LOS ANGELES — Health officials warned Wednesday that the Los Angeles area is seeing more dengue fever cases in people who have not traveled outside the U.S. mainland, a year after the first such case was reported in California. Public health officials said at least three people apparently became ill with dengue this month after … Read more
As a younger generation of sports fans increasingly turned to YouTube and other online sources for game highlights, ESPN’s “SportsCenter” appeared to be on borrowed time in 2015. It’s why the Walt Disney Co. unit turned to Scott Van Pelt to put a new spin on the late-night edition of its flagship program. The veteran … Read more
It seems hard to believe that it’s less than a week since Hezbollah’s communication devices started exploding all across Lebanon. The days since have represented a series of catastrophic setbacks for the formidable, Iranian-backed Shia militia. With its networks disrupted, its fighting men mutilated, its leadership assassinated and its military infrastructure under constant bombardment, Hezbollah … Read more
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Paul Meeks, Harvest Portfolio Management CIO, joins ‘Money Movers’ to discuss how the future of AI will impact the markets, a potential Qualcomm takeover of Intel, and more. Source link
I have a theory that most gardeners and every person who has hiked somewhere in the eastern North American forest will at some point developed an infatuation with pawpaw trees. Mine occurred somewhere in the early 1980s and it hit me hard. Went all in and never drifted. And over the decades, I’ve learned enough … Read more
Many people are not satisfied with the look and feel of their backyards. Often our property takes a lot of work to maintain, yet we don’t get a whole lot of satisfaction from it. So it is not a surprise that many people scour the internet and books to get backyard landscape ideas. Have you … Read more
The chancellor’s speech at the Labour Party conference was an important and clear change in tone from the government on the economy. Just three weeks ago the PM warned of a “painful Budget” prompting a frenzy of speculation over where spending cuts and tax rises would fall. Now she is focusing on the “long-term prize” … Read more
Embattled Telegram CEO Pavel Durov reportedly agreed to hand over IP addresses and phone numbers of those who use his encrypted messaging app to government authorities that make valid legal requests. Durov, the billionaire French-Russian national who was arrested in France last month and slapped with a slew of charges including facilitating the spread of … Read more
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Scientists in South Africa say they have identified an outbreak of rabies in seals that is believed to be the first time the virus has spread in sea mammals. At least 24 Cape fur seals that were found dead or euthanized in various locations on South Africa’s west and south … Read more
This may surprise you, but A.J. Preller has run the San Diego Padres for longer than Andrew Friedman has run the Dodgers. Not by much. The Padres hired Preller in August 2014, the Dodgers hired Friedman two months later, and since then the Dodgers have dominated the National League West. For the Dodgers: eight division … Read more