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| Work New Jersey Political Races, Often Raucous, Are Bananas This Year  “It really is one of those instances where you have to have a scorecard on hand to keep track of who is in and who is out and who is trying to accomplish what,” Patrick Murray, Monmouth University’s director of polling, said. |
| Work Regional Mexican music is crossing borders and going global  It is something Mexican American artist Becky G, 26, accomplished with her latest album, “Esquinas,” which she described as “a love letter to my abuelitos, to my younger self and, hopefully, to the future generations.” |
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| Work Sextortion training materials found on TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube, according to new report  Sextortion is a “transnational crime threat that is actually causing a significant number of American deaths,” said Paul Raffile, a senior intelligence analyst with the NCRI who co-led the study. This form of crime — which has mostly impacted boys and young men, according to NCRI Director of Intelligence Alex Goldenberg — can be so devastating that it drives some victims to suicide. |
| Work Alaska Airlines has resumed flying Boeing 737 MAX 9, and United Airlines is set to follow suit  Alaska Airlines grounded all 65 of its Max 9 jets within hours after one of the two door plugs in the back half of the cabin of flight 1282 blew away while 16,000 feet (about 4,900 meters) above Oregon. The FAA grounded all Max 9s in the U.S. the day after the blowout. |
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| Work Taylor Swift's name not searchable on X days after sexually explicit deepfakes go viral  This comes after deepfakes portraying Swift nude and in sexual scenarios were circulated on X Wednesday. The images can be created using artificial intelligence tools that develop new, fake images, or by taking a real photo and “undressing” it. |
| Work Avian flu is devastating farms in California's ‘Egg Basket' as outbreaks roil poultry industry  “We have a long road ahead,” Weber said. “We’re going to make another run of it and try to keep this family of employees together because they’ve worked so hard to build this into the company that it is.” |
| Work Some Mayan ruin sites are unreachable in Mexico due to rapid rise in gang violence  “There are communities that sell handicrafts, that provide places to stay, boat trips, craftspeople. It affects the economy a lot,” said the first guide. “You have to remember that this is an agricultural state that has no industry, no factories, so tourism has become an economic lever, one of the few sources of work.\" |
| Work Charging third graders for rent? Teacher's financial lessons go viral on TikTok  Lattimore has gone viral on TikTok and Instagram for her creative take on teaching financial literacy — using a classroom system that requires her students to pay rent for their classroom essentials, including their own desks. |
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| Work High school basketball rivals in Fort Worth stand together against gun violence  “When they’re looking around to see all of these people come out there here to support them, watch them play a basketball game, and support them with love, then that gives a different type of attitude, a different type of pride in yourself, it’s important,” said Giddings son-in-law Kelton Russell. |
| Work Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day  Soviet Red Army troops liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau on Jan. 27, 1945, with about 7,000 prisoners there, children and those who were too weak to walk. The Germans had evacuated tens of thousands of other inmates on foot days earlier in what is now called the Death March, because many inmates died of exhaustion and cold in the sub-freezing temperatures. |
| Work USPS asking for information about robbery in Dallas  The suspect is described as an approximately 5\'9\" to 5\'10\" Black male in his teens or early 20s. He was wearing a full-face mask and letterman jacket with white lettering and blue letters at the time of the robbery. |
| Work Top Dallas food spots: Vote for your favorite in TikTok critic Keith Lee's poll  On Saturday, Jan. 27, Lee created another poll to ask his followers which popular restaurants he should visit with his family. The options included The Cookie Society, Roots Southern Table, Funky Town Food Hall, and Chris & John. |
| Work One hospitalized after carjacking turned to shooting in Dallas  The police department said officers later recovered the victim\'s car in the 5300 block of N. Central Expressway. No arrests have been made, and police have not shared any details about the suspects\' descriptions. |
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| Work Trump is on the hook for $88.3 million in defamation damages. What happens next?  Still, Trump faces other potential financial liabilities. He is awaiting a verdict in a civil fraud trial, where New York state has asked that he forfeit $370 million in what officials say were ill-gotten gains from loans and deals made using financial statements that exaggerated his wealth. |
| Work Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day  Soviet Red Army troops liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau on Jan. 27, 1945, with about 7,000 prisoners there, children and those who were too weak to walk. The Germans had evacuated tens of thousands of other inmates on foot days earlier in what is now called the Death March, because many inmates died of exhaustion and cold in the sub-freezing temperatures. |
