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A 1.9-mile rail line with stops at some of downtown Los Angeles' most iconic locations opened Friday to crowds hoping to take a spin on the new trains that transit officials say were the missing link in the system."It's gonna be about half the time for me," said Margarita Navarrete, a city clerk who commutes from East Los Angeles.

Bruins The Stanley Cup might make multiple trips to Massachusetts this summer.The Stanley Cup is coming to Massachusetts this summer.Just not in the manner most Bruins fans hoped for.While the Bruins' season came to a crushing end in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, their former coach Bruce Cassidy lifted hockey's top prize on Tuesday night with the Vegas Golden Knights.

One of golf's greatest tests will unfold starting on Thursday, when the U.S. Open begins at the Los Angeles Country Club.It might be an easier lift it will assuredly be a shorter one than the test that is emerging in Washington.The abrupt announcement last week that the PGA Tour will tie itself to Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund and its LIV Golf league is provoking American officials in ways as predictable as they might be persistent in the months ahead.

A week ago, on the verge of launching his 2024 presidential campaign, Chris Christie's old website from his 2016 run was still online.The site included an in-depth Issues page, which detailed the former New Jersey Governor's support for common-sense bail reform, lowering corporate tax rates, and creating a nationwide veterans' mental health hotline.

A pair of endangered tiger cubs have been exploring their enclosure as they grow in confidence.Their mother Mishka, aged seven, gave birth to three Amur tiger cubs at Banham Zoo in Norfolk on May 1.One of the triplets was found dead six days later on May 7, with a post-mortem examination recording that it had struggled to suckle from Mishka, the zoo said.

A 1.8 million clinical trial has been launched with the aim of precisely targeting heart patients who need tiny defibrillators to be fitted under their skin with the aim of reducing deaths from sudden cardiac arrests.Researchers believe that those who have scarring on the heart could be more at risk of abnormal heart rhythms and, therefore, of cardiac arrests and potential death from arrest, so could potentially benefit the most from having the defibrillators.

May's trio of bank holidays failed to get shoppers spending as sales growth slowed to its lowest level in six months, latest figures show.Total UK retail sales increased by 3.9% last month, against a decline of 1.1% in May 2022 and below the three-month average growth of 4.7%, according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.

The housecleaning app Handy has agreed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit alleging it misclassified workers and violated California labor laws, including Assembly Bill 5, the San Francisco and Los Angeles district attorneys announced today.As part of the judgment, over 25,000 workers who perform cleaning and handyman services through the app will receive a total of $4.8 million in restitution from Handy in the coming months.

Carpenters at the Ateliers Perrault finalize the practice assembly of the charpente, or roof framework of the choir the part of the cathedral that provides seating for the clergy and choir on May 25.It extends nearly 50 feet long by 33 feet high.Cristina Baussan for NPR SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-PLAINE, France The wooden structure supporting the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral was so vast, it was known as "the forest."

The man all but certain to be the next mayor of Rascafria, a small town in the green and mist-hugged mountains an hour north of Madrid, gives few clues about his political leanings as he lists his priorities for the coming months and years.As well as helping the hospitality and livestock sectors on which the local economy depends, Oscar Robles wants to improve the leisure and culture provision for Rascafria's ill-served young people and to reopen a social club for its older residents that has been shuttered since before the Covid pandemic.

The environment ministers of Poland and Germany met on the border of the two countries on Wednesday to discuss protection of a river against a repeat of deadly pollution that killed hundreds of tons of fish last year.Polish Environment Minister Anna Moskwa said that she couldn't rule out the occurrence of another disaster despite tight monitoring along the Oder River and the blocking of the illegal discharge of chemicals and waste in order to prevent the growth of deadly golden algae.

A blob of seaweed double the width of the U.S. that's inching across the Caribbean and delivering loads of algae to Florida beaches is also carrying some unwelcome tourists: disease-causing bacteria.And the plastic debris we pour into the oceans may be making the situation worse.The bacteria belong to a genus called Vibrio, which includes more than 100 species.

The Toronto Maple Leafs face an interesting offseason in the coming months and lots of big decisions will need to be made.Among the list of other things to do, such as finding a new General Manager, the Toronto Maple Leafs need to figure out what to do with their upcoming free agents.There are a total of ten UFAs that the Leafs have to deal with.

