Wild USC-Oregon fan fight erupts in stands after Dante Moore hit — with an ironic twist

Once again, “Fight On!” was taken a little too literally Saturday night at the Coliseum.  As Oregon quarterback Dante Moore was being tended to by medical personnel following a brutal hit that sent him to a nearby hospital, two USC fans staged their own heavyweight bout in the stands during the Trojans’ 41-27 loss to the 20th-ranked Ducks.  And you almost couldn’t script the irony. Sign up for the California Morning Report newsletter The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now. Thanks for signing up! One USC fan was wearing a No. 8 jersey — the same number…

Oregon gets revenge for dirty hit on Dante Moore by walloping USC

USC delivered a devastating blow before halftime Saturday, knocking Oregon quarterback Dante Moore out of the game with a dirty hit. Pulling together in support of their injured teammate amid an increasingly testy atmosphere at the Coliseum, the Ducks found an inspired counter. And they might have just leveled the…

Liberty looking to make playoff ‘history’ after up-and-down regular season

MINNEAPOLIS — First-year head coach Chris DeMarco was well aware of the high expectations when he took the Liberty job.  At his introductory press conference in December, he embraced the pressure.  “If you ever played any sport and you’re competitive,” he said, “this is what you want.”  Nine months later,…

FTC chair says humans will be on the hook for actions of rogue AI agents

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson says humans who set in motion rogue AI agents are the ones who will be held accountable for their actions. He said he would resist characterizing AI agents as autonomous actors with “wills and desires of their own,” speaking Friday at the Momentum AI…

Trump’s top aide Susie Wiles gives update on breast cancer fight

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles announced she is free from breast cancer after being diagnosed six months ago. “Some personal news I’m grateful to share,” she wrote on X on Wednesday. “After a medical appointment at the Mayo Clinic this week, my pathology results came back clear. “I…

Explosive report exposes ‘dangerous imbalance’ in law school pipeline shaping how election cases are decided

A report released this week examining America’s election-law pipeline found law schools that are overwhelmingly left-leaning, leaving conservatives outnumbered in both law-school classrooms and election litigation, which has resulted in a real world effect on courtroom outcomes, the report says. After reviewing election-law courses and faculty at all 198 ABA-accredited law schools,…

Exclusive | John Ritter’s family warns about the hidden but treatable heart condition that killed him — on what would have been his 78th birthday

For generations, something troubling seemed to plague the men in John Ritter’s bloodline. “We always heard, ‘Oh those Ritters die of their first and last heart attack,’ ” Amy Yasbeck, the beloved comedian’s widow, told The Post. “[John’s dad] clutched his chest and fell over. He was 60-something years old.”…

Sam Bankman-Fried’s surprising links to the ecosystem manipulating how you view AI

Silicon Valley billionaires bankrolling the Artificial Intelligence boom are also manipulating its perception — sponsoring research and testing labs, ambassadors and the journalists reporting on it. The most impactful operation is by those involved with the Effective Altruism (EA) movement, who have created an entire ecosystem which has propelled Anthropic…

How the Knicks celebrated their title with a non-stop summer spotlight

Your eyes did not deceive you. The Summer of Knicks was very real. Basking in the glow and attention of the franchise’s first title since Richard Nixon was in the White House, the players were everywhere over the past three months — TV shows, sporting events, sponsorship trips, weddings, magazine…

Abdul El-Sayed blames slavery for US healthcare woes — says opposing taxpayer funded care for illegal immigrants is akin to racism

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed claimed that slavery “profoundly” influenced the American health care system and that any public opposition to taxpayer-funded treatments for illegal immigrants would be a “deliberate, racist attack.” In a resurfaced 2022 interview, the doctor claimed slavery still weighs on America’s for-profit health care. “Racism…

OpenAI flags new concerning AI behavior, to track model misalignment regularly

OpenAI has disclosed six reports of “unexpected or concerning” behavior in artificial-intelligence models as the debate on AI safety becomes increasingly heated. The AI company also said Wednesday it was introducing a new framework for tracking, probing and disclosing AI model misalignment instances, such as new ways for the models to…

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