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‘People are fed up’: Swing state Dems outpoll GOP by biggest margin in 27 years
Last week’s primary election didn’t feature any races with both a Democrat and a Republican on the ballot, but Georgia Democrats still feel like they won. If you are one of the more than 2 million Georgians who cast a ballot, you will likely recall the poll worker asking you to choose a Democratic, Republican…
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Man Humiliated by His AI Use Says He Just Can’t Quit
Even after being caught — and viciously criticized — for using AI to write his book about AI, one writer says he’s not giving up on the tech. While many AI writing scandals center on the artistic sin of letting a machine dictate your creative process, the offense committed by Steven Rosenbaum, the author of…
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Record-setting outside money pouring into California governor’s race
Corporations, labor unions, tech titans, Native American tribes and other special interests have donated a record-shattering $79.6 million to independent committees focused on swaying the volatile California governor’s race ahead of the June 2 primary. Many of the largest backers to these committees will have significant business interests in front of the state’s next governor…
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At long last, Los Angeles Philharmonic names its next music director
The Los Angeles Philharmonic announced Tuesday that it has named Daniel Harding the orchestra’s 12th music director, ending three years of intense speculation over the orchestra’s future after Gustavo Dudamel leaves in August to head the New York Philharmonic. Harding will begin a six-year contract for up to a dozen concerts a season, beginning in…
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Cheney physician flags ‘severe illness’ Trump seems to have: ‘It’s a real problem’
A physician expressed serious concerns about President Donald Trump’s physical and mental health ahead of his third medical checkup in in 13 months. Trump, the oldest president to ever be inaugurated, turns 80 next month, and Dr. Jonathan Reiner told “CNN News Central” that he has grave concerns about some specific medical issues that have…
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Toxic, cancer-causing chemicals are lurking in popular hair products — inside the battle for ‘beauty justice’
Around the world, chemicals that once kept barnacles from attaching to the hulls of ships have leached into marine sediments. Animals have suffered brain and immune impairment. Some female mollusks have turned imposex, growing male genitalia. The chemicals did so much damage to aquatic ecosystems that, decades ago, they were banned internationally for marine use. …
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Chelsea Handler name-drops ‘cheap’ A-list chef who took her on ‘bad’ date: ‘Not a match’
Worst date in America? Chelsea Handler recalled a “bad” dating experience she had with celebrity chef Bobby Flay. During an appearance on Kristin Cavallari’s “Let’s Be Honest” podcast Tuesday, the former reality star asked the comedian to share a “bad celebrity date story” that she hasn’t told before. “Yeah, I went on a date with…
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Welcome to the Injection Age
My generation—which is to say, the pillbox generation—came of age during the 1990s. The number of adults who were taking five or more prescription drugs doubled in that decade; the use of medications for depression and cholesterol more than tripled. If pills had once been used from time to time to curb a headache or…
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Raman says she’s running for mayor because L.A. is headed in wrong direction
Nithya Raman paused when the question came during a debate with Mayor Karen Bass in Sherman Oaks. What does she need to work on, she was asked by the moderator, to improve as a politician? “What I know I need to keep working on is that in order to make sure that your ideas aren’t…
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PG&E goes after gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer. He welcomes the fight
SACRAMENTO — The state’s biggest energy utility has made the unusual move to attack candidate Tom Steyer in the California governor’s race. State campaign filings show that Pacific Gas & Electric has plowed at least $13.5 million into efforts to oppose Steyer. Other major utilities in the state have also donated to another committee backing the anti-Steyer…