 30. A years-long investigation found evidence that 275 clerics, including priests and…

NBC Los Angeles, by Helen Jeong: The latest sales tax increase in Los Angeles County went into effect Thursday, four months after voters in June approved a half-cent hike to support health care and other essential services. As of Oct….