Two-Time Super Bowl Champion, MLB Outfielder Tom Brown Dies
By J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Angels (occasionally of Anaheim) from 2012-23 for the Southern California News Group. His first book, The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of […]
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Congress, Don’t Give the Marijuana Industry a Tax Cut | Opinion
The Trump administration’s mantra is to cut waste and cut costs. So, it might seem unthinkable that the federal government would give an addictive industry a tax cut. But that’s exactly what many are proposing. Last year, companies that make highly addictive and dangerous drug products spent more than $4.5 million convincing lawmakers that today’s […]
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Putin ‘Jacked Around President Trump at Every Turn’: Republican Senator
Republican Senator John Kennedy leveled harsh criticism at Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of failing to approach peace talks with seriousness in an interview with Fox News. “I think he thinks we’re afraid of him,” the Louisiana senator said of the Russian leader. “He has jacked around President Trump at every turn. He has […]
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Putin’s Fear of Attacks on Victory Day Behind Abrupt Ceasefire: Kyiv
Russia’s declaration of a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine for three days next month was met with skepticism by Ukraine. The Kremlin declared a ceasefire on Monday to observe the 80th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War. This is the term used by Russia to describe its participation in World War II after it joined the […]
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Is Trump Shutting Down LGBTQ+ Suicide Hotline? What We Know
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to eliminate the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth. The administration would cut all funding for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services, according to a leaked budget draft first reported on by The Washington Post. If approved, the cuts would go […]
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‘RuPaul’ Star Jiggly Caliente’s Cause of Death: What We Know So Far
The family of Bianca Castro-Arabejo, known professionally as Jiggly Caliente who appeared in RuPaul’s Drag Race, has shed light on the drag queen’s possible cause of death, revealing that she was hospitalized with an infection just days prior. The Philippines-born performer died on Sunday at the age of 44. The Context Castro-Arabejo rose to fame […]
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Could 100 Men Really Take on One Gorilla and Win? We Asked ChatGPT
In a battle between logic and hubris, 100 men and one gorilla entered the fray over the weekend, after one social media user’s post suggesting the men—if organized effectively—would emerge victorious in such a matchup, went viral. The user @DreamChasnMike wrote in a X post on April 25: “i think 100 n***** could beat 1 […]
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How Can We Never Forget What We Don’t Remember? | Opinion
I was 1 year old on September 11, 2001. I was 11 when former President Barack Obama announced that Navy SEALs had killed Osama bin-Laden. And I was 25 when I spent a week at Guantánamo Bay attending military court hearings for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his alleged co-conspirators in the 9/11 attacks. I remember […]
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Did Trump Administration Deport US Children? What We Know
President Donald Trump‘s administration is under fire after three American children were removed from the United States. Government officials maintained that the children were not forcibly removed but accompanied their undocumented mothers, who had been deported. Newsweek has contacted the U.S. State Department for comment via contact form outside normal office hours. Why It Matters […]
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Former FCC Chairs: In the Name of the First Amendment, Trump’s FCC Attacks Its Principles | Opinion
As former chairmen of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)—one appointed by a Democrat, the other by a Republican—we have seen firsthand how the agency operates when it is guided by its mission to uphold the public interest. But in just over two months, President Donald Trump and his handpicked FCC Chair Brendan Carr have upended […]
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