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Nearly 2 million ballots are on their way to Orange County voters
Ballots should arrive in mailboxes as early as Monday,which is also when ballot drop boxes around the county will be open for eager voters.
For Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, it’s a double Walk of Fame ceremony
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" castmates Meryl Streep, Dwayne Johnson, Matt Damon and Robert Downey Jr. joined Blunt and Tucci at the rare 2-for-1 Hollywood fete.
Here’s how to watch Tuesday night’s California governor’s debate
As ballots start arriving in mailboxes this week, seven of the leading candidates for California governor will take to the stage for back-to-back debates this week, with the first one…
Medigap premiums leap, and consumers have few alternatives
Double-digit premium increases for Medicare supplemental policies are becoming the norm.
3 patients are being evacuated to Europe from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak
The cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak waits to head to the Canary Islands. A new case was confirmed in Switzerland.
Your new therapist: Chatty, leaky and hardly human
A burgeoning industry of apps offers AI therapists with human-like avatars.
Antarctica’s tourism boom raises concerns about contamination and disease
A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship that visited Antarctica highlights a growing tourism trend raising concerns about disease.
Georgia officials knew chemicals from carpet mills were polluting local water. The people did not
The odorless, colorless chemicals that were in their tap water are in the blood of some of them at levels higher than health guidelines consider safe.
Study says trees counter half the world’s urban heating, but not in the places that need it most
Researchers found a global average of 0.27 degrees Fahrenheit of cooling.
Planes and ships could run on kelp someday, but there are serious hurdles
Energy companies are hesitant to invest in large-scale aquaculture projects without demonstrated demand, while farmers are reluctant to scale up without a guaranteed buyer.