Public schools in Texas now have the option to use a new, state-written curriculum infused with Bible stories after the state’s school board voted in favor of the material on Friday. A slim majority of the board’s 15 members – eight to seven – voted to keep the Bluebonnet Learning material on a…

Heavy downpours fell over much of Northern California on Friday, causing small landslides, overflowing a river and flooding some streets, including in parts of San Francisco. Meanwhile tens of thousands of people were still without power in the Seattle area after several days in the dark. The storm arrived in the Pacific Northwest earlier this…

The three-day total could be around 13 inches, far surpassing the current record of nine inches set during an atmospheric river storm in 2021. A few other spots at higher elevations in the North Bay have received even more precipitation, as much as 20 inches, he said. “This is actually one of the wettest portions…