It is a transitional season for UCLA football as the Bruins enter the season with a new head coach and offensive coordinator, an apparently established starting quarterback and revamped defensive and offensive lines. As fall camp gets underway Wednesday, here are the top storylines to watch in Year One for head coach DeShaun Foster. Clear…
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A Starbucks app outage on Tuesday left customers unable to place a mobile order, delaying caffeine fixes for millions of coffee lovers. “We’re having trouble with store locations right now,” displayed a message on the Starbucks app seen by CNN about 10:30 am PDT Tuesday. “You can still pay in store, but you’ll have to…
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Matt Vasilogambros | (TNS) Stateline.org This week, a coalition of election officials, businesses, and civic engagement, religious and veterans groups will make a national push to encourage hundreds of thousands of Americans to serve as poll workers in November’s presidential election. Poll worker demand is high. With concerns over the harassment and threats election officials face,…
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By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Sam Mikulak pulled Stephen Nedoroscik close and tasked the American pommel horse specialist with the impossible. The U.S. men’s gymnastics team’s first Olympic medal in 16 years a solitary routine away, Mikulak told the pommel horse specialist that he didn’t need to go all out. That 80% would be good enough, even…
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It’s almost time for the return of D23 to Anaheim. For Disney fans, that should mean a long-awaited list of announcements about new attractions coming to Disneyland and other Disney theme parks around the world. Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme…
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When was the last time you used facial recognition to unlock your phone? How about a digital assistant like Siri or Alexa to streamline tasks with simple voice commands? Or a meeting transcription service that freed you from taking notes during calls? Or an online shopping platform that automatically identified the best deals among thousands…
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Singer-guitarist Robbie Robertson, the co-founder of The Band who died in August 2023, will be celebrated by a host of musical stars in a tribute concert at the Kia Forum in Inglewood on Oct. 17, organizers announced today. The Who’s Who of performers scheduled to play Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie…
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They’ve spent their life chasing waves, making their mark at beaches near and far — and now it’s their time to be honored for their contributions to the sport and culture of surfing. While much of the action during the Lexus US Open of Surfing happens on the beach, there are several big events nearby…
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By HOWARD FENDRICH PARIS (AP) — The scene felt all too familiar to Coco Gauff. An officiating decision she was sure was wrong. A chair umpire who wouldn’t listen. Tears streaming down her cheeks. And, most disappointing of all, a loss, this time at the Paris Olympics. Even the site was the same: Court Philippe…
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“CicloIrvine,” the city’s cars-free, open streets event is now an annual affair thanks to a City Council vote last week. The inaugural CicloIrvine took place this May when city officials closed nearly two miles of Barranca Parkway and Harvard Avenue to cars so that people could walk, run, pedal or skate their way across the…
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