Nithya Raman’s ‘genocide’ remarks rattle Jewish crowd at LA mayoral forum

Nithya Raman walked straight into one of the most explosive issues of her mayoral campaign Tuesday night. The Los Angeles City Councilwoman defended her decision to call Israel’s actions in Gaza a “genocide” at the 2026 Jewish Los Angeles Mayoral Forum, prompting an uneasy reaction from parts of the roughly 1,000-person crowd at the Skirball Cultural Center. “The word genocide is a deeply painful word. I understand its historical context and the weight of that historical context for the world, not just this for the room but for the world,” Raman said. Sign up for the California Morning Report newsletter…

Rui Hachimura converts Lakers fan to Clippers stan in wild gift exchange

Rui Hachimura moved on from the Lakers, and he’s hoping his fans do, too. On his official Instagram account @blacksamurai, a clip of Hachimura gifting a Clippers jersey to a fan was posted. The fan originally was wearing Hachimura’s No. 28 Lakers jersey, but the forward asked the boy to…

Exclusive | Xavier Becerra appalled staff with offensive term for missing children while HHS secretary

Xavier Becerra disparaged migrant children as “little Juanitos and Juanitas” while leading former President Joe Biden administration’s health department, a former colleague alleges — fueling Democratic insiders’ fears about California’s would-be governor. “I never heard a single person disparage immigrant children,” a former Biden administration official who worked with Becerra…

Four new In-N-Outs ‘opening soon’ across California — here’s where

The In-N-Out empire keeps growing. Residents across the Golden State will soon have more chances to grab the burger chain’s famous fare, with several new locations listed as “opening soon” on its website. Three of the new sites are headed to Southern California, while the fourth will make its home…

Longtime NBA coach retires from JJ Redick’s staff as part of shakeups

A longtime NBA coach retired from Lakers coach JJ Redick’s staff, triggering shakeups. Bob Beyer decided to call it a coaching career, which started for the 64-year-old when he became an assistant coach for Alfred University’s men’s basketball team in 1983 and ended after two seasons on Redick’s staff from…

France sees US tech fines as piggy bank for EU spending, minister reveals

A top ally of French President Emmanuel Macron gloated that the European Union is treating fines on US tech giants like a piggy bank to bankroll the bloc’s own spending — a brazen disclosure the White House likened to “extortion.” France’s Europe Minister Benjamin Haddad suggested Tuesday that the EU,…

Meta releases new ‘secret weapon’ Muse assistant aimed at small businesses

AI, AI, captain! Meta today announced the launch of a new artificial intelligence assistant designed to aid small business owners with their slate of operations — from creating ad campaigns to analyzing financial performance to sorting and answering incoming mail. Dubbed Muse for Small Business, it’s part of Meta’s push…

Knicks still mulling whether to go to White House

The Knicks are apparently still deciding whether to become the first NBA champs to visit President Trump’s White House. Months after Knicks owner James Dolan said he accepted Trump’s invitation, Mike Brown, the team’s coach, said the organization hasn’t committed. “No, that’s still something that our guys, the organization, is…

Nancy Pelosi calls out Biden allies who knew about his decline — despite admitting she was ‘startled’ by then-president’s condition

WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi bashed allies of former President Joe Biden Tuesday, saying those who were aware of the 46th president’s cognitive decline “should have acted upon that information” earlier. The 86-year-old Pelosi (D-Calif.) claimed at Politico’s “The California Agenda: Sacramento Summit” event that she “didn’t really…

Michigan Dem Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed scrubbed past videos of him saying July Fourth ‘fireworks suck,’ opposing 2nd Amendment

WASHINGTON — Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed scrubbed videos from his YouTube channel in which he claimed that Fourth of July “fireworks suck,” questioned whether American football was “ethical” and floated the elimination of the Second Amendment right to bear arms. At least 100 of El-Sayed’s videos were made…

Holiday-hating Francesca Hong loses to David Crowley in Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary

WASHINGTON — Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley narrowly upset Democratic socialist Francesca Hong in Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary Tuesday night, despite polls showing Hong in front by double-digits in the final stretch before polling day. Crowley’s campaign said the 37-year-old state legislator and member of the Democratic Socialists of America…

Jets 53-man prediction: The intrigue for a mostly settled roster

The Jets are ready to open up the preseason Friday against the Buccaneers, and we’ll get a better idea of how the pieces of the puzzle fit together after that. It is sometimes difficult to get a read on how players are being evaluated during training-camp practices because you never…

Diagnostic dilemma: Doctors performed surgery to remove a mass in a woman’s gut ‪—‬ and a bug-like creature immediately jumped out

The patient: An 82-year-old woman in Bologna, ItalyThe symptoms: The woman was admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain that had worsened over the previous four days. The symptom was accompanied by constipation and episodes of nausea and vomiting.What happened next: During a physical examination, doctors found that the patient’s…

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