Four UCLA players hit home runs, helping the Bruins defeat South Carolina 15-1 on Sunday to win the Los Angeles NCAA regional at Easton Stadium. UCLA advances to the NCAA super regional round and will host Central Florida, which upset favored Florida State at the Seminoles’ home stadium in Tallahassee, Fla. Bruins senior Megan Grant … Read more
The way Shohei Ohtani pitched Wednesday against the Giants, his team didn’t need his bat. The Dodgers’ 4-0 win over the Giants featured an early offensive push and back-to-back home runs, as Ohtani made his impact on the mound, holding San Francisco scoreless through seven innings. “We’ve all seen that transformation: he wants to be … Read more
John Cena is one of the most decorated athletes in WWE history, with a career spanning more than two decades. Loading audio narration… After retiring from the ring late last year, the 49-year-old is now looking ahead to the next chapter of life by prioritizing longevity. “The goal is to be physically active until they … Read more
The stock market fell from its records Friday and joined a worldwide drop for stocks after higher oil prices sent a shiver through the bond market. Stocks that had been caught up in the euphoria around artificial-intelligence technology led the way lower. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 1.2% from its all-time high set … Read more
DENVER — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday commuted the sentence of election conspiracy theorist Tina Peters following pressure from President Trump, the latest instance of the president using his influence to reward those who echoed his baseless claims of mass fraud as the cause of his 2020 election loss. Trump has championed the case of Peters, … Read more
Working from home has its own perils. Pets can be demanding, your back aches from hours at a desk, or you simply forget to move. There are a few apps that nudge you to move around or indicate that you’re not sitting in an ideal position, but they’re easy to dismiss. I’ve spent the better … Read more
Lainey Wilson and Devlin “Duck” Hodges made a splash last weekend, getting married Sunday at a picturesque waterfall in Tennessee. And unlike at Wilson’s recent headlining gig at the Stagecoach Festival in Indio, nobody had to evacuate because of dangerously high wind. “You could hear the water trickling down and birds singing, and we had … Read more
The Sparks were determined to end a season-opening four-game homestand with their second straight win against Toronto. Instead, the expansion Tempo avenged a four-point defeat two days earlier with a 106-96 victory Sunday afternoon at Crypto.com Arena. Guard Kelsey Plum, who started the day tied for the WNBA lead in scoring at 26.3 points per … Read more
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised $349.9-billion budget proposal largely relies on a tax windfall to erase California’s deficit over the next two fiscal years, allowing the Democratic governor to end his term with a surplus and say he’s providing a cushion for his successor. The budget, which Newsom presented Thursday, showcases the governor’s desire to leave … Read more
At a time when AI is reshaping classrooms and raising questions about the future of work, some young people are questioning the value of pursuing higher education at all. While some founders encourage promising students to go into ambitious startups and forgo traditional education, high-earning tech execs continue to champion the value of a college … Read more
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — To Fidel Castro and Cuba’s communist elite, private businesses were totems of capitalist evil. Now, with the country running out of food and fuel, the regime on the brink and anger spreading in the streets, it’s those private businesses — run by once-persecuted, small-scale capitalists — that hold the key to salvaging … Read more
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Thousands of people rallied Saturday in the cradle of the modern civil rights movement to mobilize a new voting rights era as conservative states dismantle congressional districts that helped secure Black political representation. U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey called Montgomery “sacred soil” in the fight for civil rights. “If we in our … Read more
ArXiv, a widely used open repository for preprint research, is doing more to crack down on the careless use of large language models in scientific papers. Although papers are posted to the site before they are peer-reviewed, arXiv (pronounced “archive”) has become one of the main ways that research circulates in fields like computer science … Read more
Pedro Pascal took his “Star Wars” character to the streets on Saturday, going undercover as the Mandalorian to surprise Disneyland guests aboard the Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run attraction. A video posted on Disney’s social media showed the actor in full costume, then lifting his helmet to reveal himself. “Now you all have to die because … Read more
Angels right fielder Jo Adell threw up his hands to signal that he thought the play should be called dead. Catcher Logan O’Hoppe pointed up the right-field line in dismay. The netting extending from the right-field foul pole at Angel Stadium betrayed the home team on Saturday, resulting in Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani’s Little … Read more