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My father-in-law, “Pete,” can be a challenge. He left his first wife, my husband’s mother, for someone else. When he eventually remarried, it took my husband (then 20-something) a while to warm up to ...

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Two physicists at the University of Stuttgart have proven that the Carnot principle, a central law of thermodynamics, does not apply to objects on the atomic scale whose physical properties are linked ...

A new California law aims to keep more short children in booster seats for longer, imposing fines if they can’t properly wear their seat belt. Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a watered-down ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a law to regulate AI chatbots to protect children and teens from potential risks. The law requires companies to notify minor users every three hours that ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed a bill allowing a broad range of relatives to step in as children’s caregivers if their parents are deported, a measure that had provoked a firestorm of conservative ...

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Governor Gavin Newsom of California signed Senate Bill 243 into law on Monday, establishing the first statewide legislation designed to safeguard children in their interactions with artificial ...

The Supreme Court has added five new cases to its winter docket, covering topics ranging from gun rights and private property laws to foreign property confiscation. One case out of Hawaii, Wolford v.