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Undated photo of Dea Hurston speaking at a podium at the Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center.

San Diego theater leader and playwright, Dea Hurston, dies at age 73

San Diego’s theater community is mourning the loss of Dea Hurston — a playwright, philanthropist, and advocate for people of color in the theater space.

Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, is seen at BBC Broadcasting House for an interview on <em>Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg</em> on Oct. 23, 2022, in London.

Who is Keir Starmer? A look at Britain's next prime minister

Keir Starmer, 61, is a social liberal, fiscal moderate and leader of the United Kingdom's Labour Party, which won Thursday's election in a landslide.

In 1952, the SS United States won the famed Blue Riband, the prize given to the fastest ship to cross the Atlantic. On the record-setting maiden voyage, the ship went so fast some of the paint on the hull was sheared off by the sea.

The fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic faces eviction from a pier

The SS United States, once a luxurious ocean liner, holds the speed record for crossing the Atlantic. It's rusting away at a pier in Philadelphia and could soon be evicted and scrapped.

Here are 25 movies we can't wait to watch this fall

Here are the new releases coming your way between now and Thanksgiving — we've got award contenders, goofy comedies, a smattering of romance, plenty of anti-heroes, and a musical documentary in LEGOs.

Meet the ManhattAnt, the ant that's taken New York's streets by storm

The ManhattAnt has become the dominant ant species in the Big Apple, and scientists aren't sure why.

Cars travel on the northbound and southbound Interstate-375 in Detroit, Mich., on May 17. The Michigan Department of Transportation is planning to replace the I-375 highway in Detroit with a surface-level boulevard.

Removing the highway is the easy part. Reconnecting the community is harder.

In Detroit, a one-mile freeway is slated for removal, where a Black neighborhood once stood. It's part of an effort to reimagine divisive infrastructure — but the plan itself has been contentious.

A "We are Hiring" sign in front of a book store in San Diego, Calif., Nov. 11, 2023

San Diego County unemployment rate drops below national average at 3.6%

Between April 2024 and May 2024, total nonfarm employment increased from 1,562,500 to 1,566,100, a gain of 3,600 jobs.

Boeing announced a management shakeup - including the ouster of the leader of the 737 Max production line. At the Singapore Airshow, miniature models of Boeing aircraft including the 737 Max (front) are displayed on February 21, 2024.

Boeing ousts the head of its troubled 737 Max program after quality control concerns

The Boeing executive who oversaw the troubled 737 Max program, Ed Clark, has left the company. It's part of a broader management shakeup after a door plug panel blew off a jet in midair last month.

A smart streetlight in the University Heights neighborhood of San Diego photographed on a sunny day, Oct. 15, 2023.

SDPD look to create zones rather than fixed spots for some smart streetlights

At Wednesday's Public Safety Committee meeting, SDPD will argue that infrastructure issues such as power problems or objects blocking the camera view prevented installations of the technology at 42 locations.

People place plywood over windows as they make last-minute preparations for the arrival of Hurricane Beryl in Kingston, Jamaica, on Wednesday.

Hurricane Beryl blasts past Jamaica and Caymans on its way to Mexico

Beryl hit Jamaica as a Category 4 storm and by Thursday afternoon had weakened some but still forged on as a still-powerful Category 2, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

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