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$1 Million Polymarket Bet That Spain Will Win First World Cup Game Backfires Epically
Most see Spain as the out-and-out favorites to win the World Cup. So why not put a bunch of money on them to win their opening game at the tournament against puny Cabo Verde? That’s what one genius on Polymarket did, and it backfired spectacularly. The anonymous account put nearly $1 million on Spain to…
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Panel balks at plans to expand L.A. City Council to 25 members
Plans to expand the Los Angeles City Council from 15 to 25 members are fading as a key council committee said the proposal needed more study before it could go to voters. The Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee, made up of five council members, recommended dropping plans to expand the council as part of…
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Laughter as workers put peroxide in algae-filled Reflecting Pool’: ‘0 scientists in admin’
Workers were spotted dumping hydrogen peroxide by the gallon into the Reflecting Pool days after President Donald Trump’s $14.2 million renovation turned it green. CBS News journalist Bob Kovach was on the ground at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Tuesday morning. He posted a video of gallon jugs labeled “hydrogen peroxide” lined up at the…
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Sony to Distribute Greta Gerwig and Netflix’s ‘Narnia’ Internationally in Theaters
Sony Pictures will distribute Greta Gerwig’s “Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew” internationally when it hits theaters in February, Netflix announced on Tuesday. The Netflix original film will be released wide in domestic theaters, including AMC, Regal, Cinemark, Cineplex, Marcus and Harkins, when it opens next year. Written and directed by Gerwig, the film will be released…
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El Niño turns crumbling California pier into climate battleground over what to save — and who pays
As a historic El Niño supercharges the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco experiences record high seasonal sea levels, the latest structural casualty of intense wave action is prompting Bay Area politicians to call for help from the state and federal governments. They want to rebuild a concrete pier shut down this month after officials deemed…
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Republicans fear Trump’s deal is ‘too little, too late’ to save them at the polls: report
Despite President Trump’s Iran war peace deal, suspiciously announced on the weekend of his birthday, Republican campaign consultants and candidates are still bracing for a GOP midterm disaster, convinced that voter economic anxiety has hardened beyond repairbefore voters head to the polls. GOP insiders close to the White House openly acknowledge that even if gas…
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TIME Reveals the Inaugural 2026 TIME Visionaries List
Today, TIME reveals the inaugural TIME Visionaries list recognizing leaders driving meaningful impact in the lives of children across education, mental health, housing, economic opportunity, and more. –Explore the 2026 TIME Visionaries list and accompanying profiles: here Of the inaugural list, TIME senior editor Avery Stone writes: “In 2026, leaders across the U.S. remain committed…
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Paramount Refused to Air an Ad Criticizing Its Merger With Warner Bros.
Viewers who tuned into the Paramount+ livestream of UFC Freedom 250 on Sunday night, held to mark President Trump’s 80th birthday as well as the nation’s semiquincentennial, were treated to the surreal spectacle of mixed martial artists beating each other bloody in a massive cage installed on the White House lawn. But there was one…
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Multiple arrests as FBI disrupts ‘planned attacks’ targeting White House UFC show, director says
WASHINGTON — Law enforcement officials disrupted “planned attacks” meant to target the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House this past weekend for President Donald Trump’s birthday, and multiple people were in custody, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Tuesday. The nature of the potential threat was not immediately disclosed, with additional details expected to be…
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‘Why even bother?’ Trump stuns after casually folding on ‘his main justification’ for war
President Donald Trump stunned onlookers Tuesday after casually suggesting that the United States abandon a key demand he’s made throughout the duration of the U.S. war against Iran. While attending the Group of Seven conference in France, Trump spoke with reporters about the freshly signed tentative peace deal his administration reached with Iran on Sunday,…