Cal City Police Chief Jesse Hightower fired amid city budget cuts
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Kidd joins Tyronn Lue as an expected Lakers target who's reportedly in line for an extension with his current team.
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Treat your living space to a makeover with fabulous finds from the pop icon's curated furniture and decor collection.
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Lando Norris gets long-awaited first win at 2024 Miami Grand Prix
Lando Norris nabs first race win at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix.
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Shohei Ohtani punctuates Dodgers sweep of Braves with 2 home runs to tie MLB lead
Ohtani tagged Braves ace Max Fried for a two-run shot in the first inning, then hit a solo shot in the eighth as the Dodgers prevailed in a battle of NL favorites.
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Formula 1: Lando Norris gets his first win ahead of Max Verstappen at the Miami Grand Prix
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Hyundai antes up $1B for AV startup Motional and Elon unplugs the Tesla Supercharger team
TechCrunch Mobility is moving to Thursdays! Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! EV startup Fisker laid off more employees to "preserve cash" as bankruptcy inches ever closer; ride-hailing company Ola cut about 180 jobs and ousted its chief executive, Hemant Bakshi, merely four months after appointing him to the post; and lidar company Luminar slashed its 700-person workforce by 20% as part of a restructuring to adopt an "asset light" business model.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vows student Gaza protester demands will 'NEVER' be met. Here's how we got here.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a social media post Sunday that the University of Texas would not meet the demands of student protesters.
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Jack Dorsey departs Bluesky board
Bluesky’s most prominent backer has left its board. On Saturday, Jack Dorsey posted on X about grants for open protocols from his philanthropic Start Small initiative. This prompted someone to ask Dorsey if he was still on the Bluesky board, and he responded with a terse “no.” Dorsey did not answer any of the follow-up posts asking him to explain his departure.
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J.J. Watt opens door to play for Texans, former teammate DeMeco Ryans
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Score deeply discounted floor coverings from some of my favorite brands — Kelly Clarkson, Magnolia Home by Joanna Gaines and Loloi.
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This weather-resistant Adirondack chair 'looks beautiful around the fire pit' — just $69 at Wayfair's Way Day sale
Stylish, durable, portable and 50% off— what more could you ask for?
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The 30 best Walmart deals to shop this weekend — save up to 80% on outdoor essentials, Mother's Day gifts and more
Some major deals on board: A super-handy collapsible garden cart for over $200 off, a cordless Shark pro stick vacuum for over 50% off, and a 65-inch Philips 4K smart TV for under $400.
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SNL recap: Dua Lipa hosts and performs but has no good advice for Gov. Kristi Noem
Saturday Night Live returned this week with Dua Lipa serving as the show's host and musical performer.
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Russell Westbrook says report about him wanting to leave Clippers 'has likely been fabricated'
Russell Westbrook is trying to clear up reports about him wanting to leave the Clippers.
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Why NASA is betting on a 36-pixel camera
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is making strides in astronomy with its 122-megapixel primarily infrared photos taken 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth. The space agency's newest sky-peeper takes a different approach, however, performing groundbreaking space science with 36 pixels. The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), pronounced “crism,” is a collaboration between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
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Disney steps up as Big Tech steps back: What to know this week
With the peak of first quarter earnings season in the rearview, stocks got back to their winning ways last week ahead of a slower calendar for corporate and economic news.
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Wayfair Way Day 2024 is epic — we found the 30+ best deals to shop during the annual sale
Major deals await including cooling sheets for just $18, a 10-piece KitchenAid cookware set for $200 off and an Adirondack chair for a low $69.
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Mother's Day gold: 'Festive' solar torch lights to make her garden glow — save 40%
Get eight of these flickering-flame beauties for $30 and 'make spring/summer a little more fun.'
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