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Farming tech is on display at CES as companies showcase their green innovations and initiativesJan 09, 2025 8:54 am - When Russell Maichel started growing almonds, walnuts and pistachios in the 1980s, he didn't own a cellphone. Now, a fully autonomous tractor drives through his expansive orchard, spraying pesticides and fertilizer to protect the trees that have for decades filled him with an immense sense of pride.
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In ‘Hard Truths,’ Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives the performance of the yearJan 09, 2025 8:27 am - Pansy is angry and she doesn’t know why. For Pansy, the unforgettable heroine of Mike Leigh’s film “Hard Truths,” portrayed by Marianne Jean-Baptiste, that simmering discontent is her all day, every day. It’s life, and she can’t break the cycle.
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Participate or keep it quiet? Recent sing-alongs tap into larger discussion on moviegoing etiquetteJan 09, 2025 8:26 am - When asked whether it’s appropriate for fans to sing in the theater, “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo, who plays Elphaba, told NBC that she thinks the practice is “wonderful” and that “it’s time for everyone else to join in.”
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Firefighters battle devastating Los Angeles wildfires as winds calm somewhatJan 09, 2025 7:43 am - Firefighters battled early Thursday to control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing their homes.
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It’s not really the typical time for nasty California fires. What are the factors that changed that?Jan 09, 2025 7:36 am - Southern California is experiencing its most devastating winter fires in more than four decades. Fires don’t usually blaze at this time of year, but specific ingredients have come together to defy the calendar in a fast and deadly manner.
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Billy Crystal, Mandy Moore among those who lost homes in Los Angeles firesJan 09, 2025 7:28 am - Fires burning in and around Los Angeles have claimed the homes of numerous celebrities, including Billy Crystal, Mandy Moore and Paris Hilton and led to sweeping disruptions of entertainment events.
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Robbie Williams has always lived to entertain. In ‘Better Man,’ he’s still doing itJan 09, 2025 5:30 am - “I came out of the womb with jazz hands,” pop star Robbie Williams recounts in “Better Man,” his new biopic. “Which was very painful for my mum.” Badum Dum. But also: Wow.
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With ‘The Room Next Door,’ Pedro Almodovar makes a lively movie about deathJan 09, 2025 5:30 am - Films that are straightforwardly about death are rare, but movies that are about both death and sex are rarer still. Pedro Almodóvar has done just that with “The Room Next Door,” starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton.
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Wildfires burn out of control across Los Angeles area and kill 5 as thousands flee homesJan 08, 2025 10:59 pm - California firefighters battled wind-whipped wildfires that tore across the Los Angeles area, destroying homes, clogging roadways as tens of thousands fled and straining resources as the fires burned uncontained early Wednesday.
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Meta rolls back hate speech rules as Zuckerberg cites ‘recent elections’ as a catalystJan 08, 2025 7:15 pm - It wasn't just fact-checking that Meta scrapped from its platforms as it prepares for the second Trump administration. The social media giant has also loosened its rules ...