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Along with the pumpkins and costumes, the candles and cobwebs, Halloween is all about storytelling. From tales of haunted houses to accounts of demonic possession, ghost stories are part of the holiday’s appeal.

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“Star Trek” actor Walter Koenig has died. He was 90.

The New York City raised performer who played Ensign Pavel Chekov in the original version of the 1960s sci-fi drama died Sunday in the company of loved ones.

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LOS ANGELES — The landmark Casa Vega Mexican restaurant in Sherman Oaks was honored in May with a sign proclaiming its corner of Ventura Boulevard as "Casa Vega Square."

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass was there, and so was City ...Read more

SAO PAULO, Brazil — Brazilian markets cratered, with the currency and the benchmark stock index quickly racking up losses of more than 10%, as the surprise reelection of leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva blew ...Read more

Microsoft is offering buyouts to about 60,000 employees, or roughly a quarter of its workforce, as the company tries to control its head count while avoiding layoffs.

The Redmond, Washington-based tech giant announced ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Voice actor Eric Bauza, whose career spanned more than two decades and includes roles in animated series “Unikitty!,” “Rick and Morty” and, most notably, fresh takes on the “Looney Tunes” ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — A woman who smothered an 8-month-old boy with a pillow in an apartment in southwest Fort Worth pleaded guilty on Monday to murder.

Dulce Gomez was babysitting Fabian Arjon when she killed the baby in...Read more

Anthropic PBC says it expects to face heightened scrutiny of how it tackles environmental and social tensions associated with the build-out of AI infrastructure.

The company, which publicly filed for an initial public ...Read more

A record number of women are running for state legislative seats this November, more than two-thirds of whom are Democrats.

Across the 46 states with legislative seats on the ballot, a total of 3,824 women are running —...Read more

The iPhone Duo, one of Apple Inc.’s biggest new products in years, is drawing a growing number of complaints from customers who say the foldable display cracked after just hours or days of use.

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The National Basketball Association reached a deal with Kalshi and Polymarket that designates the platforms as the league’s preferred prediction market exchanges, in addition to announcing an information sharing ...Read more

Crumbl, the high-end dessert chain serving up oversized cookies, has closed a swath of stores nationwide including seven in California.

Two of the shuttered cookie shops are in Southern California, in Westlake Village ...Read more

Near-record or record-high sea levels are expected to bring multiple days of flooding along the Southern California coast this week, with the inundation beginning as soon as Monday when high tide rolls in.

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NEW YORK — The Trump administration’s firing of veteran prosecutor Maurene Comey was unlawful and flew in the face of “nearly two centuries of Supreme Court precedent” and longstanding White House policy, a federal...Read more

Jenna Ortega almost "fell on" her face after being left "limping" following filming for Iron Man 3.

The actress was nine when she made a small appearance in the 2013 movie as Vice President Rodriguez's (Miguel Ferrer's) ...Read more

Natalie Portman is "full of wonder and joy" at her "magical" first baby with musician Tanguy Destable.

The couple welcomed their first child together in August, and their bundle of joy has given the 45-year-old actress a ...Read more

Noel Gallagher's daughter Anais Gallagher was rushed to hospital after a frightening police incident at a cinema left her "struggling to breathe" for nearly two days.

The 26-year-old model abandoned the Verity showing at ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- As Netflix grapples with fallout from historic layoffs and upheaval in its senior executive ranks, the streaming giant is facing mounting scrutiny from investors about its growth strategy, diversification ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, is once again facing a competitive reelection campaign for his seat in Congress.

Valadao, 49, has won six of the past seven elections in California’s 22nd ...Read more

Actor Eric Bauza, the Emmy-winning voice behind next-generation Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and a host of other Looney Tunes characters in dozens of cartoons and movies, has died at 46 years old.

His family announced his ...Read more