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DALLAS — The Lakers have gone through a similar pattern as they near the season’s midway point – one they have hopes of ending during their upcoming homestand.They’ll have a stretch of performing at the high level coach JJ Redick and the players envision they can consistently, followed by a momentum-halting poor play.This trend was on display during their winless two-game Texas road trip.They lost to the Houston Rockets 119-115 on Sunday, after trailing by 22 after struggling to keep the Rockets off the offensive glass, and were defeated by the Dallas Mavericks 118-97 on Tuesday, despite the Mavericks being…

Colleges went mad.They charge students big bucks and then make them feel guilty.My new video looks at a new documentary called “The Coddling of the American Mind.” It persuasively suggests that today, young people are anxious and depressed because “adults” at their schools brainwashed them.Students like Lucy Kross Wallace at Stanford.“I was anxious,” she says. “I felt guilty constantly. I couldn’t stop thinking about the white privilege thing.”Kimi Katiti attended The Art Institute of California and now says, “I feel like I lost my life for six years. I was full of self-confidence when I was 18. But in college, that disintegrated.”Kimi,…

By Ava Benny-Morrison and Rachel Metz, Bloomberg News (TNS)The sister of Sam Altman accused the OpenAI chief executive officer of sexually abusing her for almost a decade, in a lawsuit filed in federal court.Ann Altman, 30, alleged that Sam Altman abused and manipulated her while they were growing up in Missouri in the late 1990s to early 2000s. According to the lawsuit filed Monday, the alleged abuse began when she was 3 years old and the last instance allegedly occurred when he was an adult but she was still a minor. Ann Altman has previously claimed on social media that Sam Altman abused her.Sam Altman, 39, posted a statement on…

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday blamed the massive wildfires burning homes in Southern California on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s water policies, claiming in a jab on his Truth Social media platform that Newsom put the needs of “essentially worthless fish” over “the people of California.”“Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way,” Trump’s post said.“He wanted to protect…

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump arrived on Capitol Hill late Wednesday to meet privately with Republican senators as House and Senate GOP leaders are straining to come up with a strategy for tackling his legislative priorities as the party takes power in Washington.The visit is Trump’s first time back inside the U.S. Capitol since he left office four years ago, after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot by his supporters. He is also expected to pay tribute to the late President Jimmy Carter, whose remains lie in state in the Rotunda with long lines of visitors ahead…

EL SEGUNDO — If there was a moment when Quentin Johnston showed the known football universe that he had finally evolved into the wide receiver the Chargers always believed he could be, it was in the early minutes of a game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Dec. 8 at Arrowhead Stadium.Johnston ran a precise route deep into the Chiefs’ secondary, caught a pass from Justin Herbert for a 21-yard gain and then absorbed a vicious hit from Kansas City linebacker Nick Bolton. Remarkably, Johnston held onto the ball, rising to his feet as if nothing had happened.Bolton was penalized…

Here’s a quiz about housing in California. Is it hard to buy a home because:a) Jobs don’t pay enough to qualify for a mortgageb) Current homeowners don’t want to sellc) Caltrans has a chokehold on approving new housing constructionIt’s a trick question. The correct answer is: d) All of the above.Yes, all three things are true. The Legislative Analyst’s Office reported that in September 2024, the monthly payment for a newly purchased “mid-tier home” in California was $5,500, including taxes and insurance, up 75% since January 2020. The household income needed to qualify for a mortgage to buy that home…

By Bernard Wolfson | KFF Health NewsWe’ve all read the stories and seen the images: The life-threatening heat waves. The wildfires of unprecedented ferocity. The record-breaking storms washing away entire neighborhoods. The melting glaciers, the rising sea levels, the coastal flooding.As California wildfires stretch into the colder months and hurricane survivors sort through the ruins left by floodwaters, let’s talk about an underreported victim of climate change: the emotional well-being of young people.A nascent but growing body of research shows that a large proportion of adolescents and young adults, in the United States and abroad, feel anxious and worried about…

Firefighters have been overwhelmed by this week’s major wildfires across Los Angeles County, the three largest erupting in less than 12 hours during a windstorm.Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Anthony Marrone said at a Wednesday, Jan. 8, news conference that there were not enough firefighters in the county to “address four separate fires of this magnitude.”Firefighters, by Tuesday night, were battling the Palisades, Eaton and Hurst fires. A fourth blaze, the much smaller Woodley fire, was burning near the Sepulveda Basin in the San Fernando Valley and by Wednesday afternoon had consumed 30 acres, according to Cal Fire.“LA County…

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Wednesday that it intends to release special counsel Jack Smith’s findings on Donald Trump’s efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election but will keep under wraps for now the rest of the report focused on the president-elect’s hoarding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.The revelation was made in a filing to a federal appeals court that was considering a defense request to block the release of the two-volume report while charges remain pending against two Trump co-defendants in the Florida case accusing the Republican former president and current…