Meet Methuselah, the fish that likes to eat fresh figs, get belly rubs and is believed to be the oldest living aquarium fish in the world. In the Bible, Methuselah was Noah’s grandfather and was said to have lived to be 969 years old.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has reached a deal with the state legislature to require employers to provide workers with up to two weeks of paid COVID-19 sick leave. The new legislation, announced on Wednesday, will apply to all businesses with 26 or more employers. The state legislature passed a similar law last year that provided 80 hours of supplemental paid sick leave for workers.

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A California teen has been arrested and charged with murder, accused of selling a fentanyl-laced pill to a 12-year-old child. 

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Sales of new U.S. single-family homes jumped to a nine-month high in December. Sales soared in the densely populated South as well as in the Midwest. They also rose in the West, but tumbled in the Northeast. The new housing market is being underpinned by a record-low inventory of previously owned homes.

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U.S. new home sales surge to a nine-month high in December

The University of Washington will return to in-person learning on Jan. 31 after starting winter quarter online because of a omicron-fueled spike in COVID-19 cases.  Reports say a letter from President Ana Mari Cauce Monday said COVID-19 cases locally are declining, allowing the school to proceed with returning to in-person classes.

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A county in Montana has been ordered to pay more than $66,000 to a former employee after the individual was denied payment for gender-affirming care under the county’s health insurance plan.



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The omicron wave has not spared the low-income residents of Chinatown’s single-room...

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Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement sets up the Biden administration’s first Supreme...

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