By MATTHEW LEE | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The United States is deploying several dozen disaster relief workers, including an urban search and rescue team from Los Angeles County, to Caribbean island nations as they deal with devastation caused by …
US sending dozens of relief workers — including LA County crew — to help with Hurricane Melissa recovery Read MoreBy Ilena Peng, Bloomberg News Halloween is shaping up to be a test for the chocolate industry, as high cocoa costs threaten to accelerate a consumer shift toward cheaper and trendier sweets such as sour gummies. Related Articles A look …
Halloween is a challenge for chocolatiers as high prices bite Read MoreEveryone knows someone — or maybe is that person — who shuts their eyes tight during the scary parts of a horror film and forces their friend to go first in the haunted house. Others avoid scary movies and haunted …
Scary movies and haunted houses: Researchers study how the brain responds to fear Read MoreLOS ANGELES — After watching another sluggish performance from the Dodgers’ offense in Game 4, Manager Dave Roberts hinted at lineup changes for Game 5. “It might look a little bit different tomorrow,” Roberts said after the game Tuesday night. It …
Dodgers shake up lineup, look to get sluggish offense going in Game 5 Read MoreBy MATT BROWN WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has restored a memorial to a Confederate general in Washington, D.C. that demonstrators took down during racial justice protests in the summer of 2020, part of a broader effort by the …
A Confederate statue is restored as part of Trump’s efforts to reshape how history is told Read MoreDisneyland has laid off 100 salaried employees as Orange County’s largest employer recalibrates its business ahead of the busy Christmas holiday season set to kick off at the Anaheim theme park in the next few weeks. “With our business in …
Disneyland lays off about 100 salaried employees Read MoreBy GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a devastating Category 5 storm, tied for the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane in history. The deadly storm has also caused devastation in Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican …
How to help those impacted by Hurricane Melissa Read MoreOh… What lovely news (Picture: Graeme Lyons) A super-rare species of spider that could have been lost forever from the UK has been rediscovered, 40 years after it was last seen. The white-knuckled wolf spider was found in the Isle …
Isle of Fright: Rare white-knuckled wolf spider found in UK just before Halloween Read More