Chatbots turned to for companionship
A chatbot is a computer program that uses artificial intelligence to simulate human conversation. For the lonely, a chatbot can be a companion, as Meg Oliver reports in tonight’s “Eye on America.”
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Why LAFC manager Marc Dos Santos embraces the high expectations
When LAFC promoted Marc Dos Santos from assistant coach to manager two months ago, there were some perks that came with the new job. A raise, certainly. A better seat on the team charter. But not as many as you might think. βThe office is a little bit bigger,β he said. βMy parking space is…
Prep talk: All-American Kami Miner visits alma mater Redondo Union
Kami Miner, an All-American volleyball player at Redondo Union and Stanford, dropped by her alma materβs match last week before heading to Italy to play pro volleyball. Coach Tommy Chaffins knew what to do. βHey, you want to come into the team room?β he asked. ββIβd love to,β Miner said. Redondo Union players got a…
Don Lemon speaks about his arrest on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
Making his first major post-arrest television interview Monday on βJimmy Kimmel Live!,β Don Lemon detailed the moments surrounding his incarceration and his experience as a journalist becoming the center of a news story. βThereβs a lot that I cannot say,β Lemon told Kimmel. βBut what I will say is that Iβm not a protester. I…
Shohei Ohtani set to start Game 1 of NLDS, with no set restrictions
PHILADELPHIAΒ βΒ The last time Shohei Ohtani took the mound against the Philadelphia Phillies, it was the first time all year he looked like a true starting pitcher again. Ohtani, of course, had pitched plenty before that Sept. 16 game at Dodger Stadium, when he spun five no-hit innings against a Phillies team on the verge of…
High school basketball: Monday's scores
CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Monday’s games.
‘We just want our lives back.’ Maduro’s gone, but what’s next for 8 million Venezuelans who fled?
MEXICO CITYΒ βΒ Andrea Paola HernΓ‘ndez has one sister in Ecuador and another in London. She has cousins in Colombia, Chile, Argentina and the United States. All fled poverty and political repression in Venezuela. HernΓ‘ndez, a human rights activist and outspoken critic of the countryβs authoritarian leader, NicolΓ‘s Maduro, eventually left, too. Since 2022 she has lived…
News Analysis: Toppling Iraq’s Hussein unleashed chaos. Why Iran war poses similar risks
A shock-and-awe campaign laying down a tsunami of bombs. An enemy succumbing rapidly under overwhelming firepower. And a triumphant U.S. president trumpeting a quick and easy campaign. In 2003, President George W. Bush strode confidently on the deck of an aircraft carrier less than five weeks after he ordered the invasion of Iraq and declared…
Davante Adams, Quentin Lake among Rams set to be playoff-ready
Tight end Tyler Higbee is on track to return on Sunday for the season finale against the Arizona Cardinals. Safety Quentin Lake will be back for the playoffs. Star receiver Davante Adams also could be held out till then. The Rams, coming off consecutive losses to the Seattle Seahawks and the Atlanta Falcons, might appear…
Danielle Brooks adds to her super year with ‘Peacemaker’ Season 2
Itβs a good time to be Danielle Brooks. She received an Oscar nomination for βThe Color Purpleβ in 2024 β her performance as Sofia also earned her a Grammy for best musical theater album β but Brooks has arguably had an even better 2025. So far this year, she has starred in the nearly billion-dollar-grossing…