The University of California, Los Angeles, will turn a sprawling former shopping mall into cutting-edge centers for immunology and quantum science research, Gov. Gavin Newsom and other officials announced Wednesday. The 700,000-square-foot former Westside Pavilion, located 2 miles from the university’s Westwood campus, will be called UCLA Research Park. It …
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A Pennsylvania man says he had to pay a squatter $1,200 to leave his house after police told him they couldn’t intervene and court staff said a formal eviction could take more than six months. “It’s just unbelievable,” Chris Harte said. “The city is rewarding criminals, basically.” Harte first spoke …
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The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) has released a shocking video showing the moment an e-bike lithium-ion battery catches fire and explodes, burning out a store in Queens. The CCTV video, which was posted to X yesterday, is taken from inside an e-bike store on Saturday night that is …
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A South Carolina father, who broke down during a 1989 TV news broadcast after finding his dead son, was charged with the boy’s murder this week. In archived footage, 5-year-old Justin Turner’s father, Victor Lee Turner, is seen going into the family’s camper near their home and quickly backing out, …
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PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Frank, a 50-pound pet tortoise, has been found in western Michigan after a two-day search. Owner Bradley Clark tells The Grand Rapids Press that he got a call from someone who said the tortoise was munching on flowers Tuesday, 7 miles from home in Kent County’s …
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INKSTER, Mich. – A 116-year-old woman deemed the world’s oldest person has died in Michigan. Jeralean Talley died Wednesday at her home in the Detroit suburb of Inkster. Her daughter, Thelma Holloway, confirmed the death. Holloway said Thursday her mother was recently hospitalized and treated for fluid in her lungs, …
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When Chris and Thelma DiMattio bought their new house in swanky Wilton, Connecticut a few months ago, they were thrilled. The longtime Wilton residents didn’t have to uproot their family, and they got a really great deal on the home at a foreclosure auction. They picked up their last house …
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KETCHIKAN, Alaska – Ed and Renee Schofield were surprised when they got a call from the pound in Ketchikan. They were indeed missing their chocolate Labrador, Bently. But the Ketchikan Gateway Borough animal shelter is a long swim from their home on Pennock Island. The Schofields were told Wednesday that …
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A Tampa Bay area woman started her day by finding an alligator outside her home. St. Petersburg police say a member of a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission crew captured the alligator Wednesday morning after officers responded to reports of the alligator at the home. …
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NEW ORLEANS – You could call it instant opera: A New Orleans nonprofit will create and perform a pair of opera scenes with only two days to get from page to stage. New Fangled Opera calls it Opera Presto — in musical terms, “Opera really, really, fast.” Organization co-founder Chris …
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