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California's largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across US West 07/26/2024 11:21pm • California's largest active fire exploded in size on Friday evening, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters scrambled to meet the danger. The Park Fire's intensity and rapid spread led fire officials to make unwelcome comparisons to the monstrous Camp Clayton Kershaw makes 2024 debut with Dodgers, strikes out six in solid outing versus Giants 07/25/2024 09:28pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw made his season debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday, striking out six and allowing two runs and six hits in his return from offseason shoulder surgery. With his return to the lineup against the San Francisco Giants, Kershaw became the only pitcher to p Kershaw returns from shoulder surgery, Ohtani hits 31st homer, Dodgers beat Giants 6-4 07/25/2024 08:39pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw allowed two runs over four innings in his return from shoulder surgery, Nick Ahmed and Shohei Ohtani homered on consecutive pitches in the eighth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-4 Thursday. Kershaw made his first big league appe Comic-Con 2024: What to expect as the convention returns to San Diego 07/25/2024 06:19pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — Comic-Con International, the comic book and pop culture extravaganza, is kicking off in San Diego. The convention, which draws over 130,000 fans annually, opens for a preview night Wednesday and runs through Sunday. With the COVID-19 pandemic and the Hollywood strikes disrupting p Israelis watched Netanyahu's Congress speech closely. For many, it was both uplifting and depressing 07/25/2024 06:18am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fiery speech to Congress may have been delivered in Washington, but his words appeared aimed at an audience back home. Israelis heard their leader, a gifted orator with flawless English, deliver a forceful case for Israel’s ac How to Find the Best Mortgage Lender: 10 Questions You Should Be Asking 07/24/2024 08:00pm • Taking out a mortgage is likely one of the biggest financial steps of your life. The application process involves sharing sensitive information about your finances. While mortgage rates and terms should factor into your decision, choosing a lender you trust is equally important. To find the best len Sparks fly, Nevada judge sets deadline in bail bid for man charged in Tupac Shakur killing 07/23/2024 08:21pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sparks flew in court Tuesday as a Nevada judge rebuked a defense attorney and an ailing former Los Angeles-area gang leader lashed out against prosecutors during his renewed effort to be freed from jail to house arrest ahead of his trial in the 1996 killing of hip-hop legend Tupac 9 Online Business Ideas 07/23/2024 08:00pm • According to the latest research, Brits work more from home than any other nationality. In fact, 44% work from home in some capacity, while 16% of the UK now work fully remote. Remote work brings many benefits, from a better work-life balance to less money spent on commuting. Running your own busine Editorial Roundup: United States 07/23/2024 07:35pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: July 22 The Washington Post on what Kamala Harris needs to do to win the election With President Biden’s exit from the race, Democrats are quickly coalescing around Vice President Harris. Too quickly, arguably: Both she and the count Man pleads guilty to bribing a Minnesota juror with a bag of cash in COVID-19-related fraud case 07/23/2024 05:48pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of five people charged with attempting to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for an acquittal in a fraud case pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday. Abdimajid Mohamed Nur, 23, pleaded guilty to one count of bribery of a juror, admitting that US Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey is resigning from office following his corruption conviction 07/23/2024 04:27pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez will resign Aug. 20 following his conviction for taking bribes for corrupt acts including acting as an agent of the Egyptian government, he wrote in a letter to New Jersey's governor obtained by The Associated Press. Menendez had insisted after the Ju They made one-of-a-kind quilts that captured the public's imagination. Then Target came along 07/23/2024 11:18am • Over the past two decades, Gee’s Bend quilts have captured the public’s imagination with their kaleidoscopic colors and their daring geometric patterns. The groundbreaking art practice was cultivated by direct descendants of slaves in rural Alabama who have faced oppression, geographic isolation Ernest Hemingway fans celebrate the author's 125th birthday in his beloved Key West 07/21/2024 04:53pm • KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Ernest Hemingway spent the 1930s in Key West, Florida, and more than six decades after his death, fans, scholars and relatives continue to congregate on the island city to celebrate the author's award-winning novels and adventure-filled life. Hemingway Days started in 1981 wi Centreville man indicted on federal child exploitation charges in Minnesota 07/19/2024 04:43pm • A man from Centreville, Virginia, is under arrest after police say he coerced a teenager in Minnesota to send sexually explicit photographs of herself to him and then tried to meet her in person. Raymond Jung Woo Choi, 41, was arrested in Fairfax City on Monday after a grand jury indicted him on The winner in China's panda diplomacy: the pandas themselves 07/18/2024 11:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — China's panda diplomacy may have one true winner: the pandas themselves. Decades after Beijing began working with zoos in the U.S. and Europe to protect the species, the number of giant pandas in the wild has risen to 1,900, up from about 1,100 in the 1980s, and they are no longe