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National Labor Board denies college players right to unionize
Citing what they deem as the NCAA's abdication of responsibility to protect athletes from injury, the College Athletes Association (CAPA) announced the creation of the new labor organization to...
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Third time’s the charm? Female sexual desire pill gets another shot at FDA...
The experimental drug flibanserin, made by Sprout Pharmaceuticals, is at the center of a regulatory controversy.; Credit: Allen Breed/APFor the third time since 2010, a little pink pill that purports...
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Offshore oil industry says Arctic drilling will be safe with 2015 technology
ShellNo flotilla participants float near the Polar Pioneer oil drilling rig during demonstrations against Royal Dutch Shell on May 16, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. Demonstrators began three days of...
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3 decades after the McMartin preschool trial, a look at what went wrong
"School'; Credit: Elizabeth Albert via FlickrThey were accusations that shocked the nation and led to the longest criminal trial in the history of the U.S.Members of the family that operated the...
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Expert panel report leaves California’s desalination future in limbo
An area of beach in Huntington Beach where Poseidon has proposed a desalination plant; Credit: Poseidon WaterThe fate of a water desalination plant proposed by Poseidon Water in Huntington Beach...
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Kids who vape 4x more likely to smoke tobacco, according to new JAMA study
In this photo illustration, a man smokes an E-Cigarette; Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesThe state legislature will reconsider a bill Wednesday that would regulate e-cigarettes the same as tobacco, one...
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Amid flip flops, Trump shifts 2016 conversation to immigration, raising...
Republican Presidential candidate and business mogul Donald Trump exits his plane during his trip to the border on July 23, 2015 in Laredo, Texas.; Credit: Matthew Busch/Getty ImagesIn the first...
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Debating stringent background checks of Uber/Lyft drivers at LAX
A Lyft Car with a pink mustache sticker. Lyft and Uber could soon be welcome to do business at LAX; Credit: Tony Webster via FlickrYesterday, a Los Angeles Council Committee discussed ridesharing...
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Legislators, first responders, & drone advocates discuss the buzz with drones
An Airtanker dropping fire retardant on a wildfire at The Springs FIre in Banks-Garden Valley, ID, Boise National Forest, Idaho Dept. of Lands, August, 2012. This photo was taken with a drone; Credit:...
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LA County health officials want to make restaurant grading system tougher
Los Angeles convenience store. ; Credit: Gareth Simpson via FlickrLA County health officials want to overhaul the restaurant health grading system, reports the Pasadena Star-News. The new system, if...
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The case for stopping traffic stops
LAPD traffic stop on Woodman Avenue in Arleta, Calif.; Credit: Chris Yarzab via FlickrWhat would happen of Los Angeles police only pulled people over for imminently dangerous road behaviors?Presumably...
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Authenticity and gentrification: The future of identity in Santa Ana and...
#AT30 event at the Discovery Cube in Santa Ana, Calif.; Credit: Bill Youngblood/SCPRSanta Ana has long been a majority-Latino city, with a population that is over 78 percent Hispanic or Latino and...
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Lawsuit against Compton Unified School District poses question: Can trauma be...
Kimberly Cervantes is one of five students in Compton suing the school district, alleging school administrators refused to provide help to address trauma physical and emotional trauma they'd suffered...
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Pentagon evaluation renews debate over closing Gitmo
A view of the the U.S. Naval Station base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. President Obama promised during his first days in office to close the U.S. prison there but it still houses detainees.; Credit:...
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Greek PM pulls Grexit, sinking future of country and Eurozone in chaos
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras exits the presidential palace in Athens after presenting his resignation on August 20, 2015. ; Credit: LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images(AP) Greek Prime Minister...
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Will Bush’s testiness help or hurt in his fight against Trump?
Republican presidential hopeful and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush throws a baseball at as he plays a carnival game during the Iowa State Fair on August 14, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa. ; Credit: Justin...
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Why carpooling is disappearing and how some apps are trying to bring it back
"Carpool Lane: In the backseat of our three-person carpool to work"; Credit: Peter Dutton via FlickrThe rate of carpooling to work has been steadily declining in recent decades, but a crop of apps in...
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Emmy 2015: 'Deadliest Catch' producers swimming in nominations
Producers of Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch pose in the press room during the 2014 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on August 16, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. ; Credit:...
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Study: Quality high school romance benefits teens
A high school couple at prom. ; Credit: E M via FlickrA study out of the University of Denver finds that people who started dating in high school tend to have more productive romantic relationships...
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When it comes to thinking in life or death situations, less is more
French President Francois Hollande (L) shakes hands with Anthony Sadler (R) next to off-duty US serviceman Spencer Stone (2nd R) and off-duty serviceman Alek Skarlatos after a reception at the Elysee...
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