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To boost workforce, medical schools try to sell rural life

BRISTOL, Va. – On a field trip to the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, Ashish Bibireddy put on headphones and scrolled through a jukebox of music from an influential 1927 recording sessio...

DATE: Aug 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

California farmworker union wins battle to ensure contracts

SAN FRANCISCO – The California Supreme Court handed a victory Monday to organized farm labor in the state in a lawsuit that pitted the union launched by iconic labor leader Cesar Chavez agai...

DATE: Nov 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

California fire victims seek housing in tight, pricey market

SANTA ROSA, Calif. – Raj Sodhi, his wife, Lucia Cascio and their 11-year-old twins turned into nomads for more than three weeks after a wildfire gutted their California wine country home – l...

DATE: Nov 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

States lose push to force Trump to restart health subsidies

SAN FRANCISCO – A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected a request from 18 states and the District of Columbia to force the Trump administration to resume paying “Obamacare” subsidies right away a...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Judge: Trump’s health care cuts don’t pose immediate threat

SAN FRANCISCO — California and other states have protected consumers from the Trump administration’s decision to cut off “Obamacare” health care subsidies, a federal judge said Monday, so pe...

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Appeals court refuses to reinstate Trump travel ban

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal appeals court refused Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations. The panel of three judges ...

DATE: Feb 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Justices question motive for travel ban

Appeals court expected to issue decision in case later this week

DATE: Feb 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Gun sale ban to marijuana card holders upheld

Use raises risk of ‘irrational’ behavior

DATE: Aug 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

California high court upholds ban on dredges to extract gold

SAN FRANCISCO – California’s ban on the use of suction dredges to extract gold from rivers is legal and not overridden by a 19th century federal law that allows mining on federal land, the C...

DATE: Aug 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Fire roars into California town

LOWER LAKE, Calif. – A wind-whipped wildfire decimated a hardscrabble California town, destroying more than 175 homes, businesses and other structures, including a Habitat for Humanity offic...

DATE: Aug 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Drug trafficking allegations against FedEx head to trial

SAN FRANCISCO – Two giants – the U.S. government and FedEx – are set to do battle in a federal court over the explosive claim that the shipping company knowingly delivered illegal prescripti...

DATE: Jun 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Science group warns of Doomsday threat

STANFORD, Calif. – Rising tension between Russia and the U.S., North Korea’s recent nuclear test and a lack of aggressive steps to address climate change are putting the world under grave th...

DATE: Jan 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World