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WNBA star Kelsey Plum is taking heat for getting California tax law wrong. But don’t blame her
We are familiar with Kelsey Plum, four-time WNBA all-star. Also Kelsey Plum, former NCAA season scoring record holder. And Kelsey Plum, gold-medal Olympian. And Kelsey Plum, as of 2025 the standout guard on the Los Angeles Sparks and linchpin of their hope to return to the playoffs after five years on the outside looking in.…
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Tom Steyer tries to sell voters on his own personal change
Tom Steyer is trying to sell himself to voters as an agent of change. He has vowed to take on entrenched political and economic forces to create affordable housing, make the wealthy pay more in taxes, lower energy bills and protect the environment. But perhaps the biggest change he is selling is his own. The…
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Disney’s theme parks revenue holds steady, despite national economic concerns
Walt Disney Co.’s theme parks and cruise line business is holding steady despite national concerns about discretionary consumer spending and higher gas prices. The Burbank media and entertainment giant’s experiences division reported $9.5 billion in revenue in its fiscal second quarter, up 7% compared with the same period a year ago. The increase was due…
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How a “super El Niño” could create record-breaking warming
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Pacific Ocean is a giant climate cauldron, with a powerful heat engine that affects storms, fisheries, and rainfall patterns half a world away, and scientists are watching closely to see if it’s about to…
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Trump conned his MAGA base — and lost the GOP to this lunatic
Based on the latest dreadful poll numbers for Donald Trump, it appears that his once-diehard MAGA base might be splitting at the seams like Trump’s cankle-filled socks. Trump is hanging by a thread as the untouchable golden idol of the red-hatted MAGA devotees, but that gold aura now only exists in his gaucheOval Office. He…
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Disney Revenue Climbs 7% to $25.2 Billion in Q2, Boosted by Streaming, Theme Parks
Disney reported revenue of $25.2 billion on adjusted earnings earnings of $1.57 per share. Wall Street expected revenue of $24.9 billion on earnings of $1.50 per share, per estimates compiled by Yahoo Finance. CEO Josh D’Amaro laid out a three-pillar strategy that centers on investing in IP, reaching and engaging consumers in more seamless ways…
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Padma Lakshmi serves ‘America’s Culinary Cup’ with a side of gorgeous jewels
Spring is in full bloom in New York, and so is Padma Lakshmi’s career. “I was passing by Central Park, and all these beautiful flowers, magnolias, cherry blossoms, were in bloom,” says the glamorous host of “America’s Culinary Cup,” whose finale airs next week. Over Zoom, she reflects on the triumph of making a show…
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‘We found his sweater in the morgue, bloodied and dusty, but there was no body inside’
MINAB, Iran — Posters featuring the faces of the children and their teachers — often smiling — now line the boulevards and main square of Minab, a city that has been submerged in a state of perpetual mourning. They died in a missile strike on the Shajareh Tayyibeh Elementary School on Feb. 28, the first day U.S.…
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GOP ‘spread the red so thin’ they’ve gerrymandered themselves into blue ‘tsunami’: analyst
Republicans may have gerrymandered themselves into a blue wave, according to a legal analyst. President Donald Trump boasted last week that Republicans could remain in power for 50 years if they could get rid of the Senate filibuster, and legal analyst Michael Propok said that public statement revealed an alarming truth about GOP intentions now…
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Apple Will Pay $250 Million to Settle Lawsuit Over Siri’s AI Features
Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a false advertising class-action lawsuit accusing the company of overhyping its Apple Intelligence features—specifically a promised AI overhaul of Siri that plaintiffs say never materialized and, according to their lawyers, may not arrive for years. The announcement comes just before Apple is supposedly set to finally…