WNBA rookie Angel Reese becomes part-owner of new women’s soccer team
Angel Reese has added a new title to her ever-growing resume: part-owner of a professional sports team. Read more
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Some Las Vegas-area casinos still have coin-operated slots
Here are the casinos that still operate some old-fashioned machines. Read more
Red Lobster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
The filing listed company assets of $1 billion to $10 billion and liabilities of $1 billion to $10 billion. Read more
Blinken announces $2B more in military aid to Ukraine
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. is accelerating arms supplies to Ukraine as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s military confronts a Russian assault on the nation’s northeast. Read more
University of California Regents order UCLA to pay $10M annually in ‘Calimony’
In a temporary triumph for UCLA, the University of California Regents on Tuesday ordered the school to pay rival California the max tax but for only half the previously allotted period. Read more
Ex-Trump adviser Bannon faces jail time for probe defiance
Bannon’s lawyers did not immediately say if he plans to file a long-shot appeal to the full D.C. appeals court or to the Supreme Court. Read more
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City of Anaheim gives final approval to DisneylandForward
Disneyland is about to take the first step on a 40-year journey that will forever change the face of the Anaheim theme park resort now that the city has approved an expansion plan that promises new themed lands, rides, hotels, shops and restaurants. Read more
USC’s faculty senate censures president and provost over commencement
The body that represents the University of Southern California’s faculty voted today to censure the university’s president, Carol Folt, and provost, Andrew Guzman, citing both leaders’ mishandling of events around commencement. Read more
With production of Chevy Malibu ending, era ends for Detroit sedans
In another case of Detroit automakers surrendering car sales to foreign competition, General Motors Co. this fall will retire its last mainstream gas-powered sedan when production of the Chevrolet Malibu ends after nine generations. Read more
Travis Kelce cast in Ryan Murphy’s FX horror, ‘Grotesquerie’
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 34, will act alongside Niecy Nash-Betts, Courtney B. Vance and Lesley Manville in the FX horror show. Deadline was the first to report the casting. Read more
Mitt Romney says he’s no dog killer unlike South Dakota’s Noem
The former Republican presidential standard-bearer insisted that he did nothing nearly so cruel as Noem by strapping a pet dog to the roof of his car, a much-mocked episode from his 2012 White House campaign. Read more
Greene to call for vote on Speaker Johnson’s ouster next week
“I think every member of Congress needs to take that vote and let the chips fall where they may,” said Greene, a Rome Republican. “And so, next week I am going to be calling this motion to vacate.” Read more
U.S. job openings hit three-year low, showing cooling labor market
Available positions decreased to 8.49 million from an upwardly revised 8.81 million reading in the prior month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, known as JOLTS, showed Wednesday. Read more
Ryan Reynolds, Dwayne Johnson reportedly had ‘huge fight’ on set
With the chatter spreading on Tuesday, a representative for Amazon MGM Studios released a statement vouching for Johnson and his production company, Seven Bucks, which produced both “Red Notice” and the upcoming film “Red One.” Read more
Biden condemns protesters’ occupation of Columbia’s Hamilton Hall
The latest escalation in the students’ demonstration against the war in Gaza also drew censure from Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams, who said they were in communication with university administrators. Read more
Ex-Fox News executive named NewsNation’s president of news and politics
Michael Corn, who has been NewsNation’s top editorial executive since May 2021, remains at the network in a new role overseeing prime-time programs and specials. Read more
NASA does Dragon shuffle prepping for Starliner launch
NASA still needs to shift the remaining Dragon spacecraft from its spot to clear the path for next week’s launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner. Read more
Regular mammograms urged for all women ages 40 to 74
The new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force say women without genetic mutations that make it extremely likely they will develop breast cancer should get their first mammogram to screen for the disease at age 40 and should continue with the exams every other year until they turn 74 Read more
More public colleges admit high schoolers before they’ve applied
Public universities across the country increasingly are sending acceptance letters even before students apply to college. Read more
Stagecoach, Coachella fans abandon tons of camping gear, clothes
Charitable organizations turn the discarded clutter — more than 24 tons of it strewn throughout the 642-acre property — into a benefit for the local needy. Read more
University of Texas at Austin protesters arrested on campus
While the tents were being set up, dozens of students and demonstrators linked arms, forming a circle around the encampment. They chanted “free, free Palestine” and “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” Read more
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