Taylor Swift searches blocked on X after explicit AI images
The social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has taken steps to limit the further spread of explicit deepfake images of Taylor Swift after…
Thursday’s high school basketball scores
CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Thursday: BOYS Adelanto 66, Silverado 50 Alliance Neuwirth 58, USC Hybrid…
California board approves EV charging plan despite complaints
After ripping into Electrify America’s latest public EV charger spending plan for its perceived inadequacies, members of the California Air Resources Board approved it unanimously.…
Mass layoffs hitting Sports Illustrated, union says
Sports Illustrated is getting hit with major layoffs, the venerable publication’s union said Friday. The cuts affect “a significant number, possibly all” of the magazine…
Thursday’s high school basketball scores
CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Thursday: BOYS Adelanto 76, Barstow 32 Anaheim 57, Century 42 Animo…
Federal ban on some Apple watch sales to resume Thursday
New Apple Watch Ultra 2 models are displayed during the launch day at Apple Omotesando store in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2023. The Ultra 2…
Jury selection begins at Trump’s defamation trial in New York
NEW YORK — Jury selection began in a New York courtroom Tuesday after a judge denied former President Trump’s request that a defamation trial stemming from…
Senate candidate Steve Garvey wants voters to remember his baseball days
SAN DIEGO — In the shadow of Petco Park, Steve Garvey was greeted as a Padres hero who played alongside baseball legend Tony Gwynn and helped…
Jelly Roll wants to help Congress solve fentanyl crisis
Take it from Jelly Roll, the former drug dealer turned country music star: “Fentanyl is gonna make the Sackler family look like saints.” The “Son…
Lakers’ winning streak vs. Phoenix Suns ends in blowout loss
In one way, the wheels were set in motion for the Lakers’ 127-109 loss to the Phoenix Suns on Thursday during the opening week of…
Limits on San Francisco’s clearing of homeless encampments upheld by 9th Circuit
A court order limiting San Francisco’s ability to clear street encampments of people who have nowhere else to go will remain in effect while litigation…
SEC approves bitcoin ETFs to start trading Thursday
1 of 2 | Bitcoin’s exchange-traded funds won approval Wednesday from the Securities and Exchange Commission, clearing the way for more Americans to invest as…
Friday’s high school basketball scores
CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Friday: BOYS Adelanto 56, AGBU 36 Anaheim Canyon 81, Brea Olinda…
Kings find themselves at a tipping point as ‘tough trip’ looms
Before departing for their longest trip this season, the Kings put one last item into their collective memory, if not their largest suitcases: Another blown…
Glynis Johns, ‘Mary Poppins’ actor, dead at 100
Glynis Johns, the Oscar-nominated and Tony-winning actor, dancer and singer who most notably played Mrs. Banks in Disney’s 1964 movie musical “Mary Poppins,” died Thursday…
Israel strike kills 12, mostly children, in Gaza area the military declared a safe zone
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli strike flattened a home Thursday in an area of southern Gaza that the military had declared a safe zone as…