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US actress Gwyneth Paltrow and her husband writer/producer Brad Falchuk arrive for the Netflix premiere of “The Politician” at the DGA theatre in New York City on September 26, 2019. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) / ALTERNATIVE CROP (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

In love, but happy apart: Cohabitation isn’t for all couples, author explains

September 25, 2024 at 2:04 p.m.

Veteran journalist Vicki Larson explores a trend in coupledom that's more common than people realize but often misunderstood: Partners or spouses who enjoy having separate households.

SAN FRANCISCO – OCTOBER 29: San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris speaks to supporters before a No on K press conference October 29, 2008 in San Francisco, California. San Francisco ballot measure Proposition K seeks to stop enforcing laws against prostitution. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The San Francisco origins of Kimberly Guilfoyle’s grudge against Kamala Harris

August 8, 2024 at 1:04 p.m.

More than 20 years ago, Guilfoyle wanted a job in the San Francisco District Attorney's office, where Harris was another ambitious, up-and-coming star prosecutor.

TOKYO, JAPAN – JULY 22: Mykayla Skinner and Simone Biles of Team United States pose for a photo during Women’s Podium Training ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on July 22, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Simone Biles’ painful history with MyKayla Skinner coincided with Larry Nasser abuse, ‘toxic’ Karolyi culture

August 1, 2024 at 10:32 a.m.

Simone Biles appeared to take aim against her former teammate, who earlier derided the US team's 'work ethic' and suggested that gymnastics needs a return to the practices of controversial...

Outgoing First Lady Melania Trump listens as her husband Outgoing US President Donald Trump addresses guests at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on January 20, 2021. – President Trump and the First Lady travel to their Mar-a-Lago golf club residence in Palm Beach, Florida, and will not attend the inauguration for President-elect Joe Biden. (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN / AFP) (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Melania Trump won’t move back into the White House if Trump wins: report

June 25, 2024 at 10:35 a.m.

An expert on first ladies said Melania Trump 'clearly hated Washington' when her husband was president, a view that's not likely to change if her husband gets a second chance...

HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL – FEBRUARY 21: Mary Lou Retton, former Olympic Gold Medalist in Women’s Gymnastics, looks on during the 2009 Tyson American Cup at the Sears Centre on February 21, 2009 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Mary Lou Retton tries to explain why she couldn’t afford health insurance

January 9, 2024 at 12:54 p.m.

In her first interview since being hospitalized for pneumonia, the Olympic champion said that 'life goes on and things happen,' rendering her unable to pay for health-care coverage.

Sanchali Pal, Founder and CEO of Commons App, looks on from Snow Park near her office in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

This free app helps you track, reduce your carbon footprint

December 21, 2023 at 11:57 a.m.

New Commons app is designed to help people lower their carbon footprint.

Ryan Gosling leads the showstopping musical number “I’m Just Ken” in “Barbie.” (Warner Bros. Pictures/TNS)

What Ken teaches men: Psychologist examines the emotional growth of Barbie’s boyfriend

August 22, 2023 at 12:32 p.m.

The Los Altos author of the new book, 'The Better Man,' says Barbie's beleaguered suitor would feel better about the patriarchy if he practiced mindfulness and learned to deal with...

US nuclear physicist Julius Robert Oppenheimer (1904 – 1967), director of the Los Alamos atomic laboratory, testifying before the Special Senate Committee on Atomic Energy. Oppenheimer, who directed the Manhattan Project that developed the first atom bomb, regretted his participation in the program in his later years. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Oppenheimer’s inconvenient truth: He was a secret Communist, some historians say

July 26, 2023 at 1:04 p.m.

The evidence of Oppenheimer's membership in the Communist Party in the 1930s is 'overwhelming,' but it doesn't mean he was a spy, says a retired Stanford history professor.

Jean Tatlock when she was a member of the Community Party in the San Francisco Bay Area (Courtesy of John Tatlock)

Oppenheimer's ‘truest love’ or casualty of ambition? Meet Jean Tatlock, the Stanford-trained psychiatrist who was his troubled mistress

July 20, 2023 at 11:56 a.m.

Jean Tatlock, played by Florence Pugh in Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," was a Stanford-trained psychiatrist who also was destined for "greatness" before she died as the physicist was leading the Manhattan...

Waiting for ‘Oppenheimer?’ Here are 10 films about the bomb to watch now

July 18, 2023 at 12:29 p.m.

'Oppenheimer,' opening in theaters July 21, is just the latest film to focus on the fierce and world-threatening power of atomic weaponry.

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