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University of California, Berkeley students search for apartments in Berkeley on March 29, 2022.

Rents soared 151%. Under California’s new law, tenants are getting a refund

Tenants complained about steep rent increases from a Silicon Valley landlord. Now, 20 of them will get a refund under a state rent control law.

Ron Evans used what little water was available on his property in Gates to put out flames around their neighbor's house on Sept. 9, 2020.

Punitive damages add to mounting costs for PacifiCorp’s role in 2020 wildfires

Two days after jurors in Multnomah County found that the utility PacifiCorp was to blame for wildfires in 2020, they ordered the company to pay punitive damages.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in March at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md.

Republican Mayor of Miami Francis Suarez declares run for president

Miami's mayor is the latest Republican to announce a White House bid in 2024. First up? A crowded GOP primary.

Shell plans to increase fossil fuel production despite its net-zero pledge

Oil giant Shell is coming under criticism for its announcement that it will grow its petroleum business, even though it's under a court order to cut emissions because of climate change concerns.

Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora, president of the newspaper <em>El Periódico</em>, arrives handcuffed and under police escort to listen to a Guatemalan court's ruling in a case against him, at the Palace of Justice in Guatemala City, on Wednesday.

A court in Guatemala has sentenced a prominent journalist to 6 years in jail

Human rights groups have called the trial of journalist José Rubén Zamora a politically motivated sham after his newspaper uncovered corruption in the Central American country.

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 31: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues opted to pause interest rate hikes at their meeting Wednesday. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Taking a breather: Fed holds interest rates steady in patient battle against inflation

After 10 straight rate hikes, the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday, but hinted that additional rate hikes are possible if inflation remains stubbornly high.

New York Army National Guard Sgt. William Henry Johnson, circa 1919.

The U.S. Army renames a base in honor of Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black WWI hero

Louisiana's Fort Polk became Fort Johnson, the latest Army base to replace its Confederate name. It now honors a soldier who earned a Medal of Honor a century after the night that made him a hero.

Congregants arrive at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif. The megachurch founded by Rick Warren was one of two churches affected by a vote Wednesday at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting.

Southern Baptists say no to women pastors, uphold expulsion of Saddleback megachurch

The Southern Baptist Convention upheld the removal of two churches for having women as pastors. The nearly 13,000 voters, called "messengers," voted overwhelmingly to uphold the churches' removals.

A myriad of workers rallied in downtown Los Angeles in support of striking writers, during an event called "The Unions Strike Back" on May 26, 2023.

'It's gonna be a hot labor summer' — unionized workers show up for striking writers

Film and TV writers on strike may soon be joined by actors currently negotiating their contract. As the writers strike enters its seventh week, unions beyond Hollywood are joining the movement.

<em>Endeavour</em> — a prequel to the <em>Inspector Morse</em> series — ran for nearly a decade. Its ninth and final season is airing on PBS's MASTERPIECE Mystery! Above, Shaun Evans as Endeavour Morse

In its ninth and final season, 'Endeavour' fulfills its mission to 'Inspector Morse'

Just as Better Call Saul is, in some ways, more interesting than Breaking Bad, so Endeavour offers more emotional richness than the series that inspired it.

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