Matthew Renda

Santa Cruz, California, became the first known city in the U.S. to ban predictive policing on Tuesday citing the inherent racial bias in the practice.

It remains to be seen whether the plaintiffs can prove Google Assistant’s recording of private conversations without activation was done on purpose and shared with outside platforms.

A pandemic and public health emergency lockdown has turned citizens — and at least one journalist — into bread makers. And connoisseurs of ancient sourdough starters.

A group of public employees said the Biden administration is failing to provide scientific evidence regarding its definition of dangerous forever chemicals leading to more claims that the current definition is too narrow and the EPA is missing some toxins.

California energy officials want $8 billion from Governor Gavin Newsom, including $5 billion to build a backup system to ensure California’s electricity grid is reliable enough to secure consumer buy-in to the coming transition toward renewable energy.

A slate of new mine proposals in lithium rich Nevada complicates the environmental response, with some saying large, destructive mines have no place in sensitive environments with others contending America must provide for its energy transition to combat climate change.

A measurement taken at the Mauna Lua Observatory on the Big Island of Hawaii Friday revealed that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rose to 420 parts per million, nearly 70 units above the generally agreed-upon safe levels of 350 parts per million.

A federal judge angrily questioned whether the Biden administration has a policy of deporting individuals absent a court order, even when a judge is requesting more time to make a decision to be able to get acquainted with the facts.

Twitter permanently banned the 45th president from its platform in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol.

A federal judge allowed a case involving Kaiser Permanente misdiagnosing healthcare cases to goose revenue reimbursements.