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South L.A. candidate was charged with stabbing a woman in 1993. She says they’re friends

Michelle Chambers, who is running for California's 35th Senate District in South L.A., said she took a plea deal because she could not afford a lawyer.
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Brian Daboll’s Giants seat is cool by suddenly tumultuous NFC East standards
The Giants coach is in good shape, as far as his relative security in the NFC East.
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Francisco Alvarez has been the Mets’ missing postseason threat
Mets manager Carlos Mendoza sat at the dais in the bowels of Citi Field and expressed confidence that Francisco Alvarez will find his groove in the postseason.
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Son writes hilarious, loving obituary for his dad: ‘He is God’s problem now’
“There are some people who might think it was irreverent and offensive, but I think it sounds about perfect,” Charles Boehm said of his father’s obituary.
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Freeze warning chills parts of NY, NJ, as winter-like weather cools tri-state area
This week's weather is set to send shivers down your spine as a freeze warning was issued for several counties in New Jersey and the Hudson Valley, while parts of Connecticut are under a frost advisory.
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"Mysterious black balls" close 2 popular beaches in Australia
A local mayor says the balls littering two beaches in the Sydney area could be "tar balls," which form when spilled oil clumps together with debris in the water.
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Meet D.C.’s new fire marshal, Ed Kauffman
Hours after three people died in a suspected arson, a new fire marshal assumed the office that investigates fires and enforces fire prevention.
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In Reston, Va., luxury townhouses with optional rooftop terraces
Buying New | Lake Anne Towns has 36 units
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Texas man faces execution despite doubts over shaken baby syndrome
Robert Roberson of Texas is scheduled to die by lethal injection despite doubts over shaken baby syndrome, the scientific theory used to convict him in the death of his daughter.
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PrizePicks Promo Code POSTMAX: Earn $50 Bonus for Dodgers-Mets with $5 entry on Wednesday
Sign up with PrizePicks promo code POSTMAX for Wednesday's action and get $50 instantly when you create a $5 entry.
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Liberty know the ‘little details’ that will decide WNBA Finals
In a WNBA Finals tied 1-1, the Liberty have had trouble holding that lead late in both games. They hope to improve that in Game 3 Wednesday night.
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Lilly Ledbetter’s Enduring Vision
Her willingness to challenge the status quo helped shape a new era in corporate responsibility, writes Marc Benioff.
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Netflix Documentary Sweet Bobby Explores How a Woman Got Catfished by Her Cousin
A woman recalls being catfished in the Netflix documentary Sweet Bobby
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Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet adds 7 new pink-gold watches
The iconic model continues its evolution this year, expanding with seven new 18-karat pink-gold offerings.
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Trump says Josh Allen was going to be No 1 pick in 2018 NFL Draft before social media posts surfaced
Former President Donald Trump said Josh Allen would have been the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft if it were for offensive comments that surfaced.
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Meet the woman who teamed with Rolex to photograph the world
The Mexico native has spent over three decades traveling to more than 130 countries.
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Aaron Judge makes the Yankees collapse-proof
The soon-to-be two-time MVP may have changed the trajectory of his playoff legacy with one swing.
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Delta is giving its cabin interiors a new look. Here's a peek inside.
Delta says new seating materials and other cabin design enhancements "elevate the travel experience."
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Fox News Host Faces MAGA Pile On for Harris Interview That Hasn’t Even Happened Yet
Dustin Franz/ AFP via Getty ImagesFox News anchor Bret Baier is fending off pre-emptive fire from Donald Trump's fans as he attempts to convince the MAGA-verse that his upcoming interview with Vice President Kamala Harris won’t be rigged.Following their familiar playbook, users on X claimed—without evidence, and this time before even seeing the interview—that the Special Report host planned to edit Wednesday’s interview tape to make the Democratic presidential candidate look better.Baier spent several hours Tuesday assuring MAGA users he hadn’t made any concession to Harris to land the interview and wouldn’t be giving her the questions in advance, but his explanations didn’t seem to get through.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Details of iconic shipwreck revealed in never-before-seen footage
"Endurance" features thousands of 3D scans shot by a 4K camera deployed to a depth of nearly 10,000 feet.
