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Trump Comes for the American History Museum
The buff George Washington statue in the National Museum of American History speaks for itself. Taking in the washboard abs and determined expression of the 1840 work by Horatio Greenough, a visitor would be hard-pressed to see anything but a Founding Father rendered as a Greek god. Yet in a searing 162-page report on the…
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Lakers lose Rui Hachimura, who signs two-year deal with the Clippers
Rui Hachimura became the latest Lakers player to move on, agreeing to a two-year, $28-million deal with the Clippers on Monday, people familiar with the deal but not authorized to speak publicly on the matter confirmed to The Times. Hachimura played at a high level for the Lakers in the playoffs, averaging 17.5 points per…
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Kylian Mbappé calls out Paraguayan senator for ‘brazen racism’ after France’s World Cup knockout win
French soccer superstar Kylian Mbappé took to social media Monday to respond to racist remarks a Paraguayan senator made following her country’s 1-0 loss to France in a World Cup knockout round game over the weekend. Mbappé called Celeste Amarilla, a 61-year-old senator from Paraguay’s Liberal Radical Party, “a despicable woman and unworthy” of her…
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Former Fresno news anchor scammed out of more than 70K in text message scam: ‘It can happen to anybody’
A veteran journalist, who spent 22 years of her career anchoring news, became the center of a scam story herself after she was swindled out of a whopping $72,000. “I feel dumb, that I should have been smarter about it. I am in a very vulnerable place,” said long-time KSEE 24 news anchor, Alex Delgado,…
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Tate McRae, Alix Earle and more: Inside the Hamptons hottest 4th of July parties
Can’t steal their thunder. A major storm didn’t stop the Hamptons from partying. Richie Akiva hosted his annual bash, The Afters, bringing out a A-list guests and hundreds of crashers. We hear that while 400 people were invited, 1,000 showed up. Some even resorted to “sneaking into the event through the surrounding woods” at Sagaponack…
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Former officer describes finding a ‘sniper pad’ on nearby rooftop after Charlie Kirk assassination
PROVO, Utah — A former campus police officer testified Monday that he found an apparent “sniper pad” on a rooftop near where Charlie Kirk was assassinated, as prosecutors sought to convince a state judge they have enough evidence to put a Utah man on trial for murder. Former Utah Valley University Officer Christopher Bagley said he witnessed…
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With Graham Platner, Democrats Got Drunk on the Beer Test
Last September, the progressive strategist Morris Katz confessed to The New Yorker that the process by which he decided Graham Platner was qualified to run for U.S. Senate required less time than drinking a cup of coffee. Actually, it seems to have been less a confession than a boast. “Within a few minutes of talking…
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Drivers Trapped for Hours in Hopeless Gridlock as Waymos Brick on Major Holiday
Revelers celebrating US independence day in San Francisco over the weekend were stopped in their tracks as an untold number of Waymo robotaxis stalled, exacerbating the city’s horrible holiday gridlock. According to NBC News, several Waymos had to be towed out of busy roadways after their batteries died on one of the city’s worst traffic…
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Islandwide blackout hits Cuba as its fuel reserve dwindles and aging grid crumbles
HAVANA — An islandwide blackout hit Cuba on Monday as the country’s fuel reserves dwindle and its electric grid continues to crumble. The blackout in the country of nearly 10 million people was reported by the state-run Electric Union, which said on X that the cause is under investigation. The Ministry of Energy and Mines wrote on…
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Is Trump’s World Cup meddling a true scandal, or standard FIFA corruption?
After a tumultuous weekend for World Cup fans, US striker Folarin Balogun will play in the game against Belgium on Monday night. Maybe that doesn’t sound at all surprising, perhaps because you only learned the name Folarin Balogun today, when you heard that President Donald Trump was involved in all of this in some capacity.…