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The exploding costs of fighting US wildfires
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Oregonians buying nicotine pouches like Zyn and Rogue were met with a surprise at the cash register starting this year. Each tin had a new 65-cent tax on it, meant to bolster funding for the…
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Perry Minasian says Angels are ‘very competitive.’ Will fed up fans tune them out?
I walked around a street fair in Irvine over the weekend, checking out the crowd while waiting for my daughter’s dance team to perform. We were a few short miles from Angel Stadium, but you wouldn’t have known it: lots of people wearing Dodgers caps, someone wearing a Shohei Ohtani cap, someone else wearing an…
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Timothée Chalamet Enlists A-List Friends for FIFA World Cup-Inspired Short Film
Timothée Chalamet is already well-known for his love of football, basketball and ping-pong, but it turns out he’s also a big fan of fútbol. Ahead of next month’s FIFA World Cup, the Oscar-nominated actor teamed up with adidas, Bad Bunny and an entire team of A-List athletes to make the soccer-inspired short film, “Backyard Legends.”…
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New York City real estate tycoon rips socialist Mamdani as ‘dangerous’ and anti-American
Big Apple real estate tycoon Steve Roth compared Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s “tax the rich” rallying cry to racial slurs — as he ripped the socialist’s vendetta against the ultra-rich as “irresponsible and dangerous.” The Vornado Realty Trust chairman tore into Hizzoner during an earnings call on Tuesday as Mamdani forged ahead with his push to…
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Chinese truck drivers are going electric as gas prices soar
As electric-car sales soften in China after years of breakneck growth, electric trucks are taking off, with the emerging industry expected to get a boost from the Iran war. At the recent Beijing auto show, a hulking silver electric truck towered over the showroom of passenger cars advertised at discount prices. Electric trucks, such as…
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Telemundo Unveils 2026-2027 Upfront Slate Led by FIFA World Cup
Telemundo is staking its 2026-2027 season on live programming, with the FIFA World Cup anchoring a slate the network said reflects the scale of the U.S. Latino audience. NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises unveiled its upfront programming Thursday, headlined by exclusive Spanish-language coverage of FIFA World Cup 2026. The network will air all 104 matches live across…
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Goldie Hawn weighs in on ‘beef’ with Meryl Streep on ‘Death Becomes Her’ set
Goldie Hawn responded to Meryl Streep’s claim that they had “beef” because Hawn was always late to the “Death Becomes Her” set. “I think I’m 15 minutes late to everything. … I mean, honestly, it’s unbelievable,” Hawn, 80, admitted to Entertainment Tonight on Wednesday. The “First Wives Club” actress said she and Streep, 76, “got…
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Billionaire Declares That “Tax the Rich” Is Hate Speech That Offends Him Horribly
Heightening class tensions in the United States have brought about discourse that would be unimaginable even a decade ago. As the working class grows restless, the palpable anxiety of the ruling classes has resulted in some incredible unforced errors. One of the most spectacular comes came from real estate baron Steve Roth, who recently declared…
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Ahead of her 100th birthday, we’re still learning new things about Betye Saar
Betye Saar practically levitates into the room wearing a Max Mara jacket that resembles a bird’s plumage, with a butter-yellow silk Dior dress grazing the ground behind her and a cane in her hand. This is look No. 1 at the photo shoot for this story, and everyone in the room — producers, photo assistants,…
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A shelter dog bit her 18 times. Now, Orange County is paying her a $450,000 settlement
Emily Moncur had already snapped photos of more than a dozen dogs at OC Animal Care, a shelter in Tustin where she was volunteering, when she came to Blaze, a black-and-white Labrador retriever and beagle mix. Moncur retrieved Blaze, snapped his photo, and then attempted to return him to his kennel, when he attacked her,…