As the Stanford-born Marriage Pact takes off, some students find love
By LEANNE ITALIE | AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK — It’s the stuff of movies: Two friends vow to marry each other if they’re not hitched by a specified future …
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Landslide likely to change route of April 28 race
CARMEL – When a portion of the world-renowned course of the Big Sur Marathon fell into the Pacific Ocean last week, the first thing the event’s executive race director did was …
Lauren Boebert has surgery for swollen leg
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert underwent surgery after being admitted to a Colorado hospital with a severely swollen leg, her campaign officials announced. U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert. (Associated Press) Boebert, 37, …
Store’s $179 weight loss plan includes prescription
New York — Costco is now offering $179 Ozempic prescriptions for some of its members. Under a program launched Tuesday, the warehouse retailer is prescribing GLP-1 weight loss drugs through …
Daniel Kahneman dies; psychologist won Nobel in economics
SAN FRANCISCO — Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who won a Nobel Prize in economics for his insights into how ingrained neurological biases influence decision making, died Wednesday at the age …
What happened after a man got 213 COVID shots in less than a year
A German man deliberately got 213 COVID-19 vaccine shots in less than a year, becoming a walking experiment for what happens to the immune system when it is vaccinated repeatedly …
Nikki Haley will suspend her presidential campaign, sources say
By STEVE PEOPLES and MEG KINNARD | AP National Political Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Haley will suspend her presidential campaign Wednesday after being soundly defeated across the country …
Massachusetts boy in court over ‘two genders’ T-shirt
A Massachusetts middle-schooler was in court Thursday for arguments that he had been “silenced” by school officials who objectd to his “only two genders” T-shirt. Middle schooler Liam Morrison was …
Symptoms and treatment, and who should be tested
There has been an uptick in tuberculosis cases in California illnesses after years of decline, health officials have announced. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides the following …
California sets special election date for McCarthy’s House seat
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday set a mid-March special election date to fill the U.S. House seat vacated by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. In a …