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Lakers likely to select a big man or wing in first round of NBA draft
The Lakers will seek to use their 25th pick in Tuesday’s first round of the NBA draft on a player who fills a need on a roster that could have up to nine free agents this summer. Yet the Lakers also are aware that picking that late in the round could leave them selecting the…
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How to deal with the smoke, health effects of Boyle Heights cold storage fire
More bad air is expected around the Boyle Heights cold storage facility that has been burning since Wednesday. Residents for miles away have been hit by the smoke. Here is what to know and stay safe. The latest advisories for Boyle Heights fire The South Coast Air Quality Management District has extended a Particle Pollution…
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Trump’s ‘unhinged’ phone call to foreign leader leaves critics stunned: ‘Brazenly illegal’
President Donald Trump’s account of a phone call he says he had with Iranian officials, in which he reportedly threatened to wipe out their country, take over the Strait of Hormuz, and more, has set off a wave of disbelief, ridicule, and alarm across the political spectrum. The threats were relayed by Fox News correspondent…
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Vance meets top Iranian officials as U.S. looks to get negotiations back on track
OBBUERGEN, Switzerland — U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Sunday there was an opportunity to “turn over a new leaf” with Iran as the sides launched talks aimed at building out the interim deal to end the war in Iran reached by the two sides last week. Vance is holding talks with Iranian parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher…
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Showy sicko lures girl from popular NYC mall in broad daylight: cops
A creep wearing a tacky jacket lured a 14-year-old girl away from a popular Staten Island shopping outlet and molested her, cops said. Cops say this creep groped a 14-year-old girl on Staten Island on Saturday. DCPI The showy sicko, dressed in a garish blue, yellow and red jacket, first approached the teen outside of…
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Gisele Bündchen snubs ex Tom Brady as she celebrates ‘role model’ husband Joaquim Valente in Father’s Day post
Gisele Bündchen snubbed her ex Tom Brady as the model celebrated her husband, Joaquim Valente, in a sweet Father’s Day post. “Happy Father’s Day @joaquimvalente!” she wrote on Instagram Sunday. “Thank you for leading by example, and for the values you embody, love, humility, integrity, discipline, kindness and consistency,” Bündchen added. Gisele Bündchen wishes Joaquim…
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Trump drops F-bomb in apparent threat to kill peace negotiators: ‘Won’t even make it back’
President Donald Trump appeared to threaten Iranian peace negotiators with assassination Sunday in a “bonkers” phone call with Fox News’ Trey Yingst, the details of which Yingst revealed on air just moments later. Last week, Trump officially agreed to a tentative peace deal with Iran, giving the two parties 60 days to finalize a more…
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Iran’s clerics — not MAGA voters — may decide Vance’s future in politics: expert
JD Vance’s path to the presidency may run through Tehran, and not in a way that helps him. That is the striking implication of a new analysis by Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour, who argues in The Atlantic that the vice president’s political future now depends heavily on whether hardline Iranian officials decide to play along…
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Imperfect Ghazal on Weightless Living
for my father My father’s hands flapped in a spiral of smoke—a weak light. What did I dream then, a child drenched in image? Sleek light, falling honeyed rivers, purpled fruit. What did I need to imagine my body, calm in migration? I wanted to seek light. Dawn sank into my hands like rain. I…
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A New Type of Gambling Scandal Is Sweeping Through Sports
Before playing at this year’s World Cup, the Ivory Coast soccer player Elye Wahi was arrested on alleged fixing offences. Wahi, who plays for the French side Nice, hasn’t been formally charged yet, but what he’s accused of doing is emblematic of a new wave of scandals sweeping across sports. As The Athletic reports, he…