Dust off your eclipse glasses: It’s only a year until a total solar eclipse sweeps across North America. On April 8, 2024, the moon will cast its shadow across a stretch of the U.S., Mexico and Canada, plunging millions of people into midday darkness. It’s been less than six years… Read More
California lawmaker moves to change recipe for Peeps
This Easter, Americans will devour more than 1 billion Peeps — those radiant marshmallow chicks whose appearance on store shelves each year is as much a herald of spring as azaleas at the Masters. What makes the treats so vibrant is erythrosine, a chemical that shows up on ingredient labels… Read More
Studio announces 3 new Star Wars movies, with Rey to return
For “Star Wars” lovers, new entertainment is a little less far, far away — Lucasfilm announced three new live-action films in the franchise Friday. The news, which includes the return of Daisy Ridley as Rey in one of the films, was revealed at Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023 in London… Read More
Top Dem gets 2 years for taking sewage bribes
Hawaii Democrat Ty Cullen, formerly a state-level representative, was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison in a federal corruption case involving bribery. Cullen had served in Hawaii’s House since 2011 before resigning in February amid the criminal charges. By going to prison, Cullen has drawn attention to a perennial… Read More
DeSantis nets big 2024 endorsement Wednesday
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has yet to announce any presidential campaign. However, he’s still emerged as a plausible contender. On Wednesday, he even won a presidential endorsement from one of the GOP’s top lawmakers. And he’s leaning into it. Sponsored: Deadliest Drug Ever (are you taking it?) Rep. Thomas Massie,… Read More
Do robots make good waiters? Some restaurants bet on it
You may have already seen them in restaurants: waist-high machines that can greet guests, lead them to their tables, deliver food and drinks and ferry dirty dishes to the kitchen. Some have cat-like faces and even purr when you scratch their heads. But are robot waiters the future? It’s a… Read More
Big changes coming to West Coast fishing
A federal regulatory group voted Thursday to officially close king salmon fishing season along much of the West Coast after near-record low numbers of the fish, also known as chinook, returned to California’s rivers last year. The Pacific Fishery Management Council approved the closure of the 2023 season for all… Read More
Utah avalanche leads to shelter-in-place order [Video]
After an hourslong search, a Utah ski resort confirmed that nobody was hurt or killed from an avalanche that gushed from the backcountry into its boundaries on Thursday. Snowbird, a mountain resort in Little Cottonwood Canyon southeast of Salt Lake City, said on Thursday afternoon that it had completed a… Read More
Man pleads guilty to robbery-killing of rapper Pop Smoke, 20
One of four men charged in the killing of rapper Pop Smoke during a robbery at a Hollywood Hills mansion pleaded guilty Thursday to voluntary manslaughter. The 20-year-old man, who was 17 when the killing occurred, also pleaded guilty in Inglewood juvenile court to home invasion robbery. He was sentenced… Read More
The Masters: Tiger Woods has worst opening round in 18 years
Tiger Woods split the fairway with his opening shot Thursday, confidently plucking his tee from the ground before his ball had even landed, and set off with grim-faced determination for a steamy trek around Augusta National. The rest of his day at the Masters was mostly just grim. Sponsored: The… Read More
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