By Jose Antonio Rivera and Maria Verza | Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico — Hurricane Otis ripped through Mexico’s southern Pacific coast early Wednesday as a powerful Category 5 storm, dousing steep mountains and leaving a trail of damage in Acapulco before weakening. Photos and video shared by local media after dawn broke in Acapulco showed…
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A wave of change is underway for the world’s largest surf brands. Eighty-four positions were eliminated at Boardriders Wholesale LLC Inc.- the umbrella company that owned Quiksilver, Billabong, Roxy, RVCA and a handful of other action-sports brands. The layoffs follow the September sale of the action-sports company to New York-based Authentic Brands Group. The layoffs,…
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Thomas Tracy | New York Daily News A customer was trapped in a vault for nearly 10 hours in Manhattan’s Diamond District before being freed Wednesday morning, FDNY officials said. The 23-year-old victim was inside the vault at DJA Securities on Fifth Ave. near E. 47th St. about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday when the door closed and locked, leaving him trapped inside. The…
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By Jennifer Peltz and Jake Offenhartz | Associated Press NEW YORK — Michael Cohen returned to the witness stand Wednesday in his ex-boss Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial as the former president’s defense team tried to undermine the credibility and question the motives of his onetime personal attorney turned adversary. Outside the courtroom, Trump’s…
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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Shania Shelton | CNN Rep. Mike Johnson, just elected to be Speaker of the House, has been a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump and was a key congressional figure in the failed efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The Louisiana Republican was first elected to the House in…
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Can falling mortgage rates – whenever that happens – revive homebuying in San Bernardino County? How slow is it? Consider that in the 12 months ended in August, 28,810 San Bernardino County residences sold, according to CoreLogic. That’s 34% below the homebuying pace of two years earlier. This drop can be linked to drastically falling affordability…
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For the last several years, there have been two primary reasons pets are surrendered to animal shelters: lack of affordable pet-inclusive housing options, and lack of access to affordable veterinary care and/or access to timely vet appointments. The bad news: we haven’t fixed the problem with affordable pet-inclusive housing. Not even close. But let’s talk…
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For a guy who isn’t running for president, Gov. Gavin Newsom certainly is spending a lot of time doing things that presidential candidates do. In 2022, he posted billboards in seven conservative states criticizing their anti-abortion policies. In April, he toured several Southern states as part of his “Campaign for Democracy” to promote progressive values…
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For the second time this year, U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez struck down heavy-handed California laws regulating the Second Amendment’s right “to keep and bear arms.” In September, he threw out a law limiting magazines to 10 rounds. Last week he dumped a California law banning so-called “assault weapons,” which really are just mean-looking rifles…
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The more evolved segment of the Republican Party, led by us few, small “l” libertarians, has the GOP heading in the right direction on wars. Tired of endless wars with no objective or quantifiable outcome, in countries that hate us, we see foreign entanglements in a more jaundiced light. In the past, libertarians have had…
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