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Trump Makes Indiana Republicans Pay for Opposing Redistricting
President Trump raises a fist as he departs Doral, Florida en route to his Palm Beach mansion on May 02, 2026 in Palm Beach, Florida. —Roberto Schmidt––Getty Images A slate of candidates backed by President Donald Trump won several state Senate races in Indiana on Tuesday after incumbent Republicans opposed the President’s push to redraw…
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An Altadena glassblower lost his home to flames. In his studio, he’s forging something new
Just north of Los Angeles, Evan Chambers’ glassblowing studio springs out from a small warehouse district like a scene from “Alice in Wonderland.” Under the skylight of a 10-foot industrial ceiling is a cold, foreboding blacksmith’s forge — which, on an active day, would heat up to 2,500 degrees — surrounded by uncut, conical metal…
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The $110 Billion Squeeze: How NFL’s Seismic Cash Grab Could Reshape TV
For the NFL, a victory in renegotiated rights with the major media players could mean a lot of losers getting caught in its wake. Back in 2021, the NFL struck an 11-year media rights deal with its current media partners — CBS, Fox, NBCUniversal, Disney and Amazon — that was valued at more than $110…
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Unnerving gurney photo shows suspected hantavirus patient evacuated from doomed cruise ship
A suspected hantavirus patient was hauled off the plagued MV Hondius cruise ship in a hazmat suit on a gurney Wednesday — as nearly 150 people remained trapped aboard the luxury vessel currently marooned off West Africa. Three people, including two who are seriously ill, were evacuated from the ship anchored off Cape Verde so…
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Ordinary People Fear AI, While the Tech Leaders Working to Create a Permanent Underclass Say They’re Extremely Psyched About It
Despite a massive campaign by some of the wealthiest companies in the world to push AI as the cure-all for society’s problems, regular working-class people remain resentful of the technology at best, and downright petrified at worst. At a contentious county commission meeting in Box Elder, Utah, for example, sheriff’s deputies held irate community members…
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Lakers fail Game 1 test against Thunder despite slowing down SGA
OKLAHOMA CITY — Congratulations, Lakers! You held Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to fewer than 20 points for the first time since Game 3 of the Western Conference finals last May 24. You forced him into a season-high seven turnovers. And — get this, this part is really wild — you afforded the man who basically…
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Cannes Welcomes ‘The Fast and the Furious’ for 25th Anniversary Midnight Screening
The Cannes Film Festival will host a midnight screening of “The Fast and the Furious” later this month, in honor of the franchise’s 25th anniversary. Vin Diesel, Jordana Brewster, producer Neal H. Mortiz and Paul Walker’s daughter Meadow Walker are set to attend the Grand Théâtre Lumière celebration on Wednesday, May 13, at 11.45 p.m.…
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What West Wilson texted his ‘Summer House’ co-star after ‘dark’ Season 10 reunion
“Summer House” newbie KJ Dillard read West Wilson’s apology text on live TV after the Season 10 reunion. During Tuesday’s episode of “Watch What Happens Live,” Dillard told host Andy Cohen that he’s been too “scared” to look at the text for the last two weeks, before Cohen and the audience urged him to share…
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Zest Maps Is the AI-Powered ‘Spiritual Successor to Foursquare’
As Mario Gomez-Hall walks me through his new restaurant discovery app, Zest Maps, the founder pauses on its user leaderboard and highlights a profile topping the charts with over 1,000 visits logged. It’s Foursquare cofounder Dennis Crowley, helping test the beta version. “He’s given us really useful feedback,” Gomez-Hall says. “It’s sort of a spiritual…
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Lakers hurting for Luka Doncic as offensive slump continues in Game 1 against Thunder
OKLAHOMA CITY — The answer to the Lakers’ slumping offense sat hunched in a chair in the corner of the visitors’ locker room at Paycom Center. Luka Doncic, dressed in a black T-shirt and pants, scrolled on his phone, cornered off by a wall of reporters who all faced LeBron James looking for reasons behind a postseason…