Letters to Sports: More calls for Angels ownership change
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Bill Plaschkeβs and many Angel fansβ desire for Arte Moreno to sell his…
Letters to Sports: More calls for Angels ownership change
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Bill Plaschkeβs and many Angel fansβ desire for Arte Moreno to sell his ownership of the Angels is an overkill. Granted, us Angels fans have suffered under Morenoβs ownership, and the Angels would be better off with new ownership, but over the years Moreno has done many positive and charitable things. I suggest…
Some Asian American communities experiencing high rates of certain cancers
California researchers are leading a nationwide effort to find out why some Asian American communities have high rates of certain cancers. It comes as health experts see rising rates of lung cancer among Asian American women who have never smoked and increasing rates of early-onset breast cancer. βAsian Americans are actually the first racial and…
Prediction markets offer the lure of fast money. Young men say they like their odds.
Earlier this year, Thomas Christian Owens decided to try his hand at prediction market trading for the first time. He created a Kalshi account in January. Three months and a $500 deposit later, he started betting. “It was a little bit of a birthday gift to myself to throw some money in there and just…
‘Renoir’ review: Quirky 11-year-old girl processes her dad’s imminent death
Japanese filmmaker Chie Hayakawa isnβt afraid to look death in the eye. The writer-directorβs 2022 feature debut, βPlan 75,β imagined an unsettling future in which the elderly are offered a subsidy by the government to be euthanized. For her follow-up, she travels into her own past, drawing from memories of her fatherβs battle with cancer….
Inside the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal that Trump withdrew from
President Donald Trump on Friday defended the continued lack of a war-ending deal with Iran by once again trashing the prior nuclear agreement brokered by Barack Obama, his predecessor and longtime political foe. “They’ve dealt with very weak and ineffective leadership on behalf of the United States” and others “that allowed them to get away…
Kelsey Plum’s return can’t reverse Sparks’ slide in loss to Wings
Not even Kelsey Plumβs return could overcome the will of the Dallas Wings on Friday night. Although the WNBAβs leading scorer returned from an ankle injury to score 27 points, the Sparks still let a winnable game get away from them in a 104-96 loss. It marked their first three-game losing streak since June of…
California, other states may sue to block Paramount-Warner Bros. deal
The state of California is leading an effort to prepare a possible lawsuit that could thwart Paramount Skydance Corp.βs planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, a potential obstacle for the $111-billion deal. The lawsuit, which could be filed as early as this month, would likely involve multiple states, according to a source familiar with the…
Prediction market firms face growing scrutiny as Congress weighs rules
Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., talks with reporters outside a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The leader of the congressional committee that oversees how the House functions says he is working on legislation to not only ban…
Scientists probe Comet 3I/ATLAS, find no signs of alien life
Last summer, a NASA-funded asteroid impact warning system detected a mysterious object speeding through the solar system. Scientists determined the object had entered the solar system from deep space, making it the third known object to have come from another star system. NASA called it Comet 3I/ATLAS and said it didnβt pose a threat. But…
In Gee Chun moves up second-round leaderboard at U.S. Women’s Open
βDumboβ might not sound like the most flattering nickname, but In Gee Chun has embraced it. Years ago, her coach in South Korea gave her the moniker because of her exceptionally keen hearing, the ability to hear someone clearing their throat or opening a soda two holes away. She leaned into it ever since. The…