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FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2015, file photo, former NFL player Nate Burleson is interviewed during a media availability on set at the at NFL Network studios in Culver City, California. CBS is making another change to its cast for the “NFL Today” show on Sundays, adding Nate Burleson to replace Bart Scott. Burleson is the second newcomer to the program, although Phil Simms is moving from the broadcast booth to the studio. That switch was announced last month. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File)

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NFL analyst Nate Burleson will join ‘CBS This Morning’ as co-host

The former NFL wide receiver will replace CBS News veteran Anthony Mason.
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FILE - The Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo., Friday, July 27, 2018. The Trump administration has weakened an Obama-era rule aimed at stopping coal plant pollution that has contaminated streams, lakes and underground aquifers. The changes finalized Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, will allow utilities to use cheaper wastewater cleanup technologies and take longer to comply with pollution reduction guidelines adopted in 2015. Its the latest in a string of regulatory rollbacks for the coal power industry under Trump. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

U.S. power emissions set to surge the most in more than 30 years

The New York Stock Exchange is framed by the columns at Federal Hall National Memorial, Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, in New York. Stocks fell broadly on Wall Street in midday trading Friday and oil prices surged after U.S. forces in Iraq killed a top Iranian general. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Stocks edge higher as banks, industrials offset tech slide

Built in 1926, the English traditional holds five bedrooms, including two primary suites and a guest unit with a hidden entrance.

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FILE - This Dec. 16, 2020 file photo shows an illuminated Apple logo at a store in Munich, Germany. Apple is following through on its pledge to crack down Facebook and other snoopy apps that secretly shadow people on their iPhones to help sell more advertising. The new privacy feature, dubbed “App Tracking Transparency,” rolled out Monday, April 26, 2021, as part of an update to the operating system powering the iPhone and iPad. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Apple says feature to find child images doesn’t create a back door

FILE - In this Friday, May 11, 2018 file photo, a man uses an Ethereum ATM next to a bitcoin ATM, in Hong Kong. A Swiss region that has billed itself as a hub for high-tech finance says it plans to accept cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ether for tax payments starting next year. Switzerland’s Zug canton promotes itself as home to “Crypto Valley,” and it is thought to be the first region in the rich Alpine country to make the decision announced Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, file)

Heffernan: Crypto trading just got safer, and that’s too bad

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2015, file photo, Google co-founder Larry Page speaks at the Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco. Page has gained New Zealand residency, officials confirmed Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, stoking debate over whether extremely wealthy people can essentially buy access to the South Pacific country. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Google co-founder Larry Page gets New Zealand residency, raising questions

Two electric vehicles are parked on the South Lawn of the White House before President Joe Biden speaks Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, at an event on clean cars and trucks. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden holds event touting EVs; Tesla, top U.S. seller of EVs, is not invited

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 29, 2021: Teapot LA founder Sorina Vaziri holds her affectionate Silkie chickens in her backyard garden which she designed on July 29, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

She transformed her Mid-City backyard into a pop-up paradise tea garden

The half-acre estate centers on an 11,000-square-foot Mediterranean mansion with a nightclub and movie theater.

Big Sean’s Beverly Hills Post Office home sells for $11.1 million

The split-level home takes in views of the Bay and Golden Gate Bridge through walls of windows.

Carlos Santana lists scenic perch on the Tiburon Peninsula

The 13,000-square-foot mansion includes an award-winning theater, billiards room, sauna, massage room, driving range and pool with a scuba system.

Real Estate newsletter: Makeup mogul aims for all-time record

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA -JULY 26, 2021: Jared Barris and his mother Joji Barris-Paster are photographed inside an exhibition replica of the Batmobile, on display inside the showroom at Barris Kustom Industries in North Hollywood. The Batmobile was designed exclusively for the 1966 TV show, "Batman," by the late George Barris, Jared's grandfather, and Joji's father. Barris Kustom Industries is being listed for sale. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

The custom auto shop behind Hollywood’s most iconic cars may be closing

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Caption: TIMOTHEE CHALAMET as Paul Atreides in Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures' action adventure "DUNE," a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

‘Dune’ and ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ studio Legendary stages a comeback. Will it fetch a buyer?

Legendary Entertainment, owned by China’s Wanda Group, is mounting a comeback with projects like ‘Godzilla vs. Kong.’ Can the upcoming ‘Dune’ pay off?

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LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - SEP. 16, 2014. The Orsini, left, is a massive residential and commercial development that sits at the juncture of the Pasadena Freeway, the Harbor Freeway and Sunset Boulevard north of downtown Los Angeles. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

Landlord sues L.A. for $100 million, saying anti-eviction law caused ‘astronomical’ losses

City Atty. Mike Feuer defended the city’s measure, saying his office wrote a “lawful ordinance” that kept tenants from becoming homeless amid COVID-19.

Palm Springs will require vaccinations or negative Covid-19 tests for indoor dining

Air purifiers are in demand as COVID-19 collides with wildfire season. What buyers should know

L.A. is weighing vaccination requirements. Here are 20 restaurants and bars already implementing them

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Here’s a retirement dilemma: Pay off the house first or refinance?

Most people would be smart to have their homes paid off by the time they retire. But refinancing into a long-term mortgage is a good option for some.

Illustration by Juliette Toma for the Times. For a story about how to be a practical special effects artist in Hollywood. Part of a series of stories about how to make it in Hollywood.

Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job in practical special effects

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 02: A broad coalition of tenants and housing rights organizers rally at Stanley Mosk Courthouse to protest eviction orders issued against renters Stanley Mosk Courthouse on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Eviction moratoriums extended in U.S. — Californians were already protected. What you need to know

ANAHEIM CA APRIL 30, 2021 - Park visitors take a selfie in front of the Walt Disney statue inside Disneyland as the theme park reopens for the first time in more than a year on Friday, April 30, 2021.(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Disneyland has a new annual pass program. Here’s everything you need to know

This Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, photo shows a home for sale in Fort Washington, Pa. On Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, Freddie Mac reports on the week’s average U.S. mortgage rates. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Should you sell a house or let heirs deal with it? The taxes shake out differently

Can employers force workers to get vaccinated? Here’s what we know

What HIPAA is and is not: A primer on the healthcare privacy law

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FILE - This May 8, 2008, file photo, shows blank checks on an idle press at the Philadelphia Regional Financial Center, which disburses payments on behalf of federal agencies in Philadelphia. The Treasury Department says it has issued more than 156 million payments as part of President Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief plan. This includes 25 million payments on April 6, 2021, that were primarily to Social Security beneficiaries who hadn’t filed 2019 or 2020 tax returns.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Another stimulus is available for Californians. Are you eligible?

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2005, file photo rolls of blank social security checks run through printers and are processed at the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia. Social Security recipients shouldn't expect a big increase in monthly benefits come January. Preliminary figures show the annual benefit boost will be between 1 percent and 2 percent, which would be among the lowest since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower, file)

What is a special needs trust and how does it work?

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2005 file photo, trays of printed social security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Bradley C. Bower, File)

Why delaying Social Security is the smartest retirement play

COMPTON, CA. - FEB. 17, 2021. A large tree grows in a corner of Woodlawn Memorial Park in Compton. Compton natives Celestina Bishop and Frank Wilson are fighting to keep the cemetery open. Bishop started a nonprofit to to save it after recently discovering that it had fallen into neglect. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

Here’s how taxes work on estates and inherited money

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