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Pasadena's Rose Parade Is Canceled for the First Time Since 1945
The annual New Year’s Day Rose Parade has been canceled for 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic and concerns by organizers that it could become a potential super-spreader event. The Rose Parade, the signature celebration held annually on New Year’s Day during a week of festivities that draw large crowds to Pasadena, was last canceled in 1945. “The health and…
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Hearse With Body Inside Stolen From Calif. Church
A SUV stolen Wednesday with a casket and body inside has crashed on the 110 Freeway after a chase near downtown Los Angeles.
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This ‘Whiplash' Planet Is Unlike Anything Astronomers Have Ever Seen
Astronomers have discovered a giant planet whose extreme orbit makes it unlike anything they’ve ever seen, NBC News reports. Dubbed HR 5183 b, the exoplanet is at least three times as massive as Jupiter, and it takes a long, looping path around a star that lies about 100 light-years away in the constellation Virgo. If the exoplanet were in our...
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‘Rolling Stones Rock': NASA Names Rock on Mars After the Rolling Stones
In honor of the Rolling Stones return to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena Thursday night, the legendary band was given an out-of-this-world tribute as NASA named a rock on Mars “Rolling Stones Rock.”
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These Are the Two Teams the US Should Fear in the 2019 Women's FIFA World Cup Group F
Three stars on their uniform, one for each conquest, distinguish the U.S. women’s national soccer team as three-time FIFA World Cup champions. Of the 24 participants in the 2019 FIFA World Cup in France, which begins Friday, the U.S. is the only team that boasts so many feats. But this year they’ll have to face two strong lineups in group...
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Family Discovers Graduation Cake Made of Plastic Foam
A Texas family could have used a saw instead of a knife to slice a graduation cake from Walmart that was made of plastic foam.
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Family Discovers Graduation Cake Made of Plastic Foam
A Texas family could have used a saw instead of a knife to slice a graduation cake from Walmart that was made of plastic foam.
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Texas Killer Dies, Leaving Open Questions About 11 Slayings
A convicted murderer serving 70 years for a 1978 slaying near Houston who was also under investigation in the unsolved killings of 11 missing girls has died in a Texas prison.
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SpaceX Launches Mega Rocket, Lands All 3 Boosters
SpaceX launched its second supersized rocket and for the first time landed all three boosters Thursday, a year after sending up a sports car on the initial test flight. The new and improved Falcon Heavy thundered into the early evening sky with a communication satellite called Arabsat, the rocket’s first paying customer. The Falcon Heavy is the most powerful rocket...
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NASA's InSight Lander Captures First ‘Sounds' of Wind on Mars
Scientists have known for decades how the vast and barren landscapes of Mars look. Now, researchers are getting their first taste of what the Red Planet sounds like, NBC News reports. NASA’s InSight lander, which touched down on Mars less than two weeks ago, has recorded vibrations — low-pitched, guttural rumblings — caused by wind blowing across the science instruments...
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So There's a Pizza Apartment in Southern California
The Pizza Experience, a snapshot-ready series of spaces dedicated to cheesy pies, will debut on the first of October.
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Chaka Khan Named 2019 Rose Parade Grand Marshal
Chaka Khan has been named grand marshal of the 2019 Rose Parade, which will feature the theme, “The Melody of Life.”
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Former ‘ER' Actress Vanessa Marquez Fatally Shot by Police After Waving BB Gun
A woman fatally shot by South Pasadena police when she waved a weapon that turned out to be a BB gun at officers was identified Friday as an actress who had a recurring role in the medical drama “ER.”
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‘Dine and Dash Dater' Arraigned on Felony Charges
A 45-year-old man accused of taking financial advantage of women he met on dating sites by taking them to dinner and dashing out without paying his share of the bill pleaded not guilty Monday to extortion, grand theft and related charges.
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‘Barks and Books': Children Read to Dogs to Promote Safe Treatment of Animals
What could be cuter than kids reading to dogs?
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Judges Hear Arguments, Ask Questions on Immigration Program
Federal appeals court judges appeared skeptical Tuesday of the Trump administration’s claim that courts don’t have the power to review the president’s decision to end a program that shields young immigrants from deportation. Lawyers for both sides spent more than an hour arguing their cases about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and answering questions from three judges of...
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NASA's InSight Spacecraft Will Have Company on Its Months-Long Journey to Mars
NASA’s next Mars explorer, launching Saturday from the coast of California, is going to have company all the way to the red planet: a couple of puny yet groundbreaking sidekicks.
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Last-Minute Tax Advice
John Geraci, a member of the Massachusetts Society of CPAs, talks taxes on the last Tax Tuesday of the season.