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1 week, 5 days ago

McConnell takes another swipe at Trump and warns even his slogan echoes the 1930s

Sen. Mitch McConnell made what seemed to be another criticism of President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday, cautioning that the country is in a "dangerous" global situation similar to the years leading up to World War II, and pointing out that Trump's campaign slogan echoes that historical period. “We’re in a very, very dangerous world right now, reminiscent of before World …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

‘For Puerto Ricans, this is our October surprise’

Politico

‘For Puerto Ricans, this is our October surprise’ Welcome to POLITICO’s West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration and Harris campaign. The stream of racist invective from Trump’s MAGA rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday broke through, especially with voters from Puerto Rico, which one warm-up speaker described as “a floating …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Taft takes aim at first City Section Open Division girls’ volleyball title

LA Times

Seniors Aleiah Carr, Francine Baltazar-Shine, Eva Velarde and Gianella Tijamo hope to lead Taft to its first City Open Division title. There’s no easy way to the finals.” Since the Open Division debuted in 2016, a West Valley team has won it on four occasions — three times by Granada Hills and last year by El Camino Real, which beat …

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4 months ago

A brief history of turtle soup and its role in ensuring we protect turtles today

The Independent

Interfering with turtles today can land you in a lot of trouble. Turtle soup was a favourite of royalty and presidents, with William Howard Taft keeping a specialist chef on White House payroll who knew how to prepare a dish known as “Taft Terrapin Soup”. open image in gallery A 19th-century advert for Bellis’s Real Turtle Soup made from green …

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4 months ago

Taft football great Steve Smith is one of 20 new City Section Hall of Famers

LA Times

Former Taft standout Steve Smith had his No. When Steve Smith was playing receiver for Taft High from 2000 to 2002, no one was better in the City Section. On Tuesday, it was announced that Smith is one of 20 inductees into the City Section sports Hall of Fame. Other sports selections include swimmer Heather Ballard ; track athletes Terrezene …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

My forefather was a GOP president and Supreme Court justice. Trump would disgust him.

Raw Story

Even out of power, Donald Trump seems to think he is The King and the Supreme Court is now the Court of King’s Bench. Unfortunately, thanks to our modern-day Supreme Court, and its recent decision to grant Trump broad presidential immunity from prosecution, Trump’s potential to win the presidency and rule like a tyrant is more possible than ever. This …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Why Black Americans’ lives depend on backing Israel

Raw Story

October 7 marked the largest death toll for the Jewish population since the Holocaust yet a lacking denouncement of antisemitism remains deafening. I cannot help but affirm that Jewish people’s support of Black people during the Civil Rights Movement — as noted by Dr. King — contributed to the improvement upon such circumstances for future generations of color. At this …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Special night for former great Steve Smith during Taft-Dymally game

LA Times

Steve Smith had his No. 2 jersey of Steve Smith, an All-American receiver and four-time All-City basketball player, All-American at USC, All-Pro with the New York Giants and a Super Bowl XLII champion. Smith was with his three sons, ages 12, 9 and 18 months, his wife, Alyssa, mother, Audrey, father, Steve Sr., and brother Malcolm, a Super Bowl MVP …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Taft basketball coach Derrick Taylor won’t return after district investigation

LA Times

Taft coach Derrick Taylor speaks to his team during the City Section Open Division playoff opener against King/Drew in February. Taft coach Derrick Taylor, who piloted the Toreadors boys’ basketball team to a City Section Open Division title last winter, has been informed by the Los Angeles Unified School District that he won’t be permitted to teach at Taft and …

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1 year, 5 months ago

A Romp Through History’s Most Successful Third-Party Presidential Candidates

Slate

This is part of Two Bad, a series exploring Americans’ lackluster enthusiasm for the 2024 election and the problem of the third-party candidate. Bryan ran for president in two subsequent elections as the Democratic Party’s nominee, losing each time, and eventually served two years as Woodrow Wilson’s secretary of state. After La Follette supported Woodrow Wilson’s 1912 campaign, thereby inciting …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Taft basketball coach Derrick Taylor suspended amid ongoing investigation by LAUSD

LA Times

Taft coach Derrick Taylor speaking to his team during the City Section Open Division playoff opener against King/Drew in February. Taft boys’ basketball coach Derrick Taylor, one of the most highly decorated coaches in the Los Angeles City Section, has been suspended since Thursday in the midst of an ongoing investigation by the Los Angeles Unified School District, he confirmed …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Ohio’s Bob Taft opposes making constitutional changes harder

Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Former Republican Ohio Gov. Bob Taft urged state lawmakers on Monday against advancing a measure that would make it harder to amend the state constitution or reviving August special elections to do it — calling the combination “especially bad public policy.” Taft, the scion of one of Ohio’s most famous political families, sent a letter of protest …

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1 year, 10 months ago

“We’re still gonna say no”: UnitedHealthcare’s effort to deny coverage to chronically ill patient

Salon

In May 2021, a nurse at UnitedHealthcare called a colleague to share some welcome news about a problem the two had been grappling with for weeks. On the 2021 phone call, which was recorded by the company, nurse Victoria Kavanaugh told her colleague that a doctor contracted by United to review the case had concluded that McNaughton's treatment was "not …

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1 year, 11 months ago

How has war changed love and relationships in Ukraine?

