By Oleg Cetinic and Angela Charlton | Associated Press NANTERRE, France — French President Emmanuel Macron called the shooting death of a 17-year-old delivery driver by police “inexcusable” and pleaded for calm while justice takes its course. The government heightened the police presence in Paris and other big cities Wednesday after the killing triggered a…
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Matthew Griffin | Bloomberg News (TNS) GSK Plc’s experimental gonorrhea vaccine got fast-track designation from U.S. regulators, putting the shot in position to become the first preventive for a common, often-undetected infection that’s gaining resistance to treatment. The Food and Drug Administration status makes the drug eligible for a sped-up approval process, if an ongoing…
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For my new video, I asked people on the street, “If you could spend $30 billion trying to solve the world’s problems, how would you spend it?” “Build houses … address homelessness,” said a few. “Spend on health care,” “redistribution.” The most common answer was “fight climate change.” Really? Climate change is the world’s most important…
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The United States Constitution has only been amended twice in the last half century. The most recent amendment, the twenty-seventh, technically took more than two-hundred years to complete. It was originally approved by Congress in 1789 but not ratified by the states until 1992 following a public campaign led by a college student. Another way…
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Some key moments in history after 1990 include the Y2K bug, the first iPhone sale, the 9/11 attacks, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the COVID-19 pandemic and the creation of Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and the social media phenomenon. The Walkable Historic Timeline in Irvine’s Great Park ends in 1990, leaving those technological advancements and cultural…
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Stacey Connolly, left, and Patsy Hare dance to the music of the Kelly Boyz Band during Tustin’s Concert in the Park series at Peppertree Park in Tustin on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) The Kelly Boyz Band performs during the Tustin’s Concert in the Park series at Peppertree Park…
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There are a dozen restored antebellum mansions and plantations along the west bank of the Mississippi River, on the River Road outside of New Orleans, and they are among the most popular tourist day trips from the city. Most of them spin the same fantasy — allowing visitors to imagine themselves as the master and…
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The special election to decide if hotel and event center workers in Anaheim should get a minimum $25 an hour will now happen on Oct. 3, after the City Council moved it at the request of the Orange County Registrar of Voters. The City Council agreed to delay the election by three weeks from Sept.…
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As many as 8 in 10 older Americans couldn’t afford more than four years in an assisted living facility or two years in a nursing home, according to a 2023 analysis by the National Council on Aging and the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston. This is particularly hard for people in the monetary middle, defined…
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Following the festivities of Pride Month in June and LA Black Pride Week on June 28-July 3 — both of which celebrate the vibrant Los Angeles LGBTQ+ community with concerts, exhibitions, parades and wellness events — Afro Pride is coming to The Belasco Theater in Downtown Los Angeles on July 8-9. Afro Pride stems from the…
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