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How artists transformed a former hospital in Los Angeles to examine human emotions
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just beyond an ambulance and wheelchair ramp wait Dr. Moodswing and Dr. Feelgood, dressed in starched white lab coats and ready to check you in with a neon orange patient wristband.
At this hospital though, it's not your vitals that will be examined, but your feelings.
The “Hospital of Emotions ... (full story)
5 states offer to accept nuclear waste in exchange for help developing nuclear energy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five states have agreed to accept nuclear waste from around the country in exchange for federal help developing nuclear energy to create thousands of jobs.
The states — Tennessee, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Utah and Idaho — all have Republican governors who say they welcome the chance to help Americ ... (full story)
What to know about postpartum psychosis, which can affect a new mom's sense of reality
A key question in a Massachusetts murder trial is whether postpartum psychosis drove a mother to kill her three children.
On July 27, a jury heard opening statements in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital. Both sides agree she strangled her children aged 5 and younger ... (full story)
Today in History: August 5, Nelson Mandela arrested
Today is Wednesday, Aug. 5, the 217th day of 2026. There are 148 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Aug. 5, 1962, South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was arrested on charges of leaving the country without a valid passport and inciting workers to strike; it was the beginning of 27 years of imprisonme ... (full story)
eBay agreed to pay nearly $50 million to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
BOSTON (AP) — eBay Inc. agreed to pay almost $50 million to a Massachusetts couple who said former employees of the company targeted them with threats and bizarre anonymous deliveries — including live insects, a funeral wreath and a bloody pig Halloween mask, according to settlement details released July 28.
The part ... (full story)