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Walmart Inc.’s new chief executive officer, John Furner, wants employees to share what’s holding them back. In his first companywide memo since taking over on Feb. 1, Furner said he had a “simple ask: Tell me one thing that slows you down or makes it harder to do your job.” The 51-year-old Walmart lifer will…
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Tuesday that he knows of no U.S. Supreme Court precedent to justify the Pentagon’s censuring of a sitting U.S. senator who joined a videotaped plea for troops to resist unlawful orders from the Trump administration. Related Articles Clintons finalize agreement to testify in House Epstein…
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By MATTHEW PERRONE WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic lawmaker raised new concerns about a Food and Drug Administration program designed to drastically shorten the review of certain drugs, including whether senior officials involved in the effort are complying with federal ethics rules. Related Articles Judge seems skeptical of legal justification for Pentagon’s punishment of Sen.…
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By CLAIRE RUSH PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal officers are temporarily restricted from using tear gas at protests outside a Portland immigration building, a judge in Oregon ruled Tuesday, just days after agents fired gas into a crowd of demonstrators that local officials described as peaceful and which included young children. Related Articles Judge seems…
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An Orange County judge heard arguments Tuesday, Feb. 3, in a pivotal case that could force Huntington Beach to switch to district elections to give minority voters the opportunity to have more sway in City Council races. In May 2024, the Latino voter rights nonprofit Southwest Voter Registration Education Project and Victor Valladares, a Democratic…
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The first thing you notice is the silence. It is a heavy, thick silence, and it feels almost startling. I am floating in a sensory deprivation tank at Pause Studio in Long Beach, suspended in 10 inches of water saturated with 1,200 pounds of Epsom salt, encased in a pitch-black fiberglass womb. Then, my pre-selected…
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If you’re of a certain age, you’ll remember LifeCall’s hokey TV commercials from the late 1980s: The commercials show various older actors getting help from emergency dispatchers. But the most memorable line is always delivered by a woman lying on the floor, whether next to her bathtub or an upended walker. “I’ve fallen, and I…
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When I mentioned to my mom that I was looking into the problem of loneliness, she said, “Well, you can talk to me.” I had, in fact, started to investigate the topic because I wanted to better understand Mom, but also because my kids, now in their early 20s, had hit the age I remembered…
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EL SEGUNDO — Chris O’Leary’s feet were firmly planted in Kalamazoo, Michigan, for the 2025 season, after leaving the Chargers and taking the job as the defensive coordinator at Western Michigan. His head and his heart were there, too, but there was something about Southern California that called out to him. So, on every Wednesday…
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More than a hundred of us slowly ascend the steep asphalt road that leads to the top of a mountain overlooking Deer Park Monastery, a 400-acre Buddhist monastic community in Escondido. We walk in silence, accompanied only by the sound of our footsteps and the birdsong emanating from the surrounding chaparral. Our pace is slow…
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