Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
- FBI says Islamic State inspired New Year’s Day New Orleans attacker acted alone.
- New California law prohibits collection agencies and others from sharing medical debt information.
- New state labor laws go on the books in California, including paid farm worker sick leave for extreme natural events.
- Alternative power advocates say they plan to fight fossil fuel industries’ attacks on solar rooftops.
- State water regulators say California’s first snowpack reading of the year is encouraging.
- Mozambique holds election, results disputed.