Disneyland OKs state’s largest wage theft settlement with workers
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Newsom to roll out $100-billion ‘California Comeback Plan’
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Coronavirus crisis threatens to shutter doctors’ offices
WASHINGTON — As hospitals in California and across the country struggle with a surge of coronavirus infection patients, a second crisis is brewing in physicians’ offices,…
New heartache for Kate Garraway as she shuts down another company owned with late Derek Draper – with £900k debts
BRAVE Kate Garraway is shutting down another company she ran alongside late husband Derek Draper - and it’s got debts of almost £1million.The Good Morning…
How YouTube and Netflix are changing the business of kids’ shows
It’s 7 a.m. Do you know what your kids are streaming?Although the splashiest shows of the direct-to-consumer video era tend to target grownups, children —…
U.S. TikTok ban is nearing after another court defeat
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Biden’s relief plan: Major victory gets mixed one-year reviews
WASHINGTON — It’s not often that a president gets everything he asks for, but that’s what happened.President Biden wanted $1.9 trillion to help the country climb…
COVID-19 likely came from a lab, US committee finds | Coronavirus pandemic News
A committee of the United States Congress has backed the theory that a lab leak caused the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report released on Monday,…
Yoga in a pill? Research might bring about prescription calmness
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Have you got flu, RSV, bronchiolitis, Covid or just a cold? Symptoms of all the nasty bugs rife right now
FEELINGS sniffly?It's that time of year again when everyone appears to be riddled with hacking coughs and sore throats. 4What winter bug has got you…
Sexual assault allegations surface against Trump’s defense pick
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Disney and Bob Iger reached a pivotal stage in streaming. What’s next?
It took billions of dollars in losses, a company-wide overhaul, cost-cutting and price hikes to get there, but Bob Iger and Walt Disney Co. appear…
Plan to shutter Aliso Canyon gas facility isn’t moving fast enough
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Hollywood execs salivate over dealmaking under Trump. Should they?
To much of Hollywood’s decidedly liberal base, Donald Trump is truly the enemy from within, a former reality show host who used the power of…
Kevin de León, of the L.A. racist tape leak, is headed toward defeat
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‘When we first sang… I could hear magic,’ says David Rawlings on partnership with Gillian Welch
WHEN Gillian Welch and David Rawlings sing together, it feels as if our hectic world stops turning.Their sublime blend of voice and acoustic guitar belongs…
Cal State University system shifts focus to careers, not just degrees
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Not going out is ‘new normal’ post-Covid as Brits spend an hour less a day doing activities outside
NOT going out is the new normal as we spend less time on outdoor activities.A study found people are at home nearly an hour longer…
California’s film and TV tax credit boost. What are the pros and cons?
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to more than double the size of California’s film and television tax credit program won’t fix all of the Golden State’s…
Scurvy’s back! How to beat ancient Greek disease that causes horrific bleeds and skin rashes
IT sounds like something from the pages of a Dickens novel.But there are worrying signs that scurvy is rearing its head once more.8Scurvy seems to…