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For Becky G, 'Encuentros' marks her next chapter
LOS ANGELES — Edging toward the dusty cliff of Angels Point in Elysian Park, the music video crew sets up its last scene at the picturesque overlook of sprawling Los Angeles, cueing the twinkling song about renewed ...Read more
Tyla won the first African music performance Grammy. Now, 'I really want people to go deeper'
LOS ANGELES — It's not easy to steal the show at the Met Gala. But no one who saw the South African singer Tyla ascend the stairs in May in a one-off Balmain couture gown made of sculpted sand will ever forget it.
"It ...Read more
Steelseries Arctis GameBuds bring AirPod-like features into gaming realm
One of the biggest design shifts in headsets was the Apple AirPods. Although mocked initially, the devices proved to be a sea change for the industry. Now, wireless earbuds have become ubiquitous, and major brands have ...Read more
Jim Rossman: Emergency alerts can be silenced, but they are important
I live in Dallas, and like most other Texans, I was jolted awake at 4:53 a.m. on a recent Friday.
The police chief in the panhandle town of Memphis, Texas, was shot during an arrest and DPS authorities had issued a Blue...Read more
Gadgets: True wireless earbuds
OneOdio's OpenRockX open-ear air conduction true wireless sport earbuds are designed, as the name states, to use when working out, running or doing other athletic activities. But that’s not all. They work great for ...Read more
Commentary: Trump says he'll expel a million immigrants. Believe him -- it happened before
Last month former President Donald Trump promised to eject a million immigrants who are legally in the United States. While some tend to dismiss such threats as merely Trump’s bluster, most of us are unaware that there�...Read more
Inflation Reduction Act saves Massachusetts Medicare enrollees 100s of millions, report says
BOSTON — Ahead of her first debate with her Republican opponent, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s office is out with a new report that shows hundreds of millions in savings for Medicare beneficiaries in the Bay State.
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Magnifying US gastrointestinal disease mortality reveals health disparities
Diseases affecting the digestive system, including the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract, chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, inflammatory bowel disease and others, are significant causes of death worldwide. Mayo Clinic and ...Read more
Oregon could become the first state to tax big companies and send the cash to all residents
PORTLAND, Ore. — The pitch intrigued nearly everyone who encountered a petition gatherer seeking signatures in Oregon: Would you like a $750 annual rebate from the state, for each member of your household? Paid for “by...Read more
Florida's free prison phone call program rewarded good behavior, cost taxpayers zero. DeSantis killed it
Sandra Ritter hasn’t seen her only son in eight years. He’s incarcerated at Apalachee Correctional Institution in North Florida, locked up for possession of cocaine.
Ritter lives six hours away in Largo and has a ...Read more
Even political rivals agree that medical debt is an urgent issue
While hot-button health care issues such as abortion and the Affordable Care Act roil the presidential race, Democrats and Republicans in statehouses around the country have been quietly working together to tackle the ...Read more
For Kamala Harris' LA neighbors, her house is a delight and an annoyance
LOS ANGELES -- The protesters lugged the charred couch into the middle of the two-lane street, depositing it directly in front of Vice President Kamala Harris' Brentwood residence.
The activists, from the Sunrise Movement...Read more
What Pennsylvania elections officials are scared about heading into November
Elections officials across Pennsylvania are hopeful the 2024 presidential race won't be a repeat of the chaos of 2020 — marked by a days-long wait for results, a deluge of misinformation, and baseless court challenges ...Read more
Understanding whooping cough with a Mayo Clinic expert
Whooping cough (pertussis) is caused by Bordetella pertussis bacteria.
Cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, continue to rise in the U.S. New numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...Read more
This California middle school restricted cellphone use on campus. Was it successful?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One of the biggest issues administrators at Sutter Middle School in Folsom faced coming back to campus after COVID-19 shutdowns was the prevalence of cellphone use on campus. Online bullying was a ...Read more
'Monsters' star Cooper Koch says he didn't use prosthetic for prison shower scene
Cooper Koch let it all hang out — literally — during the prison shower scene in “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.”
The 28-year-old actor, who plays real-life convicted murderer Erik Menendez in the ...Read more
Silicon Valley's Andreessen, Horowitz give millions to Trump
Venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz each donated $2.5 million to a pro-Donald Trump super political action committee, according to the latest filings with the Federal Election Commission.
The eponymous ...Read more
Election night hand count of ballots halted by Georgia judge
ATLANTA — A judge stopped a planned hand count of ballots on election night in Georgia, ruling Tuesday that it would create “administrative chaos” if poll workers were required to handle millions of ballots without ...Read more
San Diego Zoo has flipped the Panda Cam live. Take a look at Xin Bao and Yun Chuan
A little more than two months after two giant pandas — the first sent to the U.S. in 21 years — debuted at the San Diego Zoo, fans can now do a virtual pop-in.
Panda Cam is live.
"Xin Bao and Yun Chuan have ...Read more
California sheriff who said deputies 'probably' stopped assassination attempt at Trump's Coachella rally backs off a bit
LOS ANGELES — Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco is not the type of elected official who shies away from making controversial public statements.
The right-wing firebrand, who is rumored to be considering a 2026 ...Read more
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