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Bloodbath at major California school district as it teeters on the edge
Fresno Unified is slashing jobs and shuffling staff as the cash-strapped district stares down a ballooning budget crisis ahead of the 2026-27 school year. Trustees voted Monday during a special board meeting to push forward with sweeping layoffs and employee “bumps” after officials revealed the district’s projected deficit has exploded to $88 million next year…
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Rick Ross loves finding ‘wisdom’ in his favorite nonfiction books
Ever wonder what your favorite celebrities are reading — whether it’s a timeless classic or the buzzy bestseller they can’t put down? Welcome to Page-Turners, where stars reveal the books that keep them hooked, inspired and up all night. Warning: your TBR pile is about to get a lot longer. Rapper Rick Ross prefers a…
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Elon Musk’s Attempts at AI Are Falling Apart
In the AI world, there are what the tech scholar Kate Crawford has called the “Great Houses of AI.” These are Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta — giant tech monopolies which happen to also be four of the six top US corporations by market value. Then there are the lesser houses, the lower fiefdoms squabbling…
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‘Nemesis’ Review: Courtney A. Kemp’s First Netflix Series May Leave You Rooting for the Bad Guys
Expectations are high for Courtney A. Kemp and her latest series “Nemesis” for Netflix, and not just because it’s a new show. Over a decade ago, Kemp and rapper-turned-media mogul Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson launched Starz’s urban crime “Power” franchise that’s still bearing fruit. Even as the spinoffs “Power Book II: Ghost” and “Power Book…
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Trump allies spent $29M to destroy his most hated enemy – and it’s backfiring
President Donald Trump is throwing the full weight of his political machine against Rep. Thomas Massie in Tuesday’s Kentucky Republican primary, turning the congressional race into the most expensive and consequential loyalty test of his second term. More than $29 million has been spent on advertising alone in the contest, making it one of the…
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Will Smith to Star in Prison Action Thriller ‘Supermax’ for Amazon
Will Smith is heading to Amazon MGM Studios for his next project. The Oscar-winning actor is attached to star in an original action thriller called “Supermax” for Amazon, which acquired worldwide rights to the Miramax project, TheWrap has learned. Smith will play Rex, one of two FBI agents investigating a murder that’s taken place in…
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Meet Bryant Acosta: the LGBTQ+ nightlife king running for L.A. mayor
Last year, when West Covina native and party promoter Bryant Acosta took a hard look at the candidates running for mayor of Los Angeles, he noticed a void he could not ignore. “On the Democratic side, I saw a lot of political experience but weak records of actual execution — this was one of my…
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‘We Are Aliens’ Review: Agonizing, Astounding Animated Gem Heralds Kohei Kadowaki as an Exciting New Voice
A frequently stunning work of animation that’s also a haunting portrait of isolation, the destructive insidiousness of bullying and our own capacity for cruelty, Kohei Kadowaki’s formidable feature debut “We Are Aliens” is a film of fascinating layers. On a narrative level, it tells what, at first glance, may seem like a simple coming-of-age story…
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Taiwan becomes flashpoint of Trump-Xi summit as Rubio warns Beijing of ‘repercussions’ for invasion
BEIJING — President Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, were all smiles and full of public praise for each other at the start of their much-anticipated summit meeting here Thursday. A very different story began to emerge behind closed doors after Xi continually pressed the issue of Taiwan, the self-governing, democratic island that China…
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Inside Kim Kardashian’s latest career move as she presses pause on law journey
Keeping up with Kim Kardashian’s entertainment career. The reality star will executive produce an upcoming YA series on Netflix called “Calabasas,” according to Deadline. The outlet reported Wednesday that the drama was inspired by Via Bleidner’s “If You Lived Here You’d Be Famous By Now: True Stories From Calabasas.” Kim Kardashian (pictured above in November…