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A Young Woman Searches for Her Lost Parents in the Graceful, Restorative Romería
Llúcia Garcia in Romería —Courtesy of Janus Films In a culture that tends to favor flashy, look-at-me filmmaking, a director with a gentle touch is sometimes just the breezy caress we need. Spanish writer-director Carla Simón has fashioned a shimmering, affecting fictionalized story from one that she lived firsthand: her parents died of AIDS when…
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‘Mass grave’ investigated at NorCal rescue; officials say hundreds of animals are unaccounted for
For nearly 20 years, animal advocate Jennifer Raymond was convinced something suspicious was going on at Miranda’s Rescue, but her repeated cries for authorities to investigate the Northern California animal sanctuary fell on deaf ears, she said. She could see they were getting paid handsomely to take in hundreds of shelter dogs annually, based on…
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Trump’s cognitive health and tiny fair crowds take center stage in brutal Jimmy Fallon bit
Jimmy Fallon spent a second straight night ribbing President Donald Trump’s new Great American State Fair on Thursday, saving his sharpest jab for a petting zoo bit aimed squarely at the president’s cognitive fitness. The “Tonight Show” host took aim at the fair, which opened to the public on Thursday on the National Mall as…
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23 Walmart Deals We Like Better Than That Other Sale Happening Right Now
Prime Day is in full swing, but Amazon isn’t the only shop with deals. Walmart has a competing sale it calls, in a burst of creativity, “Walmart Deals.” Like Prime Day, Walmart’s sale features a range of deals on headphones, tablets, kitchen gear, and other tech. The best part is, there are no members-only deals…
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How fearmongering sets policy, from ‘marihuana’ to solar to A.I.
In the race to build — or stop the construction of — data centers across the country, it’s important to remember no government is spending more on artificial intelligence than America. In fact, according to the Brookings Institute, the number of AI contracts within the federal government has risen from 472 in 2022 to more…
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Trump ‘absolutely infuriated’ after ‘gross’ habit exposed: senior official
A new book from two New York Times reporters has exposed a number of President Donald Trump’s secrets, though one claim in particular has the president especially enraged, a senior Trump official revealed Friday. Published earlier this week, “Regime Change” was written by Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, and had already rattled the…
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New York diplomat found dead in Myanmar was allegedly stabbed in head and neck by his Thai ex-wife
An American diplomat found murdered in a luxury Myanmar hotel was allegedly stabbed in the head and neck by his ex-wife, who could now face the death penalty on murder charges. Daniel Riva, a 43-year-old New York native who specialized in tackling international organized crime, was found deadlast month at the Sakura Residence & Hotel,…
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In a no man’s land for law enforcement, hundreds of disabled veterans are moving in
The body lay unsecured for more than 10 hours while burglars twice picked through the dead man’s room. So goes the the story circulating among veterans living on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs campus in West Los Angeles. Residents say their reports of the theft — like their complaints of other crimes — go…
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Trump aide’s estranged brother reveals dark family ‘secret’ he refused to keep
Natalie Harp, President Donald Trump’s 34-year-old executive assistant whose closeness to the president unsettled the White House, was revealed Thursday to have become estranged from multiple family members after proposing to lie about her father’s death, her “secret brother” told the Daily Mail. “She doesn’t call me. I’ve accepted that’s the way it is,” Harp’s…
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EPA touts crackdown on smuggled pesticides in L.A. visit
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is ramping up its enforcement of illegal pesticides smuggled through the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, officials said during a visit to L.A. on Thursday. Since President Trump began his second term in January 2025, EPA has blocked more than 2.4 million pounds of illegal pesticides from entering…