By Rae Ellen Bichell, KFF Health News BOULDER, Colo. — Mad-scientist kind of moments happen fairly often for nanoengineer Carson Bruns. A few months ago in his lab at the University of Colorado-Boulder, he tested his latest invention on his own arm and asked a colleague for help. “We were like, ‘OK, we’re going to…
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Back in the day, pizza, as most Americans knew it, used to be circular in shape, layered with tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese, and studded with standard toppings ranging from sublime (pepperoni cups) to so-so (ham) to unsettling (green bell pepper). Thankfully, options galore abound these days, with consumers also having the option to choose…
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By Anna Helhoski and Taryn Phaneuf | NerdWallet When Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894 — well before artificial intelligence and remote work — the American workforce faced other significant disruptions. Workers were beginning to leave the farming jobs that, up until the 1880s, had made up over half the workforce, according to…
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By Lucas Shaw and Scott Moritz | Bloomberg Charter Communications, the No. 2 US cable TV provider, declared war on Walt Disney Co., saying it can no longer live with rising fees for ESPN and other programming. Disney, the world’s largest entertainment company, responded by yanking its channels, including ESPN and ABC, from Charter’s Spectrum…
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By PAUL WISEMAN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO | AP Business Writer WASHINGTON — America’s employers added 187,000 jobs in August, evidence of a slowing but still-resilient labor market despite the high interest rates the Federal Reserve has imposed. Last month’s job growth marked an increase from July’s revised gain of 157,000 but still pointed to a…
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NEVADA AT No. 6 USC When: 3:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum TV/radio: Pac-12 Network/790 AM Line: USC by 38 Notable absences: Nevada N/A, USC: OUT: Solomon Tuliaupupu (lower leg, season-ending surgery) Christian Roland-Wallace (suspended, out for first half) What’s at stake? Nevada was one of the worst teams in the FBS last season, finishing 2-10…
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TAMPA, Fla. — If it weren’t for the traffic along South MacDill Avenue, Javonne Mansfield swears you could hear the sizzle of a frying pan. The sun is scorching with such violent intensity that even weathered Floridians can’t help but take note. In a hard hat, Mansfield pushes a shovel into the earth. Heat radiates…
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By Cailley LaPara, Bloomberg News In a few weeks, the new COVID booster shot will roll out to Americans, designed to fight recent variants just as cases begin to tick up with colder weather. There is just one hitch with this plan: COVID does not actually appear to be a seasonal virus, as many expected.…
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Tristen Tierney turned his love of Halloween, Christmas and all holidays from an obsessive hobby as a kid into a full-time career as a Disneyland resort enhancement team leader that allows him to pursue his passion 24/7/365. “I still can’t believe it’s real,” said Tierney, a Disneyland Resort Enhancement Holiday Services Lead. “This is what…
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Welcome Foolish Mortals! I’m Kelli Skye Fadroski, digital features editor here at the Southern California News Group and I have taken over as your Ghost Host for the Halloween Boos!Letter this Haunting Season. Every Friday starting Sept. 1, this spooktacular newsletter will land in your inbox and it will be filled with all of the fun…
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