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When No Doubt bassist Tony Kanal and his wife, Erin Lokitz, renovated their Spanish Revival home in Los Feliz, they decided their furniture would be like their diet — strictly vegan. “We really emphasized the need for a cruelty-free home,” Lokitz said. She tapped Tatum Kendrick, of the L.A.-based design firm Studio Hus, to source […]

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TOKYO —  A fire early Thursday burned down structures at Shuri Castle on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, nearly destroying the UNESCO World Heritage site. Firefighters were still battling the blaze a few hours after the fire started early Thursday and nearby residents were evacuated to safer areas, Okinawa police spokesman Ryo Kochi said. The fire […]

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SYDNEY —  Around a quarter of the world’s pigs are expected to die from African swine fever as authorities grapple with a complex disease spreading rapidly in the globalization era, the World Organization for Animal Health’s president said Thursday. A sharp reduction in the world’s pig population would lead to possible food shortages and high pork […]

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SEOUL —  North Korea on Thursday fired two projectiles into its eastern sea, an apparent resumption of weapons tests aimed at ramping up pressure on Washington over a stalemate in nuclear negotiations, according to officials in South Korea and Japan. The launches followed statements of displeasure by top North Korean officials over the slow pace of […]

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Chris Hughton’s side managed to steer clear of the drop zone last season and they will face another fight to retain their status in 2018-19 Brighton avoided relegation from the Premier League last term and they are now embarking on a second successive campaign in England’s top division. Chris Hughton masterminded crucial victories over the […]

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A Boeing Co. manager sought to halt production of the 737 Max over safety concerns before the first of two fatal crashes that led to the jet’s worldwide grounding, a top House lawmaker charged Tuesday. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, included the new allegations in a prepared […]

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WASHINGTON —  The House on Tuesday overwhelmingly reaffirmed that the U.S. government should recognize the century-old killings of 1.5 million Armenians as a genocide. The resolution, which is not legally binding, marked the first time in 35 years that either chamber of Congress labeled as genocide the mass killings of Armenians at the hands of the […]

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ISTANBUL —  Turkey’s foreign ministry said that it summoned U.S. Ambassador David Satterfield on Wednesday over two resolutions passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The Turkish ministry said in a statement that it rejects the nonbinding House resolution to recognize the century-old mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. The bill passed 405-11. […]

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