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Health officials urge beachgoers to avoid ocean water at LA County beaches after rain
LOS ANGELES — Forget, for now, that "polar bear" ocean swim. Public health officials have issued an ocean water quality alert for all Los Angeles County beaches.
In a notice issued Thursday, the Los Angeles County ...Read more
Nearly every corn seed planted in Colorado is covered in insecticide. Lawmakers may restrict the chemical
DENVER — Colorado farmers plant tens of millions of corn seeds every year, nearly every one of them covered in a thin layer of insecticide.
The neonicotinoids used in the coatings protect the seed from pests in the soil...Read more
Today's Word "excursus"
excursus \ ik-SKUR-sus \ (noun) - 1 : A dissertation that is appended to a work and that contains a more extended exposition of some important point or topic. 2 : A digression.
"Sometimes, however, Mr. Honan's historical ...Read more
This Day in History, January 2
On January 2nd, 1818, the British Institution of Civil Engineers was formed.
Mathematical Rebus
What mathematical rule is represented by the rebus below?
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Despite cold and rain, thousands flock to 137th Rose Parade in Pasadena
PASADENA, Calif. — As a steady rain pounded Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena early Thursday, Michael Brooks hunched beneath a daisy-printed umbrella, guarding his family’s front-row seats for the 137th Rose Parade.
The ...Read more
$40 million campaign launched to save pristine NC game lands from development
Conservationists launched a $40 million campaign Thursday to save 4,000 acres of pristine North Carolina game land from development.
The owner of the land along the Yadkin River between Salisbury and Albemarle allowed ...Read more
Today's Word "roborant"
roborant \ ROB-uh-ruhnt \ (adjective, noun) - Strengthening; restoring vigor.
(noun) - A strengthening medicine; a tonic; a restorative.
"That day, I felt the need of a roborant after my ghost-ridden night, and I ...Read more
This Day in History, January 1
On January 1st, 404, the last known gladiator competition took place.
Joe and Smoe
Two friends, Joe and Smoe, were born in May, one in 1932, the other a year later. Each had an antique grandfather clock of which he was extremely proud. Both of the clocks worked fairly well considering their age, but one clock gained ten seconds per hour while the other one lost ten seconds per hour. On a day in January, the two friends set both clocks correctly at 12:00 noon. "Do you realize," asked Joe, "that the next time both of our ...
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Judge finds Alaska's bid to reauthorize wolf-shooting program on Kenai Peninsula is unconstitutional
A judge has ordered the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to pay $115,220 in attorney's fees to a retired Anchorage lawyer and wildlife advocate who successfully sued the state over a wolf-killing policy on the southern ...Read more
Rose Parade organizers brace for near-certain rain as strong storm soaks SoCal
Rain was falling over the Southland on Wednesday afternoon as the region headed into the New Year soggy and with the virtual certainty of a wet 2026 Tournament of Roses parade.
Forecasters warned of a "near 100% chance" ...Read more
How a San Diego startup's universal flu shot sold for $9 billion
Inside a single-story brick building in Sorrento Mesa is a small lab sprinkled with beakers, test tubes and incubators that is worth billions of dollars.
This is where Cidara, a small San Diego pharmaceutical company, ...Read more
How artificial intelligence became real estate's new secret weapon
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania — Coldwell Banker agent Georgie Smigel used to spend hours digging through spreadsheets and old inquiry lists trying to figure out who might be interested in a new listing.
Now she ...Read more
Trump administration orders coal-burning power plant in Colorado to stay open
DENVER — The Trump administration, in its ongoing push to boost fossil fuels, issued an emergency order Tuesday to keep an aging coal-fired power plant in Craig, Colorado, operating even though it was scheduled to be ...Read more
Delhi's worst air in years fuels anger in test for Modi's party
India’s capital recorded its worst pollution in nearly a decade this winter, sparking rare public protests and criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party over its handling of the air quality emergency.
In ...Read more
Best games of 2025: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Dispatch, Hades II
Grand Theft Auto VI, probably the most anticipated game of all time at this point, didn’t come out this year (I called that one right!), but that doesn’t mean 2025 was hurting for amazing games to play. In fact, it was...Read more
Then and Now, Money Talks
Some words are on the money. When the word "farm" entered English during the 1200s, for instance, it had more to do with moola than moo.
Derived from the Medieval Latin "firma," it originally referred to a firm and ...Read more
Southern California's unlikely AI mecca is this very industrial city
Five miles south of downtown Los Angeles, a single industrial block in Vernon is drawing as much electricity as a small town.
Inside a three-story, 242,000-square-foot building known as LAX01, rows of advanced artificial ...Read more
Tucked away in a downtown Chicago office building, fallen e-commerce star Groupon is ready for a comeback
Inside Groupon’s 2-year-old headquarters on the 25th floor of the Leo Burnett Building in downtown Chicago, a giant cat in a spaceship with flashing lights greets visitors in an otherwise staid office tower.
Here, the ...Read more
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