Search results for

Spending on back-to-school supplies is predicted to decline this year, for the first time since 2014. With inflation top of mind, parents and teachers are looking for ways to save money.

Our annual Howliday Donation Drive-Thru takes place Saturday, December 6, from 11am to 2pm. This year, we offer multiple drop-off locations in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, including Earl Warren Showgrounds and both locations of Klondike Pizza. We are grateful for dry and canned pet food donations as well as monetary gifts toward pet food and wellness services. All of the resources raised help keep pets healthy and with their families for life! https://care4paws.org/howliday/

The German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Web site -- which offers information in myriad languages -- by including a section in the Star Trek language Klingon. NPR's Scott Simon gets a review of the otherworldly pages from linguist Mark Okrand, who created the Klingon tongue.

Amazon workers begin voting Friday on whether to form a union at a company warehouse on Staten Island in New York. If the yes votes prevail, it would be the first Amazon union in the U.S.

A majority of Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama voted against forming a union. It wasn't that much of a surprise for people who work and live in the state.

On April 30, 1993, the World Wide Web was released into the public domain. It revolutionized the internet and allowed users to create websites filled with graphics, audio and hyperlinks.

Hashem, who writes for The Daily Show, has a standup special called Dark Little Whispers debuting on Amazon Prime Video. It coincides with a heartbreaking political and humanitarian crisis.

Artificial intelligence chatbots are shaking up the way we use the internet, altering the search-for-clicks bargain that has shaped the landscape of the web for decades. Companies are scrambling to adjust.

NPR's Scott Simon laments newspaper paywalls and wishes there was an easier, cost-effective way to read a lot of newspapers online without needing so many subscriptions.

In a surprising move, Seattle has repealed a tax meant to help the city address its growing homelessness problem. Many saw the tax as targeting one of the city's largest employers: Amazon.