Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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SAN DIEGO – Veteran Republican Congressman Darrell Issa is seriously weighing a move to Texas to run for Congress in 2026, multiple sources confirmed Tuesday, after California’s newly enacted Proposition 50 redrew his San Diego-based district into one of the most vulnerable GOP seats in the nation. The 72-year-old Issa, who has represented portions of northern San Diego and southwestern Riverside counties for all but two years since 2001, told supporters as recently as Tha...
5 holiday home insurance tips to stop package theft The increasing reliance on e-commerce, particularly during the peak holiday season, has led to a parallel rise in package theft, a persistent property crime impacting millions of homeowners and renters annually. The moment a delivery is marked "completed," that parcel sitting on your doorstep becomes a vulnerable asset. The scope of this issue is significant: Current data indicates that up to a quarter of Americans have been...
How Google organized opposition to a California privacy proposal In April, Rhode Island resident Navah Hopkins received a plea for her help to defeat legislation thousands of miles away in California. The ask came from Google, maker of the world’s most used web browser, Chrome. The tech giant sent a message to an email list that Hopkins and other small business owners were subscribed to. Google’s request: To sign a petition opposing Assembly Bill 566, which would require bro...
LOS ANGELES - The great Thanksgiving getaway is officially underway, and this year it's bigger than ever. AAA projects a record 81.8 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more between November 20 and December 1, an increase of 1.3 million people over last year. Nearly 6 million will fly domestically, while the vast majority - more than 75 million - will hit the highways in what is shaping up to be the busiest Thanksgiving travel period on record.At the nation's airports, t...
Los Angeles, November 24, 2025--In a case that has gripped Los Angeles and the music world alike, 20-year-old rising singer David Anthony Burke, known professionally as D4vd, has been named a suspect in the death of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. What began as a missing persons report in early 2024 has escalated into a full-scale murder investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), with Burke's abandoned Tesla at the center of the probe. No arrests have been...
How economic uncertainty is shaping Black Friday and Christmas spending frenzy Market participants, analysts, and economists have all been looking for signs of a recession since 2022. An economic hard landing following the post-COVID boom seemed almost inevitable, given the numerous warnings that had appeared throughout. But as the end-of-year holiday shopping season approaches, a real test could be coming for the North American economies, which OANDA examines here. The...
What the top 1% pays in taxes across the US The top 1% of earners across the U.S. earn an average of 19.5% of all income — sometimes garnering criticism from pundits and politicians — but pay 37% of total income taxes. This cohort thus contributes the largest chunk of funding for infrastructure, healthcare, welfare programs, and more, despite advantages that may enable them to minimize their taxes through professionally guided strategies or more tax-friendly locations. Pol...
ChatGPT vs. Grok: Stock-picking contest Last week, Finder.com built two portfolios using Webull’s and eToro’s paper trading platforms to see which portfolio would make the most money over the next year. The twist? ChatGPT and Grok picked the stocks. In light of the public feud between Sam Altman and Elon Musk, the CEOs behind the companies of these two AIs, it seemed only fitting to pit the two head-to-head in a stock-picking contest. Here’s what’s gone down so far. The con...
How to be a digital detective, with just Wi-Fi and a little curiosity You don’t need a trench coat, a fedora, or a magnifying glass to solve a mystery these days — just a good internet connection and a little curiosity. In the digital age, we’re all amateur sleuths at heart. Whether you’re trying to figure out if that new neighbor is really who they say they are, reconnect with an old classmate, or double-check that the person you matched with online is legit, the interne...
Washington, D.C. – November 18, 2025 -- In a significant blow to Republican efforts to reshape the U.S. House ahead of the 2026 midterms, a three-judge federal panel in El Paso, Texas, blocked the state's newly enacted congressional map on Tuesday, finding it likely constitutes an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The decision, which mandates the use of the 2021 maps for the upcoming elections, comes amid a nationwide surge in redistricting battles and could have ripple eff...
November 18, 2025 – Once the undisputed king of conservative media, Tucker Carlson is now facing a stunning wave of condemnation from within his own political camp, with prominent Republican lawmakers, Jewish conservatives, and even longtime allies publicly branding him an anti-Semite. The breaking point came last week when Carlson released a two-hour friendly interview with white nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes, followed days later by a glowing sit-down with H...
Want to find out what it's like to dance with Agnes, Enid and Wednesday Addams? Experience this and other Netflix series, in real life for yourself. KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. – November 12, 2025 – Netflix officially opened the doors to Netflix House, its first permanent brick-and-mortar entertainment venue in the United States, inside the King of Prussia Mall on Wednesday. The 100,000-square-foot space marks the streaming giant's boldest move yet to transform its on-screen con...
In the vast, unforgiving theater of space exploration, where heroes are forged in fire and isolation, the human heart remains a fragile engine—prone to overheating, misfiring, and exploding under pressure. Two women, both NASA astronauts, both trailblazers who touched the stars, found their orbits shattered not by cosmic debris, but by the gravity of jealousy. Their stories, separated by nearly two decades, echo like distress signals across the void: reminders that even t...