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Diddy Lawyers’ New Demand: His Accusers Must Be Named
Jerritt Clark/Getty for Epic RecordsFaced with a growing mountain of sex-abuse lawsuits, lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs would very much like to know who’s been saying what. The disgraced mogul’s team argues in a new court filing that, because of the “unique” aspects of the case—namely Diddy’s “celebrity status” and “wealth,” as well as the sheer volume of allegations—they should get to know the names of his accusers, The Guardian reports.His attorneys say the “torrent” of claims “by unidentified complainants, spanning from false to outright absurd,” has created a “pervasive ripple effect.” They reportedly gesture toward recent efforts by Texas lawyer Tony Buzbee to sign up alleged victims: Buzbee says at least 120 people have come to him with complaints about the rapper, and on Monday, his clients filed six anonymous sexual assault complaints. Diddy’s team wrote that “swirling allegations have created a hysterical media circus that, if left unchecked, will irreparably deprive Mr. Combs of a fair trial, if they haven’t already.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
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NFL's top brass agree finger-gun celebrations send 'the wrong messages'
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and league executive Troy Vincent agreed on Tuesday that there was "no place" for finger-gun celebrations in the sport.
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Travis Kelce had ‘mixed feelings’ while cuddling up with Taylor Swift at Yankees playoff game
Travis Kelce was torn during his Yankee Stadium outing with Taylor Swift.
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Afghan national accused in terror plot was not vetted for SIV status, despite past Biden admin claims
The Biden-Harris administration has backtracked and now admits that an Afghan national accused of an Election Day terror plot did not undergo certain vetting they previously claimed he passed.
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Former Vegas Democrat politician convicted of killing reporter faces at least 20 years at sentencing hearing
Robert Telles, a former Las Vegas-area Democratic politician convicted of killing a journalist, could face up to 28 years in prison before he becomes eligible for parole.
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Rapper Lord Jamar says Kamala Harris isn’t qualified enough to run ‘Dunkin Donuts or a 7-11’
Lord Jamar suggested Kamala Harris "is not qualified to run, you know, a Dunkin Donuts or a 7-11, let alone the corporation that we call the United States of America."
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Patek Philippe’s new royal purple Twenty~4 watch is fit for a queen
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Patek Philippe has introduced a new rose-gold version with a (fittingly) royal-purple dial.
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The Trump Loyalist Democrats Have a Chance to Defeat
Thanks to a bluer district and a formidable opponent, Pennsylvania Representative Scott Perry is now the nation’s most vulnerable MAGA Republican.
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All in the family: Hart High has 10 sets of brothers playing football
Happening at Hart High is a sports anomaly: Ten sets of brothers are playing on the varsity and junior varsity football teams.
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Melania Trump to release 'Collector's Edition' of memoir featuring images photographed by former first lady
EXCLUSIVE: Former First Lady Melania Trump is releasing a special collector’s edition of her new memoir containing exclusive images she photographed at the White House and around the world.
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The Sports Report: Can Shohei Ohtani fix his swing before Game 3?
Starting with an 0-for-4 performance in Game 5 against the Padres, Shohei Ohtani hasn’t looked like himself.
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Is every car dealer trying to rip me off?
