Variety Power of Law Honoree Clifford Gilbert-Lurie Champions Many Causes Including Alliance for Children’s Rights

variety.com For 27 of the last 32 years, Ziffren Brittenham senior partner Clifford Gilbert-Lurie has served as one of the chairs of the Champions for Children’s gala dinner benefiting…

California SNAP benefits unused by millions

newsweek.com Millions of California residents qualify for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits but don't use them, according to a new report from Nourish California.…

Spotlight: Meet the Nigerian Entertainment Attorneys Uniting the African Diaspora Through Cultural Events

billboard.com Tears welled, then passionately flowed from Amplify Africa co-founder/CEO Dami Kujembola’s eyes as he looked out at the 400 people clad in traditional African garb at Los…

Clippers News: 6-Time Los Angeles All-Star Officially Retires

newsweek.com Six-time All-Star power forward Blake Griffin, best remembered for his high-flying turn as the dunk-happy recipient of Chris Paul's assists during the Los Angeles Clippers'…

Column: Are Republicans who got pandemic debt relief hypocrites for complaining about student debt relief? Yes

latimes.com You may have noticed over the last few days that the political world is in an uproar over President Biden’s dispensing of student debt relief. It’s not so much that Biden…

America's young men are blowing their money like never before

aol.com If you want to gamble in America these days, you have more ways to put your money on the line than ever. You've got the real-life casino, the casino on your phone, sports…

California is gripped by economic problems, with no easy fix

economist.com HOME TO MANY of America’s most progressive policies, from criminal justice to vehicle emissions, California serves a unique role as a punchbag for right-wing politicians.…

Small-business owners brace for uncertainty as $20 hourly fast-food wage takes effect

latimes.com Justin Foronda, founder/owner of Hifi Kitchen in Los Angeles says he supports a higher minimum wage and tries to pay his employees generously, but the minimum wage is rising…

Peter Bart: Eleanor Coppola Played Quiet But Vital Role As Family’s Matriarch

deadline.com To outsiders, Eleanor Coppola, who died Friday at age 87, presented as soft spoken and unassuming, yet as someone who always understood exactly what was going on. When I…

'Bluey' fans worry the hit TV show is about to end. A lot of money's at stake

aol.com None "Bluey" fans are worried the series could end with its third-season finale on Sunday. • None The "Bluey" brand is worth an estimated $2 billion but faces some…

Eleanor Coppola, ‘Hearts of Darkness’ Director and Francis Ford Coppola’s Wife, Dies at 87

variety.com Eleanor Coppola, a writer and American filmmaker who chronicled her husband Francis Ford Coppola‘s taxing 238-day production of “Apocalypse Now” in her documentary “Hearts…

NIL-era college athletes navigate new realm of financial literacy

cnbc.com Three years after three little letters revolutionized collegiate sports, a billion-dollar industry is funneling more money into college athletes' bank accounts — and…

Kentucky Has Reportedly Found Next Head Coach to Replace John Calipari

newsweek.com The Kentucky Wildcats basketball program has reportedly found its John Calipari replacement. According to ESPN's Pete Thamel, the team is closing in on hiring former BYU…

OJ Simpson obituary

theguardian.com On the American football field, OJ Simpson ran around, past and through defenders with almost unmatched success. “The Juice” had legendary status, as both a collegian and a…

Berkeley Students Disrupt Dinner At Law Dean’s Home; Accuse Law Professor of Assault

zerohedge.com Berkeley Students Disrupt Dinner At Law Dean’s Home; Accuse Law Professor of Assault Authored by Jonathan Turley, UC Berkeley’s law school dean, Erwin Chemerinsky, and his…

Biotech startup Seed Health is betting its profits on an ambitious AI-powered medical platform

cnbc.com Seed Health has been in the business of microbiome scientific breakthroughs since its founding in 2015, but its biggest success to-date may have been becoming profitable as…

Women's NCAA Title Game Outdraws the Men's Championship with an Average of 18.9 Million Viewers

benzinga.com The women's NCAA championship game drew a bigger television audience than the men's title game for the first time, with an average of 18.9 million viewers watching…

Hip-Hop Icon Xzibit Opens First Marijuana Shop In Exclusive Bel Air, 60% Discounts For UCLA Students

benzinga.com Bel Air, a community synonymous with luxury and exclusivity in Los Angeles, has opened its doors to a novel venture, Xzibit West Coast Cannabis (XWCC). With the distinction…

Osso Health Medical Training App Launches for Apple Vision Pro

benzinga.com SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- , the leader in immersive procedural training, announces the launch of Osso Health, a medical training app on Apple Vision Pro.…

Car dealership owner turned politician goes back to college to study AI, machine learning: ‘There won’t be robots with red eyes coming after us any time soon’

fortune.com Don Beyer’s car dealerships were among the first in the U.S. to set up a website. As a representative, the Virginia Democrat leads a bipartisan group focused on promoting…

Boston Celtics Agree to Massive Extension With All-Star Guard

newsweek.com The 62-17 Boston Celtics, who own the best record in the Eastern Conference by a significant margin, look to be keeping their starting five together for a good long while.…

