Xavier Becerra’s campaign for governor has hit the snooze button since winning the California gubernatorial primary in June — but his indolent strategy may become an issue as voters wake up ahead of November’s election. The career Democratic politician — rising from the state Legislature to Congress, California attorney general and eventually US health secretary — has kept a strikingly low profile since advancing to the runoff with Republican challenger Steve Hilton. Hilton claims Becerra, who promised to debate Hilton last month, has since dodged no fewer than eight invitations to do just that. “He can’t have a scheduling conflict…
David Henrie and wife Maria Cahill have welcomed their rainbow baby after suffering a pregnancy loss in 2023. “Hi guys! Maria here. David graciously let me take over his phone to write our ‘baby is finally here’ announcement post,” Cahill, 35, wrote in a post shared via her husband’s Instagram…
Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer maintained an inappropriate relationship with her bodyguard and ordered a member of her security detail to drop cash on “partially nude dancers” during an Oregon strip club visit, the department’s inspector general revealed in a report released Thursday. Chavez-DeRemer resigned in April, three months after…
Nick Kyrgios will be able to return to the tennis courts beginning on Friday. The controversial tennis player will be eligible to return to the sport after accepting a one-month suspension for testing positive for cocaine, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced on Thursday. Kyrgios was initially given a ban…
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John Lynch isn’t promising the 49ers another blockbuster trade. He is leaving the door conspicuously open. With San Francisco preparing to begin a season carrying legitimate Super Bowl expectations, Lynch indicated the team’s performance over the first two months could determine whether the front office goes shopping before the Nov.…
The Dancing With the Stars ballroom will look a little different for season 35. While returning faves like reigning mirrorball champ Witney Carson, Val Chmerkovskiy, Rylee Arnold, Sharna Burgess and Ezra Sosa will all be back to cha cha with a celebrity, a number of the show’s well-known choreographers will…
California’s controversial billionaire tax has picked up perhaps its least surprising endorsement yet: the Communist Party. The California arm of Communist Party USA officially threw its support behind Proposition 40 on Thursday, urging voters to support a a one-time 5% tax on the state’s roughly 200 billionaires. “It’s up to…
The Dutch central bank has yanked more than 78 metric tons of gold out of New York, citing the tumultuous international climate — the latest European country to ditch or downsize its US precious metal stores. De Nederlandsche Bank, or DNB, cut its New York holdings as it reallocated about…
For the first time, physicists have measured the tiny quantum shift an object acquires by falling through Earth’s gravity — an effect of Einstein’s relativity that was predicted almost a century ago but never observed.Researchers placed ultracold rubidium atoms into a superposition, a quantum state in which a single particle…
In this U.S. Open, the top stars keep going down. And the American men’s hopes keep going up. Third-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime was the latest to fall by the wayside, Karen Khachanov handing him a one-sided, second-round caning, 6-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. It was a lousy blow for the ailing Canadian,…
Former Dancing With the Stars host Brooke Burke was initially caught off guard when she was let go from the ballroom competition show. “My times in the ballroom were epic and amazing. I have such great memories and relationships. It’s really the industry,” Burke, 54, recalled on the Thursday, September…
Nithya Raman just picked up an endorsement from the city’s Democratic Socialists of America — a group that wants to defund the police and abolish ICE. DSA-LA announced Wednesday that it was backing Raman after more than 1,400 members participated in an online endorsement vote. The final tally was 937 votes…
More Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs are still rare and jobless claims remain at historically low levels. The Labor Department reported Thursday that filings for benefits ticked up to 206,000 last week from a revised 204,000 the week before. The four-week average of claims, which smooths…
Elon Musk sent dozens of self-driving Cybercabs without steering wheels or brake pedals onto the streets of Austin, Texas, on Thursday, betting that Americans will overcome their fears of rides with “no control” and hop inside. The rollout of the gold-colored Teslas, which give passengers no way to take control…
New Hubble observations have revealed a dramatic, 10-sided jet surrounding Saturn’s south pole, and it appears to be evolving before our eyes.The Hubble Space Telescope recently snapped a high-resolution view of the striking “atmospheric wave,” which appears to have begun forming in 2023, archival Hubble images show. Scientists are curious…
WASHINGTON — Michigan Senate hopeful Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is heading to an Islamic convention over the weekend that has faced criticism for inviting multiple Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack conspiracy theorists. On Saturday, he’s slated to join a panel at the Islamic Society of North America’s annual convention in Detroit and…
From eating green to seeing green. A first-of-its-kind Bay Area gas station has sold for a whopping $12 million — a lucrative number far higher than its owner and founder anticipated, according to a CBS report. Dubbed America’s first “plant-based mart”, Hangry Planet in San Bruno first opened in 2022, selling…
NYC school kids will be pried from their screens this school year. A new sweeping policy — said to be the strictest in the nation — will prevent local public school kids in elementary and middle school using AI or spending excessive time on screens during the school day. “We’re…
Chemotherapy can save lives, but for many cancer patients, it leaves behind a painful legacy: damaged nerves that burn, tingle or go numb. Now, researchers report that a psychedelic compound may protect those nerves — not through its mind-bending effects, but by helping neurons keep their internal power supplies moving.A…
Felix Auger-Aliassime’s lead was gone in a New York minute. The No. 3 seed’s run at the U.S. Open came to a crashing end Thursday as the Canadian won the first set against unseeded Karen Khachanov in a tiebreak, 7-6 (5), only to watch Khachanov take the next three straight…
