Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died. She was 80 years old.
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Nothing changes yet with the Supreme Court’s order on elections. But it could open door to ‘chaos’
The Supreme Court’s decision giving preliminary approval for President Donald Trump’s order restricting mail voting might not lead to a single election procedure changing during the November midterms, but it has already thrown into uncertainty the method that nearly one-third of the country uses to vote.
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Opening statements set to begin in Meta’s federal trial over child safety
Opening statements are set to kick off Tuesday in a pivotal trial for Meta Platforms in a federal court in Oakland, where states are seeking billions of dollars in damages for social media harms to children.
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Santa Cruz teen lifeguard and boy he rescued are honored at White House after Trump saw dramatic viral video
A teenage lifeguard and the boy he rescued off Seabright State Beach in Santa Cruz were reunited Monday at the White House as President Donald Trump honored both as heroes.
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Hall of Famer Don Nelson, former Golden State Warriors coach, dies at 86
Don Nelson, the second-winningest coach in NBA history, including two stints with the Golden State Warriors, and who won five championships as a player with the Boston Celtics, died Sunday. He was 86.
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Beloved longtime Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow to retire at the end of the season
Longtime San Francisco Giants broadcaster and former major league pitcher Mike Krukow, 74, is stepping away from the booth after this season following a nearly four-decade run.
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Michigan reports first two U.S. deaths related to a diarrhea-causing parasite
Two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan, state health officials announced Monday, the first deaths confirmed in the U.S. related to the microscopic parasite.
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Trump administration says it’s deferring $1B in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota
The Trump administration on Tuesday said it was deferring more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to Minnesota and California because of “suspected fraud and noncompliance,” the latest in a series of punitive steps it has linked to allegations of fraud in mostly Democratic-led states.
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FDA still focused on lettuce supplier Taylor Farms as source of parasite, despite faulty test result
Federal health officials said Monday they remain focused on lettuce from Salinas-based Taylor Farms as the source of a multistate outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasite, despite inaccurate test results that the government briefly publicized over the weekend.
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Lettuce from Salinas-based Taylor Farms at Taco Bell confirmed as a source of diarrhea-causing parasite
Federal health officials have identified lettuce from Mexico supplied by Salinas’ Taylor Farms and served at Taco Bell locations across five U.S. states as a source of the widespread outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora.
