Andre Braugher diagnosed with lung cancer months before death
By Alli Rosenbloom | CNN Emmy-winning actor Andre Braugher, who died earlier this week at age 61, had been diagnosed with lung cancer a few months prior to his death, …
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Google will stop telling law enforcement which users were near a crime
By Davey Alba | Bloomberg Alphabet Inc.’s Google is changing its Maps tool so that the company no longer has access to users’ individual location histories, cutting off its ability …
Shohei Ohtani reveals dog’s name at Dodgers’ introduction
By BETH HARRIS | AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES — Nearly all the mystery around Shohei Ohtani’s unprecedented free agency was revealed over the last week, yet baseball fans kept …
CDC sounds alarm about low vaccination rates amid rising respiratory virus activity
By Deidre McPhillips | CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there is an “urgent need” to boost vaccination coverage amid increasing levels of respiratory disease. “Low …
Former Facebook executive pleads guilty to stealing $4 million from company
By Olivia LaBorde | CNN An Atlanta woman pleaded guilty to stealing more than $4 million from Facebook while she was an executive at the company. Barbara Furlow-Smiles attends the …
Coastal Commission slams a group of Santa Cruz County homeowners with $4.7 million in penalties
SANTA CRUZ — The California Coastal Commission issued more than $4.7 million in fines Thursday against a group of beachfront homeowners in Aptos in what is the highest penalty the …
Apple is so big, it’s almost eclipsing the value of Europe’s largest stock market
By Subrat Patnaik and Michael Msika | Bloomberg The rally in Apple Inc., the world’s most valuable publicly traded company, is showing no signs of easing. After closing at a …
Here’s what’s in the $886 billion defense bill
By Tami Luhby | CNN The House and Senate have approved a $886.3 billion defense policy bill, which would provide the largest raise for service members in more than two …
Stranger charged with break-in and murder in slaying of Detroit synagogue leader
By ED WHITE | Associated Press DETROIT — A stranger accused of breaking into the home of a Detroit synagogue leader was charged with her murder Wednesday, nearly two months …
House passes sweeping defense policy bill that includes 5.2% pay raise for members of the military
By Clare Foran and Haley Talbot | CNN The House voted Thursday to pass a critical defense policy bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act, which sets the policy agenda and authorizes …