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OJ Simpson's death certificate confirms his cause of death, lawyer says
LOS ANGELES — O.J. Simpson's death certificate released this week confirms he died of prostate cancer at his home in Las Vegas, his attorney told The Times.
Attorney Malcolm LaVergne said on Saturday the Clark County, ...Read more
Texas power prices signal grid stress in another long, hot summer
A surge in Texas power prices for August suggests another summer of heavy electricity demand — and potential grid strain — to meet air conditioning needs.
Traders start looking at prices months in advance to gauge the...Read more
At least 5 people shot outside DC nightclub, suspect arrested
At least five people were shot outside a nightclub in Washington, D.C., late Friday night, authorities said.
The incident occurred around 11 p.m. after a man was kicked out of a Dupont Circle nightclub on Connecticut ...Read more
Sean 'Diddy' Combs files to dismiss claims in sexual assault lawsuit
NEW YORK — Lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs are fighting to dismiss claims raised in a sexual assault lawsuit brought against the music mogul, arguing that he can’t be sued under laws that didn’t exist at the time ...Read more
SpaceX lines up pair of Space Coast launches for the weekend
ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX has launches set for Saturday and Sunday from the Space Coast.
First up from is a Falcon 9 on the Galileo L12 mission carrying global navigation satellites for the European Commission from Kennedy...Read more
12 days that rocked USC: How a derailed commencement brought 'total disaster'
LOS ANGELES — The crowning of Asna Tabassum as USC valedictorian was supposed to be a time of pride for a university that has tried to shed its old image as a playground for the privileged by bolstering academics and ...Read more
Jackie Robinson was a Republican until the GOP became the ‘white man’s party’
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson played his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers, forever changing baseball and society.
Robinson was Black, and the integration of all-white major league baseball was perhaps ...Read more
Mental health problems come with an added ‘cost’ of poorer cognitive function – a neuropsychologist explains
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
All types of mental disorders come with a hidden cost in the form of cognitive dysfunction, including deficits in memory, attention, executive ...Read more
AMLO expanded Mexico's military. It built airports instead of reining in murders
In his six years as Mexico’s president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gave his country’s military two important jobs: build infrastructure works to supercharge the economy and rein in violent crime.
By the end of his ...Read more
Editorial: Idaho Republican legislators wouldn't fix abortion law. It's up to the Supreme Court
Idaho’s medical community has been saying for the past two years — since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade — that Idaho’s strict abortion ban is jeopardizing medical care when the health of the mother ...Read more
When will flights resume between Miami and Haiti? American Airlines making changes
MIAMI — American Airlines will resume flying between Miami and Port-au-Prince on May 9, slightly more than two months after suspending flights in and out of Haiti because of civil unrest and security concerns.
The move ...Read more
Texas grid warns of possible power emergency early next week
The Texas electrical grid operator warned of a possible emergency early next week because of a potential shortfall of power reserves.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas said Friday the grid may have deficient ...Read more
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem defends executing 14-month-old dog in gravel pit
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a potential GOP vice presidential candidate, is defending her actions after an excerpt from her upcoming book reveals she executed a dog on her family farm.
Noem reportedly writes that her ...Read more
Hackers may have accessed Inquirer subscriber and employee personal data in 2023 cyberattack
About 25,500 Philadelphia Inquirer subscribers, employees, former employees, and employees’ family members on company benefit plans may have had their personal information exposed in a May cyberattack, Inquirer publisher...Read more
Prosecutors want Miami mom jailed again, citing Facebook posts about police officer who shot her son
MIAMI — Calling her “an inherent danger to the community,” prosecutors on Friday asked a Miami judge to revoke the bond of Gamaly Hollis and return her to jail. The reason: The 51-year-old mother posted news articles...Read more
Jassy, Bezos, other Amazon execs used Signal messaging app, a problem for FTC
The Federal Trade Commission wants to know more about how Amazon — and its executives — use the encrypted messaging app Signal.
The agency accused Amazon of using the app, which can be set to automatically delete ...Read more
At USC, arrests. At UCLA, hands off. Why pro-Palestinian protests have not blown up on UC campuses
LOS ANGELES — At the University of Southern California, Los Angeles police officers in riot gear swarmed the campus, arresting 93 pro-Palestinian protesters and clearing their tent encampment.
Across town at the ...Read more
'We will not be leaving': UNC students camp out to protest Israel-Hamas war
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Students and others pitched tents on the campus of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Friday, calling on the university “to divest from the ongoing genocide in Gaza” and forming an ...Read more
Transgender students would be banned from preferred bathroom under South Carolina Senate proviso
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Biological girls and boys can not enter the opposite sex’s bathroom in public schools under a new South Carolina state Senate proviso that passed Wednesday. This means transgender students in South ...Read more
Columbia University's ongoing talks over pro-Palestinian encampment slammed by Jewish campus leader
NEW YORK — Columbia University officials and the student protesters behind a pro-Gaza encampment negotiated Friday past a school-set deadline to clear the schools’s main lawn — much to the dismay of a leading Jewish ...Read more
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- Kim Jong Un tests new rockets to strike Seoul and perhaps sell to Putin
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- Mental health problems come with an added ‘cost’ of poorer cognitive function – a neuropsychologist explains