TORRANCE — I sat down Monday with the head of the FBI for a wide-ranging, on-the-record conversation about violations and illegal activities that are, far too often, going unchecked in America. No, not Christopher Wray, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. I chatted with Devin Williams, director of the Federal Basketball Investigators. He’s…
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Usually, the annual selection of officers on the several governing boards with responsibilities in Yorba Linda are routine, with members rotating through the positions on unanimous votes by their colleagues. But for the second year, the selection of the president of the board of trustees in the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District was decided on…
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The first open-air stadium built in Los Angeles since 1962 has been affectionately called “The Banc” since it opened in the spring of 2018. For the next decade, “La Banque” might be more fitting. Moving on from the South Los Angeles stadium’s initial naming rights partner, Banc of California, the Los Angeles Football Club has…
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Instagram on Thursday announced a new feature called “quiet mode,” which aims to help users focus and set boundaries with friends and followers. When the option is enabled, all notifications will be paused and the profile’s activity status will change to ‘In quiet mode.” If someone sends a direct message during this time, Instagram will…
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The opening chapter of Oindrila Mukherjee’s debut novel, “The Dream Builders” introduces us to the character Maneka Roy, who has come home to India to visit her father in the aftermath of her mother’s death. Maneka’s background often aligns with the author’s own biography: Mukherjee moved to America and is a college professor in a…
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By HALELUYA HADERO Amazon is ending a charity donation program it ran for a decade in its latest cost-cutting move. In a blog post on Wednesday, the company said the program, called AmazonSmile, will shut down by Feb. 20 because it had “not grown to create the impact” the retailer had hoped. The program allowed…
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By Zahra Hirji | Bloomberg At the end of 2022, something strange happened in the US egg market: On a per-unit basis, consumer prices for plant-based eggs fell below those for chicken eggs. While the phenomenon is likely temporary, it is undeniable evidence that at least one corner of the plant-based food market can be…
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Lakers star LeBron James has picked up the scoring pace over the past month and is fast approaching Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s NBA record for career regular-season points. Abdul-Jabbar took over the top spot on April 5, 1984 – eight months before James was born – when he broke the mark previously held by another former Lakers…
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By JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON — The countdown toward a possible U.S. government default is in the offing, and frictions between President Joe Biden and House Republicans are raising alarms about whether the United States can sidestep a potential economic crisis. The Treasury Department projected that the federal government on Thursday would reach its legal borrowing…
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SANTA FE, N.M. — Prosecutors announced that actor Alec Baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer who was killed on a New Mexico movie set. Halyna Hutchins died shortly after being shot during rehearsals at a ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe on Oct. 21, 2021. Baldwin…
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