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The most fraudulent presidency in the history of the nation is about to come to an end.Joe Biden leaves office at 9 a.m. Pacific Time on Monday, Jan. 20. During the inaugural ceremonies, federal employees will remove every trace of the Biden administration from the White House. They should check behind the sofas and under the rugs to find everyone who has been making presidential decisions. Whoever they are, they have to leave now.Maybe they’ll all write books and blame each other for their catastrophic failures. The TV rights could be worth a fortune. It will be just like “The…
Politicians in red states such as Louisiana do a lot of stupid stuff, like politicians in California do.When a hurricane sweeps through the South, does that make politicians from California threaten to withhold much-needed aid to American citizens in peril?It does not.And yet after Altadena and the Palisades are devastated by fires in one of the worst natural disasters in our country’s history, somehow a grandstanding pol such as the speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, can say that federal aid should be conditional: “It appears to us that state and local leaders were derelict in their duty in…
By Darius Tahir, KFF Health News Preparing cancer patients for difficult decisions is an oncologist’s job. They don’t always remember to do it, however. At the University of Pennsylvania Health System, doctors are nudged to talk about a patient’s treatment and end-of-life preferences by an artificially intelligent algorithm that predicts the chances of death. Related Articles Health | Ozempic, Wegovy and other drugs are among 15 selected for Medicare’s price negotiations Health | Saying no is hard, but setting boundaries can improve your health Health | Surprise finding sheds light on what causes Huntington’s disease, a devastating fatal brain disorder…
As I shared last week, I celebrated my 68th birthday recently. My wife treated me to a weekend at Pebble Beach.I know! But someone had to do it.We stayed in a spot overlooking the iconic Pebble Beach golf links — home of the annual AT&T Pro-Am and countless major championships over the years.This golf course has witnessed so many unforgettable moments, from Jack Nicklaus’ famous one-iron shot to a foot at the 17th hole in the 1972 U.S. Open to Tiger Woods’ runaway U.S. Open victory in 2000. Orange County is well represented, too, with Mark O’Meara hoisting the AT&T…
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis WriterMELBOURNE, Australia — Gael Monfils joined Roger Federer as the only men to reach the Australian Open’s fourth round at age 38 or older since the tournament field expanded to 128 players in 1988, coming back to beat fourth-seeded Taylor Fritz, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (1), 6-4, on Saturday (Friday night PT).After punctuating his victory with a 134 mph ace – his 24th of the afternoon, doubling Fritz’s total – Monfils did a celebratory dance at the baseline while thousands of fans at Margaret Court Arena roared, many waving red-white-and-blue French flags.He started his season with a…
By CURT RALLO The Associated PressSOUTH BEND, Ind. — Quarterback Riley Leonard and the Notre Dame offense have faced a fierce gauntlet of defenses in their path to the College Football Playoff title game.The Fighting Irish battled their way through Penn State (No. 7 in total defense), Georgia (No. 30) and Indiana (No. 2). Now, the nation’s top-ranked defense stands in the way of a return to college football’s mountaintop for the first time since 1988.Notre Dame (14-1) and Ohio State (13-2) meet Monday night in Atlanta for the 12-team format’s first national championship game.Ohio State’s defense is ranked No. 1 overall and No.…
The terrible fires that have ravaged Los Angeles County and other parts of the Southland aren’t even fully contained and our offices here at the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association are already getting calls from victims who are ready to press on and move forward to start rebuilding. It has been an important reminder that one of the great things about living in California is the people. In many ways, they still have the pioneer spirit that built this great state and country.But everyone has questions about how the disaster will affect their property taxes, now and after they rebuild. On…
LOS ANGELES — The last time the Lakers were without Anthony Davis and in need of a player to step up offensively outside of LeBron James and Austin Reaves, they got a career night out of Max Christie.But this time, it was Reaves and James again doing the heavy lifting on Friday night, with Reaves scoring a career-high 38 points and James adding 29 as the Lakers held on for a 102-101 victory over the struggling Brooklyn Nets.The Nets, who lost 126-67 to the Clippers on Wednesday night in a franchise-record 59-point defeat, had a chance to win it, but…
LOS ANGELES — Among the various strengths related to the depth the UCLA men’s basketball team acquired this past offseason, head coach Mick Cronin was excited for one specific aspect with this group.“I’ve always wanted enough really good players on the perimeter that I could have a good passing team,” Cronin told reporters on Nov. 7. “That’s a coach’s dream.”Through 17 games, though, the Bruins hadn’t fulfilled that dream. They ranked 60th among Division I teams, averaging 15.5 assists per game. On Friday, Iowa (12-6 overall, 3-4 Big Ten) tested UCLA’s passing ability, pressing the hosts full-court throughout and dropping…
LOS ANGELES — Lakers All-Star big man Anthony Davis was a late scratch for Friday night’s home game against the Brooklyn Nets because of left plantar fasciitis – an injury designation that has lingered for the past two months.Davis started the day as probable to play before being downgraded to questionable a little less than an hour before tipoff and ruled out 30 minutes before the game.Friday was Davis’ third missed game of the season and his first absence since the Jan. 2 home win against the Portland Trail Blazers, which was the first night of a back-to-back, with Davis…