Veteran convicted in thwarted Long Beach terror plot to use nail bomb

Mark Steven Domingo, 28, of Reseda was found guilty of providing material support to terrorism and attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction.

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‘Long road ahead’: San Francisco begins vaccinations amid ongoing COVID-19 surge

San Francisco begins administering the COVID-19 vaccine to frontline healthcare workers, distributing a first batch of 12,675 doses to hospitals across the city.

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Truckers, dockworkers suffer as coronavirus chokes L.A., Long Beach ports cargo

Coronavirus reverberates across Southern California economy

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Long lines are possible for L.A. voters who wait until election day

As many as 1.7 million Angelenos who are registered to vote but did not receive an absentee ballot had not shown up by the time most centers closed on Monday. They will need to find one of the locations on election day, increasing the likelihood of long lines in the hours before polls across the state close at 8 pm.

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In the long run, drugs and talk therapy hold same value for people with depression

Spending an hour in talk therapy with a trained counselor costs much more, and takes more time, than swallowing an inexpensive antidepressant pill. But for people with a new diagnosis of major depression, the costs and benefits of the two approaches end up being equal after five years, a new study shows.
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The secret to a long, happy, healthy life? Respect

We’ve long been told to respect our elders. But now there is scientific evidence that respect can potentially save lives among the elderly and keep them both physically and mentally healthy.


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Transmission of specific colors of light over long distances

Researchers have reached a new milestone on the way to optical computing, or the use of light instead of electricity for computing. They explored a new way to select and send light of a specific color using long silicon wires that are several hundred nanometers in diameter and their work enabled a new type of nanoscale ”light switch” that can turn on and off the transmission of one color of light over very long distances.
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L.A. has a long history of failure on homelessness. It needs leaders who will take responsibility

Two years after Los Angeles city leaders said they were about to declare (although they never actually did) a state of emergency over a deepening homelessness crisis;

18 months after county supervisors called on the state to declare such an emergency (it didn’t);

More than a year after voters overwhelmingly…

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Trump’s ‘Pocahontas’ swipe raises the long history of problems between the government and Native Americans

President Trump’s “Pocahontas” swipe at Sen. Elizabeth Warren has raised conversations about the long history of controversy over the U.S. government’s relationship with Native Americans.
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How long can you eat those leftovers?

Deep in the recesses of most people’s refrigerators lives a half-eaten bottle of salsa, some takeout Chinese food and last week’s chicken dinner. Pulling one of those things out, you wonder: Can I eat it? Is it safe? A lot of commercially prepared items, such as sauces and condiments, have best-buy dates on the packaging to ensure flavor, not safety, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.


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