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Looking for free Wi-Fi and A/C? These L.A. libraries deliver

As Los Angeles swelters under summer heat and remote workers seek refuge from cramped home offices and costly cafes, public libraries across the region have become vital community spaces, offering free air conditioning, high-speed Wi-Fi, and peace and quiet to all who walk through their doors. “There’s no place like it,” said Joyce Cooper, director of branch services for the L.A. Public Library. “Where else can you just walk in off the street and get help for whatever you need?” Since reopening after the pandemic, L.A. libraries have seen a notable increase in visitors using b

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Can California really balance fish, farms, and faucets with one plan?

California water regulators unveiled a revised framework for managing the Bay-Delta watershed that seeks to protect fish habitats while maintaining water deliveries to communities across the state. The State Water Resources Control Board's proposal incorporates Gov. Gavin Newsom's Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Program, marking the first significant overhaul of water management rules in the region since 1995. The initiative allows water agencies, farmers, and other users to enter into cooperative partnerships rather than face traditional regulatory mandates. "I am proud to see the Health

Community library in El Sereno offers tools, books, and belonging

Father of Georgia school shooter had letter from son ‘asking for forgiveness’ on day of the shooting, testimony reveals

Firefighters rescue family trapped by fallen tree; home declared total loss

SYLVA, North Carolina (WLOS) -- A Sylva woman is sharing her story after a massive tree came crashing down on her home during a powerful thunderstorm Thursday afternoon.That woman, Autumn Richards, said she and five of her family members, including her six-year-old granddaughter, were all inside their home on Chickadee Lane when it happened.Richards explained that they were all in separate parts of the home when the tree came down.“I felt it in the floor and the lights flickered twice. Then a loud crash. I thought the whole house was gone. I came running out, screami

Man accused of stealing garbage truck, crashing on bridge after chase

Police officer detained by ICE is being held at Massachusetts facility

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South Florida routs No. 25 Boise State 34-7 for 1st win over Top 25 since since 2016

Quarterback Byrum Brown ran for two touchdowns, Keshaun Singleton caught a 45-yard touchdown pass on a fake punt and South Florida routed No. 25 Boise State 34-7 on Thursday night in the opener for both teams. South Florida beat a Top 25 opponent for the first time since topping then-No. 22 Navy 52-45 on Oct. 28, 2016. They had lost 18 straight against ranked teams. Brown was 16 of 24 for 210 yards and added 43 yards on the ground. Cartevious Norton had an 8-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Singleton had five catches for 93 yards and a touchd

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Trump executive order mandates classical architecture for federal buildings, discourages brutalism

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that mandates all federal buildings “embrace classical architecture.”“In the District of Columbia, classical architecture shall be the preferred and default architecture for Federal public buildings absent exceptional factors necessitating another kind of architecture,” reads a White House fact sheet on the order, which specifically takes aim at brutalist architecture.The White House does not traditionally wade into architectural decisions, but the president — ever the real estate businessman — has initiated several renovati

The US economy’s rebound in the second quarter was stronger than previously reported

S&P 500, Dow score record high closes as Nvidia results buttress AI rally

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They were praying when they were struck by gunfire. These are the victims of the Minneapolis church shooting

Before Endre Gunter was taken to emergency surgery to treat a gunshot wound to the stomach, the 13-year-old boy asked a surgeon to pause for a moment.“Can you say a prayer with me?,” he said, according to his aunt, Natalie Davis, who wrote about the exchange on a GoFundMe page to help with the boy’s medical bills.“The surgeon later told us that not only did Endre survive the surgery, he fought through a terrifying event with courage that inspired the entire medical team,” she said. “That moment of prayer, and Endre’s resilience, will stay with our family forever.”The youn

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Kennedy expected to name deputy Jim O’Neill as acting CDC director after Monarez ouster, sources say

Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim O’Neill is expected to serve as acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an administration official and another person familiar with the matter.O’Neill joined HHS in June after years as a Silicon Valley-based technology and biotech investor, including stints with the Thiel Foundation and later the Thiel Fellowship, a grant program for young entrepreneurs started by billionaire Palantir founder Peter Thiel.O’Neill also worked for HHS during the George W. Bush administration, when, as principal asso

Democrats renew calls for gun control after Minnesota school shooting

CDC staff gather to honor ‘the people who protect America’ after leaders who resigned were escorted out of agency

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Parents of students killed in Minneapolis church shooting share emotional pleas

The parents of the two schoolchildren fatally shot in a Minneapolis church spoke out for the first time on Thursday afternoon, with some imploring the shaken community to address the root causes of shootings that target schools. Fletcher Merkel, 8, and Harper Moyski, 10, were killed on Wednesday morning when a shooter opened fire at a Mass that hundreds of students at Annunciation Catholic School attended. City officials increased to 15 the number of injured children, who are ages 6 to 15. Three parishioners in their 80s also were injured. Only one pe

New CCTV believed to show fugitive father who has spent years with his three children in the wilderness

New Zealand Police have released CCTV footage believed to show a fugitive father who has been on the run with his three children in the remote wilderness for nearly four years.Thomas Callam Phillips has been hiding his children Jayda, Maverick and Ember, in the dense New Zealand bush for nearly four years after taking them from their home in Marokopa on the North Island.The possible sighting comes after Phillips’ relatives last week urged the father to come home.On Friday Police released the clip showing two masked individuals loading groceries into containers on a quadbike outside a retail

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‘There is no message’: Journal details warning signs, violent obsessions of Minneapolis shooter

As a teenager, Robin Westman claimed to have been suspended after discussing school shootings with classmates – later writing in a journal that the incident was the origin of a deep obsession with mass shooters.A decade later, Westman returned to Annunciation Catholic School and carried out those dark fantasies, killing two children at a Mass on Wednesday morning and injuring 18 other people.As Minneapolis reels from the shooting, officials are combing through Westman’s rambling writings – which the shooter shared in YouTube videos timed to go online around the same time as the attack �

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Modest food aid increase not enough to stop starvation in Gaza, says World Food Programme chief

More food aid is reaching Gaza but it still remains far from enough to prevent widespread starvation, the head of the World Food Programme told Reuters on Thursday."We're getting a little bit more food in. We're moving in the right direction ... but it's not nearly enough to do what we need to do to make sure that people are not malnourished and not starving," WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain told Reuters in an interview via video link from Jerusalem.McCain said the WFP is now able to deliver about 100 aid trucks a day into Gaza compared to 600 trucks daily during a two-month ceasefire that

Department of Transportation plans to take over Washington’s Union Station

ICE has deported nearly 200K people since Trump returned to office, on track for highest level in a decade

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Session leads to brawl between lawmakers in Mexico

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Early estimates of Pickett Fire's economic impact to Napa wine industry around $65M

White House says Trump not happy with Russia strike on Ukraine, to make statement later

President Donald Trump "was not happy" about Russian attacks on Ukraine with missiles and drones on Thursday and planned to talk more about the subject later,

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Wall Street march draws Al Sharpton, campaigners for economic justice, diversity

Trump fires Democratic member of Surface Transportation Board ahead of huge rail merger decision

President Donald Trump has fired one of two Democratic members of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to break a 2-2 tie ahead of the board considering the largest railroad merger ever proposed

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Alleged DC sandwich thrower charged with a misdemeanor after grand jury rejects felony indictment

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Former MLB star Mark Teixeira announces bid for US House seat in Texas

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US seeks UN authorization for new 'Gang Suppression Force' to tackle escalating violence in Haiti

The United States is seeking U.N. authorization for a new “Gang Suppression Force” to help tackle escalating violence in Haiti where the armed groups have expanded their brutal activities from the capital into the countryside

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