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TL/DR - A man in his 80s murdered his wife and two adult children before killing himself in Granada Hills, Los Angeles. The incident was reported on a Saturday evening and a witness who had barricaded themselves in a room during the shooting called the police. The identities of the victims and the witness have not been released, and the area near…

TL/DR - The Lenox Hotel in Boston was evacuated after a transformer explosion at the back of the building caused a buildup of smoke inside. Although the explosion didn't cause an internal fire, firefighters detected high carbon monoxide levels, which have since dropped. No injuries were reported and the building will undergo inspections for any…

TL/DR - A study published in JAMA Health Forum by Karen Shen, Ph.D., and colleagues from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows that the pandemic led to an increased turnover in the healthcare workforce. The exit rate for healthcare workers increased from a mean of 5.9 percentage points to 8.0 percentage points in the first quarter…

TL/DR - New Jersey's political landscape is currently fraught with high-profile political battles and a variety of atypical candidates running under unusual circumstances. This is due to a combination of factors including a former governor seeking a political comeback, two members of Congress campaigning for the governorship, and the state's…