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Mexico launches a last-minute World Cup campaign to stop a homophobic chant
The Mexican Football Federation has launched a new campaign to stop fans from using a chant considered homophobic during the 2026 World Cup.
Cooper Lutkenhaus, only 17 and already World Champion
The teenage World Indoor champion is among the headliners at Saturday's LA Track Fest at UCLA, and perhaps a future Olympics star.
Disneyland offers $250 build-your-own lightsaber experience for free — with one big catch
The free Youngling Saber Building experience runs from May 22 through Sept. 7 at Savi's Workshop in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.
Warsh is sworn in as the Fed chair after Trump’s bid for greater control over the independent bank
President Donald Trump has overseen the White House swearing-in of the new Federal Reserve chair. Trump said Friday that he'd like Kevin Warsh’s help in stimulating the economy.
America In Focus: mortgage rate rises while Wall Street looks to continue its winning ways
The economy, inflation and how those forces could impact the lives of Americans were front and center over the past week.
Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence, citing her husband’s health
Tulsi Gabbard has resigned as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, saying she needed to step away as her husband battles cancer.
Los Angeles reaches $1.2 million settlement with Blueground
The rental startup accused of price gouging in Los Angeles during the January 2025 wildfires agreed to work with the city.
Warsh takes charge of a Fed facing rising inflation threat
Amid the backdrop of rising threats of inflation, Kevin Warsh took charge as the next chair of the Federal Reserve on Friday.
The game’s afoot as armchair detectives mark Sherlock Holmes Day
From 221B Baker Street in London to the Reichenbach Falls in the Alps, armchair detectives celebrate International Sherlock Holmes Day.
A look at the Hajj pilgrimage and Eid al-Adha and their significance to Muslims around the world
Large numbers of Muslims converge once a year in Saudi Arabia to unite in a series of religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform the Hajj, the pilgrimage…