Crews fought a pitched battle against the last remaining large wildfire in Southern California as the stubborn flames threatened nearly 2,000 homes and other buildings. The fire that erupted on a hilltop northeast of Los Angeles headed for what would be its third day Saturday and firefighters were finding it hard work as shifting winds […]
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Ryan Getzlaf scored a breakaway goal 2:30 into overtime, and John Gibson made 39 saves in the Anaheim Ducks’ 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night. Jakob Silfverberg scored a short-handed goal in the first period for the Ducks, who improved to 6-1-0 at Honda Center with their second straight victory to open
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Welcome to Poll Watch, our weekly look at polling data and survey research on the candidates, voters and issues that will shape the 2020 election. Free tuition to public colleges? Just a few years ago it seemed unthinkable, but now it’s a popular proposal embraced by some leading Democratic presidential candidates. Medicare for all? Same
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The World Trade Organization said Friday that China can impose tariffs on up to $3.6 billion worth of U.S. goods over the American government’s failure to abide by anti-dumping rules with regard to Chinese products. The move hands China its first such payout at the WTO at a time when it is engaged in a
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Seven-year-old Aryan Singh could have met the same fate as his cousin, who died seven years ago because the nearest hospital was too far. When Aryan returned home from school with a low-grade fever in mid-September, his mother initially dismissed it as seasonal, worrying only when his temperature shot up overnight. She hopped on her
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Delta Airlines vowed Friday to review its in-flight movie policies after a trimmed-down version of the coming-of-age comedy “Booksmart” came under heavy criticism. Directed by Olivia Wilde, “Booksmart” follows straight-laced, overachieving teens Amy (played by Kaitlyn Dever) and Molly (Beanie Feldstein), who decide to go out on a bender before they graduate from high school. When the
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The competition has taken a toll on Fitbit. The company had $1.5 billion in revenue in 2018, down 6 percent from the year before, squeezing out a net profit of $48 million. In July, Fitbit lowered its guidance for the rest of the year after announcing disappointing sales results for its Versa Lite device, which
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Roope Hintz scored twice, including a short-handed goal in the second period, and the Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 on Friday night. It was Hintz’s second two-goal game of the season. The Stars have gone 5-1 since a dismal 1-7-1 start. Anton Khudobin turned back 38 shots, including one with a second remaining.
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Donald Trump Jr. “almost felt bad” for Robert S. Mueller III, the special prosecutor who spent two years investigating President Trump and his campaign, after Mr. Mueller’s halting July testimony before House committees, the younger Mr. Trump writes in a new book. “If it weren’t for the fact that I was probably number two on
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Image copyright Google Work to clean up a hospital bacteria outbreak inadvertently led to more contamination, new documents reveal. Brain surgery was postponed at Edinburgh’s Western General in March after a small number of patients contracted the Pseudomonas aeruginosa bug from showers and taps in a ward. A decontamination programme was ordered by NHS Lothian.
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