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As massive swell continues, beachgoers and lifeguards remain on high alert
Early buoy analysis shows this could be the largest south swell to hit the region since 2007, according to Surfline forecast experts.
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With 2,500 career hits, Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman sets his sights on 3,000 now
Only 33 players in MLB history have recorded 3,000 career hits. Freeman has targeted that number for some time now, but he realizes it won’t be easy to sacrifice family…
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Trump accuses Democrats of hypocrisy on Platner, despite questions about his own conduct
The president also called Platner “worse than any human being that's ever run for office, probably.”
Thanks, El Niño: Even fewer storms now expected in ‘below normal’ hurricane season
“It only takes one hurricane making landfall to make it an active season,” a researcher cautioned.
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Catastrophic Palisades fire was set out of a yearning for ‘revenge on society’, prosecutor says as arson trial begins in LA
Defense lawyers for Jonathan Rinderknecht, 30, say he didn't start the blaze and tried to help officials as it burned
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FIFA’s Infantino defends World Cup ticket prices, says fans ‘should chill’ about ref denied US entry
FIFA head defends record-high World Cup ticket prices, cites market demand, and discusses challenges with U.S. visa entry for officials.
FBI seizes 13 websites that officials say were used by China to target and recruit US workers
The companies were all fakes and the job postings were a sham, officials said.
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Lawsuit challenges Trump administration’s land swap with SpaceX in Texas
Environmental groups sued to stop the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from giving SpaceX over 700 acres of protected refuge land in Texas.
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Florida court allows use of new US House districts drawn by Republicans for midterm elections
Florida's Supreme Court clears GOP-drawn House map for midterms, rejecting claims the new districts constitute partisan gerrymandering.
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Administration plans intensive, year-round construction schedule for Trump’s triumphal arch
Tower cranes up to 320 feet tall, forklifts, concrete pump systems and other equipment would be needed to build the arch.