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Smuggler of Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Gets 8 Years Hard Time

August 20, 2019

LOS ANGELES — A Southern California man who smuggled $11 million worth of erectile dysfunction drugs into the U.S. from China has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for conspiracy and smu...

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LA Times Ordered to Pay Former Sports Columnist $15.5M

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August 20, 2019

LOS ANGELES — A jury on Monday awarded nearly $15.5 million to a former sports columnist for The Los Angeles Times who said he was forced out of his job because of age and health discrimination. ...

Records: Epstein Signed Will 2 Days Before Jailhouse Suicide

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August 20, 2019

NEW YORK — Jeffrey Epstein signed a will just two days before he killed himself in jail, new court records show, opening a new legal front in what could be a long battle over the financier's fortune. Court p...

US Stocks Fall After 3 Straight Days of Gains

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August 20, 2019

Stocks edged lower in midday trading Tuesday, weighed down by a mixed batch of company earnings and another decline in bond yields. Financial sector stocks accounted for much of the selling as investors reac...

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Earth’s Future Is Being Written in Fast-Melting Greenland

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August 20, 2019

HELHEIM GLACIER, Greenland — This is where Earth's refrigerator door is left open, where glaciers dwindle and seas begin to rise. By the end of the summer, about 440 billion tons of ice — maybe more — will h...

New Tool Will Stop Ads from Following You on Facebook

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August 20, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO — Soon, you could get fewer familiar ads following you around the internet — or at least on Facebook. Facebook is launching a long-promised tool that lets you block the social network from gath...

Police Hunt Killer in California University Stabbing

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August 20, 2019

FULLERTON — Police on Tuesday hunted a black-clad attacker who stabbed to death a former California State University, Fullerton budget and finance director in the campus parking lot. "It was basically like a...

California Freeway Crossing to Give Wildlife Room to Roam

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August 20, 2019

LOS ANGELES — Like many urban singles, the mountain lion P-22 lives a solitary life in a too-small habitat. And he has a hard time finding a mate in the big city. Famous for traveling across two freeways and...

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Dozens Dead or Hurt in Wedding Party Blast in Afghan Capital

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August 19, 2019

KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide-bomb blast ripped through a wedding party on a busy Saturday night in Afghanistan's capital and dozens of people were killed or wounded, a government official said. More than 1,00...

Raiders GM to Brown: Time to Be ‘All in or All Out’

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August 19, 2019

Oakland Raiders general manager Mike Mayock told disgruntled receiver Antonio Brown it's time to decide whether he's "all in or all out" about playing this season after losing a fight with the NFL and NFLPA ove...

Report: PG&E Ignored Repairs on Aging Power Lines

A Clovis Unified Trustee Will Retire in 2020. Who Wants the Seat?

Slatic Recall Group Takes First Step to Remove School Trustee

Grandson of Indian Immigrants Is Fresno State Ag One President

Trump Said Water Wars 'Easy' to Fix. What Do Farmers Say Now?

What’s Holding Up Start of $38M Affordable Housing Project?

When Will Politicians Stop Repeating Myths About Mass Shootings?

Is Ethnic Studies Plan Too Politically Correct Even for California?

ESPN Hires Former Jaguars, Raiders Coach Del Rio as Analyst

California Freeway Crossing to Give Wildlife Room to Roam

Raiders GM to Brown: Time to Be ‘All in or All Out’

Food Fight: Company Says It Owns ‘Taco Tuesday’

Castros Knock at the Door of Their 2020 Olympics Dream

‘Christian Left’ Gathers Steam, Appalled by Treatment of Migrants

Walters: Is a Recession on Our Horizon?

When Will Politicians Stop Repeating Myths About Mass Shootings?

NW Fresno Council Candidates Clash Over Police, Homeless

District 2 Candidates Weigh in on Homeless, Police, Potholes

California’s Worsening Wildfires, Explained

Brand to Human Traffickers: All of Fresno Is Coming After You!

Where Mike Pence and Second Lady Will Be in the Valley

A Clovis Unified Trustee Will Retire in 2020. Who Wants the Seat?

Trump Ties US Success to 2nd term: ‘You Have to Vote for Me’

Colorado’s Hickenlooper Ending 2020 White House Bid

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Smuggler of Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Gets 8 Years Hard Time

LA Times Ordered to Pay Former Sports Columnist $15.5M

Records: Epstein Signed Will 2 Days Before Jailhouse Suicide

US Stocks Fall After 3 Straight Days of Gains

Earth’s Future Is Being Written in Fast-Melting Greenland

Police Hunt Killer in California University Stabbing

California Freeway Crossing to Give Wildlife Room to Roam

Dozens Dead or Hurt in Wedding Party Blast in Afghan Capital

Raiders GM to Brown: Time to Be ‘All in or All Out’

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