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Why strangers are swapping secrets at this underground L.A. supper club
A few weeks after the anniversary of her mother’s death, Ronni Minnis received an email invitation to Sweet Antelope, a storytelling-themed supper club. The evening’s theme was grief, a subject that felt especially poignant to Minnis as she continued to mourn her mother. After a meditation in an attic, she sat down to an elaborate…
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This top MAGA whackadoodle isn’t taking the hint after generational GOP wipeout
If there’s one person who may be even more responsible for the Republicans’ historic-folkloric loss in Nevada’s second congressional district than Trump, it would be conspiracy marketer and decorative state whackadoodle Wayne Allyn Root. Trump had to get his Nevada congressional endorsement intel, such as it was, from somewhere. At least in the CD2 primary,…
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How federal crackdown on immigrant drivers ignited an Indian food frenzy — at California truck stops
There’s been a surprise surge of Indian food spots along lonely stretches of California’s highways — an unlikely outcome of President Trump’s immigration policies. More than 13,000 migrant drivers lost their licenses in the state this year as the White House ratcheted up restrictions on some immigrants. Many of those drivers were Indian and pivoted…
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Trump sons-linked firm landed nearly $40M in federal contracts to screen for Ebola
The Trump administration awarded a small biosecurity company nearly $40 million to screen for Ebola and other infectious diseases just months after a firm linked to President Donald Trump’s elder sons invested in its parent company, according to records and interviews. The contracts, one to screen for Ebola in several U.S. airports and the other…
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Critics claim taxpayer-funded NYC group is handing out condoms outside of brothel as neighbors fume
It’s a pro-phylactic fiasco! A nonprofit that rakes in tens of millions in taxpayer dough was accused of fueling sex trafficking in the city’s notorious “Market of Sweethearts”by handing out condoms right outside of brothels. Locals spotted an AIDS Center of Queens Countyvan parked outside a residential block on 41st Avenue and fumed as workers…
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Are Democrats’ Stunning Midterm Upsets in Deep-Red States a Blip—or Is Their Map Expanding?
Sen.-elect James Talarico (D-TX) speaks during a midterm election night event at the Long Center for the Performing Arts in Austin, Texas, on Nov 3, 2026. —Brandon Bell—Getty Images Before Tuesday, the last time Texas voters elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate was in 1988. For South Carolina, it was in 1998. And for…
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New Hulu Doc ‘Get Huge’ Shows the Deadly Toll of Looksmaxxing
Before Clavicular, before Androgenic, before the Tate brothers, before bonesmashing and frame-mogging and the manosphere and looksmaxxing entered the online lexicon, there was Tony Huge. A 44-year-old former model turned lawyer turned bodybuilder turned supplement impresario, Huge fled the United States for Thailand to escape legal pressure on his company from the Food and Drug…
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‘My love language is cooking.’ How Olympian Danny Everett found his culinary calling
The 12th in an occasional series of profiles on Southern California athletes who have flourished in their post-playing careers. A debate has broken out above the empty plates and bowls covering Danny Everett’s dinner table. Is Everett, a former world and Olympic gold medalist, a better chef than he was a runner? “Chef,” votes Everett’s…
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‘Rumbling unrest’ threatens new Senate leader as push to sideline him ‘gains steam’
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is “facing rumbling unrest” as a behind-the-scenes push to sideline him grows and newly elected Democrats look to chart a new course after the party’s historic midterm victory, Politico reported Monday. Democrats are poised to control at least 54 Senate seats and could reach 56 once races in Alaska…
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The right barber can change your life. For the famous clients in his chair, it’s always going to be Ronnie McCoy III
It’s 12:30 a.m. in the South Bay, and barber Ronnie McCoy III is getting ready for bed when his phone lights up. It’s Tyler Okonma, professionally known as Tyler, the Creator. He’s wondering if McCoy is free to cut his hair right now. Free? McCoy stares at the bright screen staring back at him, as…