California bans secret condom removal during sex
The two new laws enhance punishment for those who rape their spouses and make it a sexual battery offense of someone to remove a condom during sex without consent.
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Wildfires may have killed hundreds of giant sequoias
One fire official calls the possibility that the monarchs in Northern California's Sierra Nevada sustained that extent of damage "heartbreaking."
Bank of America hikes its minimum wage to $21
Pay increase means workers at nation's second-biggest bank now make at least $43,680 a year, with benefits.
Senate approves short-term extension of the debt ceiling
The measure now goes to the House, which is slated to vote on it next week.
Biden to restore protections for three national monuments
The Biden administration is expanding protections for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments.
Florida to consider punishing districts for enforcing mask mandates
Nearly 850,000 child COVID cases were added over the past four weeks.
Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID shots for kids ages 5 to 11
If regulators agree, shots could begin within a matter of weeks.
Woman gets jail for close call with Yellowstone grizzly bear
Video of the encounter was widely shared on social media.
Head of largest teachers' union on going back to school amid COVID-19
On "The Takeout" podcast this week, National Education Association president Becky Pringle talks about the challenges of going back to school during the pandemic.
Spotted lanternfly a "shocking" expense to homeowners
Homeowners are paying up to thousands of dollars to eradicate the pests, which excrete sticky "honeydew" on property.
Federal agencies on plans to help Americans handle climate change
More than 20 federal agencies detailed how climate change will come to affect every aspect of daily life and how they're preparing.
Man wanted for killing influencer wife found dead in Florida, officials say
In November 2020, a Houston city worker found 26-year-old Alexis Sharkey's nude body on a road, and seven weeks later authorities announced an autopsy showed she had been strangled.
Three former NYPD officers plead guilty to bribery
The three now face at least five years in prison.
Investigators probe how 13-inch crack formed in California pipeline
"We don't have a smoking gun," said John Amos, CEO of environmental watchdog SkyTruth.
4 people killed, dozens stranded in Alabama floods
The Hoover Fire Department wrote on Facebook that the city saw "unprecedented intense rainfall that caused flash flooding in numerous areas" on Wednesday.
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