The Independent

With his strong build, black hair and easy smile, Vlad had little problem finding about 200 matches on Tinder in Kharkiv ahead of his military unit’s break in the eastern Ukrainian city, as he swiped on the dating app from his position on the frontlines. As his dating profile says, Vlad’s unit is among those fighting in the “grey zone,” …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Today in History: November 3, KKK, neo-Nazis kill five in Greensboro

Associated Press

Today in history: On Nov. 3, 1979, five Communist Workers Party members were killed in a clash with heavily armed Ku Klux Klansmen and neo-Nazis during an anti-Klan protest in Greensboro, North Carolina. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, accompanied by his son, Franklin Jr., casting his vote at the Town Hall, at Hyde Park, in the New York during the presidential …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Taft girls volleyball’s Prior Borick and Julia Bazylevych are the real deal

LA Times

Julia Bazylevych and Prior Borick will admit, with a laugh, that there are times they want to kill each other. The two walked away winners of the first-ever City Section beach pairs championship, and aren’t holding back in a senior season with huge aspirations for a loaded Taft team. “Even tonight, it looks like we’re arguing,” Borick said after Saturday’s …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Great-grandchildren of Hall of Famer Mel Hein continue family sports tradition

LA Times

Sophomore Dylan Hein of Calabasas is continuing the family sports tradition. Mel Hein is a New York Giants legend and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. His son, Mel Jr., was a standout pole vaulter at USC, setting a world record, and later became track coach at Taft. Cody was the City Section volleyball player of the year …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Man who killed two Orange County women in the 1980s is identified

LA Times

Orange County prosecutors on Monday said they had identified the killer of two women in the 1980s with the help of DNA evidence. Only with the advent of new DNA technology to do extensive genealogical searching were Orange County Sheriff’s Department and Garden Grove Police Department investigators able to put a name to the killer. The DNA belonged to Reuben …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Agency: 1 dead, 7 injured in Oklahoma festival shooting

Associated Press

TAFT, Okla. — Authorities said a 26-year-old man was in custody after one person was killed and seven people were injured in a shooting early Sunday at an outdoor festival in eastern Oklahoma, where witnesses described frantic people running for cover amid gunfire. An arrest warrant was issued for Skyler Buckner and he turned himself in to the Muskogee County …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Oklahoma festival shooting: 1 dead, 7 injured; accused held

Hindustan Times

Authorities said a 26-year-old man was in custody after one person was killed and seven people were injured in a shooting early Sunday at an outdoor festival in eastern Oklahoma, where witnesses described frantic people running for cover amid gunfire. Oklahoma festival shooting: 1 dead, 7 injured; accused held An arrest warrant was issued for Skyler Buckner and he turned …

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2 years, 6 months ago

1 Killed, 7 Injured In Shooting At A Festival In Oklahoma

News 18

Authorities said a 26-year-old man was in custody after one person was killed and seven people were injured in a shooting early Sunday at an outdoor festival in eastern Oklahoma, where witnesses described frantic people running for cover amid gunfire. An arrest warrant was issued for Skyler Buckner and he turned himself in to the Muskogee County sheriff’s office Sunday …

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3 years, 1 month ago

This garden is SoCal’s hidden treasure. It’s hard to find, but we’ve got directions

LA Times

For starters, just getting to Taft Gardens & Nature Preserve is an adventure. Taft’s family built houses on some of the land, but in 1981, Taft created the Conservation Endowment Fund and gifted 260 of the acres to the nonprofit for a garden and nature preserve. South African landscaper Laurence Nicklin designed half of Taft Gardens and married the boss’ …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Eviction moratoriums aren’t enough to rescue millions of Americans behind on rent, experts say

CNN

New York CNN Business — Shanta Matthews and her family were three months behind on rent last week and were preparing to be booted from their two-bedroom condo in Charleston, South Carolina, when they got a last-minute reprieve from the federal government. Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg/Getty Images The existing stay on evictions may prevent law enforcement from removing renters from homes, but …

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4 years, 6 months ago

PG&E confesses to killing 84 people in 2018 California fire

Associated Press

Pacific Gas & Electric confessed Tuesday to killing 84 people in one of the most devastating wildfires in recent U.S. history during a dramatic court hearing punctuated by a promise from the company’s outgoing CEO that the nation’s largest utility will never again put profits ahead of safety. PG&E CEO Bill Johnson made the roughly 170-mile journey from the company’s …

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McConnell takes another swipe at Trump and warns even his slogan echoes the 1930s

‘For Puerto Ricans, this is our October surprise’

Taft takes aim at first City Section Open Division girls’ volleyball title

A brief history of turtle soup and its role in ensuring we protect turtles today

Taft football great Steve Smith is one of 20 new City Section Hall of Famers

My forefather was a GOP president and Supreme Court justice. Trump would disgust him.

Why Black Americans’ lives depend on backing Israel

Special night for former great Steve Smith during Taft-Dymally game

Taft basketball coach Derrick Taylor won’t return after district investigation

A Romp Through History’s Most Successful Third-Party Presidential Candidates

Taft basketball coach Derrick Taylor suspended amid ongoing investigation by LAUSD

Ohio’s Bob Taft opposes making constitutional changes harder

“We’re still gonna say no”: UnitedHealthcare’s effort to deny coverage to chronically ill patient

How has war changed love and relationships in Ukraine?

Today in History: November 3, KKK, neo-Nazis kill five in Greensboro

Taft girls volleyball’s Prior Borick and Julia Bazylevych are the real deal

Great-grandchildren of Hall of Famer Mel Hein continue family sports tradition

Man who killed two Orange County women in the 1980s is identified

Agency: 1 dead, 7 injured in Oklahoma festival shooting

Oklahoma festival shooting: 1 dead, 7 injured; accused held

1 Killed, 7 Injured In Shooting At A Festival In Oklahoma

This garden is SoCal’s hidden treasure. It’s hard to find, but we’ve got directions

Eviction moratoriums aren’t enough to rescue millions of Americans behind on rent, experts say

PG&E confesses to killing 84 people in 2018 California fire