U.S. President Donald Trump announces his decision regarding the United States’ participation in the Paris climate agreement in the Rose Garden at the White House June 1, 2017 in Washington, DC. ; Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images NPR Staff | AirTalk® President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the U. S. will withdraw from the Paris global […]
Hospice volunteers caress the hands of terminally ill patient Annabelle Martin, 92, as her health quickly declined at the Hospice of Saint John on September 1, 2009 in Lakewood, Colorado. ; Credit: John Moore/Getty Images AirTalk® More than five hundred terminally ill Californians have requested prescriptions to end their lives since the law allowing physician-assisted […]
TOPSHOT – People watch a ground based interceptor missle take off at Vandenberg Air Force base, California on May 30, 2017.; Credit: AFP/AFP/Getty Images AirTalk® It was back-patting and hand-shaking all around at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Tuesday after a rocket that U.S. military officials launched off the coast of Santa Barbara […]
The dome and exterior of the California State Capitol building in 2015, in Sacramento.; Credit: George Rose/Getty Images AirTalk® When California Governor Jerry Brown terms out in 2018, there will be a long list of potential candidates vying for his seat at the statehouse. Among the early names mentioned or already campaigning are Lt. Gov. […]
The year in brain research.; Credit: Image by Catherine MacBride/Getty Images AirTalk® As rates of Alzheimer’s disease continue to rise in the United States, a report out from the Centers for Disease Control shows that deaths from the disease are spiking pretty significantly The CDC’s ‘Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report’ shows a 54.5 percent increase […]
Britain’s Defence Secretary Michael Fallon (L) and Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson leave Downing Street in central London. Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May said she would raise the issue of leaks from a probe into the Manchester terror attack that have infuriated British authorities with their US counterparts.; Credit: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images AirTalk® In light […]
Sports broadcasters Mike Greenberg (L) and Mike Golic, hosts of ESPN Radio’s “Mike & Mike” show, speak as they are inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Broadcasting Hall of Fame.; Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images AirTalk® One of sports talk radio’s most famous pair is breaking up: ESPN’s long-running talk show “Mike and Mike” is […]
A motorist produces their driver’s license at a DUI checkpoint in Bellflower on March 6, 2014.; Credit: Stuart Palley/KPCC AirTalk® As the state of California works to implement the regulatory framework for its nascent recreational marijuana industry following voters’ approval of Proposition 64, which legalized pot for recreational use statewide, the debate over how exactly […]
Emergency response vehicles are parked at the scene of a suspected terrorist attack during a pop concert by US star Ariana Grande in Manchester, northwest England on May 23, 2017. ; Credit: PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images AirTalk® British authorities have identified the suspect in the Manchester suicide bombing attack as 22-year-old Salman Abedi. The attack happened […]
A new proposal by Gov. Jerry Brown would make it easier for non-violent offenders to get parole for good behavior and give judges the latitude to decide whether juveniles as young as 14 to be tried as adults for serious crimes. ; Credit: L. Matthew Bowler/Getty Images AirTalk® In 2016, California voters approved a parole […]
