From a thrilling late touchdown drive that gave the Los Angeles Rams a 23-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals to Eminem taking a knee and Meadow Soprano driving an electric Chevy, here are the highlights from Sunday's Super Bowl 56: How the Rams Won Down 20-16, the Rams went...
Why Cage-Free Eggs Becoming Norm: It’s What People Want
Without much fuss and even less public attention, the nation’s egg producers are in the midst of a multibillion-dollar shift to cage-free eggs that is dramatically changing the lives of millions of hens in response to new laws and demands from restaurant chains. In a decade, the percentage of hens in...
Study: Fewer Crashes After Utah Set Strictest DUI Law in US
Traffic deaths decreased in Utah after the state enacted the strictest drunken driving laws in the nation five years ago, new research published Friday by a U.S. government agency shows. The findings provide initial validation for conservative lawmakers who passed the law over concerns from restaurant and tourism industry...
Olympian Flashes ‘No War in Ukraine’ Sign After Competing
A Ukrainian athlete flashed a small sign that read “ No War in Ukraine ” to the cameras as he finished a run at the Beijing Olympics on Friday night, a plea for peace at a time of rising tensions between his country and Russia. Vladyslav Heraskevych's sign was printed...
Super Bowl Ads Look Toward the Future — and the Past
Super Bowl advertisers this year want Americans to forget about pandemic woes and focus on the future: of electric vehicles, mind reading Alexas, robots and cryptocurrency -- and also to harken back to the nostalgic past of '90s movies like “Austin Powers” and “The Cable Guy.” The Los Angeles Rams are taking on...
California Rolling Out ‘Endemic’ Approach to Coronavirus. What Will It Look Like?
SACRAMENTO — California health officials next week will outline a new approach to dealing with the coronavirus that assumes it's here to stay, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday, while condemning organized disinformation efforts that limit vaccinations critical to California entering the next stage. A disease reaches the endemic stage...
EXPLAINER: Why US Inflation Is so High, and When It May Ease
Last year, it was a nasty surprise. And it wasn't supposed to last. But now, inflation has become an ongoing financial strain for millions of Americans filling up at the gas station, lined up at a grocery checkout lane, shopping for clothes, bargaining for a car or paying monthly...
3 Million Plaintiffs Seek $1.2B From California Health Firm
A lawsuit over high health care bills filed on behalf of more than 3 million employers and people seeks as much as $1.2 billion from a large Northern California health system in an antitrust class-action trial getting underway Thursday. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit allege in court documents that Sutter...
California Accuses Tesla of Racial Discrimination in Lawsuit
California sued Tesla Inc. on Wednesday over allegations of discrimination and harassment of Black employees at its San Francisco Bay area factory. The suit, filed in Alameda County Superior Court, was sparked by hundreds of worker complaints, said Kevin Kish, head of the state's Department of Fair Employment and...
UK’s Johnson Cites ‘a Dangerous Moment’ in Ukraine Crisis
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday the Ukraine crisis has grown into “the most dangerous moment” for Europe in decades, while his top diplomat held icy talks with her Moscow counterpart who said the Kremlin won’t accept lectures from the West. Amid the deadlock, Russian forces held sweeping...