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LAUSD seeks to expand affordable child care by using spare classrooms, shuttered centers
LAUSD is seeking to double its infant care centers and expand early education programs for toddlers, a plan that aims to push the district deeper into the child-care industry, provide affordable day care and eventually bolster dwindling district enrollment. The proposal calls for reopening several shuttered early education centers, placing more preschool classrooms on elementary…
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Can you profit off nature without destroying it? These venture capitalists are betting on it.
If you’ve ever wanted to buy sandals made with leather from invasive lionfish, I’ve got some good news — you can! A clothing and gear company called Grundéns is now selling flip-flops with a “panel” of scaly lionfish leather. The leather itself is made by a Miami-based startup called Inversa that produces the material from…
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Trump ‘set off a scramble in the White House’ with contradictory claims about Iran: report
President Donald Trump’s contradictory public statements about Iran negotiations have created confusion within the administration and required repeated staff corrections, particularly regarding whether Vice President JD Vance would attend diplomatic talks in Pakistan. The Washington Post reported that Trump told journalists from ABC and MSNBC on Sunday morning that Vance would not travel to Pakistan…
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What to Know About Allegations Against Rep. Cory Mills Amid Calls for Expulsion From Congress
Rep. Cory Mills, (R, Fla.), leaves the U.S. Capitol after the last votes before August recess on July 23, 2025. —Tom Williams—CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images The House of Representatives is on an ethics purge—and one of the next potential castoffs is Rep. Cory Mills (R, Fla.). Rep. Nancy Mace, (R, S.C.) introduced a resolution on Monday…
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This Scammer Used an AI-Generated MAGA Girl to Grift ‘Super Dumb’ Men
Like many medical school students, Sam was broke. The 22-year-old aspiring orthopedic surgeon from northern India got some money from his parents, but he says he spent most of it subsidizing his licensing exams, and he’s still saving up to hopefully emigrate to the US after graduation. So he started searching for ways to make…
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Michelle Pfeiffer redefines the role of grandma, with a full life and glamourous style
There are plenty of reasons to be excited that Michelle Pfeiffer is currently lighting up the small screen in not one but two shows: Paramount+’s “The Madison”and Apple TV’s “Margo’s Got Money Troubles.” Who doesn’t love Pfeiffer? And for reasons both personal (she adjusted her career choices after she had kids) and professional (the film…
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Trump lobs bizarre morning jab at Steve Jobs while gloating about consulting ‘Tim Apple’
President Donald Trump lobbed a bizarre jab at the late Steve Jobs on Tuesday in saying that the technology company Apple wouldn’t have performed “near as well” under his leadership if he hadn’t died in 2011, while also congratulating himself for having consulted Apple’s current CEO, Tim Cook. “I have always been a big fan…
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I’ve been to every country in the world — here are the 5 things I never leave home without
Even if you consider yourself an avid traveler, odds are Barry Hoffner has you beat, as he’s one of the few people who have visited all but one country on Earth. An investment banker-turned-farmer and philanthropist, Hoffner was inspired to visit every corner of our beautiful, broken world after the sudden loss of his wife,…
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Turning Point USA’s high school push in GOP states meets free speech and religion concerns
OMAHA, Neb. — Republican leaders across the U.S. are encouraging schools to allow chapters of the conservative political group Turning Point USA at all public high schools in the wake last year’s assassination of co-founder Charlie Kirk, an effort they describe as countering the oppression of conservative voices in education. The group’s endorsement by Republican governors —…
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‘Trump is not going to be around forever’: GOP lawmakers at each other’s throats over bill
A House bill written by a Florida Republican designed to allow a stream of immigrants to stay in the work is creating a schismwithin the party with dueling PACs planning to spend millions backing separate lawmaker group on either side of the debate. At issue is Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar’s (R-FL) Dignity Act, which is…