DAN WALTERS: After losing population in recent years, California is starting to grow again. Is that a good thing? Email Dan Walters of CalMatters at dan@calmatters.org. CalMatters is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization with a focus on stories that examine, explain and explore solutions to California’s ... 05/3/2024 - 1:01 pm | View Link
Walters: California is starting to grow again. Is that a good thing? After Jerry Brown became governor of California for the first time nearly a half-century ago, he declared that the state had entered “an era of limits.” Citing “sluggish economic growth, increasing ... 05/3/2024 - 1:01 pm | View Link
Caitlin Clark's presence draws comparisons to two Birds as Indiana Fever contemplate playoff run Indiana Fever general manager Lin Dunn started media day being asked to compare Caitlin Clark to two Birds — Sue, who Dunn took as the WNBA"s top overall draft pick ... 05/1/2024 - 8:38 am | View Link
Walters: New battlegrounds emerge in California’s endless housing conflict California’s perpetual political war over housing, pitting the state against local communities, has two new battlegrounds. 05/1/2024 - 3:45 am | View Link
Walters: As California cracks down on groundwater, what will happen to fallowed farmland? Curtailing groundwater use is not an isolated event, but rather a significant piece of the state’s declared intent to reduce the share of water devoted to agriculture — roughly three quarters of ... 04/30/2024 - 4:00 am | View Link
(WASHINGTON) — An American soldier has been arrested in Russia and accused of stealing, according to two U. S. officials.
U. S. officials said the soldier, Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, was stationed in South Korea and was in the process of returning home to Fort Cavazos in Texas. Instead, officials said he traveled to Russia.
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The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel details.
Cynthia Smith, Army spokeswoman, confirmed that a soldier was detained on Thursday in Vladivostok, a major military and commercial Pacific port, on charges of criminal misconduct.
Israeli leaders have approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah, and Israeli forces are now striking targets in the area, officials announced Monday.
The move came hours after Hamas announced it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, which could end seven months of war in Gaza.
However, it’s uncertain whether a deal had been sealed.
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