Mia Gindis | Bloomberg News (TNS) Nathalie Ramirez Rojas spent the spring of her junior year at Baruch College splitting her time over two equally formidable tasks: acing her exams and scouring job boards for a paid internship in the social sciences. “I actually saw an internship when I was applying that looked perfect but…
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The first mountain stage of the Tour de France produced a new race leader on Wednesday and firmly indicated that defending champion Jonas Vingegaard has the upper hand in his duel with two-time winner Tadej Pogacar. On his Tour de France debut, former Giro d’Italia champion Jai Hindley took the yellow jersey after winning the…
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Arielle Zionts | (TNS) KFF Health News Federal regulators want most patients to see a health care provider in person before receiving prescriptions for potentially addictive medicines through telehealth — something that hasn’t been required in more than three years. During the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Drug Enforcement Administration allowed doctors and other health…
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WIMBLEDON, England — Rain was again affecting play at Wimbledon on Day 3 of the grass-court tournament, and environmental activists halted two matches as well. Intermittent showers Wednesday forced matches on the outside courts to be suspended twice, while play in the main stadiums was also stopped for a short time because of the weather.…
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As California looks to increase the supply of housing, one of the more creative solutions emerged — and then died — during last year’s legislative session. Former Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, D-Bell Gardens, proposed a bill to let local governments sell off public golf courses for housing projects. The pushback was intense. We know that many…
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As summer kicks into gear, more than 300 Cal State Fullerton Titans will be headed out to experience the world through summer study abroad programs. From Denmark to Greece to South Africa, CSUF has 15 summer programs embarking over the next few months that will allow students to not only complete coursework toward their degrees…
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Rare enough is bipartisan legislation these days, whether it’s in the halls of Congress or the California Legislature. When it does occur, it’s to be applauded in itself. But when it’s an important law sponsored by both Republican and Democratic legislators that deals with ensuring and even increasing the freedom of the press in our…
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Trabuco Canyon Water District passed a proposal to increase rates for “new water, wastewater and recycled water” in a special meeting that took place on June 29. The proposed rates have been applied to bills since July 1, and will slowly increase over the next five years. The rates will incrementally increase for water with…
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The Georgian, a boutique Art Deco-style Santa Monica hotel that’s occupied the Southern California coastline since 1933, is reopening its speakeasy utilized during prohibition six decades ago. The space, dubbed The Georgian Room, once embodied the glamor of Hollywood’s Golden Age, hosting television stars such as Carole Lombard, Clark Gable and Dick Van Dyke, according…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom is fond of rattling off statistics that prove, he claims, California’s enviable status as a national, or even global, leader in all things wonderful. He tends, however, to cherrypick his numbers rather than provide a full picture, as a recent Sacramento Bee analysis of his economic assertions on national television demonstrates. However,…
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