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On Friday afternoon a commercial structure fire, fueled by strong winds, leveled a city block in downtown Arcata.
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As protests grow over violent ICE enforcement actions in Minneapolis, the president said he could invoke a centuries-old law that would give him sweeping powers to deploy the military in U.S. cities.
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A Republican-led congressional subcommittee is leading a new investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Do their claims add up?
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"Paying attention to existence is important when we’re living in a time of climate change because it helps the present moment to not be stolen away from us," says Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner.
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Arcata Scoop wants to fit into Arcata's tastes.
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This 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.
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The Trump administration has been dealt its first legal setback in its unprecedented effort to consolidate voter data traditionally held by states.
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A South Korean court has sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison, the first verdict in eight criminal trials for allegations that include his 2024 martial law decree.
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A hospice in Uganda asked itself: Can we do more than ease the pain of dying? Can we actually prevent deaths from cervical and breast cancer?
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A large share of the departures so far this term were on the National Security Council staff.
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Many jails and prisons around the country don't provide medication treatment for opioid use disorder. Studies show that medication makes recovery more likely and reduces the risk of overdose death.
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All 16 drug companies that inked deals with the Trump administration over the past few months still raised some of their prices for 2026.
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Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.
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Thousands of employees whose contracts end this year will lose their jobs, FEMA managers said at personnel meetings this week. The cuts could hobble the nation's disaster agency.
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Malaysia's foreign minister Mohamad Hasan cited concerns over the lack of inclusive and free participation.
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The president previously supported Britain's agreement to hand back sovereignty of the Indian Ocean archipelago, where the U.K. continues to lease the U.S.-U.K. Diego Garcia military base.
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The Martha Graham Dance Company is just the latest to say they will no longer perform at the Kennedy Center since Trump took over last year.
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The U.S. is the only country allowed to withdraw from the World Health Organization. And Jan. 22 is the day when Trump's pullout announcement should go into effect. But ... it's complicated.
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It's unclear how many leaders have been asked to join the board, and the large number of invitations being sent out, including to countries that don't get along, has raised questions about the board's mandate and decision-making processes.
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Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that's a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study said.