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Polar bear’s fatal attack on young mother and son leaves Northwest Alaska community reeling

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Two days after a polar bear killed a 24-year-old woman and her year-old son in the Bering Strait village of Wales, community members continued to grieve as questions linger over what may have contributed to the fatal mauling.
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Environmental rules stoke anger as California lets precious stormwater wash out to sea

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Environmental rules designed to protect imperiled fish in the Sacramento- San Joaquin River Delta have ignited anger among a group of bipartisan lawmakers, who say too much of California’s stormwater is being washed out to sea instead of being pumped to reservoirs and aqueducts.