Why Michael Strahan's daughter is crying 'happy tears' amid cancer battle

newsweek.com Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Isabella Strahan experienced a huge win in her battle against medulloblastoma. Michael Strahan's…

Disney Argues It Had a First Amendment Right to Fire Gina Carano for Offensive Posts

variety.com Disney argued Tuesday that it had a First Amendment right to fire Gina Carano, the actor who played a bounty hunter on “The Mandalorian,” after she allegedly trivialized the…

Who are currently the most influential thinkers/intellectuals on the Left?

marginalrevolution.com I was discussing this question with some others, and I don’t find it so easy to answer. Claude 3 had a reasonable list, but with no clear winner: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez…

Women’s NCAA title game outdraws the men’s championship with an average of 18.9 million viewers

theglobeandmail.com The women’s NCAA championship game drew a bigger television audience than the men’s title game for the first time, with an average of 18.9 million viewers watching…

Women’s NCAA title game outdraws men’s with average of 18.9m viewers

theguardian.com South Carolina’s 87-75 victory over Caitlin Clark and Iowa in the women’s NCAA championship game has achieved a pair of milestones. It is the first time the women’s title…

Storied presses print L.A. Times for the last time as production moves to Riverside

latimes.com The swing shift is about to start at a plant that is about to close. Late winter sunlight casts long shadows from workers crossing the parking lot, where stray cats skulk…

$600, free video game: How EA Sports got players to opt in to ‘College Football 25’

latimes.com UCLA quarterback Ethan Garbers is one of more than 10,000 college players to opt in with EA Sports’ ‘College Football 2025’ video game. Fifteen years ago, former Nebraska…

Election worker turnover has reached historic highs ahead of the 2024 vote, new data shows

nbcnews.com Election officials across the country are leaving their jobs at the highest rates in decades, according to new research shared first with NBC News, putting thousands of new…

LA 'Mansion Tax' Is Yet Another Democrat Debacle

zerohedge.com LA 'Mansion Tax' Is Yet Another Democrat Debacle In November 2022, Los Angeles voters approved a so-called 'mansion tax,' which slaps a 4% sales tax on properties sold for…

University Credit Union Announces NIL Deal with Top California Baptist University Women's Basketball Player, Chloe Webb

benzinga.com The Deal Is the First-Ever NIL Agreement in the Western Athletic Conference's History LOS ANGELES, April 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- University Credit Union (UCU) is thrilled to…

UCLA Med School Forces Students To Attend Hamas Supporter's Lecture On "Housing Injustice"

zerohedge.com UCLA Med School Forces Students To Attend Hamas Supporter's Lecture On "Housing Injustice" First-year medical students at UCLA were mandated to attend a lecture by Lisa…

Purdue faces underdog N.C. State in March Madness matchup

nbcnews.com Purdue has been to the Final Four three times, including this year. The first time the Boilermakers went to the Final Four, in 1969, they went on to the championship game…

The East Coast earthquake came from a fault that's been asleep for hundreds of millions of years but suddenly reactivated

aol.com None The 4.8-magnitude earthquake on the East Coast Friday came from ancient dormant faults. • None The faults formed when two continents collided about 500 million years…

Music Foward’s All Access Fest in L.A. Wants to Give Young People a Leg Up in the Music Industry

billboard.com Music Forward Foundation’s All Access Fest is expecting roughly 1,200 students and young adults to enter the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles to learn all about the music…

Why earthquakes are felt farther on the East Coast than the West. It's all about the rocks

aol.com None There's a reason East Coast earthquakes travel further than their West Coast counterparts. • None The rocks are harder, which causes the seismic waves to travel greater…

Monday's solar eclipse had nothing to do with the earthquake that rocked the East Coast today

aol.com None A 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck the East Coast today, rattling communities from Southern NJ to upstate NY. • None With just three days until the total solar eclipse,…

Standing under a doorway during an earthquake is a common mistake. Here's what to do instead

aol.com None A 4.8-magnitude earthquake shook the East Coast Monday, and many people ran for doorways. • None Standing in doorways isn't the safest reaction, and neither is running…

What's more important? AI or the election

aol.com None This post originally appeared in the Insider Today newsletter. • None You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here. Happy Friday! Fast food has…

SeaWorld at 60: It survived ‘Blackfish’ and COVID. Where San Diego’s biggest theme park is headed now

siliconvalley.com By Lori Weisberg When SeaWorld San Diego marked its half-century anniversary 10 years ago, it was enmeshed in a public relations quagmire following the release just a year…

This is the smartest career move to make in your 20s, CEO says: 'Allow yourself to be a bit untethered'

cnbc.com Chances are, you're not going to find your dream job in your 20s. But trying new things — and refusing to settle for just any job — could benefit your career in the long…

Licenses and dead bodies

reason.com Do you have a license for…finding dead bodies? Over on the left coast, things are proceeding about the way you'd expect. A nonprofit named We Heart Seattle, which helps with…