The House on Thursday passed the GENIUS Act, setting up a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, sending the cryptocurrency bill to President Trump’s desk and marking a major win for the ...

A new law bans the creation or enforcement of extreme risk protection orders, stripping families’ and the police’s ability to ask courts to remove weapons from those in crisis.

Long before reindeer and sleighs, there was a mysterious bishop who gave in secret and defied injustice. This is the epic origin story of Santa Claus.

NPR Music received a record number of entries to this year's Tiny Desk Contest: 7,500. The judges discovered so many amazing entries, and now we're sharing some of those standouts here.

Below is a press release from the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District regarding Air Quality Watch for the county in the midst of the Madre ...

Santa Cruz police to implement triple fines for the Fourth of July weekend Fireworks are illegal in the city of Santa Cruz Subscribers are entitled to 10 gift sharing articles each month.

A panel of current and former intelligence community leaders—including representatives from the private sector and academia—selected recipients of the Award for Excellence in Defense Scientific & ...

Senate Republicans passed the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill," which is expected to kick millions off Medicaid to pay for tax cuts or the rich.

The best anime to watch in Summer 2025: Dan Da Dan, The Summer Hikaru Died, Gachiakuta, Call of the Night, and Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt.

Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus, the new addition to the Seishun Buta Yarou anime series, offers another bizarre premise this 2025 summer anime season. The exact release date of the first ...

UC Santa Cruz alumni at the forefront of alopecia research and advocacy Alumni Nicole Friedland (Merrill ’89, community studies) and Brett King (Crown ’92, chemistry) both spoke at the National ...