By COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and MICHAEL BALSAMO WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has been briefed on the investigation into the discovery of cocaine on the lobby floor of the White House West Wing, and thinks it is “incredibly important” for the Secret Service to determine how it got there, officials said Wednesday. U.S. Secret…
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A new study released last week shows that some “100-year flood” estimates may not reflect a changing climate. First Street Foundation, a research and technology nonprofit that studies and collects data on climate risks, released its eighth National Risk Assessment: “The Precipitation Problem.” Many climate and weather groups gauge extreme rain events as a “100-year…
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Subway is making a big change to its meats, adding freshly sliced deli meat to roughly 20,000 US locations beginning Wednesday. The move marks Subway’s biggest change in two years when it began refreshing menu options, ingredients and restaurant appearances to boost once-sagging sales and make itself an attractive acquisition target. SEE MORE: Farmer Boys…
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER | AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON — Some Federal Reserve officials pushed to raise the Fed’s key interest rate by one-quarter of a percentage point at their meeting last month to intensify their fight against high inflation, though the central bank ultimately decided to forgo a rate hike. In a sign of growing…
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Casino visitors are not the only ones with a chance to win some cash this summer. The charity program, All-In 4 Change, by Harrah’s Resort Southern California in Valley Center, is looking for nonprofit organizations in Orange, Riverside and San Diego counties to apply from now until July 31 for the opportunity to walk away…
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There was a time when hotel restaurants and bars were geared strictly toward out-of-town hotel guests, but more and more lately, they’re transforming into choice pit stops for locals who want something different. The region’s newest example of that trend is the Peel Craftbar and Kitchen, located inside the Hotel Fera, a DoubleTree by Hilton,…
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LOS ANGELES — A man in his 20s was rushed to a hospital after he suffered an injury south of Koreatown — reportedly losing part of a hand while lighting fireworks. Firefighters and paramedics were dispatched at 11:25 p.m. Tuesday to the 2600 block of South Catalina Street in the Adams-Normandie neighborhood, according to Nicholas…
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By Eliyahu Kamisher The California State Assembly has shelved legislation that would have forced the country’s two largest pension funds to divest an estimated $15 billion from oil and gas companies, a major blow to environmental advocates who hoped the funds could be a national model for the divestment movement. SB-252, which passed the state…
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By Samya Kullab | Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine and Russia accused each other Wednesday of planning to attack one of the world’s largest nuclear power plants, but neither side provided evidence to support their claims of an imminent threat to the facility in southeastern Ukraine that is occupied by Russian troops. The Zaporizhzhia…
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