Counting On alum Joy-Anna Duggar decided to wait to publicly announce her pregnancy — and she wouldn’t have it any other way. “Thank you all so much for the love on our pregnancy announcement,” Duggar, 28, wrote via her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, September 2. “We are over the moon…
Vice President JD Vance said Thursday he knew of no “special security concern” that would lead President Trump to skip next week’s 25th anniversary commemoration of the 9/11 attacks at Ground Zero — before joking he was looking forward to “intellectual conversations” with former President Joe Biden. Trump will attend…
The taps will soon run dry at yet another Southern California brewery. Prohibition Brewing Company — a family-owned staple that spent the last decade and a half serving pints to thirsty locals in North County San Diego — announced the doors will shut for good at the end of this month,…
Archaeologists excavating in eastern Serbia have discovered the remains of a lavish and uniquely constructed Roman bath that once belonged to an emperor. The suite of rooms — which included heated floors, three bathing pools and a sauna — was uncovered at the bottom of a tower within an imperial…
The US Open shared a public notice regarding photography amid debates on influencers and etiquette at the tennis tournament in New York. “Please refrain from the use of flash photography or other lighting during match play. Thank you and enjoy the tennis!” a sign posted outside of Louis Armstrong Stadium…
The events leading to NHL prospect Matthew Mayich’s heat stroke and subsequent hospitalization are now under formal police investigation, according to The Athletic. The police department at Arizona State University — where Mayich, 21, is a sophomore on the Sun Devils hockey team — is determining whether any criminal acts…
California’s largest utility is putting billions of dollars in planned investments on ice as its CEO lashes out at Sacramento over the state’s wildfire liability rules — warning that the company can no longer afford to move forward at its current pace. PG&E announced Wednesday it plans to defer approximately $2…
Food delivery startup Wonder said it slashed 150 jobs – or 7% of its workforce – this week to invest in robotics and automation. Helmed by serial entrepreneur Marc Lore – who founded Jet.com and Diapers.com and headed up Walmart.com until 2021 – Wonder operates 140 retail locations in the…
Continuing to add to their depth, the Giants on Thursday signed veteran linebacker Malik Harrison to their practice squad. Harrison, 28, has plenty of familiarity with head coach John Harbaugh. Harrison was a 2020 third-round pick of Harbaugh’s Ravens out of Ohio State. He played five seasons in Baltimore and…
The cast of MobLand will all be returning for season 2 — but who will be part of season 3 after rumors of a cast member being fired? The hit crime drama, which premiered in 2025, follows Harry (Tom Hardy) as a fixer working for the Harrigan crime family led…
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is popping up across the US to stump for candidates in battleground states — but many see her support as more of a curse than a gift. As Harris looks to strengthen her national profile ahead of a potential 2028 run for the White House,…
They’re checking out. Slumping sneaker seller Nike shuttered of a total of 11 of its U.S. stores in July alone, according to a report — including one location in a popular upscale shopping center in Northern California. The closures impacted states across the country, including Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, North Carolina,…
Could a weight loss shot be a fountain of youth? A new study could point to major longevity benefits for humans who take GLP-1s. Researchers compared mice who took the drug in Ozempic and Wegovy to mice who didn’t — and found improvement across their blood, appearance and behavior. Most…
The Los Angeles Lakers entered their post-LeBron James era this summer after the four-time NBA champion informed the team he wouldn’t be returning for the 2026-27 season. There are contrasting opinions on how the Lakers will perform without the 41-year-old superstar, who spent eight consecutive seasons with LA. But former…
Dancing With the Stars pro Sasha Farber broke his silence after being absent from the season 35 lineup. Farber, 42, posted a TikTok on Wednesday, September 2, after ABC confirmed the full list of pros and celebrities competing for the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy on the upcoming season. In the…
WASHINGTON — Sen. Susan Collins set social media ablaze this week with an arch remark about Democrat Troy Jackson’s longtime romance with his second cousin, which has produced two adult children. “I’m not going to bring up the fact that the mother of his two children is his second cousin.…
Stocks jumped Thursday while Treasury yields and oil prices dipped after a Fed governor signaled he wants to keep interest rates flat – lowering the odds of a rate hike this month. The Dow Jones Industrial rose 580 points, or 1.1%, by about 1:20 p.m. ET — on track for…
How does one get some of the most famous thighs in video game history? The actress playing Chun-Li in the upcoming Street Fighter movie, Callina Liang, took the responsibility very seriously. “[I] strengthened my legs a lot and changed my diet drastically,” the Canadian actress told Empire magazine in August.…
The Jets announced their six captains for the 2026 season, as selected by their teammates. Quarterback Geno Smith, guard Joe Tippmann, linebacker Demario Davis, safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, defensive tackle Harrison Phillips and wide receiver/punt returner Isaiah Williams all were picked. Davis, Smith and Fitzpatrick are all new to the Jets…
Bachelor Nation fan favorite Tyler Cameron is setting the record straight on his past dance experience before tackling the Dancing With the Stars ballroom competition. Cameron, 33, revealed on the Thursday, September 3, episode of Hulu’s “Get Real” podcast that he nearly earned a dance minor in college. “I was…
WASHINGTON — Oman has quietly rejected Iran’s request to jointly charge service fees on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, The Post has learned — averting a clash with President Trump, who has threatened to rain down bombs on the US ally. A high-ranking regional official said that Muscat…
OpenAI, Anthropic and Google were grappling with service problems Thursday, disrupting several of the tech giants’ massive popular artificial intelligence products. OpenAI said it was investigating “elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex,” with the problem ongoing for 20 minutes at the time of a status-page screenshot reviewed by The Post.…
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