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Believe yet? Lakers leave no doubt in stunning comeback win over Rockets
LeBron James was exhausted. Marcus Smart was drained. Luke Kennard was invisible. The Lakers were cooked, the playoff magic finally drained from a team without its two leading scorers, a team in the process of making every conceivable mistake, reality bouncing off their feet and ricocheting off their hips and falling out of their hands.…
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Hegseth’s telling answer to reporter said to mean he ‘needs to go’: ‘He never denied that’
Department of Defense head Pete Hegseth must be removed from his post as soon as possible, according to a political analyst who shared a telling moment. Hegseth has emerged as a vocal advocate for aggressive military action and weaponizing Christian theology to justify warfare. Hegseth has implemented controversial military policies, including grooming standard directives and…
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Where Is Tulsi Gabbard?
The Trump administration is running a war with a skeleton crew, a small group of insiders and officials whose official roles seem to matter less than their loyalty to Donald Trump. When the president was making his decision to go to war with Iran, he met in mid-February with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Other…
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A teenager was slain in a Santa Ana drive-by. Could a reward help find her killer?
A teenager killed in a drive-by shooting in Santa Ana is one of several cases Gov. Gavin Newsom is hoping to crack with a newly announced slate of $50,000 rewards. It’s been almost seven years since Victoria Barrios, 18, was shot and killed, and her slaying has maintained a high profile in the city. A…
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Why colleges are going out of business
Higher education is in crisis. Last week, Hampshire College — a private liberal arts school in Amherst, Massachusetts — announced it will shut down after the fall 2026 semester. Founded in 1965 to “reimagine liberal arts education,” Hampshire counts documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and actors Lupita Nyong’o and Liev Schreiber among its most notable alumni.…
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‘They started it:’ Pete Crow-Armstrong won’t apologize for mocking Dodgers fans
When Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong’s scathing remarks about Dodgers fans took off this spring, he wasn’t worried about how fans might interpret them. His back-and-forth with the Dodgers fans dates back several years. “I wanted to make sure that the people on the other side of the field who I really respect knew where…
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A New Generation of Climate Leaders Is Our Last Hope
It is not a great time for anyone concerned with the climate. On Feb. 12, the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency swept away its endangerment finding, wishing away the scientific understanding that burning fossil fuels is harmful to human health and eliminating the mechanism to limit the emissions that are transforming earth systems. Winter storms…
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While California’s tourism rallied, L.A. faced its worst year since the pandemic
Tourist spending in Los Angeles fell for the first time since the pandemic last year as wildfires, ICE raids and trade tensions discouraged people from visiting. Direct travel spending in 2025 was slightly below the previous year in Los Angeles County, according to an economic impact report this week from Visit California. That’s a step…
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‘Saros’ Shows Off the PS5’s DualSense Tricks
Spoiler for the very first thing you see in the upcoming game Saros: It’s a bunch of words. The letters type out one by one onto the screen, spelling out some world-building that gives context to kick off the game’s story. I don’t remember what any of it said, because I was so focused on…
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Scientists Say They’ve Tested a Way to Get to Alpha Centauri in Just 20 Years
The nearest star system to our own, Alpha Centauri, is well over four light-years away — tens of trillions of lonely miles that could take hundreds, if not thousands, of Earth years to reach using contemporary rocket propulsion methods. But there may be a way to cut the length of the journey down significantly. As…