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The Democratic National Committee wants to avoid a crush of candidates in TV debates during the presidential primaries. So it set a qualifying threshold: 65,000 donors spread across 20 states.

While you're working on your last-minute Contest entry (the deadline is this Sunday, April 14), check out these videos below to see what's caught our attention lately.

PARIS (AP) — A catastrophic fire engulfed the upper reaches of Paris’ soaring Notre Dame Cathedral as it was undergoing renovations Monday, threatening one of the greatest architectural treasures of the Western world as tourists and Parisians looked on aghast from the streets below. The blaze collapsed the cathedral’s spire and spread to one of … Continue reading Firefighters Race to Salvage Artwork in Notre Dame Fire →

The National Weather Service is expecting the current Bay Area heat wave to peak on Friday. The agency issued a heat advisory on Friday for 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. throughout the Bay Area. Residents can expect temperatures from the 80s to the low 90s degrees at the coast and about ten degrees hotter inland. … Continue reading Beat the Bay Area Heat With These Tips and Cooling Centers →

It’s an epic story; everything from Mahatma Gandhi’s early days in law school to his campaigns in South Africa, to the civil disobedience movement he led in India that inspired people all over the world, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. Naatak co-founder, artistic director and playwright Sujit Saraf says, with Gandhi: A Grand Musical, he’s keen … Continue reading A Great Man, A Complicated Man: Gandhi On Stage in Song and Dance →

As more businesses face public and political scrutiny for making money off the Trump administration's detention of migrants, many activists say the companies involved try to remain veiled in secrecy.

Diversity and black pride were the focus of the 33rd annual Berkeley Juneteenth Festival, a celebration that took over three blocks in the Adeline-Alcatraz corridor of South Berkeley on Sunday. To the sound of drums and raps, thousands celebrated the day — June 19, 1865 — that the last former slaves learned they were free, two … Continue reading PHOTOS: Berkeley Juneteenth Festival Celebrates Black Pride and Community in the Face of Displacement →

Young women with simple pregnancies can safely ask a doctor to induce labor, a study finds. It doesn't increase their risk of needing a C-section after all and can even offer potential benefits.

President Trump seems pessimistic about Puerto Rico's ability to pay its debts. That view may, in part, reflect his own financial experience there, where he once got stung by a golf course bankruptcy.

We check back in with Jeneyah McDonald, whom we first met nearly two years ago. McDonald, who lives in Flint, Mich., says she still doesn't have drinking water.