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1+ min ago (1854+ words) Face! Center! Low! Hit him hard!" The shouts " a husky voice with a Southern surf bro twang " echoed in the dojo as a 4-year-old blond boy with a headband reading Lil" Dragon" punched up at a scowling mannequin. Kiiiiick! Don"t jump. Just kick. " Yeahhh!" More shouts. A huge smile from the tiny boy, a karate student who says he"s almost 4 and a half, thank you very much. An even bigger smile from the shouter, sensei Gerry Blanck. Nearly 11 months have passed since fire ripped through Pacific Palisades, and on this autumn Tuesday, Blanck was back doing what he"s done for 43 years " coaching toddlers, teens and grown-ups in the martial arts. For now, he is doing so in a temporary space in Santa Monica. His dojo on Marquez Avenue burned in the January firestorm. So did the homes…...

1+ min ago (566+ words) President Trump said Tuesday that National Guard troops will soon head to New Orleans and bring another federal surge to the city that is already awaiting a separate immigration crackdown dubbed "Swamp Sweep" that is expected to begin this week, the AP reports. Trump did not say how many troops... Trump: National Guard Will Be Sent to New Orleans President Trump said Tuesday that National Guard troops will soon head to New Orleans and bring another federal surge to the city that is already awaiting a separate immigration crackdown dubbed "Swamp Sweep" that is expected to begin this week, the AP reports. Trump did not say how many troops would be sent to New Orleans or exactly when they would arrive. Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, who asked the Trump administration in September for up to 1,000 troops to fight crime,…...

1+ min ago (1130+ words) In 2022, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar narrowly defeated a progressive challenger after the FBI raided his home and office weeks before the primary election. Nearly four years later, the Laredo Democrat remains embroiled in the same bribery controversy tied to the raid " yet things are looking up for him in Texas" 28th Congressional District." Ahead of his bid for a 12th term, Cuellar has no strong primary challengers, and his trial has been pushed until after the primary." For some Democrats, Cuellar"s voting record " which includes votes opposing abortion access and restricting transgender athletes " is a positive, as is his seat on the powerful House Appropriations Committee. "He"s done very well in keeping both sides happy," said Webb County Democratic Party Chair Sylvia Bruni. "He"s done a great deal for the district." The boundaries of Cuellar"s district during the midterms…...

1+ min ago (903+ words) The Trump administration plans to weaken environmental protections for threatened fish in California's Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and pump more water to Central Valley farmlands, according to letters obtained by the Los Angeles Times. The letters show Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration strongly criticizing the Trump administration plan. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation recently notified California agencies that it plans to pump more water out of the delta into the southbound aqueducts of the federally operated Central Valley Project. That would send more water to farmlands and communities across the San Joaquin Valley. The proposal advances a January executive order by President Trump and weakens protections for several kinds of fish whose populations have declined significantly in recent years. Three state agencies objected to the plan in letters to the Bureau of Reclamation last month, signaling a new round of confrontation with…...

1+ min ago (1854+ words) Face! Center! Low! Hit him hard!" The shouts " a husky voice with a Southern surf bro twang " echoed in the dojo as a 4-year-old blond boy with a headband reading Lil" Dragon" punched up at a scowling mannequin. Kiiiiick! Don"t jump. Just kick. " Yeahhh!" More shouts. A huge smile from the tiny boy, a karate student who says he"s almost 4 and a half, thank you very much. An even bigger smile from the shouter, sensei Gerry Blanck. Nearly 11 months have passed since fire ripped through Pacific Palisades, and on this autumn Tuesday, Blanck was back doing what he"s done for 43 years " coaching toddlers, teens and grown-ups in the martial arts. For now, he is doing so in a temporary space in Santa Monica. His dojo on Marquez Avenue burned in the January firestorm. So did the homes…...

1+ min ago (1226+ words) Traveling near the Warehouse District with Derrek Miranda is akin to riding in a motorcade with an elected official. Under the moniker Whitewallstuntz, Miranda has carved out a name for himself in downtown Los Angeles. On social media, he can be seen cutting through the most downtrodden parts of Skid Row on his white and neon green Honda Grom minibike, almost always in search of a subject to document. He has amassed nearly 300,000 followers across TikTok, Instagram and Facebook. He can be seen letting sparks fly from his tail scraper on the 10 Freeway with a "Los Angeles" tattoo emblazoned across his back, chopping it up with LAPD officers or, most commonly, touring homeless encampments to show, as he puts it, "what real life in L.A. is like." "A lot of people are scared of these human beings because they look at…...

1+ min ago (972+ words) At Virginia Tech, Espinoza said he has been contacted by several colleges that are interested in the new technology but wary of backlash. " AP Students applying to college know they can't " or at least shouldn't " use AI chatbots to write their essays and personal statements. So it might come as a surprise that some schools are now using artificial intelligence to read them. AI tools are now being incorporated into how student applications are screened and analysed, admissions directors say. It can be a delicate topic, and not all colleges are eager to talk about it, but higher education is among the many industries where artificial intelligenceis rapidly taking on tasks once reserved for humans. In some cases, schools are quietly slipping AI into their evaluation process, experts say. Others are touting the technology's potential to speed up their review…...

1+ min ago (402+ words) But a few weeks ago, congressional Republicans decided to turn back the clock on the progress Minnesota's hemp industry has made " threatening local jobs, small businesses, tax revenue and innovation along with it. Much to my disappointment, they did so without talking to Minnesota stakeholders or engaging with the committees most involved in the hemp supply chain " from growth to final product. That includes the House Agriculture Committee, where I serve as the top Democrat. Since then, my office has been flooded with calls, emails and letters from concerned Minnesotans. If the federal government is to get involved in hemp production and sales at the state level, it ought to do so by providing regulatory clarity and market structure for a growing industry " not by adopting one-size-fits-all policies that upend a critical economic engine overnight. In Minnesota, hemp supports jobs…...

1+ min ago (170+ words) You cannot outrun your life on fire," writes political journalist " and recent tabloid darling " Olivia Nuzzi in the opening pages of her much-anticipated memoir, American Canto." New York magazine Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi was suspended after acknowledging an inappropriate personal relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In a week of scandals " Mark Robinson's porn adventures, Melania Trump's speaking fees " is the tale of a reporter sexting with a presidential wannabe really the scandal we should be focused on? Nuzzi describes the grief she feels over this betrayal, but from a distance, shrouded in verbosity. What she'd experienced, she writes, was a kind of death " one that called for a period of griefless mourning. It was the death of an idea. An idea of self. Not of self itself. Not of myself. But of an iteration of myself." I get it, but…...

2+ min ago (468+ words) Sky is making progress on its Saturday Night Live UK cast. The show that has got the British comedy community talking is taking further steps since Deadline revealed its creative team month, according to Sky unscripted boss Phil Edgar-Jones, who was speaking at Content London. "Casting at the moment is well underway," said Edgar-Jones. "We're looking at writers and have had a great response from the comedy community. This is an opportunity for us to nurture that next generation of comic talent." Sky's briefing document from earlier this year said candidates are being asked to cast each sketch with a potential SNL guest host, with successful candidates needing to be available from mid-January to early April before the show launches later next year. Pressed to give more information on SNL, Edgar-Jones stressed that he needs to remain tight-lipped. "I get…...