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In the push to expand as quickly as possible, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is aggressively wooing recruits with experience slapping handcuffs on suspects: sheriffβs deputies, state troopers and local cops. The agency even shelled out for airtime during an NFL game with an ad explicitly targeting officers. βIn sanctuary cities, dangerous illegals walk free…
Four days after astronauts flew around the moon for the first time in a half-century, ground crews across Southern California are making final preparations for their high-energy reentry and splashdown off the coast of San Diego, expected around 5 p.m. Pacific time Friday. Southern Californians likely wonβt be able to see reentry or splashdown in…
The Conservatives will abolish stamp duty if they win the next election, Kemi Badenoch has announced. Speaking to the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, the Tory leader described stamp duty – the tax paid when a new home is purchased – as a “bad tax” and an “unconservative tax”. She said she had looked at…
Pinterest plans to cut its workforce by 15% this year, a move the company said will allow it to reallocate resources to the build-out of its artificial intelligence capabilities. The San Francisco-based company disclosed the plan in aΒ regulatory filingΒ on Tuesday, noting that the reduction will affect “less than 15% of the company’s workforce” and will…
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL, SOFTBALL SCORES Wednesdayβs Results BASEBALL CITY SECTION Fairfax 6, Fremont 2Franklin 3, Arleta 2Granada Hills Kennedy 4, LA Hamilton 3LA Jordan 7, WISH Academy 6Locke 11, Discovery 1Maywood Academy 10, West Adams 0Mendez 20, Contreras 3North Hollywood 7, LA Wilson 1Rancho Dominguez 10, Jefferson 1RFK Community 10, Roybal 4San Fernando 6, LA…
It has been nearly three years since Hollywood writers went on a historic strike that lasted 148 days and ushered in an extraordinary period of labor unrest that virtually shut down the film and TV business. Now, writers are poised to commence another round of bargaining with the major studios on a new three-year film…
The cost to care for your pet is skyrocketing. Here are ways to cut down on expenses. – CBS News Watch CBS News The cost of care for your pet is rising with one study finding that one in five pet owners carry at least $2,000 in pet-related debt. But there are ways to cut…
TELLURIDE, Colo.Β βΒ Itβs customary at Telluride for a director premiering a movie to step onstage, say a few words and slip away before the lights go down. On Friday night, before unveiling her new film βHamnet,β ChloΓ© Zhao admitted she couldnβt find the right words. For a film centered on William Shakespeare, the most famous wordsmith…
JERUSALEM Β βΒ Israel launched airstrikes Sunday in Gaza after what it said was a Hamas attack on its forces, adding to the two-year-old warβs death toll and rattling a delicate U.S.-brokered ceasefire that had brought a measure of relief to the beleaguered enclave. The day descended into finger-pointing as each side accused the other of violating…
Washington β Top executives at Tesla and Waymo made the case for the safety of their vehicles before a Senate committee on Wednesday, insisting their driving systems are safer than human drivers, despite recent incidents.Β Congress is considering how to move forward with legislation to create uniform safety regulations to govern self-driving vehicles, which are…
