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(Newser) – A California panel recommended Thursday that Charles Manson’s follower Leslie Van Houten be released on parole after serving nearly five decades in prison, the AP reports. After a hearing at the women’s prison in Chino, California, commissioners of the Board of Parole Hearings found for the fourth time …

A new coronavirus testing center in Alameda was forced to close suddenly on Wednesday due to an insurance liability issue, to the chagrin of hundreds of people waiting in line to get tested. The facility organized by a city partnership with CityHealth Urgent Care at the Marina Village Research Park …

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, a Republican, visited Twitter on Thursday to condemn certain provisions on the Republican Party state platform that made highly controversial claims on LGBT issues. The statements were included in a resolution on the party’s opposition to the “Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Against Discrimination” (SOGI) …

There is no greater X-factor for the 2019-20 Pittsburgh Penguins in this postseason than the game of its two goalkeepers, Matt Murray and Tristan Jarry. That is not exactly a secret either. We all know that penguins will only go as far as those two are capable of carrying them. …

In photos: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson greets from the steps of 10 Downing Street after making a statement in London on July 24. In photos: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Johnson, 21, speaks with Greek Culture Minister Melina Mercouri in June 1986. Johnson …