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KHSUOn Friday afternoon a commercial structure fire, fueled by strong winds, leveled a city block in downtown Arcata. -
J. David Ake/APThe EPA won't consider the economic costs of harms to human health, at least for now. Legal and health experts are concerned that the change could make it easier for the agency to roll back rules. -
Todd MichalekThe Grammy winner and Blue Note label head recalls the unique challenges and rewards he faced when the late Bob Weir recruited him for an intimate new project in 2018. -
KHSUArcata Scoop wants to fit into Arcata's tastes. -
Screenshot from video by Kimberly whiteThis week we met with Arcata Mayor Kimberly White to discuss the emergency response during and after the 2026 Downtown Arcata fire, how the city and county are working to address the disaster, and the outpouring of generosity she’s seen from the community. -
SubmittedWhy do our brains not like to think about climate change? -
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North AmericaA Justice Department probe of the Federal Reserve marks the latest escalation in the Trump administration's effort to bend the independent central bank to the president's will. -
Eric Risberg/APThe planned closure of the San Francisco Immigration Court comes as immigration judges spent the last year facing pressure to move through their caseloads faster and streamline deportations. -
Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty ImagesWildfires last January destroyed communities around Los Angeles. Homeowners say recovery has been slowed by fights with insurers to get their claims paid. -
Eric Lee/NPRThe 2026 Tiny Desk Contest, our annual search for the next great undiscovered artist, is now officially open for entries.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its advice that kids get an annual flu shot at a time when flu cases and hospitalizations are surging. -
With credit card interest rates near modern highs, President Trump says he wants to cap the rates for one year. -
The judge ordered the restoration of nearly $12 million in funding to the American Academy of Pediatrics, including money for rural health care and the identification of disabilities in children. -
While Congress debates bringing back Affordable Care Act subsidies, many Americans have already made life-altering decisions to afford health care. -
We remember guitarist Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead, who died Saturday at 78.
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Gareth Cattermole/Getty ImagesFoster was just 12 years old when she starred in the 1976 film. "What luck to have been part of that, our golden age of cinema in the '70s," she says. Her latest film is Vie Privée (A Private Life). -
Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesTo date, 27 states have enacted laws barring transgender participation in sports. -
NPRThe new year begins with a host of promising titles from George Saunders, Julian Barnes, Jennette McCurdy, Karl Ove Knausgaard and more. Here's a look ahead at what's publishing this month. -
Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty ImagesAdams announced in May that he was dying of metastatic prostate cancer. Thousands of newspapers carried his strip satirizing office culture from the '90s until a controversy in 2023. -
Vahid Salemi/APThere is broad support for the protests among Israeli officials, but Palestinians say they hope the Iranian regime stays in place and the protests die down soon. -
HarperCollins PublishersA historian of modern China, Jung Chang turns the lens back on herself in her newest book to understand how she sees the world and why she writes about China today.
