Sports can be more than a game. Also, just a game. And then there’s the games within the games. But best might be the games we make up for ourselves, in the backyard or on the playground or over cocktails with a lifelong friend: Like, what if we conquered the world? Not in an aggressive…
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Hundreds of hospitality workers who walked picket lines over the holiday weekend, targeting 19 Southern California hotels, were back on the job today, but union officials warned that more work stoppages could occur at any time. Workers represented by the Unite Here Local 11 union went on strike at 6:01 a.m. Sunday, and picketing continued…
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By Nicholas Riccardi | Associated Press STAR, Idaho — Once he and his wife, Jennifer, moved to a Boise suburb last year, Tim Kohl could finally express himself. Kohl did what the couple never dared at their previous house outside Los Angeles — the newly-retired Los Angeles police officer flew a U.S. flag and a…
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By Samantha Kelly | CNN Facebook has tried to compete with Twitter in numerous ways over the years, including copying signature Twitter features such as hashtags and trending topics. But now Facebook’s parent company is taking perhaps its biggest swipe at Twitter yet. Meta on Wednesday officially launched a new app called Threads, which is…
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Southern California residents can expect breezy and slightly cooler weather for the rest of the week after a hot July 4th holiday, forecasters said. Most inland areas will get some relief from the heat, with morning temperatures expected to be several degrees cooler than they were leading into Independence Day, meteorologists with the National Weather…
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The Grammy Award-winning English new wave band Duran Duran will make a tour stop to headline Yaamava Resort & Casino in Highland on Sunday, Aug. 20. Tickets for the event will go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday, July 10 at yaamava.com. The casino show marks the second tour stop in Southern California that the band…
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The television actor Allison Mack, who pleaded guilty for her role in a sex-trafficking case tied to the cult-like group NXIVM, has been released from a California prison, according to a government website. Mack, best known for her role as a young Superman’s close friend on “Smallville,” was sentenced to three years behind bars in…
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Gina Jiménez | Kaiser Health News (TNS) Vanessa Langness had always been a bit worried about the chemicals she worked with as a biomedical researcher, but when she got pregnant in October, her concerns grew. The 34-year-old based in Santa Maria, California, suspected the ethidium bromide she was using in the lab for molecular cloning…
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By COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and MICHAEL BALSAMO WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has been briefed on the investigation into the discovery of cocaine on the lobby floor of the White House West Wing, and thinks it is “incredibly important” for the Secret Service to determine how it got there, officials said Wednesday. U.S. Secret…
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A new study released last week shows that some “100-year flood” estimates may not reflect a changing climate. First Street Foundation, a research and technology nonprofit that studies and collects data on climate risks, released its eighth National Risk Assessment: “The Precipitation Problem.” Many climate and weather groups gauge extreme rain events as a “100-year…
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