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….

The Guardian, by Patrick Wintour: Governments across the Middle East are bracing for an escalation of violence after Iran claimed it had received intelligence that the US was preparing for a renewed bombing campaign against the Islamic Republic. In a…

MSN, by Melanie Swan: Donald Trump has approved the sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel in one of the largest ever transfers of the munitions. The $2.8bn (£2.1bn) weapons package, funded by American taxpayers, includes 20,000 MK-84 bombs, 20,000…

The Associated Press: Under a global cloud of wars and bitter divisions, world leaders meet at the United Nations this week facing new fears that runaway artificial intelligence could threaten humanity even as climate shocks and escalating prices are already…

Iran International, Iran has conveyed seven conditions to Washington for the start of any negotiations, Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei said Saturday, as President Donald Trump weighs whether to resume major attacks on Iran. “The United States, if…

DAWN, by Syed Irfan Raza: The federal government reintroduced austerity measures on Thursday in an effort to conserve fuel amid renewed tensions in the Middle East, setting 9pm as the time for closing markets and reducing fuel provision for official…

AXIOS, by Herb Scribner: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took a surprise call from President Trump onstage at the All-In Summit Monday in Los Angeles, where the two dismissed fears of an AI takeover. Why it matters: Trump and Huang are…