The aphasia community hopes Bruce Willis’ diagnosis will help reduce the stigma of invisible illnesses and lead to better understanding of a condition that affects about 2 million Americans.
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Careful, cannabis users: Bongs may create more secondhand smoke than cigarettes
Smoking a bong creates concentrations of fine particulate matter four times greater than a cigarette or hookah, the UC Berkeley study found.
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U.S. military veterans answer Zelensky’s call to fight, but not all are chosen
Hundreds or possibly thousands of foreign nationals have swooped into Ukraine to join the battle against the Russians.
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California task force: Reparations for direct descendants of enslaved people only
California’s first-in-the-nation task force to identify reparations for African Americans voted Tuesday to limit eligibility to those who can trace their lineage.
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How to be mindful while stuck in traffic
Mindfulness reduces stress and improves brain function. Here’s how to practice it in the car while stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
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Talks open in Turkey as Russia says it will reduce attacks on northern Ukraine
Negotiators on both sides are tempering expectations ahead of a new round of talks amid seesawing gains and losses on the battlefield.
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Trump likely committed felony obstruction, federal judge rules in ordering emails handed to Jan. 6 committee
California lawyer John Eastman, who advised former President Donald Trump on efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, is a central figure in the House committee’s probe.
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Yes, that was the most chaotic Oscars in history
The Will Smith moment stole the Oscars, while “CODA,” Ariana DeBose and Troy Kotsur all made history.
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Dave Grohl is the heart of Foo Fighters, but Taylor Hawkins was the rock star
Drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died on Friday at age 50, gave the Foo Fighters’ earnest anthems a palpable sense of fun, swagger and sex appeal, music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine writes.
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Marion Joseph, who changed the way California children learned to read, dies
Marion Joseph’s advocacy and work in the 1980s and ‘90s helped shape how children in California are taught to read.