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Mexico's bullied contestant wins Miss Universe crown in Thailand
Fátima Bosch Fernández of Mexico was crowned Miss Universe 2025 on Friday, a dramatic victory for a 25-year-old at the center of the turbulent 74th staging of the popular beauty pageant in Bangkok who stood up to public bullying from one of the hosts.
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November 22, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Investors to file class-action suit in Skechers acquisition
Skechers investors are suing company executives and Skechers owner 3G Capital over what they say was an unfair sale price in an acquisition earlier this year.
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November 22, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Trump widens the GOP's rift over antisemitism
When President Trump doesn't like someone, he knows how to show it. In just the last few days, he has described Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) as a traitor, mocked the second marriage of Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) after his first wife died, and demanded that comedian Seth Meyers be fired from his late-night television show.
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November 22, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Sharks strike in shootout, send Kings to another loss
Philipp Kurashev scored in regulation and the only goal of a shootout and the host San José Sharks held on for a 4-3 win over the Kings at SAP Center on Thursday night.
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November 22, 2025
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Gap's sales rise as others warn of spending pullback
The clothing retailer beats projections and trend as Home Depot and Target disappoint.
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November 22, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Will AI disrupt Google’s dominance of search?
In a recent episode of the podcast “Acquired,” venture capitalists and hosts Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal argued that the horrible rollout of Google’s Bard AI chatbot in February 2023 — which led the company’s stock to drop 8% in a day — was a blessing in disguise.
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November 22, 2025
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Joshua trees scorched during shutdown
In ‘nightmare scenario,’ fire wipes out hundreds of park’s namesake yuccas
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November 22, 2025
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Oakland reels over coach's slaying
The thin young man appeared oblivious to the thick mist raining down on him on the edge of the Laney College campus Thursday morning.
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November 22, 2025
Los Angeles Times
The military and illegal orders
Re “Will military leaders stand up against illegal orders?,” Opinion Voices, Nov. 18
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November 22, 2025
Los Angeles Times
In shakeup, ax falls on Lakers execs Joey and Jesse Buss
Buss said in a statement to ESPN, which first broke the story.
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November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Now a hot commodity, Ole Miss’ Kiffin faces tough decision
Once fired by USC, football coach finds himself in demand at Florida and LSU.
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November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
‘Great Escaper’ pairs actors who move us to remember
PBS film starring Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson tells a real-life veteran story.
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November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Fast food struggles with a loss of low-income patrons
In the early 2000s — amid slowing sales growth and tumbling stock prices — McDonald's orchestrated a major turnaround with the introduction of its Dollar Menu.
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November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Long Beach’s new ball club touched by an Angel
Former World Series hero Percival finds his work in the Pioneer League ‘intriguing.’
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November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Trump faces looming health cost rise
With Obamacare tax credits ending Jan. 1, Republicans scramble to find a path forward.
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November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
U.S. charges Olympian in slaying
Ex-snowboarder Ryan Wedding is accused of ordering the killing of a witness in drug case.
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November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
'For Good' embraces wickedness
At last, “Wicked: For Good” reveals the mechanics behind Glinda’s bubble.
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November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Soaring into contention
USC is realizing what occurs when a college program develops its high school recruits and doesn't lean into the transfer portal
4 min |
November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Crews racing to contain an oil spill near Ojai
Cleanup was underway this week in a wooded, remote area of Ventura County after about 420 gallons of crude oil inundated a waterway, officials said, and crews were working to stay ahead of the storm.
3 min |
November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Five reasons the GOP is finally bucking Trump
PRESIDENT TRUMP's tight grip on the GOP, long assumed to be an inevitable feature of American life (like gravity or the McRib’s seasonal return), has started to loosen.
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November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Kings’ Doughty on injured reserve
Kings defenseman Drew Doughty went on injured reserve Thursday after being hit by a shot in his left foot.
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November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Trump calls six Democratic lawmakers ‘traitors’
President reacted to a video in which they urged the military to ‘refuse illegal orders.’
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November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Tax credit draws TV shows back to California
More than a dozen TV shows were awarded production incentives for filming in California, including several that are relocating from other states, such as action series “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” and a reboot of “Baywatch.”
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November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Trump is excluded at memorial for Cheney
They gathered at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday — former presidents, vice presidents, sworn political foes and newfound friends — in a show of respect and remembrance for Dick Cheney, the consequential and polarizing vice president who became an acidic scold of President Trump.
3 min |
November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
'Quiet, piggy' is a barb that goes beyond sexism
It is hardly a secret that President Trump is a jerk toward women — and worse.
4 min |
November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Plan is released for new drilling in Pacific
The proposal would mean as many as 34 offshore lease sales in federal waters.
4 min |
November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Bass whiffs taking stance on planned gondola
The Los Angeles City Council challenged Mayor Karen Bass last week, overwhelmingly passing a resolution urging Metro to kill the proposed Dodger Stadium gondola and urging Bass to lend her support.
3 min |
November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Studio auction could recast industry
Paramount, Comcast and Netflix all have different interests in giant Warner Bros.
6 min |
November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
CDC alters vaccines and autism page with misleading statement
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has altered its website on autism and vaccines, removing unequivocal statements that immunizations don’t cause the neurodevelopmental disorder and replacing them with inaccurate and misleading information about the links between the shots and autism.
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November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
U.S., Russia draft a peace plan with concessions by Ukraine
The U.S. and Russia have drawn up a plan aimed at ending the war in Ukraine that calls for major concessions from Kyiv, according to a person familiar with the matter, including granting some demands the Kremlin has made repeatedly since the full-scale invasion began nearly four years ago.
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