Thanksgiving 2024 travel: Record number of Southern Californians expected to drive and fly • Tom’s toothpaste made with contaminated water, inspectors say
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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Unsafe toys from overseas are flooding the market this holiday season, say advocates

The popularity of online shopping is one of the factors in the surge of unregulated — and dangerous — playthings into US homes, says LA-based CALPIRG.

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Thanksgiving 2024 travel: Record number of Southern Californians expected to drive and fly

Travel volume for the holiday is expected to exceed pre-pandemic levels. Also, find out which freeways will have the worst traffic — and when.

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Tom’s toothpaste made with contaminated water, inspectors say

Water used to make Tom’s Simply White Clean Mint Toothpaste contained bacteria that can cause blood and lung infections,

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How much does Instacart pay? I became a full-service shopper to find out

Even though I liked it, I didn’t make much money, but that doesn’t mean you can’t.

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Trump chooses billionaire Howard Lutnick for commerce secretary

The nomination would put Lutnick in charge of an agency that is involved in funding new computer chip factories, imposing trade restrictions, releasing economic data and monitoring the weather.

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Forget driverless cars. One company wants autonomous helicopters to spray crops and fight fires

Rotor Technologies has built two of the autonomous helicopters, started running test flights and plans a demonstration of the helicopter at an agriculture trade show in Texas.

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Meet “El Capitan,” the world’s speediest supercomputer

“El Capitan” takes top spot in global supercomputer race, helping tackle daunting challenges in national security and science.

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Jersey Mike’s chain acquired by private equity firm Blackstone for $8 billion

In 1975, Peter Cancro, then a 17-year-old high school senior, bought the operation with help from his football coach.

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Trump’s treasury pick could give an indication of what he plans to do about tariffs

One of the top remaining vacancies in President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed Cabinet is his treasury secretary.

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What to know about Chris Wright, Trump’s choice to run the Energy Department

Wright has been one of the industry’s loudest voices against efforts to fight climate change, and he could give fossil fuels a boost.

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