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These L.A. moms are returning to sports for their kids — and themselves
Ruby Griffin is the family’s most seasoned tennis player. She’s been taking lessons for half of her life, so on court at the Burbank Tennis Center, Ruby, 5, happily shows her mom, Castro, the proper forehand position. Hold the racket up and stand, as the coach says, like a surfer balancing on a board. “She’s…
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‘So desperate’: Trump humiliated as he brags about local grocery store’s summer sale
President Donald Trump took major flak as he tried to claim credit for lower prices at a regional grocery store chain. The Pittsburgh-based grocer Giant Eagle, which operates about 200 supermarkets between Maryland and Indiana, dropped its prices on July 9 on beef, American cheese and more than 300 other products through Labor Day. The…
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Pete Hegseth, You Call That a Pull-Up?
Pete Hegseth wants us to watch him sweat. Videos of the secretary of defense in a T-shirt and shorts working out alongside military personnel have become a trademark of his tenure. He has been filmed running on Omaha Beach, swinging a kettlebell on a university campus, and doing jumping jacks on an amphibious assault ship.…
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As water restrictions hit farmers, solar is making sense
California’s Central Valley is one of the country’s richest farming regions, blessed with fertile soils, sunny days and a massive man-made system of irrigation canals and reservoirs. But as climate change intensifies, droughts deepen, and water restrictions kick in, growers in much of the valley are getting less water for their fields. They also face…
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Trump hit by ‘reality check’ as White House unwittingly exposes his true height: report
President Donald Trump has long claimed to stand 6-foot-3, a figure that’s been supported by his personal physician and listed as his official height — but a video shared by his own White House Sunday night appeared to contradict those claims entirely, The Daily Beast reported. Trump attended the World Cup final held Sunday at…
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The Cost of America’s Broken Immigration System
Border wall between Ciudad Juarez and New Mexico on April 22, 2026. —Christian Torres—Anadolu/Getty Images In the afternoon of December 9, 2021, in my third month as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, I received an urgent message from Mexico’s foreign affairs minister. That morning, there had been a terrible accident in southern Mexico involving migrants being…
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Despite some irritating flaws, 2026 World Cup a rousing success for FIFA, U.S. and fans
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The largest, longest and most complex World Cup in history came to a close Sunday, with Spain beating Argentina 1-0 in extra time. But FIFA president Gianni Infantino didn’t bother waiting for the final result before passing judgment on the tournament. “By all means this World Cup has exceeded all expectations,” he said…
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Here’s an easy way for cash-squeezed Mamdani to save on DOE’s monster budget
Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned on cleaning up the Department of Education’s bloated contracting — promising to audit its biggest vendors and root out deals built on who you know instead of what you do. So, it’s odd that four months after the City Council asked to see DOE’s contracts, it still hasn’t gotten them all.…
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Want cheaper car insurance? You might get it under a bill that allows insurers to track your driving habits
After experiencing the loss of three friends in auto accidents, Assemblymember Tina McKinnor decided she needed to take action. She immersed herself in the movement to improve driving safety, and now the Hawthorne Democrat is writing controversial legislation that could revolutionize how auto insurance rates are set for many California drivers. McKinnor’s Consumer Driving Data…
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How success in Venezuela set Trump up for disaster in Iran
Last week presented a stark contrast in the trajectories of the Trump administration’s two riskiest foreign policy ventures. On July 13, the President Donald Trump formally declared a return to military action in Iran, making clear that a war that he had anticipated would last just four or five weeks will stretch past the five…