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People who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid face maddening challenges accessing health care. The government spends $500 billion on this care, yet patients often can't get what they need.

Vulnerable Americans are stuck in a Medicare-Medicaid maze. Is a fix in sight?

A bipartisan Senate bill, dropping Thursday, promises better health care for some of the poorest, sickest Americans, who are known as "duals" because they qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid.

A Waymo car is seen on the streets of San Francisco on Aug. 25, 2023.

Waymo's robotaxi service set to expand into Los Angeles

Waymo, owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, is rolling out driverless cars to passengers in L.A. San Francisco and Phoenix already have them.

Vice President Harris speaks to reporters after her visit to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Saint Paul, Minn. on March 14.

Harris visited an abortion clinic, a first for any president or vice president

Vice President Harris toured a Minnesota abortion clinic during a trip to the Twin Cities on Thursday. It's believed to be a first for a vice president or president.

Preparing for Hurricane Hilary

Hurricane Hilary is packing wind and drenching rains that are expected to reach San Diego County this weekend. In other news, a marine charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in his barracks room was in a Camp Pendleton courtroom Thursday, for a preliminary hearing. Plus, DC is opening Blue Beetle this weekend, and positioning the film as the first Latinx superhero on the big screen from a major studio.

The SpaceX Starship is seen as it stands on the launch pad ahead of its third flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas on March 12, 2024.

Third time is the charm for Elon Musk's giant Starship rocket.

The rocket is the largest ever built. It has yet to complete a full test flight, but the third time might be the charm.

Displaced Palestinians gather to receive food donated by a charity before an iftar meal, the breaking of fast, on the second day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

With aid headed to Gaza, risks remain to getting food to its starving population

An Israeli strike hit a food distribution center, killing a U.N. relief worker — a sign of the heightened dangers and challenges of bringing much-needed aid into Gaza during the war.

Coronado High School is pictured in this photo from July 1, 2021.

Jury finds Coronado Unified negligent in hiring coach who admitted to sex with a student

A San Diego jury awarded $5 million in damages to the student, a Coronado High School basketball player.

San Diego weekend arts events: Wild photography, French farce and ballet

This weekend in the arts: Christina McFaul, City Ballet, "Tartuffe," San Diego Dance Theatre, San Diego Latino Film Festival and Honor Choir. Plus, live music picks including Sleepy Pearls, Xin Xin, Buddha Trixie, Brittney Spencer and more.

Jada Pinkett Smith is an actor, singer-songwriter, talk show host and producer. Her new memoir is called <em>Worthy.</em>

For Jada Pinkett Smith, it's all lessons, not regrets

In a new memoir, Worthy, Pinkett Smith writes about her marriage to Will Smith, about how she charted a course from Baltimore to Hollywood, and about her close friendship with rapper Tupac Shakur.

This type of staghorn coral (<em data-stringify-type="italic">Acropora pulchra</em>)<em data-stringify-type="italic"> </em>appeared to benefit from the presence of sea cucumbers (<em data-stringify-type="italic">Holothuria</em> <em data-stringify-type="italic">atra</em>), a new study finds.

This often-overlooked sea creature may be quietly protecting the planet's coral reefs

The pickle-shaped bottom feeders may reduce the amount of microbes on the seafloor that could potentially sicken coral, scientists suggest

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