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California’s gas prices push Uber and Lyft drivers off the road
The highest gas prices in the country are making it tougher for some gig drivers to make a living. Gas prices have shot up amid the war in the Middle East. On average, California gas prices are the most expensive in the United States, according to data from the American Automobile Assn. The average price
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Queens Night Market is back —featuring a global assortment of tantalizing, but affordable grub
It’s a melting pot of eats. Since its founding in 2015, the Queens Night Market has evolved into one of the most acclaimed, varied and affordable food festivals in the world. This year, a virtual U.N. of new vendors is cooking up an array of tantalizing grub, including succulent Egyptian lamb chops, moist banana bread
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Mexico’s Sheinbaum travels to Barcelona for ‘progressive’ confab, tension-easing talks with Spain
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum visits Spain this weekend on a twofold mission: to show solidarity with fellow “progressive” global leaders, and to ease simmering tensions with Mexico’s onetime colonial overseer. But, before embarking on her first trip to Europe as president of Mexico, Sheinbaum sought to clarify what she called a misunderstanding. “No, it’s
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Welcome to the Second Gilded Age
Americans are grappling with economic and political inequalities and a deep divide that threatens the core of the American Dream. Millions of working people are making impossible choices: pay rent or buy groceries, fill the gas tank or keep the lights on. Census data indicates that nearly half of all American renters now spend more
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California urges mpox vaccination after more-severe strain detected in San Francisco
California health officials are urging high-risk residents to get vaccinated against mpox after a potentially more-severe strain of the virus was detected for the first time in San Francisco. The strain in question, known as Clade I, was identified in a San Francisco resident and announced by local health officials this week. The case occurred
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How Americans really feel about immigration
Immigration enforcement was once one of President Donald Trump’s strongest issues, driving his victories in the 2016 and 2024 presidential contests. But these days, most Americans seem to hate just about everything Trump’s administration has done to actually address the issue. Polls show Americans have shifted dramatically on immigration since Trump returned to office —
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Poll: Trump’s immigration message changed. Voters’ opinions have not.
The White House recalibrated its approach to immigration in the wake of the backlash against the death of two Americans at the hands of federal officials in Minneapolis, shifting leadership and softening its rhetoric. Yet three months later, Americans’ views of President Donald Trump’s deportations campaign remain broadly negative. New results from The POLITICO Poll
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They lost their homes to fire. Now they’re rebuilding with all-electric.
No one is forcing fire survivors in Altadena and Pacific Palisades to rebuild their new homes all-electric. But many of them want to, for health reasons, cost savings, or because they’re worried about climate change. Burning gas and propane for cooking, water heating and space heating in California homes and businesses creates 10% of the
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LA must pay $11.8M to man blinded by police projectile during Dodgers celebration
The city of Los Angeles must pay $11.8 million to a man who was blinded by a projectile fired into a crowd by police officers while he was celebrating the Dodgers 2020 World Series win. A federal jury ordered the payment Thursday after a trial brought by 27-year-old Isaac Castellanos, who was in college when he was
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Schematik Is ‘Cursor for Hardware.’ Anthropic Wants In
Samuel Beek knew he had a problem when he blew every fuse in his house. The culprit was an electric door opener he had built himself, guided by instructions for wiring and piecing together a device drummed up by ChatGPT. Turns out, the chatbot wasn’t so great at distinguishing between wet and dry connections, so