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Containment grows on Sandy fire, others across Southern California
A wildfire that forced tens of thousands of residents to evacuate Simi Valley jumped to 15% containment overnight, according to officials. The blaze began around 11 a.m. Monday off Sandy Avenue and moved to nearby homes, destroying one, according to Cal Fire. It had burned across 1,698 acres as of Wednesday morning. Overnight, fire activity…
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Why Meals on Wheels America Desperately Needed the $70 Million It Got From MacKenzie Scott
Keyshawn Dixon prepares to load hot food for delivery to the elderly by Meals On Wheels in Dallas on Jan. 30, 2025. —LM Otero—AP Meals on Wheels, the 72-year-old group that delivers food and companionship to the homes of elderly people, is not immune from the struggles facing America’s nonprofit sector. Applications for meals have…
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How Wet Weather in Argentina Helped Fuel the Cruise Ship Hantavirus Outbreak
The hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship has created a global public health crisis. But the driver of it is a rodent that weighs about an ounce, and climate shifts this year that have helped increase the odds of transmission. Across the Southern Cone, researchers have long associated wetter years with explosive rodent…
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Chiefs’ Rashee Rice ordered to 30 days in jail for probation violation after failing drug test
Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice was taken into custody Tuesday and ordered to serve 30 days in jail after violating the terms of his probation stemming from a 2024 vehicle crash that left multiple people injured. A spokesperson for the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office said in an email to The Times that Rice…
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Is It Bad to Use a Laptop Right on Your Lap?
Photo-Illustration by TIME (Source Image: Tony Anderson—Getty Images) The laptop computer is one of the most intimate machines we own. Some of us let it rest on our bodies and hum against our thighs for hours. Occasionally, though, we wonder if our plastic and metal companion will betray us. Might its invisible energy and heat…
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I Gave My OpenClaw Agent a Physical Body
I recently gave my OpenClaw a real robot arm to play with. The results just about blew my own neural network. The AI agent was able to configure the arm, use it to see and slowly grab things, and even train another AI model to pick up and place specific objects. And they say AGI…
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Top Literary Magazine Offers Bizarre Response to Accusations That It Published an AI-Generated Short Story
The literary world is being torn asunder after a prestigious magazine was accused of publishing an AI-generated short story. Titled “The Serpent in the Grove,” the story was published Saturday by Granta on its website after being chosen as the winner of the Commonwealth Foundation Short Story Prize for the Caribbean region. Judges praised the…
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Erewhon opens new Southern California location
Erewhon opened its newest location in Glendale on Wednesday, marking the luxury grocer’s 14th store in Southern California with more set to open soon. The new store, located at 520 N. Glendale Avenue, includes the chain’s signature cafe and tonic bar as well as an indoor-outdoor patio space. Known for its upscale, trendy products and…
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GOP voters ‘at a loss for words’ as MS NOW reveals their ignorance about Trump’s candidate
Speaking with host Antonia Hylton on Wednesday afternoon, MS NOW’s Mychael Schnell pointed out that many Republicans who voted to oust Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) were woefully ignorant about the reasons for voting for his opponent and cast their votes purely based on the president’s endorsement. Reporting from Kentucky about the pivotal election that will…
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Tickets to see BTS in Vegas are cheaper than you expect. Get them now
No, you don’t have déjà vu, Las Vegas. A little over four years after headlining four huge shows at Allegiant Stadium, BTS is doing it all over again this week. Their quartet of ‘Arirang World Tour’ gigs at the Raiders’ home are scheduled to go down: Saturday, May 238 p.m. Sunday, May 248 p.m. Wednesday,…