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Body of Jalen Hill positively identified by Costa Rican officials
Costa Rican law enforcement officials said Friday they identified the body of former UCLA basketball player Jalen Hill more than a month after its discovery through forensic analysis of his skeletal remains. DNA analysis involving samples from other family members confirmed the identification after Hill’s remains were found Aug. 8 in the Napoles de Tarrazu …
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California moves to ban natural gas furnaces, heaters by 2030
California is committing to a plan that will make it the first U.S. state to phase out gas-fueled furnaces and water heaters in homes, a move environmentalists are betting will provide a template for other states. The Golden State will ban the sale of all new natural gas-fired space heaters and water-heating appliances by 2030, …
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Why KTLA fired Mark Mester after behind-the-scenes drama
KTLA-TV Channel 5, whose broadcasts of local news for decades have been an essential part of daily life for many Los Angeles viewers, became the news this past week, after the departure of one of its high-profile news anchors, Lynette Romero, and the firing of another, Mark Mester. The shakeup marks a tumultuous moment for …
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Louise Fletcher, Nurse Ratched in ‘Cuckoo’s Nest,’ dies at 88
Actor Louise Fletcher, who gave an Oscar-winning performance as the villainous Nurse Ratched in 1975’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and won hearts when she signed to her deaf parents during her Academy Awards speech, died Friday. Fletcher, who had battled breast cancer twice by the time she was 80, died at her home …
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Cardinals’ Albert Pujols makes history with home run No. 700
The Mt. Rushmore of major league sluggers gained a fourth chiseled face—this one with a dark, tightly cropped beard, a seemingly permanent scowl and a gold chain around its neck — when Albert Pujols clubbed the 700th home run of his Hall-of-Fame career at Dodger Stadium on Friday night. The burly St. Louis Cardinals star, …
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Actor Ryan Grantham gets life in prison for killing his mother
Actor Ryan Grantham has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder of his mother Barbara Waite in 2020. The 24-year-old actor, who was sentenced in Vancouver this week, will not be eligible for parole for 14 years, per the CBC. In the Canadian court system, second-degree murder carries an automatic …
