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In 1984, on the cusp of superstardom, Bruce Springsteen agreed to let a producer rework three songs from his upcoming album, Born in the U.S.A. 40 years later, those remixes have nearly vanished.

A new report finds more election officials are leaving their jobs now than at any point in the past two decades. But the report also adds new context to the phenomenon.

Sixty years ago, 17-year-old Randy Gardner broke a Guinness world record by staying awake for 11 consecutive days. His experiment is one of the most well-documented cases of sleep deprivation.

The Adaptive Sports and Recreation Association’s annual Junior Adaptive Sports Camp is almost here! We are expecting 60 campers between the ages of 4 and 18 with physical challenges, such as spina bifida, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy and spinal cord injuries. This unique 5-day camp will take place July 24-28, 2023 at Crown Point Park and Miramar College right here in San Diego. At camp, the athletes work with committed volunteers and instructors who share a passion for adaptive sports, while learning the fundamentals of approximately 15 different activities such as wheelchair basketball, tennis, archery, swimming, handcycling, water tubing, rugby, and more. Athletes develop important skills to help them stay active and healthy, gain positive self-esteem, leadership, independence and establish a desire for lifelong activity – because everyone deserves a chance to play! For more infromation visit: adaptivesportsandrec.org

Christian Wiman says he's no longer afraid of dying. "When death hangs over you for a while, you start to forget about it," he says. Wiman's new book is Zero at the Bone.

Photographer Chiara Negrello documented Ukrainian caregivers in Italy as they try to stay connected to family back home during the ongoing war.

The Stein Institute for Research on Aging and Center for Healthy Aging offer free public lectures promoting physical and mental well-being and staying active throughout life. Join us for this popular series with renowned researchers and clinicians sharing their expertise with the community. Please join us for a talk with Dr. Barton Palmer on July 26, 2023 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Q & A to follow. Dr. Palmer has been a member of the UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry Faculty for over 25 years, and a faculty affiliate of the Stein Institute for Research on Aging for over 15 years. He received his PhD in clinical and cognitive psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and then completed a two-year clinical-research fellowships in neuropsychology at UCLA, and a subsequent postdoctoral research fellowship in geriatric mental health at UC San Diego prior to joining the faculty in 1997. His research interests have been varied across several aging-related topics, but current foci include the effects of loneliness and social isolation on physical, cognitive, and mental well-being and the use of positive mental health constructs and strengths-based interventions to promote mental well-being and social connectedness among older adults with or without neuropsychiatric disorders. Due to COVID-19, our lectures are held virtual via Zoom for the time being, we hope to return to in person soon!

The "8 Passengers" mother pleaded guilty to four felony counts for abusing and starving two of her children in a deal with prosecutors. She faces sentences of one to 15 years in prison for each count.

After a rocky start, most of the bugs in the app have been fixed. But migrant advocates say it’s created a two-tiered asylum system.

A federal judge sharply questions the Biden administration’s position that it bears no responsibility for housing and feeding migrant children who are waiting for agents in makeshift camps.