Weight Loss Drug Wegovy Can Cut Heart Attack Risk for Some, Study Shows
November 11, 2023
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Weight Loss Drug Wegovy Can Cut Heart Attack Risk for Some, Study Shows

A pivotal new study suggests that the weight loss drug Wegovy cut the risk of heart attack, stroke or death from cardiovascular issues by 20 percent among overweight…

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Column: Newsom gets no California love for political ambitions
November 10, 2023
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Column: Newsom gets no California love for political ambitions

Bill Clinton was a man of large appetite and no small ambition when he served as Arkansas governor, a job he assumed at the age of 32. So…

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CMA Awards: Tracy Chapman’s ‘Fast Car’ Named Song of the Year
November 9, 2023
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CMA Awards: Tracy Chapman’s ‘Fast Car’ Named Song of the Year

Tracy Chapman won song of the year at the Country Music Awards on Wednesday for “Fast Car,” a folk ballad that topped the country charts more than three…

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Woman at center of Gascón juvenile sentencing controversy takes plea deal in Kern County killing
November 7, 2023
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Woman at center of Gascón juvenile sentencing controversy takes plea deal in Kern County killing

Hannah Tubbs — whose prosecution on sexual assault charges in 2021 marked one of the biggest controversies of L.A. County Dist. Atty. George Gascón’s first term — pleaded…

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Behind the Gates of a Private World for Only the Wealthiest New Yorkers
November 6, 2023
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Behind the Gates of a Private World for Only the Wealthiest New Yorkers

It’s a great time to be rich in New York City. Everyday life is increasingly unaffordable for most New Yorkers, but a new class of private, members-only and…

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Hundreds of pro-Palestinians rally at Israeli Consulate, calling for end to invasion of Gaza
November 5, 2023
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Hundreds of pro-Palestinians rally at Israeli Consulate, calling for end to invasion of Gaza

Hundreds of people participated in a pro-Palestinian rally and march Saturday in front of the Israeli Consulate in West Los Angeles, condemning Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip…

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Murder Victim’s Daughter Helps Clear Man Convicted in Father’s Killing
November 4, 2023
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Murder Victim’s Daughter Helps Clear Man Convicted in Father’s Killing

In December 1982, four armed men burst into a bodega in Brooklyn serving as a front for marijuana dealing and ordered two men working inside to hand over…

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Why China-Australia Relations Are Warming. Sort of.
November 4, 2023
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Why China-Australia Relations Are Warming. Sort of.

Since 2017, Australia has played David to China’s Goliath: rejecting Chinese pressure to adopt Huawei technology, calling out Chinese political interference, and demanding an inquiry into Covid-19’s origins,…

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In Shetland, the Hottest Event of the Year Stars Sheep and Knitters
November 4, 2023
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In Shetland, the Hottest Event of the Year Stars Sheep and Knitters

The sheep came spilling over the hillside, emerging through the low mist where the green earth touched the gray sky, running down into the fields below. They were…

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Steinbeck’s 1930s sardine boat makes its modern debut
November 4, 2023
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Steinbeck’s 1930s sardine boat makes its modern debut

MOSS LANDING, Calif. —  The boat sits at the dock waiting to sail. Gleaming under a fresh coat of white paint, black trim and mist-green highlights, it tugs on…

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