Jen Carlson
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In 2013, the Pacific Health Corp. (thanks to insurance fraud and an illegal kickback scheme) announced it would shut down several area hospitals, among them the Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center on Western Avenue. The center had opened in 1971 as the first black-owned hospital in L.A. The pastel pink and green building has remained abandoned since, and recently art curator John Wolf transformed it back into #thehospital. At least, that's the Instagram hashtag everyone...
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The probability of a big earthquake has died off since last week's advisory. (We hope we didn't just jinx it.)
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Stranger Things—a show about making you feel nostalgic via '80s songs, Spielberg tropes, and the presence of Winona Ryder—has been a huge hit for Netflix, for the previously stated reasons. So it's no surprise they are planning a second season, which they've just announced. The video announcement features a dramatic 1980s video game slow jam, and these words: "Madmax. The boy who came back to life. The pumpkin patch. The palace. The storm. The...
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Los Angeles International Airport on July 2, 2016, with heightened security for the holiday weekend. (Getty) Just after 8:30 p.m. on Sunday night, LAX was briefly shut down as police responded to reports of an unconfirmed shooter. A number of travelers in the airport called 911 reporting gunshots, according to NBC. Operations restarted a few hours later, after the LAPD determined there were no shots fired. "Report of shooting at LAX proven to be...
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Following the success of the Serial podcast, HBO's The Jinx, and Netflix's Making A Murderer docuseries, CBS is putting itself in the true crime ring by revisiting one of the more famous unsolved mysteries of the 1990s: the JonBenet Ramsey murder. It's been twenty years since the 6-year-old, often pictured in her beauty-pageant regalia, was found murdered on Christmas day, and while there were a few suspects (including her own parents) there was never...
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The greatest comfort show returns just after Thanksgiving dinner ends.
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The atmospheric debris blocked out the blue end of the spectrum, and created a red sun.
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Garry Marshall at the 2016 TV Land Icon Awards in April. (Getty) Garry Marshall, born Garry Kent Maschiarelli in New York City in 1934, has died at the age of 81. TMZ is reporting that Marshall died at 5 p.m. on Tuesday due to "complications from pneumonia," adding that "he had suffered a stroke awhile ago and was in and out of the hospital." The beloved actor, director, writer and producer started out as...
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The miniature wall is back up around Trump's star today, after surviving an attack by Edward Scissorhands yesterday.
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