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U.S.

California Today: Want to Be Happy? Move to Santa Cruz

By MIKE McPHATE | Mar 8th 2017

Wednesday: Ranking wellness in California, Los Angeles re-elects its mayor, and the Wisdom Tree pilgrimage.

N.Y. / Region

For Years, City Spent $300 an Hour Looking for $5,000

By JIM DWYER | Mar 8th 2017

The tab for a special prosecutor in a criminal inquiry that eventually yielded no trial is just a fraction of the public and private money involved.

U.S.

E.P.A. Chief Says He Doubts Carbon Dioxide’s Role in Global Warming

By CORAL DAVENPORT | Mar 9th 2017

The statement by Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, contradicts scientific consensus that carbon dioxide is heating the planet.

U.S.

California Today: What Should Be Done About the Salton Sea?

By MIKE McPHATE | Mar 9th 2017

Thursday: A photo essay on the Salton Sea, a warning on marijuana enforcement, and readers weigh in on a move to let bicyclists roll past stop signs.

Business Day

Fox Is Said to Settle With Former Contributor Over Sexual Assault Claims

By EMILY STEEL | Mar 9th 2017

The company, still dealing with the fallout from harassment scandal involving Roger Ailes, has reached a settlement for more than $2.5 million with Tamara Holder, who said an executive assaulted her.

U.S.

In Fight Against Bail, a Sheriff Joins the Critics

By MICHAEL HARDY | Mar 9th 2017

In a Houston lawsuit, officials are defending a system that jails the poor, but the D.A. and sheriff say they can’t support it.

U.S.

State Secrets Privilege Invoked to Block Testimony in C.I.A. Torture Case

By JAMES RISEN, SHERI FINK and CHARLIE SAVAGE | Mar 9th 2017

The Justice Department invoked executive powers in a lawsuit filed by former detainees against two psychologists who helped run the agency’s interrogation program.

U.S.

E.P.A. Head Stacks Agency With Climate Change Skeptics

By CORAL DAVENPORT | Mar 7th 2017

Scott Pruitt seems intent on building an E.P.A. leadership that is fundamentally at odds with the officials who carry out the agency’s missions.

U.S.

Sessions Says Guantánamo Is a ‘Very Fine Place’ for New Suspects

By CHARLIE SAVAGE | Mar 10th 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he would advise President Trump to send new detainees to the wartime prison rather than bring them to civilian courts for prosecution.

U.S.

Obamacare Took Months to Craft; Repeal May Be Much Swifter

By ROBERT PEAR | Mar 8th 2017

In comparison with the pace of work on the Affordable Care Act in 2009, the timetable for the Republicans’ health care bill is lightning fast.

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