By Marcos Cabello, Bankrate.com Tariffs could cost the average American household $3,800 in 2025, according to The Budget Lab at Yale University. This estimate comes even as President Trump announced a 90-day pause on tariffs earlier this month, temporarily reducing most tariffs to 10% in the meantime, while maintaining higher rates for countries including China.…
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury concluded Tuesday that The New York Times did not libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for an error in a 2017 editorial that she says damaged her reputation. The jury deliberated a little over two hours before reaching its verdict after lawyers for Palin…
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By Samantha Liss, KFF Health News If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” Overcome by worries, Lynette Isbell dialed a mental health hotline in April 2022. She wanted to talk to someone about her midlife troubles: divorce,…
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By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA, Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — A panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices unanimously accepted criminal charges Tuesday against six more key allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro over an alleged coup plot to keep him in office after his 2022 election defeat. Last month, the panel unanimously accepted charges against…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Federal immigration authorities denied Mahmoud Khalil’s request for a temporary release from detention to attend the birth of his first child, who was born Monday in New York, according to emails shared with The Associated Press. Khalil, a Columbia University activist who has been held in a detention center in Jena,…
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LOS ANGELES — This playoff series isn’t going to be a walkover, by any stretch of the imagination. Yet when the Kings built a 4-0 second period lead Monday night against an Edmonton Oilers team that had tortured them the last three postseasons, L.A.’s most loyal and devoted fan base – consider what Kings fans…
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EL SEGUNDO — As the final score of Saturday’s 117-95 Game 1 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves suggests, the Lakers had a lot they needed to work on over the last two days to give themselves the best chance of knotting the first-round series with a Game 2 win on Tuesday night at Crypto.com Arena. “We…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The Orange County girls athlete of the week: Name: Kai Minor School: Orange Lutheran Sport: Softball Year: Senior Noteworthy: The Oklahoma-bound center fielder went 8 for 11 (.727) with eight runs, three doubles and seven RBIs to help lead the Lancers to a 3-0 record.…
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By TARA COPP WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pulled the airstrike information he posted into Signal chats with his wife, brother and dozens of others from a secure communications channel used by U.S. Central Command, raising new questions as to whether the embattled Pentagon head leaked classified information over an open, unsecured network.…
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By JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program will move Wednesday to what’s known as the “expert level” — a sign analysts say shows that the talks are moving forward rapidly. However, experts not involved in the talks who…
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