Since the fifth grade, Ryan Honary has been developing a technological solution to better detect – and therefore prevent – wildfires, after witnessing the devastation of the 2018 Camp Fire in northern California. After years of innovation, including awards and grants for his impressive artificial intelligence-driven concept, the Newport Beach 14-year-old is now getting the…
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Jalen Suggs had surgery last week to address a slight stress fracture in his right ankle, Orlando Magic president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman announced Monday. The Magic said Suggs is expected to resume basketball activities this summer and make a full recovery for the start of training camp. “In assessing Jalen’s right ankle at…
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Strength in numbers again will be put to the test for the Miami Heat in the NBA playoffs. In the opening round, it was all for one, with four different leading scorers in five games, and all defensive eyes on Trae Young. Erik Spoelstra’s team ultimately aced that test against the Atlanta Hawks. This time,…
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The Miami Heat’s second-round playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers apparently will be played in some sort of bizarro universe. Charles Barkley, the former 76ers forward, is going with the Heat. Shaquille O’Neal, the former Heat center, is going with the 76ers. The two offered their takes on TNT’s Inside the NBA postgame show after…
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When it comes to spending your tax dollars, California holds a unique and unpleasant distinction: it’s the only state in the nation that does not share its line-by-line expenditures with the public.That needs to change. Each of the other 49 states respond to our open records requests by revealing what they spent and whom they…
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Good morning, Chicago. The risk of contracting COVID-19 in suburban Cook County, Lake County and DuPage County has jumped to the “medium” level under the latest national guidelines, officials announced Friday. Chicago’s top public health official said Friday she expects the city also will move to medium risk soon. Cook County’s senior medical officer Dr.…
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Singer-songwriter Luke Combs finished off the 2022 Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio with a roaring version of “Beer Never Broke My Heart.” The track was a fitting end to the three-day event, but unlike the other headliners — Thomas Rhett on Friday and Carrie Underwood on Saturday — Combs turn didn’t include a ton…
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There are a lot of things for the president of the United States to focus on. Entertaining student loan forgiveness shouldn’t be one of them. “I’m not considering $50,000 in debt reduction,” President Biden said Thursday amid an ongoing push by progressives to pressure him to use executive authority to magically erase student loan debts.…
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Kerri Raissian didn’t know what to do about her father’s guns when he died of COVID-19 in December at age 86 and left her executor of his estate. Her father, Max McGaughey, hadn’t left a complete list of his firearms and where they were stored, and he hadn’t prepared a realistic plan for responsibly transferring…
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The $150 million Disney Aspire program that has allowed thousands of Disneyland employees to get a free college education while taking courses online has always lacked one key thing: In-person classes. Now, Disneyland has partnered with California State University Fullerton and Fullerton College to offer free in-person education to Disneyland hourly employees through Disney’s Aspire…
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