In the coming months, Donald Trump's mounting legal troubles could get even worse.At least three investigations could bring more criminal charges against him.Federal officials are investigating both Trump's handling of classified documents and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, culminating in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has launched a large precision medicine cancer initiative to test the effectiveness of treating adults and children with new drug combinations that target specific tumor alterations.Known as the Combination Therapy Platform Trial with Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice (ComboMATCH), the initiative is the largest of its kind to test combinations of cancer drugs guided by tumor biology.

Ever since Elon Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion last year, it's been a widely agreed upon stance that he greatly overpaid for the social media platform.However, the amount in which he overpaid seems to be widening post-acquisition.According to Fidelity(opens in a new tab) , Twitter is now worth around 33 percent what the billionaire originally paid for it.

1. Amazon is launching a new service that will allow baseball fans to purchase beer at stadiums by scanning their palms.
2. This new service is designed to make the buying process faster and more secure by eliminating the need for cash or credit cards.
3. The new service could potentially revolutionize

Homebuilders, whose sentiment hit the midpoint mark of 50 earlier this month for the first-time since July 2022, have yet another reason to celebrate.The sales pace of new homes has also increased for the fifth consecutive month, according to data published on Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Morning Sports Update Mayer, selected fourth overall in 2021, was the team's highest draft pick since 1967.The Celtics lost to the Heat 103-84 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Sunday, falling short of the 3-0 series comeback at the final hurdle.The Heat now move on to face the Nuggets in the NBA Finals.

A new airline planning to operate transatlantic flights from London by spring 2024 has bought its first plane.Global Airlines said it has acquired an Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet.It believes it is the first new airline to own one of the double-decker superjumbos in eight years.Acquiring our aircraft rather than leasing showcases our commitment to financial security and resilience from day one James Asquith, Global Airlines The vast majority of A380s around the world were put into storage at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, sparking speculation they would never return due to the existence of more fuel-efficient aircraft.

On the second try, Jeff Bezos and his rocket company have won a contract to take NASA astronauts to the surface of the moon.NASA announced on Friday that it had awarded a contract to Mr. Bezos' company, Blue Origin, to provide a lunar lander for a moon mission that is currently scheduled to launch in 2029.

Piero Lissoni, photographed by Valentina Sommariva Italian designer Piero Lissoni says that American clients are becoming more amenable to investing in detail-oriented architecture as he announces the official opening of Lissoni Architecture in New York City.After a certification process through the American Institute of Architects ( AIA) in New York, Lissoni announced the opening of Lissoni Architecture, which will offer "360-degree" services.

Improving your sample collection for at-home tests will also improve your chances of getting an accurate result.For example, when swabbing the nostril, scrape the inner lining of the nose rather than just the snot and boogers hanging about.That's why antigen tests generally recommend you blow your nose before swabbing.

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have been in a long-running, bitter dispute with several British newspapers over privacy rights, both before and since the couple's high-profile split with the British royal family.The latest chapter opened this month, when the trial in one of three lawsuits that Harry has filed against Britain's tabloid publishers began in a London courtroom.

"We've seen plot twists and dramatic turns already, and there's no shortage of them that might come in the weeks and months ahead," said Democrat Will Murphy, a college professor who is running in the suburban district.He's one of five Democrats who have filed paperwork to run, joining former state Sen. Anna Kaplan; Nassau County Legislator Josh Lafazan; reporter Darius Radzius; and Zak Malamed, the founder of a PAC funding young candidates.

The world is almost certain to experience new record temperatures in the next five years, and temperatures are likely to rise by more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, scientists have warned.The breaching of the crucial 1.5C threshold, which scientists have warned could have dire consequences, should be only temporary, according to research from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).

A forest burns during a wildfire near Altura, eastern Spain, on August 19, 2022.Spain has officially entered a period of a long-term drought owing to high temperatures and low rainfall over the past three years and likely faces another year of heatwaves and forest fires, the country's weather agency Aemet said Friday March 17, 2023.

Arsenal are looking to bring in attacking reinforcements this summer and they have identified Lautaro Martinez as a potential target.The 25-year-old recently won the World Cup with Argentina and he has been in spectacular form for Inter Milan as well.Martinez has 25 goals at 10 assists across all competitions and he would be a sensational acquisition for Arsenal.

The Mission's only "safe sleep" site for the homeless is set to close by the end of the year, as part of the city's plan to close sites that were set up as emergency measures to prevent contagion during the pandemic.The site is owned by the city and is slated to be used for an 168-unit affordable housing complex for families, with developers hoping to break ground in 2024.