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Officers called out serious problems at firearms training facility; LAPD retaliated, jury finds
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury found that the L.A. Police Department retaliated against four officers who attempted to raise concerns about unsafe working conditions at a firearms training facility. As part of their verdict, the jury awarded the four nearly $15 million, according to Matthew McNicholas, the lead attorney for the officers. “These officers
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Nobody is laughing at Donald Trump anymore
When I think of the difference between Donald Trump’s first term and Donald Trump’s second term, the image that stands out most is the president bombing. Not a country, in this case — a comedy routine. It was this January’s keynote speech at the Alfalfa Club dinner, a hokey Washington institution that exists solely for
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The Men Behind Your Favorite AI Gay Thirst Traps
With his deep brown eyes, wide grin, and almost comically chiseled body, Jae Young Joon is the platonic ideal of a hunky male influencer. On Instagram, where he has more than 320,000 followers, he regularly posts himself trying on sheet masks at home, enjoying soju and karaoke with his friends, or posing in front of
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This debauched insanity is what will bring Trump crashing down
News item: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer tells Politico that members of his panel are open to a Trump pardon of Ghislaine Maxwell as a way to encourage her to provide testimony about Jeffrey Epstein. Reaction: Oh sure, by all means grant the most notorious sex trafficking accomplice and groomer of underage girls in
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Hotel guest shocked after using ‘free’ bathroom items that came with hidden charges
Travelers are being warned to double-check their hotel room bills after a man on social media discovered items that he and his wife thought were complimentary actually carried a fee if they were used and gave specific examples of what happened to him. In a TikTok video that went viral, Jaden Warren said he was surprised
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5 Reasons to Think Twice Before Using ChatGPT—or Any Chatbot—for Financial Advice
I’ve used ChatGPT to help me build a budget before, and it was genuinely helpful. After I input my monthly salary as well as my standard utilities and recurring expenses, the chatbot drafted a few solid options, and I tweaked them into penny-pinching perfection. I’m admittedly part of the growing number of people turning to
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Airfare Keeps Going Up. Here Are Some Tricks to Finding Cheap(er) Tickets
As a general rule, global instability leads to higher prices, and boy, is the world a doozy right now. Airfare hasn’t escaped the tumult: US airfares are up 14.9 percent compared to a year ago, according to NerdWallet, largely due to fuel price spikes linked to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz caused by blockages,
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U.S. Soldier Involved in Maduro Capture Arrested and Charged With Insider Trading on Polymarket
—Davide Bonaldo—SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images A U.S. special forces soldier involved in the U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the military operation to make more than $400,000 in profit through the online betting market, Polymarket, federal authorities announced Thursday. In the indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court,
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The WIRED Gear Team’s Tips on Ways to Save Money
The Iran war has spiked gas prices. The RAM crisis has spiked prices on electronics. A wide swath of imported goods costs more than before due to Trump’s tariffs. Right now, your wallet is likely feeling the squeeze. It’s a tumultuous time, and the constant media barrage of doom and gloom doesn’t help ease anxieties.
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Dasha Burns Brings a Creator Mindset to Politico: ‘On Your TV, In Your Ear, In Your Inbox’
Someone joked to Politico’s Dasha Burns recently that she was “the Marco Rubio of Politico,” a reference to the Secretary of State’s many jobs across the federal government— and the countless memes it’s spawned. “I wonder when the memes will start coming out,” Burns, 34, told TheWrap from her home in Washington’s Bloomingdale neighborhood ahead