SACRAMENTO — Every morning, Jack Kavanagh brews himself a cup of coffee or tea, pads down a short hallway, past the dining room, and turns left into his small home office, where he brings California to the world. It’s been his routine for decades, through all manner of upheaval and events — social, political, natural and man-made. … Read more
U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA may have escaped a sizable security breach, thanks to a good-faith security researcher who identified publicly exposed credentials that allowed access to government cloud and internal agency systems. As first reported by independent security reporter Brian Krebs, GitGuardian security researcher Guillaume Valadon found reams of exposed plaintext credentials listed in spreadsheets, … Read more
On a sunny afternoon in the spring of 2023, my phone lit up with texts from several friends sharing a video of Vice President Kamala Harris leaving a Washington, D.C., record store. Dressed in a navy blue suit and flanked by stone-faced Secret Service agents, Harris casually approached a cluster of reporters, one of whom … Read more
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt says he wants to get tough. The reality TV personality contends that the root cause of Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis is drug addiction and mental health and pledged to use the police and other coercive efforts to clean the streets. “Once you start enforcing the law, things are going … Read more
Warren Buffett’s big bash was noticeably quieter this year — but it should pick up in 2027, the unofficial tour guide for the event told Business Insider. Loading audio narration… Tilman Versch has published numerous guides to Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting on his “Good Investing” website. He showcased his knowledge and connections during my … Read more
NEW YORK — Trains are set to resume rolling on the Long Island Rail Road on Tuesday after a deal was reached to end a strike that had shut down the busiest commuter rail system in the country. But commuters in the eastern suburbs of New York City still had to muddle through another tough morning rush … Read more
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Pete Buttigieg was in his Harvard dorm room. Joni Ernst was planning her toddler’s birthday party in their new home in Red Oak, Iowa. Asa Hutchinson was scheduled to board a commercial flight to Washington, D.C. — and ended up on a military jet instead. Through different vantage points, they saw the same … Read more
Like many young people of her generation, Fai Nur was what she called a “chronically online teenager.” She obsessed over music groups, TV shows, and movies, and never missed the chance to talk about her interests endlessly online. When ChatGPT launched in 2022, she saw potential immediately. “AI could finally let any user actually simulate … Read more
Twenty-five years ago, Grammy-winning singer Bilal released his debut album, “1st Born Second,” a seminal body of work that fearlessly weaves together the worlds of jazz, hip-hop and neo-soul for a sound that was fresh at the time and still holds up today. With the leading single “Soul Sista,” the album featured vocals from the … Read more
BUNIA, Congo — The World Health Organization director-general openly worried Tuesday over the “scale and speed” of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola in eastern Congo, where authorities reported a sharp increase in suspected deaths — to at least 131 — and more than 500 suspected cases. The virus spread undetected for weeks after the … Read more
When Joe Poynton went to the grocery store, he dutifully worked through his shopping list — before getting to the bottom and realizing he’d passed those items aisles ago. The things he’d forgotten would taunt him from across the store, forcing him back to produce or pasta. The busy 44-year-old father — he’s worked in … Read more
Achieving alumni status at an institution like the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School or Stanford used to mean years spent on campus and an outlay of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now, some students can add top-tier schools to their resume after several weeks, and far less money. They’re attending a growing number of executive … Read more
At every step of her political career, Kamala Harris has faced the same question: What sort of prosecutor was she? As a former San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general, the vice president has been called both “soft” and “tough” on crime. She has been labeled a progressive and a moderate. At times, she … Read more
Ahead of Google’s annual developer conference on Tuesday, Apple announced several new accessibility updates powered by Apple Intelligence to features like VoiceOver, voice control, live recognition, and real-time caption generation for videos. The company also said that Vision Pro users will be able to control a compatible wheelchair with their eyes using this update. The … Read more
SAN DIEGO — Andrew Friedman got the last laugh last year, and another ring. At the trade deadline, you screamed he had to do SOMETHING BIG to get a left fielder and a closer. He did neither. The Dodgers rode a parade of starters to win Game 7 in Toronto, before they rode in a parade in … Read more