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - November 14, 2025An intense atmospheric river storm is bearing down on coastal Los Angeles County, with forecasters predicting up to 3 inches of rain to fall across Santa Monica through Saturday night. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Pacific Palisades until 2:15 AM PST Saturday, while a broader Flood Watch remains in effect for all of Santa Monica and surrounding areas through Sunday morning.The NWS Los Angeles...
On November 12, 2025, the House Oversight Committee-split along party lines-released a new tranche of over 20,000 documents from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. Democrats selectively highlighted three emails referencing Donald Trump to underscore alleged ties to Epstein's activities, while Republicans released the full batch, including financial reports and court filings, framing the selective release as partisan theater. These documents stem from Epstein's estate production and...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The federal government officially reopened Tuesday morning after Congress passed a continuing resolution (CR) late Monday night, ending the longest shutdown in U.S. history at 43 days. The agreement funds federal operations through January 30, 2026, and provides full-year appropriations for several key programs, but it leaves the fate of expiring Affordable Care Act premium subsidies unresolved. President Donald Trump quickly declared the outcome a "very...
Summary of the Article A November 7, 2025, NYT opinion piece is written by William Birdthistle (a former SEC director and Chicago-Kent law professor). Headline: "Trump Is Pushing Us Toward a Crash. It Could Be 1929 All Over Again."Core argument in one sentence: "The 2020s are rhyming with the 1920s-post-pandemic boom, easy credit, retail speculation, crypto scams, and now a president who wants to gut the SEC. The hangover could be another Great Depression." The 8 Parallels...
Los Angeles, CA – November 7, 2025, 6:46 PM PST -- Constitutional law attorney Mark Meuser has filed a federal lawsuit challenging California's newly approved Proposition 50 congressional map, alleging it constitutes an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The lawsuit was submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on Friday, hours after the proposition passed with voter approval on November 5. Proposition 50, supported by the state legislature...
Is AI powering the next wave of financial scams? Amidst a flood of artificial intelligence (AI) apps designed to launch humanity to new heights—or cash in before the market bubble bursts—many are debating whether AI is a friend or foe. In the right hands, AI can produce awe-inspiring results. But in the wrong hands, it can be a powerful tool for stealing our money and data. Finder.com shares how financial scammers are using AI and how you can protect yourself from their sch...
LOS ANGELES (November 3, 2025) – Perched like skeletal sentinels amid the glittering skyline of downtown Los Angeles, the three unfinished towers of Oceanwide Plaza have become an unlikely monument to urban decay, street art rebellion, and bureaucratic limbo. Dubbed "Tagger Towers" by locals and social media alike, the complex – once envisioned as a $1 billion beacon of luxury living – now stands as a vibrant, if illicit, canvas for graffiti artists, drawing thril...
As of 06:08 PM PST on Tuesday, November 04, 2025, the political world is abuzz with speculation over whether 85-year-old Representative Nancy Pelosi will seek reelection in 2026, ending her remarkable 38-year tenure representing California's 11th congressional district. Insider reports from NBC News, ABC, and other outlets, echoed by conservative commentator Gunther Eagleman on X, suggest Pelosi plans to retire, a claim amplified by trending posts and over 466,000 views on...
SAN FRANCISCO (November 3, 2025) – In the heart of the Mission District, where the hum of late-night taquerias mingles with the buzz of autonomous vehicles, a quiet tragedy unfolded last week that has left a neighborhood in collective grief. KitKat, the nine-year-old gray tabby cat known affectionately as the "Mayor of 16th Street," was fatally struck by a Waymo self-driving taxi on October 27, igniting fresh outrage over the expansion of robotaxis in San Francisco and p...
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), former Speaker and longtime Democratic House leader, recently said she is confident she would win reelection if she opted to run again in 2026. Well the hypotheticals and will she or won't she are set to come to an end. Recently she humbly declared, "I have no doubt that if I decided to run, I would win," Pelosi told CNN in an interview that aired Monday. "That isn't even a question. It'll isn't arrogant. It's confident. I know my district," she...
New York City, November 4, 2025 - Zohran Mamdani, the city's first Muslim and South Asian mayor, is set to implement a series of progressive policies aimed at addressing affordability and social equity. Following his expected victory in the mayoral race, Mamdani's agenda includes universal childcare, fare-free buses, and the establishment of city-owned grocery stores to drive down prices. He has also pledged to freeze rent on stabilized units and work towards a $30 minimum...
Istvan Csak // Shutterstock How gas prices have changed in the U.S. in the last week Nov. 03, 2025 CheapInsurance.com compiled statistics on gas prices in the U.S. using data from AAA. Gas prices are current as of November 3. U.S. by the numbers - Gas current price: $3.04 - Week change: -$0.02 (-0.5%) - Year change: -$0.07 (-2.2%) - Historical expensive gas price: $5.02 (6/14/22) - Diesel current price: $3.68 - Week change: +$0.02 (+0.5%) - Year change: +$0.12 (+3.4%) -...
