Like many others, Noli Indian School students have been faced with unpredictable circumstances during the past couple of years. That is why Principal Donovan Post and staff didn’t want to see them entirely miss out on a homecoming celebration again this year. The Soboba Reservation school serves students in grades 6-12 but it was the high schoolers that finally got to have their special day after a couple of weeks of delays.
California will have so much money next year that state officials will likely have to give some of it back to taxpayers to meet constitutional limits on state spending, according to a new forecast from the state's independent Legislative Analyst's Office.
An estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year, a never-before-seen milestone that health officials say is tied to the COVID-19 pandemic and a more dangerous drug supply.
Energy companies including Shell, BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil offered a combined $192 million for drilling rights on federal oil and gas reserves in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, as the first government lease auction under President Joe Biden laid bare the hurdles he faces to reach climate goals dependent on deep cuts in fossil fuel emissions.