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In his own words, the judge was between "a rock and a hard place."The receiver he had appointed to bring 29 dilapidated buildings up to code was drowning in debt and blaming the city of Los Angeles for his failure to borrow additional funds.An attorney for the city, which had recommended receiver Mark Adams to the court, was sniping at Adams' performance and indicated that it was speaking with possible replacements.

The news has been full of concerns about the fate of our republic following the indictment of former President Donald Trump.There have been questions about the politicization of criminal laws and the credibility of the judiciary, the polarization of the electorate and threats of violent domestic reaction.

A key former White House official was interviewed earlier this year by special counsel prosecutors investigating the handling of classified materials by both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, CNN has learned.The former career official, who was in charge of advising the Trump and Obama administrations on the declassification process, is the only known witness to be interviewed by both teams of prosecutors investigating Trump and Biden.

Hours after pleading not guilty in a federal court in Miami to charges related to his handling of classified documents, former President Donald J. Trump defended his conduct on Tuesday with a string of familiar falsehoods.Appearing at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J., Mr. Trump drew misleading comparisons to other political figures, misconstrued the classification process and leveled inaccurate attacks at officials.

Mike Pence is the most conservative candidate competing for the presidency.The former vice president wants abortion banned from the point of conception.He's the only major candidate calling for cuts to Social Security and Medicare.And he has the most hawkish foreign policy, especially on confronting Russia.

Policymakers also want to evaluate the impact of their actions on the economy so far.The Fed imposed its fastest series of rate increases since the 1980s, but it wants to avoid over-tightening and causing a significant recession.May's inflation data aided the Fed in making today's decision.The Consumer Price Index in May rose just 4% year over year, before seasonal adjustment, compared to a 4.9% increase in April.

The housing market, which is facing challenges with mortgage rates, affordability, prices and inventory, hasn't been this purchase-dominant in decades, according to Black Knight's originations market monitor report.Today, nearly nine out of every 10 mortgages originated is a purchase loan, the report notes.

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An Inglewood hospital violated federal requirements in ways that could jeopardize patients, including by failing to properly assess and treat birthing patients to reduce the risk of blood clots, a state review found.Centinela Hospital Medical Center repeatedly failed to take steps to prevent patients from suffering potentially deadly clots, which can include using compression devices that improve blood flow in the legs, investigators from the California Department of Public Health found after a February visit.

"The TRIPS waiver was a mistake.Expanding it will make things be worse.It won't help fight COVID, but it will hurt U.S. innovation and it will contribute to other countries realizing their industrial policy goals."- Marc Busch
The House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet today held a hearing titled "IP and Strategic Competition with China: Part II - Prioritizing U.S. Innovation Over Assisting Foreign Adversaries," which focused on the World Trade Organization's (WTO's) agreement on a waiver of IP rights for COVID-19 vaccine technologies under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) last June.

It's now a staple of conservative media: Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in batty, confused loops.Her words float from mouth to sky, where they mass into fluffy shapes that hazily resemble meaning.Choice excerpts from her speeches circulate, like this one, delivered on April 25 at Howard University: I think it's very important, as you have heard from so many incredible leaders, for us, at every moment in time, and certainly this one, to see the moment in time in which we exist and are present, and to be able to contextualize it, to understand where we exist in the history and in the moment, as it relates not only to the past but the future.

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FBI agents and naval investigators arrested an active duty U.S. Marine and his alleged accomplice Wednesday on federal charges of firebombing a Costa Mesa Planned Parenthood clinic last year.Chance Brannon, 23, of San Juan Capistrano, a Marine stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, and Tibet Ergul, 21, of Irvine are accused of being the two masked and hooded individuals who tossed a Molotov cocktail March 13, 2022, igniting a blaze.

Camelback Resort, a year-round recreational destination nestled in the Pocono Mountains, has named Jameson Cesar as vice president of food and beverage, supervising all operations of the resort's 19 dining outlets - from food trucks to all-day casual to fine dining culinary concepts.Cesar's 25 years of hospitality experience includes starting out as a dishwasher in Ocean City, N.J., at 13 years old to owning and creating multiple restaurant concepts to managing multiple dining outlets at prestigious resorts.

A former executive at Samsung Electronics has been arrested and indicted in South Korea for allegedly stealing the leading chipmaker's technology in order to build a copycat plant in China.The indictment of the 65-year-old Korean national, who had also served as a vice president at rival Korean chipmaker SK Hynix, comes as South Korea attempts to beef up its defenses against a concerted campaign by Chinese companies to acquire cutting-edge Korean technologies.

Boeing is standing down from the first-ever crewed launch of its Starliner astronaut capsule for NASA, possibly indefinitely, due to safety issues with the spacecraft's parachutes and wiring that were discovered last week.The Starliner astronaut launch, already years behind schedule, was most recently targeted to launch two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station on July 21.

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White Sox outfielder Sam Mele set the franchise record with six RBIs in one inning.In the fourth inning of a game at Philadelphia, Mele hit a three-run homer, then batted again and knocked in three more with a triple.The Sox scored sent 15 hitters to the plate and scored 12 runs in that frame (six unearned), and wound up winning it, 15-4.

What an ending.Your favorite N.B.A. team has just clinched a championship.The superstar, drenched in sweat, fulfilled his hero's journey.The players are exhausted, but jubilant.Some of them are crying.Out comes a gleaming trophy, the coveted prize that gives the grueling season its meaning, and it's obvious who should lift it first: the billionaire who owns the team.

Brooks is a growing, fast-paced technology leader of automation solutions which support the dynamic and expanding semiconductor and automations markets.At Brooks, new ideas, technologies and ways of thinking are driving our future.Our customer-focused culture encourages employees to embrace innovation and collaborate with one another to achieve new heights.

The front office for Washington Wizards owner Ted Leonsis continues to grow.(Katherine Frey/The Washington Post)The Washington Wizards are hiring Will Dawkins as general manager, according to a person familiar with the move.Dawkins will work under Monumental Basketball president Michael Winger in the No. 2 executive role and is expected to focus his attention specifically on the Wizards' roster construction while Winger oversees the Wizards, Mystics and Capital City Go-Go more broadly.

After an extensive search that saw Michael Winger take charge of Monumental Basketball and Travis Schlenk take over as VP of Player Personnel, the Washington Wizards have their new general manager.As reported by Josh Robbins of The Athletic, Will Dawkins will be brought on to be the "No.2 executive" for the Wiz.

As wildfires in Canada have sent masses of smoke over the United States this week, engulfing much of the Northeast in a yellow haze of hazardous air pollution, scientists are clear that we are seeing the effects of climate change.But the Republicans campaigning for the presidency have largely downplayed the issue and rejected policies that would slow rising temperatures.

The growing field of Republicans running for president is set to expand by three this week, with the entry of former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, former Vice President Mike Pence and Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota.The field continues to expand in part because hopefuls see opportunity in the struggle of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida to become the undisputed challenger to former President Donald J. Trump.

Designing with empathy for the consumers of today and the future is a challenge we must take on, says Birsel + Seck co-founder Ayse Birsel at a talk filmed by Dezeen for Global Design Forum in partnership with SAP."If we have the users in the room thinking with us and using our tools to think creatively, that changes everything," Birsel said.

Birding in New York City is easier than you might think.The best place to bird in New York is exactly where you are right at that moment, said Martha Harbison, a writer and vice president of the Feminist Bird Club.I've observed 20 species from my own window.And I live in a very ungreen area of Brooklyn.