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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Amazon will open first cashier-less Whole Foods store in California next year
code again to leave the store and receive a digital receipt. The technology is only available to customers with Amazon accounts, and shoppers without them will pay using self-checkout stations.
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Elizabeth Holmes’ Fraud Trial Stretches Into Third Day of Jury Selection
Jury selection in the Elizabeth Holmes fraud trial stretched into a third day Thursday, and attorneys were expected to have their 12-person panel set before the Labor Day weekend break.
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Tesla on part-automated drive system crashes into police car in Florida
A Tesla using its partially automated driving system slammed into a Florida Highway Patrol cruiser Saturday on an interstate near downtown Orlando and narrowly missed its driver, who had pulled
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Supreme Court allows evictions to resume during pandemic
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in place because of
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California will get more stimulus money than they lost during pandemic: State Auditor
The city of Los Angeles faced a $750 million deficit, elimination of nearly 2,000 jobs, or some combination of the two. Anaheim prepared to borrow $210 million — using city libraries, fire stations and
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Climate change be damned. More Americans are moving to high-risk areas
Seventeen years ago, when Adriana Nichols moved from New York City to Los Angeles, she had a simple wish list: natural light (her New York studio apartment was dark), a
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CDC adds 6 destinations to ‘very high’ Covid-19 travel risk list, including the Bahamas
The Bahamas and Morocco are now among the highest-risk destinations for travelers, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s regularly revised travel advisories list. People should avoid traveling
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70-year-old Stockton man arrested in Mountain View cold-case homicide
A 70-year-old Stockton man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a man in Mountain View more than 20 years ago, police said. The victim, 20-year-old Michael
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Santa Clara Mother, Daughter Killed in Car Crash on Way to Boise State for College
A mother and daughter from Santa Clara died in a car crash as they were headed to Boise State University where the daughter was supposed to start her first year
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