district north of los angeles. garcia defeated christy smith, a democrat who opposes medicare for all and california's attempts to adopt a single payer healthcare system. the district had been held by a progressive democrat and supporter of medicare for all, first-term congressmember katie hill. she resigned from congress last october after redstate.org and the daily mail published naked images of her without her consent and exposed her affair with a campaign aide. and costa rica said to issue its first same-sex marriage registrations in late e may, 18 months afterer the costa rican' coconstitutional court legalized -- 18 months, but it's unclear whether it will gain enough support. costa rica would be the first central american country to legalize marriage equality. correction to figigure cited in earlier headline, the numbeber f initial and of mclean's filed since the pandemic began in early march is expected to top 35 million.