Business
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will soon decide whether the most populous U.S. state will join 25 others in regulating the middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, whom many policymakers blame for the soaring cost of prescription drugs.
Sept. 16, 2024
California
Senate Bill 976 could inspire legal action by social media companies, which argued the legislation ‘unconstitutionally burdens’ access to content.
Sept. 20, 2024
World & Nation
Dutch King Willem-Alexander, a mostly ceremonial monarch, summarized the wide-ranging policy blueprint for the coming year and beyond.
Sept. 17, 2024
Television
The Netflix series about an aspiring comedian’s increasingly sinister encounters with an eccentric woman won four Emmy Awards on Sunday.
Sept. 15, 2024
Prosecutors across the country have increasingly turned to murder charges to deter fentanyl sales, but critics say the tactic punishes only low-level suppliers. And in one of L.A.’s first cases, evidence shows how the line between accused dealer and customer can blur into friendship.
Sept. 12, 2024
Letters to the Editor
In the Netherlands, it’s illegal to have any THC in your blood while driving a car. California needs a similar rule before allowing cannabis cafes.
Sept. 6, 2024
The legislation recently passed the state Senate and Assembly without support from Republican lawmakers, who voiced concerns that the technology could distract drivers and create more problems
Sept. 4, 2024
The governor’s veto stunned supporters of the measure, which would have forced insurance companies to cover up to a year’s supply of birth control.
Sept. 5, 2024
Music
Elton John says he has been recovering from a ‘severe eye infection’ he contracted this summer. The bug has left him with ‘limited vision’ in one eye.
Described as ‘humanitarian pauses’ that will last three days in different areas of the war-ravaged territory, the vaccinations will start Sunday.
Aug. 29, 2024