A lawyer’s longshot to put Donald Trump in the hot seat fizzles.
January 16, 2024
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A lawyer’s longshot to put Donald Trump in the hot seat fizzles.

The named defendant in the federal lawsuit was California Secretary of State Shirley Weber, but there was never a doubt that the target was Donald J. Trump. For…

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Winter Storm Brings a Brutal Mix of Snow, Bitter Cold and Rain Across U.S.
January 14, 2024
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Winter Storm Brings a Brutal Mix of Snow, Bitter Cold and Rain Across U.S.

Residents in Billings, Mont., woke up to a temperature of minus 25 degrees Fahrenheit. In Des Moines, homeowners were digging out snow and facing wind gusts of 45…

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Dick Schlosberg dead: Former L.A. Times publisher was 79
January 14, 2024
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Dick Schlosberg dead: Former L.A. Times publisher was 79

Former Times publisher Richard T. “Dick” Schlosberg III, who led the newspaper during an era that saw double-digit profits and the emergence of the internet, which would eventually…

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The End of the Bill Belichick Hoodie Era
January 11, 2024
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The End of the Bill Belichick Hoodie Era

In all the words currently being written about the end of the Bill Belichick era in Boston — or, technically, the Boston suburbs — which reportedly finally came…

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Rare jaguar captured on trail camera in Arizona
January 11, 2024
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Rare jaguar captured on trail camera in Arizona

For several days last month, a variety of wild Arizona critters were recorded by photographer Jason Miller via stashed-away trail cameras. On Dec. 11, video recorders captured a…

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Mayorkas Impeachment and Border Talks Put House and Senate G.O.P. at Odds
January 9, 2024
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Mayorkas Impeachment and Border Talks Put House and Senate G.O.P. at Odds

This week in the Republican-led House, G.O.P. representatives plan to kick off their formal effort to impeach Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary who has been one…

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Video shows moment officer hits pedestrian with car in South Los Angeles
January 9, 2024
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Video shows moment officer hits pedestrian with car in South Los Angeles

Footage newly released by the Los Angeles Policy Department shows how a police cruiser fatally struck 26-year-old Luis Espinoza in Watts in the gathering twilight on Dec. 8.…

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Missiles Hammer Kyiv in Large-Scale Attack on Ukraine
January 2, 2024
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Missiles Hammer Kyiv in Large-Scale Attack on Ukraine

Missiles and drones hammered Kyiv on Tuesday morning, officials said, in what appeared to be a large-scale Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital and other cities. The Ukrainian…

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Dad, son arrested after 10-year-old shoots boy, police say
January 2, 2024
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Dad, son arrested after 10-year-old shoots boy, police say

A 53-year-old man and his 10-year-old son were arrested Saturday in Sacramento County after the boy fatally shot another child using a stolen gun he had found in…

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Can Stony Brook University Balance Equity and Ambition?
December 30, 2023
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Can Stony Brook University Balance Equity and Ambition?

Shortly after she became governor of New York, Kathy Hochul made an announcement that caught the higher-education world off guard: The state, which has generally regarded all its…

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