Jim Alexander: As the NBA season began Tuesday night, we were reminded of one indisputable fact: Every fan base in the Western Conference hates the Lakers. Always have, always will. Even Seattle, which hasn’t had a team since … checks notes … 2008 – I’m guessing those folks hate the Lakers, too. (Maybe they’re getting…
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Rich Miller and Augusta Saraiva | Bloomberg The US economy likely expanded in the third quarter at the fastest clip in nearly two years, a surprising acceleration primarily powered by a consumer reaping the benefits of resilient job growth, rising wealth and easing inflation. Gross domestic product is projected to have grown at an annual…
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Matthew Boyle | Bloomberg News (TNS) Ellen Kessler was visiting her mother in Florida last year when things took a bad turn. “She called me at 3 a.m. and was just hysterical, frightened that someone was in the house,” Kessler, who was staying at a hotel nearby, said. “I got there, and it was like…
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Mortgage rates continued to climb this week amid a stronger-than-expected economy. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.79% in the week ending October 26, up from 7.63% the week before, according to data from Freddie Mac released Thursday. A year ago, the 30-year fixed-rate was 7.08%. The last time rates were higher was October 2000. “For the…
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Faith in God called Clint and Alissa Finlayson to adopt two sick girls from an orphanage in China. Faith in medicine called them to Oakland. Born with a deadly blood disease, the Finlayson’s daughters — Ada, 9, and Lily, 12 — are the first patients on the West Coast to receive a new gene therapy…
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MALIBU — Solstice Canyon in the Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area was set to reopen Thursday following a brief closure prompted by a mountain lion that tried to attack a small dog whose owner was slightly injured when attempting to intervene. “An individual walking a small dog on a leash was injured when a young…
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Henry Lo, former Monterey Park mayor and current city councilmember, was in the midst of celebration when another place he considered a home fell victim to another instance of senseless violence. Lo spent four years — 1993 to 1997 — in Maine while attending Colby College, just an hour outside of Lewiston, where a gunman…
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By Vanessa Yurkevich and Chris Isidore | CNN Ford and the United Auto Workers union reached a tentative labor deal, according to the union. It is an important first step in ending the union’s unprecedented strike against three major US automakers. “Our Stand Up strike has delivered,” UAW president Shawn Fain declared in a video…
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The author and statistician Nate Silver summed up the cynic’s view of a Texas Rangers-Arizona Diamondbacks World Series matchup on Tuesday night, writing on his Twitter/X account: “This is the least compelling World Series matchup in a long time, maybe ever. MLB made a lot of great and overdue changes this season but it’s time…
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By David Sharp | Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine — CNN is reporting at least 16 people are dead in multiple shootings in Lewiston, Maine, Wednesday night, according to multiple law enforcement sources. Fifty to 60 people are injured in the incidents, though it’s unclear how many are injured due to gunfire, the sources told CNN.…
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