Two years after Huntington Beach residents voted to effectively ban Pride flags from being displayed on city property, the conservative coastal city could be represented by a gay member of Congress and outspoken critic of President Trump β Rep. Robert Garcia. That twist of fate came after last yearβs unprecedented mid-decade rejiggering of Californiaβs congressional…
The artist known as Jeffreyβs Human Persona has remained anonymous for nearly 25 years β the same length of time that he has staged guerrilla-style musical puppet shows titled βalmighty Oppβ on a gritty street corner in Koreatown on the last Saturday of each month. He missed only three shows in the first 19 years…
πListen to Politics at Sam and Anne’s on your podcast appπ As Iran names its new supreme leader oil prices skyrocket, sending shockwaves across the global economy – but how will the UK government deal with the issue? US President Donald Trump claims the surge is a “small price to pay” for peace – but…
At this moment, 2.5 billion people β a population bigger than China’s β own Apple products. But it all started on a sidewalk near Cupertino, California, where, in 1971, engineering prodigy Steve Wozniak met a charismatic, rebellious high-schooler named Steve Jobs. “And who was to know there was gonna be a company in the future?”…
The Chargers bolstered their efforts to protect quarterback Justin Herbert all while diversifying their offense by agreeing to a multiyear deal with veteran fullback Alec Ingold on Sunday, the team announced. Ingoldβs deal with the Chargers reportedly is for two years and $7.5 million. Ingold will be no stranger to the Chargersβ plans on offense….
The conflict in Iran is inflicting misery on millions – driving up bills and upending energy markets. But a perverse effect of war is that some industries do well: that’s the way our global financial system works. In this case, a group of American energy companies stand to benefit. “US liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporters…
The already highly decorated βSinnersβ was among the top winners at the 78th Writers Guild Awards on Sunday in New York City. The horror film, directed and written by Ryan Coogler, won the award for original screenplay, and its biggest competitor for the best picture Oscar, Paul Thomas Andersonβs βOne Battle After Another,β clinched the…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ The U.S. and Israeli war against Iran entered its ninth day Sunday with no clear path toward de-escalation, as the U.S. announced a seventh American service member had been killed and Iranian state TV reported the selection of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameneiβs son as his successor. Meanwhile, the price of oil surpassed $100 a…
“We will remember. We don’t need people that join Wars after we’ve already won!” The latest late-night broadside from Donald Trump has torn another strip off the tattered remains of the special relationship Sir Keir Starmer has spent the past year trying to cultivate. Politics Live: ‘PM learning lessons from what went wrong in Iraq’…
The promise of artificial intelligence has been simple: let the machines do the work. Instead, it may be creating a new headache from babysitting the machines. A new study published in Harvard Business Review suggests that instead of making work easier, AI may be giving some workers what researchers are calling “brain fry.” Researchers surveyed…