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04/13/2025

'Take America back': AOC, Bernie, Neil Young and more rally against oligarchy

Rock icon Neil Young led a crowd gathered at Gloria Molina Grand Park in Los Angeles Saturday with a chant of “take America back” in footage captured by Jonathan Serviss for KNX News.

04/12/2025

Hegseth posts about US official in Greenland who is out following email about Vance

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared an X post this week from Chief Pentagon Spokesperson Sean Parnell regarding the removal of Colonel Susannah Meyers, commander of Pituffik Space Base in Greenland.

04/12/2025

Do pacifiers harm babies? Expert discusses

Pacifiers – items that infants suck on – have a history possibly going all the way back to the Neolithic period. Today 75% of babies use them at least once during the first two months of life, but are they actually safe?

04/12/2025

How physics can make your coffee better

When it comes to coffee, a little bit can go a long way – with the help of physics. That's what researchers from the University of Pennsylvania recently discovered, according to a new study published this week in the Physics of Fluids journal.

04/06/2025

Protestors gather across the US to stand against Trump admin

“This is us being nice,” read one sign KNX News spotted in Studio City Saturday, as protestors gathered in around 1,200 locations across the nation. They were rallying against President Donald Trump and the policies of his new administration.

04/05/2025

Wine shop owner raises $78K for fire relief, gets support from Paris Hilton

As Southern California continues to deal with the effect of tragic wildfires that tore through the region earlier this year, a Pasadena wine shop owner is helping her community, and getting a boost herself.

04/05/2025

Pets affect our lives in more ways than previously known

We've probably all heard the phrase “dog is man's best friend,” and in the U.S. pet ownership is more popular than ever. However, people might be surprised to learn just how much pets impact our lives.

04/05/2025

Here’s how much Gen Z is spending to get over a breakup

How much does it take to get over a break-up? New research found that, for Gen Z, it takes more than a pint of ice cream – they're spending close to $4,000 to heal their hearts, per the survey.

03/30/2025

Scientists are worried about weasels

“We're a little worried about the weasels,” said Roland Kays, a research professor at North Carolina State University and scientist at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences.

03/29/2025

Man arrested for allegedly stabbing his children’s mother and setting her on fire

This Monday at 2:45 p.m., the Riverdale Police Department and the Riverdale Fire Department in Riverdale, Utah, arrived at a structure fire in the town to find an unresponsive woman inside.

03/29/2025

Why is Trump targeting The Smithsonian and what does it mean for us?

President Donald Trump's ongoing wave of second term executive orders has already called for sweeping changes in the U.S., and this week it targeted the Smithsonian – the world's largest museum, education and research complex.

03/29/2025

Here's why a top US vaccine official just resigned

In a letter sent to the acting Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week, the man who was leading a unit of the agency that oversees vaccines resigned.

03/29/2025

Be careful with your morning cup: FDA issues coffee recall

“Decaf” coffee distributed throughout more than a dozen states has been recalled due to mislabeling. According to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, the coffee was erroneously labelled as decaf.

03/22/2025

Would you be upset if your Social Security didn't come?

While U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said this week that a missed Social Security payment wouldn't phase his mother in law, that's probably not the case for millions of Americans who rely on the system they paid into for years.

03/22/2025

Trump demands apology from Maine’s governor over trans issues

President Donald Trump demanded a “full throated apology” Saturday from Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) regarding a spat the two had over transgender sports issues in a social media post.

03/22/2025

Do you remember the character T-1000 from “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” who was made from liquid metal? Well, that idea has just jumped from science fiction to science journals:

Scientists in South Korea have developed a “soft robot” that is based in liquid and is able to mimic how living cells act. They hope that the new technology can be used in biomedical applications in the future.

03/18/2025

One of the nation’s top cast iron cookware specialists is located here in the Bay Area. As KCBS’ David Welch reports, the Skillet Doctor is considered one of the go-to experts for restoring vintage cookware.

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03/16/2025

Is it already getting too crowded in space?
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How many satellites is too many satellites? This technology, sent up into Earth's orbit, provides everything from long distance images to television, audio, data and voice services.