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J&J to Stop Selling Talc-Based Baby Powder in US, Canada

May 20, 2020

FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. — Johnson & Johnson is ending sales of its iconic talc-based Johnson’s Baby Powder in the U.S. and Canada, where demand has dwindled amid thousands of lawsuits claiming it has caused can...

US Says California Order Discriminates Against Churches

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May 20, 2020

LOS ANGELES — The head of the federal Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division told Gov. Gavin Newsom Tuesday that his plan to reopen California discriminates against churches. In a letter to the governor,...

Oprah Winfrey Gives Grants to ‘Home’ Cities During Pandemic

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May 20, 2020

NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey is giving grants to the cities she’s called home through her $12 million coronavirus relief fund. After speaking with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and other leaders, Winfrey decided ...

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Thousands Evacuated as River Dams Break in Central Michigan

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May 20, 2020

MIDLAND, Mich. — Rapidly rising water overtook dams and forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people in central Michigan, where flooding struck communities along rain-swollen waterways and the governor said one...

Body Found on LA Beach Identified as WWE’s Shad Gaspard

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May 20, 2020

LOS ANGELES — The body of former World Wrestling Entertainment star Shad Gaspard was found early Wednesday on Venice Beach after he was caught in a rip current last weekend, police said. Patrol officers were...

Lauer Says Ronan Farrow’s Work on Him Was Shoddy and Biased

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May 20, 2020

NEW YORK — Matt Lauer accused author Ronan Farrow on Tuesday of shoddy and biased journalism in his book “Catch and Kill” that included what Lauer says is a false accusation that the former “Today” show host ra...

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California’s 2nd-Largest County to Seek Faster Reopening

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May 19, 2020

SAN DIEGO — California’s second-largest county wants to run through the door opened by Gov. Gavin Newsom to allow faster reopening of the state's economy and might offer itself as a test of whether to go even f...

Bouncing Back: Restaurant Debuts ‘Bumper Tables’ Amid Virus

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May 19, 2020

OCEAN CITY, Md. — Diners in a Maryland beach town are bouncing back into eating out amid the coronavirus pandemic with a little help from inflatable inner tubes on wheels. About a dozen of the so-called “bum...

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UC Imposes Pay Freeze as Losses Mount

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May 19, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California is imposing a system-wide freeze on salaries of its non-unionized employees due to enormous financial losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic, President Janet Napo...

Battered California Republicans See Hope in Rare House Win

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May 19, 2020

LOS ANGELES — California Republicans have been waiting for a turning point and some think it's finally arrived. The party of Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan has been fading in California for years...

Trump: New Guidelines Will Rate Virus Risk by County

Disinfected Dice: Las Vegas Casinos Getting Ready to Roll

Should Trustees Suspend Program Helping Thousands of Fresno Students?

Did Chavez Mislead on COVID-19 Testing? Supervisor Mendes Says Yes.

Coronavirus Shows State Push for Public Transit is Hazardous to our Health

Law Pushed by Democrats Will Force You Into Buses, Van Pools, and High Rises

Tiny Bugs Can Be Valley Drinking Water Heroes, but at What Price?

Rethinking Work and Life in Lessons Learned From COVID-19: Caballero

Pismo's Takes You Into the Future of Restaurants With New Video

Jerry Sloan, Jazz Great and Hall of Fame Coach, Dies at 78

As Fresno Restaurants Set to Reopen, Vandals Cause Thousands in Damage

Satisfy Your Cravings for Fair Food Starting Today

Could Chloroquine Treat Coronavirus? 5 Questions Answered About a Promising, Problematic and Unproven Use for an Antimalarial Drug

Walters: How Long Will Newsom’s One-Man Rule Last?

Don’t Worry About Spreading the Coronavirus With Cash

Rediscovering America: A Quiz for Memorial Day

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

Must Muslims Fast for Ramadan During COVID-19?

AP Source: Obama to Endorse Biden in Video on Tuesday

This 2020 Presidential Forecast Says Trump Faces Historic Defeat Due to Terrible Economy

Battered California Republicans See Hope in Rare House Win

Biden Hires Chávez Granddaughter to Help on Latino Outreach

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J&J to Stop Selling Talc-Based Baby Powder in US, Canada

US Says California Order Discriminates Against Churches

Oprah Winfrey Gives Grants to ‘Home’ Cities During Pandemic

Thousands Evacuated as River Dams Break in Central Michigan

Body Found on LA Beach Identified as WWE’s Shad Gaspard

Lauer Says Ronan Farrow’s Work on Him Was Shoddy and Biased

California’s 2nd-Largest County to Seek Faster Reopening

Bouncing Back: Restaurant Debuts ‘Bumper Tables’ Amid Virus

UC Imposes Pay Freeze as Losses Mount

Battered California Republicans See Hope in Rare House Win

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