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Jennifer Coward is making soup for her daughter in her kitchen on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, in Palos Verdes, California. She is better now, but Jennifer had experienced crushing fatigue and full-body itching after eating a vegan meat replacement. There have been reports of customers suffering health problems after eating a vegan meat-replacement product called “lentil crumbles” that was sold by the online meal-kit company Daily Harvest. (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

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November 4, 2020 at 11:58 am

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A modified Tesla Model X electric vehicle enters a tunnel before an unveiling event for The Boring Company Hawthorne test tunnel Dec. 18, 2018 in Hawthorne, Cal. On Tuesday night, The Boring Company will officially open the Hawthorne tunnel, a preview of Musk’s larger vision to ease traffic in Los Angeles. (Robyn Beck-Pool/Getty Images/TNS)
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