A Vox reader writes: “Why are car dealers so shady? How do consumers avoid them? Is it frustrating for everyone?” Americans have long hated the car-buying experience. It’s not uncommon to spend hours (or even the whole day) at a dealership, finally reaching a deal and still walking away feeling vaguely hoodwinked. “It’s a process that generally stinks, and it’s designed that way,” says Tom McParland, founder of Automatch Consulting, a service that helps car buyers find the best price on the vehicle they want. A lot of the distaste comes down to the uncertainty of what you’ll end up paying. In an age when you can buy almost anything online without interacting with another human being, where you can easily shop around for the best deal, cars remain one of the few purchases where your personal negotiation skills — as well as, sometimes, your race, gender, and income — can determine the price.  Sign up for the Explain It to Me newsletter The newsletter is part of Vox’s Explain It to Me. Each week, we tackle a question from our audience and deliver a digestible explainer from one of our journalists. Have a question you want us to answer? Ask us here. Sometimes, the tactics car salespeople use go beyond just the hard sell to the downright deceptive. One common trap is bait and switch prices, where a car is initially advertised as one price (usually achieved by piling on discounts that you may not qualify for). When you run to the dealership to snag the deal, you’re told the vehicle has already been sold but there’s a similar one that’s more expensive. Or take yo-yo sales, in which you drive your new car home only to be told a few days later that the financing fell through so you’ll have to accept a higher interest rate or make a bigger down payment. A dealer might also try to sneak unneeded add-ons — like extended warranties or protective coatings — onto the total price of the car. Last year, the Federal Trade Commission received more than 184,000 auto-related consumer complaints, making it the third most common category after complaints about credit bureaus, as well as banks and lenders. While there are some fair dealers, the car marketplace has “a lot of sharp and unethical business practices, and consumers are hurt by it,” says Chuck Bell, programs director of advocacy at Consumer Reports. “By the time that the consumer gets out the door, they feel like they’ve been doing battle.” Why is shopping for cars done this way? The first hint that you’re on unequal footing with a car salesperson comes when they’re cagey about giving a price quote even over the phone, let alone in writing. McParland says that the dealers he calls around to for clients often tell him that he has to come to the dealership for a price. “They’re basically just telling us to go pound sand,” he says. Dealers want you to come in because it’s much easier to upsell you that way. You’ve invested some effort into the process, and the salesperson can get a better read on how impatient you are to buy a car, how inexperienced you are with car shopping, and plenty of other factors to wield to their advantage. On the other hand, if they offer you an out-the-door price — which includes all extras and fees — before you ever meet in person, you could easily take the price to a competing dealer and ask if they can do better. While online used car dealers like CarMax and Carvana did make “no haggle” car prices more popular, they often come at a premium, according to McParland. Some traditional car dealers now offer fixed prices too, but it’s probably to your benefit to try to negotiate down. How did the system get to be like this? The general practice of negotiating car prices instead of paying a fixed price may actually stem from horse trading, in which sellers and buyers also haggled and buyers would even trade in their old horse to offset the price of the new one, much as we do with cars today.  The model has endured for so long, though, in part thanks to state franchise laws that ensure these middlemen car dealerships can’t be easily cut out. Most states ban carmakers from selling directly to consumers. Tesla is the rare exception of a car company that sells directly, and it has battled with car dealers for the right to do so. Car dealer trade groups have considerable political power, and they’re organized enough and deep-pocketed enough to lobby against reforms that would threaten the status quo, such as changing franchise laws that give them exclusive rights to sell a certain car brand in a particular territory. The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), for its part, argues that franchise laws in fact increase competitiveness and benefit the consumer, all the while creating local jobs. “They’re an enormously powerful lobby,” says Bell. Just look at how the industry pushed back against enforcement curtailing auto lending discrimination. Car dealers often arrange financing for customers, but they add a mark-up to the interest rate offered by banks because they can pocket that extra money for themselves. How much of a mark-up is applied is at the dealer’s discretion, and unlike mortgage lenders, they’re not required to collect data on the race of their customers, making it much harder to see if they’re complying with fair lending laws. Research shows that car dealers often charge higher interest rates to people of color. When the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau started cracking down on this practice in 2013, the industry fought back and won. Is there any hope for making the car-buying process better? Still, there’s reason to be optimistic about the future of shopping for cars. Late last year, the FTC announced new regulation that takes aim at the most rampant deceptive practices used by car dealers. It would, for one, require dealers to disclose the full, out-the-door price of a car, including all add-ons, before a customer visits the dealership. The price and other terms related to purchase of the car also have to be expressed in simple language. Dealers also wouldn’t be allowed to charge customers for useless add-ons. The FTC estimates the rule will save customers $3.4 billion and cut down the time spent shopping for cars by 72 million hours. The rule was supposed to go into effect this summer but was delayed after two car dealer trade groups, including NADA, filed a challenge. The association told Vox that the rule would make the car-buying experience worse. “Consumers will have to spend an additional 60-80 minutes at the dealership, complete up to five new, untested forms, and will lose at least $1.3 billion a year in time as a result of this rule,” a spokesperson wrote in an email. But Bell is confident that the rule will ultimately go into effect, and if you’re looking for a car, you should behave as though these protections already apply. McParland advises asking dealers to provide, over email, an “itemized out-the-door price” on the vehicle you’re interested in. If they refuse, “that’s usually a red flag, so move on to somebody else,” he says. This story was featured in the Explain It to Me newsletter. Sign up here. For more from Explain It to Me, check out the podcast. New episodes drop every Wednesday.
