Murray Gell-Mann, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist who brought order to the universe by helping discover and classify subatomic particles, has died at his home in New Mexico. He was 89. Gell-Mann died Friday at his home in Santa Fe. His death was confirmed by the Santa Fe Institute, where he held…
Last week, we touched upon some of the perils of a day at the beach — protecting yourself from the sun, staying hydrated and making it home without becoming a piece of fried bacon. This week, in part two of our annual summer beach survival guide, I want to go into some if the issues…
Fullerton plans to increase its water rates by nearly 60 percent in the next four years to repair the city’s aging infrastructure. To stabilize the system’s revenue source, the city also plans to shift its rate structure so that users pay more in a fixed fee that isn’t tied to water usage. But that change…
Tony Horwitz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the best-selling author of “Confederates in the Attic,” has died. He was 60. Horwitz died Monday of apparent cardiac arrest in Washington, D.C., Sarah Hutson, a spokeswoman for his publisher, Penguin Press, said in an email. He had been on a…
By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld an Indiana law that requires abortion providers to dispose of aborted fetuses in the same way as human remains, a sign that the conservative court is more open to abortion restrictions. But the justices rejected the state’s appeal of a lower court ruling blocking…
Los Angeles County sheriff’s detectives are investigating whether an infant found dead behind a Bellflower mortuary over the weekend is the daughter of a missing man last seen with his 8-month-old child driving in the city, authorities said Tuesday. The infant’s body was found about 10:37 a.m….
The entire shoreline of a Southern California city is closed to swimmers after sewage-contaminated runoff flowed into California from Mexico’s Tijuana River. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that the San Diego County Department of Environment Health issued the order Sunday, expanding a closure…
By ANGIE WANG, JOHN MINCHILLO and KANTELE FRANKO BROOKVILLE, Ohio — A rapid-fire line of apparent tornadoes tore across Indiana and Ohio overnight, packed so closely together that one crossed the path carved by another. There were no immediate reports of any deaths or serious injuries. The storms damaged homes, blew out windows, toppled trees…
Dean Alkhairy Two Orange County students are spellers in the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee. The on-stage competition begins today from Washington D.C. Thirteen-year-olds Nicholas D’Sa of St. Cecilia Catholic School, from Tustin, and Dean Alkhairy of Fairmont Private School, from Newport Beach, will represent the OC at the national bee. D’Sa has studied French,…
Researchers have found high levels of radiation in giant clams near the Central Pacific site where the United States entombed waste from nuclear testing almost four decades ago, raising concerns the contamination is spreading from the dump site’s tainted groundwater into the ocean and the food…
