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Some residents stranded by a huge snowfall in Southern California’s mountain communities could be stranded for another week, an official said Friday. A blast of arctic air in late February produced a rare snowstorm east of Los Angeles in the San Bernardino Mountains, where thousands of people live at high elevations in forest communities or come here year-round for recreation.…

Google is feeling the heat – from the employees. As Microsoft’s ChatGPT-powered Bing is making waves and Google’s answer to it, Bard, suffered a “demoralizing” demo last month, workers want to know the game plan involving artificial intelligence and search. At an all-hands meeting on Thursday, Google employees had the opportunity to bombard CEO Sundar Pichai and Jack Krawczyk, Bard’s…

Walgreens says it won’t start selling an abortion pill in 20 states that have warned of legal ramifications if it does. The drugstore chain’s announcement on Thursday signals that access to mifepristone may not become as widespread as federal authorities intended in January when they finalized a rule change that allowed more pharmacies to offer the pill. Here’s a closer…

By 2029, there will be 3.6 million computer jobs in the US, but there will only be enough college graduates with computer degrees to fill 24% of those jobs. For decades, the US has devoted resources to improving gender representation in the tech industry. However, the numbers are not improving proportionately. Instead, they stagnate and initiatives fail. Women make up…

The electric vehicle (EV) market is exploding worldwide. By 2030, the International Energy Agency predicts that 60% of all vehicle sales worldwide will be electric vehicles. And in the U.S., electric vehicle sales rose 65%, according to data from Kelly Blue Book, even as overall vehicle sales fell 8% year over year in 2022. Although countries like China have made…

A skin lesion removed from President Joe Biden’s chest last month was basal cell carcinoma – a common form of skin cancer – his doctor said on Friday, adding that no further treatment was needed. dr Kevin O’Connor, the White House physician who was Biden’s longtime physician, said during the president’s routine Feb. 16 physical, “all cancerous tissue was successfully…

Britney Spears has sold her luxurious home in Calabasas, California, for $10.1 million just eight months after buying it. It shows that the 41-year-old singer, once dubbed the “Princess of Pop,” is not immune to the housing market correction and suffered a $1.7 million loss on the sale, according to Variety’s real estate news outlet . dirt. She could well…

The pastors smiled as they held the doors open, grabbed the hands of passers-by and urged many to continue praying and appearing. Some responded with a hug. A few grimaced as they squeezed past. Shelley Koch, a longtime resident of Southwest Virginia, had witnessed a similar scene many Sunday mornings after the service. On that day, however, it was taking…

The US on Friday announced a new $400 million military aid package for Ukraine that includes, for the first time, armored vehicles that can launch bridges – allowing troops to cross rivers or other gaps while Russian and Ukrainian forces advance remain entrenched on opposite sides of the Dnieper. The war had largely descended into a stalemate over the winter…

Fishers of Maine lobster, one of the most lucrative seafood species in the US, had a smaller catch in a year when the industry grappled with rising fuel and bait prices, reprimands from major retailers and the looming possibility of new catch limits. The value of Maine lobster has exploded in recent years, in part due to growing international demand…