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Angels release former first-overall pick Mickey Moniak after arbitration

The Los Angeles Angels have elected to release outfielder Mickey Moniak from his contract. The 2016 first-overall draft pick won an arbitration hearing related to his salary, earlier this offseason. As a result, he was awarded a $2 million salary. Instead of keeping him on their payroll, the Angels opted to buy Moniak out of his contract. As a result, he will be awarded $484,000 in termination pay, representing one quarter of his annual salary. Moniak was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies as a high-schooler in 2016. After several seasons in the minor leagues, he was named to the Phil

Trump invokes Alien Enemies Act as deportations escalate amid legal challenges

Is grass-fed beef the future of sustainable eating?

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New Cal Fire hazard maps expand area of L.A. County in ‘very high’ risk zone

A new map of hazard severity zones established by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection greatly expands the areas labeled as being at “very high” risk of fire. Owners of homes within these zones will be required to establish fire mitigation measures on their property. The last map was issued in 2011. In the years since then, the danger posed by large fires in California has mounted rapidly. All four of the most destructive fires in California history — The Camp Fire in 2018, Tubbs Fire in 2017, and the Palisades and Eaton Fires this year — have occurred since

5 years after COVID: Understanding its long-term health effects

Precautions for travelers to Canada, Mexico amidst tariffs

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Secret recordings allegedly reveal LAPD officers making racist comments

A Los Angeles Police Department officer secretly recorded approximately 90 conversations over several months revealing colleagues in the department's recruitment division making racist, sexist, and homophobic comments about police applicants and fellow officers, according to a complaint filed with the LAPD's Professional Standards Bureau and the inspector general's office. The recordings – made between March and October 2024 – document officers and supervisors engaging in discriminatory conversations about potential recruits and colleagues based on race, sex, and sexual orientation. Th

Researchers find shorter, effective prostate cancer treatment

U.S. loses 2-1 game to Canada to place fourth at CONCACAF Nations League

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Mikaela Shiffrin powers through tricky course to win the slalom at the World Cup finals

Mikaela Shiffrin smoothly navigated a bumpy course to easily win the women's slalom Thursday at the World Cup finals. The first-run leader, Shiffrin found another burst to finish in a combined time of 1 minute, 45.92 seconds and beat Lena Duerr of Germany by 1.13 seconds. Andreja Slokar of Slovenia took third. Shiffrin glided through the course at Sun Valley with a large crowd cheering her through every gate. The American ski racing standout closed out the World Cup slalom season the same way she started it — with a win. It was an injury-marred seas

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Global automakers say Trump's tariffs will be painful for them and US consumers

Whatever domestic economic gain comes from U.S. President Donald Trump’s new 25% tax on imported cars – and experts are skeptical – automakers around the world are bracing for a lot of pain. In Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Canada and across Europe, the world’s largest automakers employ millions of people whose livelihoods depend on U.S. car buyers, who currently spend more than $240 billion annually on imported cars and light trucks. The Trump tariffs — aimed at boosting U.S. jobs and tax revenues — will also affect imported auto parts, which were valued

Trump says larger tariffs could be imposed on Canada, EU if they cause US 'economic harm'

White House blames reporter after officials added him to group chat on war plans

Tesla investor sounds alarm over success of rival EV company

In the world of electric vehicles, there’s a Chinese company outdoing Elon Musk’s Tesla. And it’s just getting started.BYD, the Shenzhen-based Chinese EV champion, eclipsed Tesla in annual sales last year. Last week, it unveiled a revolutionary battery charging technology that it says adds 250 miles of range in five minutes, outpacing Tesla’s Superchargers, which take 15 minutes to add 200 miles. And last month, BYD launched “God’s Eye,” an advanced driver-assistance system rivaling Tesla’s Full Self-Driving feature, at no extra cost for most of its cars.They’re just three ex

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Alysa Liu takes surprise lead at figure skating world championships, capping her sensational return to the sport

Almost three years after stepping away from the sport, American figure skater Alysa Liu is on the verge of winning a world championship title in stunning and unlikely fashion.The 19-year-old Liu, who had retired from figure skating after claiming a bronze medal at the 2022 world championships, placed first in the short program at this year’s event in Boston with a score of 74.58 points.Should she take the title, Liu would became the first American women’s figure skating world champion since Kimmie Meissner in 2006.Isabeau Levito, last year’s runner-up, is also in contention to end that d

Investors react as Trump auto tariffs rattle markets

Some measles patients in West Texas show signs of vitamin A toxicity, doctors say, raising concerns about misinformation

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What to know about US measles cases on the rise

Measles, one of the world's most contagious illnesses, was declared eliminated from the United States in 2000, several decades after the introduction of a highly effective vaccine.But a decline in vaccination among U.S. children in recent years, fueled by unscientific claims that the shots are unsafe, has triggered larger outbreaks, including one that has been spreading in Texas and New Mexico this year. Here is what you need to know about measles:WHY WORRY ABOUT MEASLES NOW?There have been more U.S. measles cases in the first months of 2025 than in all of 2024. In addition to the outbreak in

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These universities are in Trump's crosshairs. Many don’t know why

When Muhlenberg College learned in January 2024 - as pro-Palestinian protests were sweeping campuses across the United States - that it was under investigation for discriminating against Jewish students, the small liberal arts institution in Pennsylvania took action.The college fired a tenured professor who had been accused of targeting Jewish students, and the U.S. Education Department, satisfied with Muhlenberg’s response to complaints of antisemitism on campus, ended its investigation.So Muhlenberg's inclusion on a list of 60 universities and colleges under investigation by the Education

Trump says larger tariffs could be imposed on Canada, EU if they cause US 'economic harm'

North Korea has sent 3,000 more soldiers to bolster Russia’s war on Ukraine, South Korea says

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Bizarre creature preserved in 99 million-year-old amber was ‘beyond imagination,’ scientists say

A newly identified parasitic wasp that buzzed and flew among dinosaurs 99 million years ago evolved a bizarre mechanism to snare other creatures and force them to unwittingly shelter its young, according to new research.Paleontologists studied 16 specimens of the tiny wasp preserved in amber dating back to the Cretaceous period that was previously unearthed in Myanmar. The previously unknown species, now named Sirenobethylus charybdis, had a Venus flytrap-like structure on its abdomen that could have allowed it to trap other insects, the researchers reported Thursday in the journal BMC Biology

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‘No other land:’ Oscar-winning Palestinian director says settler assault won’t push him from his home

In a small village in the Hebron hills of the occupied West Bank, Hamdan Ballal stood outside his house in a track suit with a black eye.He held the hand of his 18-month-old daughter, who stood in a pool of his dried blood.Things looked quite different for the award-winning director just weeks ago. He had flown to Los Angeles to accept an Oscar for the film, “No Other Land,” a documentary he co-directed about the violence and forced displacement of Palestinian villagers for illegal Israeli settlements in those same hills.Ballal was attacked by a mob of Israeli settlers in front of his home