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Bryan Danielson’s jarring end to full-time career was change AEW needed
The jarring end to Bryan Danielson’s full-time career shows how much he cares. As the American Dragon was stretchered out of the Tacoma Dome in his home state of Washington to end AEW’s WrestleDream pay-per-view on Saturday, he had just completed one of the most giving ends to a career as we have seen in...
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Fanatics Sportsbook Promo: Begin 10-day $1,000 bet match offer on Dodgers-Mets in NLCS, any sport
Sign up with the Fanatics Sportsbook promo to bet on the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. the New York Mets on Wednesday. Once you register, you can start claiming a $100 bet match for 10 straight days.
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Zelensky Pitches ‘Victory Plan’ in Ukraine’s Parliament
The proposal would rely heavily on increased Western assistance. So far, it has drawn a lukewarm response from Ukraine’s allies.
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Fuel tanker truck explosion kills at least 94 in Nigeria
Dozens of people in northern Nigeria were killed in a massive explosion as they tried to scoop up fuel from a crashed tanker truck.
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London Jewelers hosts annual Watch Fair extravaganza, showcasing rare timepieces from top brands
This year’s crop of luxury watches takes inspiration from decades past.
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Young migrants tied to 'shocking' increase in gang-led crime in NYC's Times Square, says NYPD
Twenty gang members have been arrested in connection to 50 separate crimes in New York City as officials warn of a lack of consequences.
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‘This Is Us’ alum Justin Hartley dishes on new season of ‘Tracker,’ his watch collection and parenthood
Star Justin Hartley became the king of prime time playing a guy who finds those people — often, for a hefty reward fee.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs seeking release of names of his accusers
Lawyers for Sean 'Diddy' Combs have asked a New York judge to force prosecutors to disclose the names of his accusers in his sex trafficking case.
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High school senior shot, killed in apparent murder-suicide on the way to homecoming dance: cops
A high school senior was shot and killed in an apparent murder-suicide by her older DJ boyfriend while they were on the way to her homecoming dance in Louisiana, officials said.
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Harris and Trump make separate pitches to voters on FOX News and more top headlines
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How TIME Chose Its Fall 2024 Class of Next Generation Leaders
For nearly a decade, through our Next Generation Leaders franchise, we've been sharing the stories of trailblazers shaping our future.
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Connecticut dad dies from rare mosquito-borne virus he caught in his own backyard – and cases are on the rise
"I'm not joking when I say your life can change in the blink of an eye, because that was what happened to us," his grieving daughter said.
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AOC fires back at Fetterman, accuses him of 'bleak dunk attempt'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fired back, accusing Sen. John Fetterman of a 'bleak dunk attempt' after he shared a screenshot of a headline mentioning her.
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From mobsters to mulch: Inside Queens’ only certified public ‘tree museum’ and its gangster past
This Queens park has been totally spruced up.
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How pre-election rhetoric could fuel post-presidential election pandemonium
As much as I want this presidential election to be over, I'm afraid of what comes next.
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'Our opponents are going to need oxygen': UCLA reveals depth, pressure in scrimmage
These Bruins are deeper, more talented and feistier than the freshman-heavy bunch that finished with a losing record last season.
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The crusade against overhead lighting
Mariah Carey issued the latest salvo against the “hideous” lighting from the big light. But there is a way to do overhead lighting right.
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