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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…
California governor candidates spar over immigration, taxes and more in CNN debate
It didn't take long Tuesday night before Rep. Katie Porter quipped, "Boys, enough with the bickering." But soon enough, she joined the fray as well.
Your new therapist: Chatty, leaky and hardly human
A burgeoning industry of apps offers AI therapists with human-like avatars.
Dozens of passengers left hantavirus-stricken cruise ship after 1st fatality
Oceanwide Expeditions said 29 passengers disembarked from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak after the first passenger died.
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.