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Chrystal Bougon en su oficina de Campbell, California.

Vergüenza por la gordura, IMC y alienación: El COVID-19 trajo un nuevo estigma a las personas de talla grande

May 11, 2021 at 9:35 a.m.

Chrystal Bougon lloró después de que la aguja entrara en su brazo. No porque su primera dosis de la vacuna Moderna le doliera. Sino porque, por fin, ser gorda realmente...

Chrystal Bougon is the owner of Curvy Girl Lingerie in San Jose, Calif., which offers items for plus-sized women. (Nhat V. Meyer/San Jose Mercury News/TNS)

Fat shaming, BMI and alienation: COVID-19 brought new stigma to large-sized people

May 10, 2021 at 1:47 p.m.

Chrystal Bougon cried after the needle went into her arm. Not because her first dose of the Moderna vaccine hurt. But because, finally, being fat actually paid off. The 53-year-old...

El hombre que quedó varado en aeropuerto durante tres meses en plena pandemia está prácticamente ‘en casa’

April 10, 2020 at 12:50 p.m.

Estos son algunos problemas que Seth Tom Davis no había enfrentado desde que salió de Dakota del Norte, hace cuatro meses, justo antes de quedar varado en el Aeropuerto Internacional...

La estrella de Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, junto con su esposa Vanessa, cuando se declaró culpable de adulterio pero inocente de cargos de agresión sexual, en 2003, en el Staples Center.

Para las sobrevivientes de ataques sexuales, el legado de Kobe Bryant es complicado

February 5, 2020 at 10:27 a.m.

Cuando Shirley Alvarado del Águila fue a trabajar, el 27 de enero pasado, les dijo a sus colegas que no quería hablar sobre Kobe Bryant, quien había muerto el día...

Manuel Aguilar, de 11 años, trabajó durante un mes el verano pasado para reunir $600 y contribuir para comprar un cachorro goldendoodle llamado Penny. El perrito murió una semana después de que la familia lo llevo a casa.

Pagaron cientos por un cachorro; una semana después, murió

December 23, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.

La familia Loy se dio cuenta rápidamente de que algo andaba mal con su nuevo cachorro, un bulto de pelusa marrón rojizo que bautizaron como Penny. Pero no se podían...

Ronan Farrow's "Catch and Kill" details his quest to publish the Harvey Weinstein story, despite alleged attempts by his own network to stop him.

Ronan Farrow’s ‘Catch and Kill’ reveals a spy story and portraits of perseverance

October 18, 2019 at 12:31 p.m.

At first, I wasn't sure I wanted to read Ronan Farrow's book. I didn't want to spend hours with a revolving cast of powerful men accused of doing unspeakable things...

Why the founder of #ShoutYourAbortion had to go into hiding

June 19, 2019 at 9:01 p.m.

Amelia Bonow is in hiding. She left her apartment here after her address was published online and the death threats began. Her crime? She had an abortion. And after the...

Dist. Atty. George Brauchler speaks during a news conference after the sentencing verdict for James Holmes, for whom he had sought the death penalty.

‘Our lives are forever altered,’ victim’s mother says after James Holmes’ life is spared

June 20, 2019 at 8:00 a.m.

One thing will not change, now that James Holmes is to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the bloody 2012 rampage that left 12...

Darren Wilson says his conscience is clear in Michael Brown’s killing

May 23, 2019 at 5:16 a.m.

Darren Wilson is not haunted by Michael Brown's death. Wilson does not think he did anything wrong. His conscience is clear. If the Ferguson police officer had to do it...

Juvenile medical marijuana plants grow under artificial light Thursday, May 16, 2013 at the Gaia Plant-Based Medicine grow operation in Denver.

Seattle police find big illegal pot grow, don’t bother arresting anyone

June 17, 2018 at 2:08 p.m.

Just in case you missed all the evidence that the Emerald City isn't anything like where you live (think Socialist elected to the City Council and a $15-an-hour minimum wage,...

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