France bans unvaccinated U.S. travelers
France has become the latest European country — and the most significant tourism destination — to remove the United States from its safe travel list, following EU recommendations in the
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Apple fires senior manager who complained of harassment, allegedly for leaking data
Apple Inc. employee Ashley Gjovik, who filed a complaint with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board last month, said she was fired for allegedly leaking information. Apple informed Gjovik that
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California COVID job rebound is among nation’s worst
California is mired near the bottom of the 50 states in terms of recovery from mammoth lob losses that were unleashed by coronavirus-linked business shutdowns, underscoring the feeble economic rebound
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Growing risk of once-in-a-century solar superstorm that could knock out internet, study says
Imagine if one day the internet was down not just in your neighborhood, but across the globe, knocked out by a threat from space: an enormous solar superstorm. It sounds
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Air quality briefly improved in 2020 due to COVID lockdowns, UN agency confirms
The UN weather agency says the world — and especially urban areas — experienced a brief, sharp drop in emissions of air pollutants last year amid lockdown measures and related travel
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Climate change contributing to decline of North Atlantic right whales, new study suggests
Climate change and warming ocean temperatures could be contributing to the decline in the population of North Atlantic right whales, a new study suggests. Until about 2010, the whales could
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California sending out 2 million $600-$1,100 stimulus payments next week
At least 2 million direct deposits from the Golden State Stimulus II program will hit bank accounts across California next week, following the first round of 600,000 payments that went out Aug.
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Bill to return California beach back to original Black owners gets final OK from state Senate, heads to governor’s desk
Los Angeles County can soon return a piece of oceanfront land in Manhattan Beach to its original Black owners — thanks to a first-of-its-kind bill that’s on its way to
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Office mega-campus could transform downtown San Jose after court ruling
A proposed office campus is poised to become an iconic addition to downtown San Jose’s skyline after a judge decided a “brutalist” building can be demolished at the development site,
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Off-duty officer saves baby from choking
A toddler is alive today thanks to an off-duty RCMP officer’s chance encounter with a family in crisis on a highway in northern Vancouver Island. Nanaimo RCMP Const. Denise Laforest had been driving
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