Trump Administration Appeals Ruling Blocking Citizenship Question On 2020 Census
The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge's ruling that blocks plans to add a controversial citizenship question to the 2020 census. The Justice Department filed a court notice Thursday that says the administration is asking the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review the first major court decision about the question . That ruling came out of two of the multiple lawsuits by more than two dozen states, cities and other groups that want the question removed. The question asks, "...
JPR Live Session: Anna Tivel (2018)
Anna Tivel reaches for that thread of understanding with her music, that moment of recognition, of shared experience. There are hundreds of thousands of miles on her touring odometer and each town is a tangled web of heartache and small reasons to believe. She gravitates toward the quiet stories of ordinary life. A homeless veteran sitting on a bench to watch the construction of a luxury hotel. A woman wondering about the life of the daughter she had to give up for adoption. Someone changing shape, someone falling in love, someone all alone.
Fire-Scarred Shasta Historic Park To Reopen
The last time Shasta State Historic Park was open was a scary time. The Carr Fire was bearing down on the park and workers loaded all the portable valuables onto trucks for a trip to Sacramento. Only now is the park ready to reopen, minus the Old Schoolhouse, which burned in the fire. Park Superintendent Lori Martin and crew spent the last several months making the park habitable again.
25 Years After The Northridge Earthquake, Is LA Ready For The Big One?
Twenty five years ago, at 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994, the Northridge earthquake shook Angelenos from their beds. For those of us who lived through it, the memories of chaos early in the morning are unforgettable. "We were just literally startled awake by a freight train driving right through our bedroom," said my father, Mark Margolis, who along with my sister, my mother and myself, was sleeping just about seven miles from the epicenter. "I mean the blinds that were supposed to be hanging...
You Don't Look A Day Over 100 Million, Rings Of Saturn
Saturn is famous for its lovely rings, but a new study suggests the planet has spent most of its 4.5 billion years without them. That's because the rings are likely only 10 million to 100 million years old, according to a newly published report in the journal Science that's based on findings from NASA's Cassini probe. Cassini spent some 13 years orbiting Saturn before plunging down and slamming into its atmosphere. During its final orbits, the spacecraft dove between the planet and its rings....
