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The Deer Park Shell Manufacturing Complex is seen after Hurricane Harvey September 1, 2017 in Deer Park, Texas.

Ida’s path through ‘Cancer Alley’ raises risks at chemical plants

August 30, 2021 at 10:35 a.m.

Hurricane Ida is carving a path across Louisiana that cuts through a region packed with hazardous-chemical plants, raising risks of an environmental disaster along an industrial strip infamously nicknamed "Cancer...

With luggage in tow, tourists arrive at a train station in Malaga, Spain, on June 14, 2021. (Claudia Nunez/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

After a year without rowdy tourists, European cities want to keep it that way

August 26, 2021 at 10:29 a.m.

On a warm Friday night in July, the sun seemed to linger behind Amsterdam's low, 16th century skyline. In the red light district, the crush of tourists that was common...

A health worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine to a pregnant woman at Clalit Health Services, in Israel's Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on January 23, 2021.

Pregnant, unvaccinated and intubated: Doctors alarmed by rise

August 24, 2021 at 10:20 a.m.

More young and healthy pregnant people are ending up hospitalized on ventilators, delivering babies prematurely and sometimes dying from COVID-19 during the delta-fueled spike in cases. Doctors across the country...

Maine | Total COVID-19 deaths in Maine: 67 per 100,000 people (total: 901) - Total COVID-19 infections in Maine: 5,355 per 100,000 people (total: 71,666) - 65 and older population: 21.3% - Total population: 1,338,404 (SeanPavonePhoto/Getty Images)

Millions of rapid COVID test results risk going uncounted

August 24, 2021 at 10:09 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Popular at-home COVID-19 tests from Abbott Laboratories and Quidel Corp., available without a prescription, were launched without a mechanism for reporting results to health officials, potentially leaving many...

Western US bakes and East is deluged in a summer of extremes

August 24, 2021 at 10:05 a.m.

As the Western U.S. bakes and burns under an unprecedented heat dome, Henri leaves a deluged East Coast staggering after a summer of deadly floods and record-setting tropical storms. Climate...

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To make the perfect BLT, rethink two of the staple ingredients

August 23, 2021 at 1:41 p.m.

We are in that delirious moment of summer when you can't make a wrong move at the farmers market. Tomatoes in all sizes lie next to piles of corn and...

An apartment is advertised for rent in Pasadena, California. After weakening early in the pandemic as the economy faltered and young people rode out lockdowns with family, the rental market is now seeing record demand. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Landlords from Florida to California are jacking up rents at record speeds

August 19, 2021 at 9:13 a.m.

Soaring prices. Competition. Desperation. The dramatic conditions for U.S. homebuyers during the past year are now spilling into the market for rentals. Landlords from Tampa, Florida, to Memphis, Tennessee, and...

#3 Zion National Park (Utah) | Even though more than 5% of all national park visitors went to Zion National Park in 2020, the Utah park still saw less visitors in 2020 compared to 2019. Zion National Park hosted 3.6 million visitors in 2020, which was 897,014 less visitors than 2019.

National parks require masks ‘regardless of vaccination status’

August 18, 2021 at 12:58 p.m.

Add COVID-19 masks to your camping gear when visiting Yellowstone, Yosemite and beyond. The National Park Service is requiring masks for crowded outdoor spaces and buildings "regardless of vaccination status...

The new feature by Twitter, available only in a few markets, will let users notify the company about alleged misinformation in the same way they can alert Twitter to spam or abuse.

Twitter will let users report misinformation for first time

August 18, 2021 at 12:32 p.m.

Twitter Inc. is adding an option for users to report misinformation to the company, but says the expanded ability to flag tweets won't necessarily lead to more fact-checking or labels...

Students attend an in-person English class at St. Anthony Catholic High School during the COVID-19 pandemic on March 24, 2021, in Long Beach, California.

Deadly COVID-linked condition in kids poised for a comeback

August 16, 2021 at 1:23 p.m.

Pediatricians in U.S. COVID-19 hot spots are anticipating a delta-fueled swell of children with a rare, serious and sometimes deadly virus-linked condition as the fall resumption of school looms. The...

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