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Streaming Friday from famous people's closets — a virtual runway show
Kim Kardashian West, Hailey Bieber, Karlie Kloss and other celebrities will model their closets for the amfAR effort to fight the coronavirus.
Watch: Thom Yorke performs new song 'Plasticine Figures' on 'Tonight Show'
Radiohead's Thom Yorke debuted "Plasticine Figures" on "The Tonight Show."
'Restless' B.C. web developer creates free food-ordering apps for local restaurants
An app developer in B.C.'s Interior is using his talents and spare time to create mobile ordering apps at no charge for small, locally-run restaurants, to help them keep their businesses running amid...
How will movie theaters make customers feel safe after coronavirus?
Movie theaters might start opening up as soon as mid-June. That's going to be more complicated than it sounds.
A record one-day spike in coronavirus cases shows challenges facing L.A. County
Coronavirus: A record one-day spike in confirmed cases shows challenges facing L.A. County
Film production is shut down but documentaries are still being made. Here's how.
From a look at Barack Obama's White House photographer to a personal production on the streets of Germany, many documentaries are still in production during quarantine thanks to technology, smaller...
Germany designates Hezbollah a 'terrorist organization'
Jeremy Issacharoff, Israel's ambassador to Germany, said Jerusalem welcomed the ban as an "extremely significant and meaningful step by Germany" in fighting terrorism.
Google brings back Clara Rockmore music game in latest Doodle
Google has re-released its 2016 music game based on music performer Clara Rockmore in the latest Doodle.
Letters to the Editor: She had a ruptured appendix, but fear of COVID-19 scared her from the ER
A patient who had server abdominal pain has a warning: If you think you need to do so, go to the ER, even with a pandemic raging.
Letters to the Editor: Rationing COVID-19 treatment to the elderly and disabled is illegal and immoral
The author of the Americans With Disabilities Act warns that coronavirus treatment that takes disability and age into account is immoral and illegal.
Telemedicine on the frontline in Spain
Space technology is in action in Barcelona, Spain, as emergency responders employ two ESA-supplied telemedicine devices to triage and treat urgent patients.
Telemedicine on the frontline in Spain
Space technology is in action in Barcelona, Spain, as emergency responders employ two ESA-supplied telemedicine devices to triage and treat urgent patients.
Did the WHO mishandle the global coronavirus pandemic?
The World Health Organization has come under fire for its response to the global coronavirus pandemic, but experts say it's only as powerful as its weakest link.
Dirty money piling up in L.A. as coronavirus cripples international money laundering
With storefronts closed, supply chains in disarray and the global economy in peril, money laundering schemes are hobbled and cash is piling up in L.A., the city's top drug enforcement...
The commercial consequences of collective layoffs
Researchers from Erasmus University Rotterdam and IESE Business School published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that empirically demonstrates the effects of collective layoff announcements on sales, advertising...
Famous birthdays for April 30: Sam Heughan, Cloris Leachman
Actor Sam Heughan turns 40 and actor Cloris Leachman turns 94, among the famous birthdays for April 30.
Teachers union releases plan to reopen schools, rebukes Trump's 'bluster, lies'
A major U.S. teachers union has released a plan for the gradual reopening of schools it says stands in contrast to the rhetoric coming from the White House.
Face masks thrown on freeway cause traffic jam in California
The California Highway Patrol says someone who tossed hundreds of medical masks onto a freeway sparked a mini-traffic jam in Union City.
NIH launches $500M contest to produce best COVID-19 test
A competition between researchers is part of a $1.5 billion program that seeks to speed development of accurate, quick and easy-to-use COVID-19 tests, the U.S. National Institutes of Health announced...
3 million coronavirus masks arrive in California as part of quiet deal with Chinese company
In all, the state received some 3 million surgical masks made by BYD, a company known for building electric vehicles with an assembly plant in Los Angeles County.
Pompeo: U.S. will not let Iran buy weapons once ban expires
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said the United States will prevent Iran from buying conventional weapons once a United Nations embargo expires in October.
Riverside County extends coronavirus restrictions through June 19
California reopening: Riverside County extends coronavirus restrictions through June 19
Small Business Administration temporarily limits Paycheck Protection Plan loans to small lenders
The Small Business Administration on Wednesday briefly limited applications for emergency small business loans under the Paycheck Protection Program only to lenders with less than $1 billion in assets.
Important flowering plants for city-dwelling honey bees
Trees, shrubs and woody vines are among the top food sources for honey bees in urban environments, according to an international team of researchers. By using honey bees housed in...
Atlanta Falcons decline fifth-year option on DE Takk McKinley
The Atlanta Falcons declined to pick up defensive end Takk McKinley's fifth-year option.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis outlines plan to begin reopening Monday
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday unveiled plans to begin lifting restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Controversial smartphone app tracking people exposed to coronavirus
A new poll by the University of Maryland and Washington Post reveals that most Americans will not use smartphone apps to trace who has been exposed to COVID-19. These types...
As they scramble to shore up supplies, small firms brace for a recession
Early signs of a downturn in demand herald a season of unprecedented uncertainty