California gubernatorial candidates’ salaries revealed — and one’s way ahead of the rest  

There are 10 candidates running to replace term-limited California Governor Gavin Newsom, and while polling may suggest one story, their tax returns reveal a very different picture of who leads in earnings. Of the 10, one candidate and his spouse reported a staggering $39 million in annual income — more than the rest of the field combined, according to CalMatters. At the top of the list by a massive margin is billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer, whose wealth far exceeds that of every other major candidate combined. In 2024, Steyer and his wife Kat Taylor reported about $39 million in income, driven largely by…

Politico yanks controversial cartoon of blood-covered Trump and Netanyahu

WASHINGTON — Politico was forced to yank a controversial cartoon depicting a blood-soaked President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with an oversized nose sitting among bags of cash. The cartoon, published Friday by the outlet — which is owned by the German media group Axel Springer — shows…

How Dodgers’ Will Smith became MLB’s most overlooked clutch hitter

In hindsight, maybe the baseball world should have known from the start. On the night Will Smith made his MLB debut back in June 2019, he hit a walk-off home run. Ever since, the Dodgers’ franchise catcher has made late-game heroics his most defining characteristic. And when team manager Dave…

UCLA women want to end a Cinderella story by beating Duke

SACRAMENTO – Cori Close hasn’t seen many shots – much less game-winners – like it. The ball circling the rim, one revolution and then another, before finally falling through the net after the buzzer. “Wow,” Close said Saturday, a day after Duke’s Ashlon Jackson made the shot of a lifetime…

Trump says Zelensky must ‘get moving’ with Ukraine peace talks

President Trump jabbed at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday — blaming him for a lack of progress in peace talks to end Russia’s nearly four-year invasion. “Zelensky is going to have to get moving,” Trump told reporters as he departed the White House for North Carolina. “Russia wants to…

Johnson & Johnson found liable for cancer in latest talc trial, ordered to pay 0K

A jury in Pennsylvania state court on Friday awarded $250,000 to the family of a woman who sued Johnson & Johnson alleging its talc-based baby powder was to blame for her ovarian cancer, according to an attorney for plaintiffs in nationwide talc litigation against the company. The jury in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas sided with family…

Why Carlos Correa turned down Bad Bunny’s WBC insurance offer

Bad Bunny offered to pay Carlos Correa’s insurance for the World Baseball Classic.  Major League Baseball, the Astros and his agent, Scott Boras, told the Astros infielder think again. “They all told me it was a bad idea,” Correa told The Athletic. “They all told me the insurance company that…

Lakers entering All-Star break on a high note

As the Lakers walked off the court inside of Crypto.com Arena after Thursday’s win over the Dallas Mavericks, they were feeling good about the state of the team entering the All-Star break.  Because even with their status as true NBA title contenders being in doubt, a bigger-picture view of their…

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