| Work NYC church backs out on migrant shelter following legal threat from electeds  Attempts to erect migrant shelters on Staten Island have continually faced opposition from neighbors and politicians. Last fall, hundreds of protesters repeatedly rallied outside a former Catholic high school. |
| Work Councilmember Yusef Salaam says NYPD stopped him in Harlem, refused to give reason why  The council approved the two measures in the final days of 2023 with enough votes backing both bills to overrule a mayoral veto and ensure they become law, unless several members change their stance. |
| Work Officials don't know how long closure of San Diego-Orange County rail line will last  Phil Diehl has been a reporter and editor in North County since 1989, and has written about city government, education, health care, military issues, nuclear power and more. He was the night city editor for the North County Times for about five years until it was purchased by The San Diego Union-Tribune. A graduate of West Virginia University, he began his newspaper career at the Parkersburg Sentinel in West Virginia. He lives in Carlsbad. |
| Work Officials don't know how long closure of San Diego-Orange County rail line will last Phil Diehl has been a reporter and editor in North County since 1989, and has written about city government, education, health care, military issues, nuclear power and more. He was the night city editor for the North County Times for about five years until it was purchased by The San Diego Union-Tribune. A graduate of West Virginia University, he began his newspaper career at the Parkersburg Sentinel in West Virginia. He lives in Carlsbad. |
| Work San Diego completes work needed to restore railroad 'quiet zones' in heart of the city  The city of San Diego said Saturday it has completed the railroad safety improvements it was told to make by the Federal Railroad Association to earn reinstatement of a train Quiet Zone downtown, between Laurel Street and Fifth Avenue. |
| Work Suspected DUI driver crashes into school playground in Downey  The driver was taken away in an ambulance. The child who was standing near the car that was struck did not suffer any injuries. The woman had some bruises but did not need to go to the hospital. |
| Work A24's ‘A Lover's Series' hits AMC Theaters in February  #4 -- The Lighthouse: Starring Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe, the film explores the hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote New England Island. The screening takes place Feb. 28. |
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| Work Some homeless people refuse shelter beds. In one Bay Area county, that could soon be a crime  Grace Toohey is a reporter at the Los Angeles Times covering breaking news for the Fast Break Desk. Before joining the newsroom in 2022, she covered criminal justice issues at the Orlando Sentinel and the Advocate in Baton Rouge. Toohey is a Maryland native and proud Terp. |
| Work Woman, 31, found dead on the sand in Manhattan Beach  Manhattan Beach police said the woman’s boyfriend and friends searched for Hanie before reporting her missing early Friday morning. “The reporting party stated he last saw his girlfriend near the water line,” the police said. |
| Work Jay Leno files for conservatorship for wife Mavis who has dementia  Meg James is a senior entertainment industry writer for the Los Angeles Times. She was the lead reporter for The Times’ coverage of the deadly “Rust” shooting on a New Mexico film set in 2021, work recognized by the Pulitzer Prize board as a finalist in breaking news. A member of the Company Town team for two decades, James specializes in covering television, corporate media and investigative projects. She previously wrote for the Miami Herald and the Palm Beach Post. A native of Wyoming, she is a graduate of the University of Colorado and Columbia University. |
| Work No timetable for reopening train service through San Clemente amid landslide cleanup  The weather forecast for next week could put a damper on the repair work in San Clemente. Casey Oswant, a meteorologist in the National Weather Service’s San Diego office said that precipitation is expected Thursday and Friday. |
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| Work More Than 100 Animals Seized From Long Island Home  Humane Long Island, an animal advocacy organization that took custody of dozens of the animals that were seized, identified their owner as Matthew Spohrer, 32. He was issued 30 violations relating to illegal possession of animals, the group said in a news release. |
| Work Photographing the Last of the Holocaust Survivors  Using projectors positioned at strategic spots, Ms. Laub, who is best known for her photography, arranged for her portraits of Holocaust survivors to be displayed on the facades of buildings and landmark structures. |
| Work Woman Charged With Hiding Corpse Over Body Parts Found in Refrigerator  Ms. Stines was evaluated at a hospital after being taken into custody on Monday, Chief Kenny said. She had open warrants related to shoplifting and bail-jumping charges, court records show. She pleaded not guilty at an arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court late Thursday night, according to a spokeswoman for the Brooklyn district attorney’s office. |
| Work Unboxing Thousands of Photos of New York City in the ’70s and ’80s  The archive, while valued in photography circles for both its artistic integrity and documentation of underrepresented neighborhoods, had remained in limbo and disarray since Ms. Gottfried’s death in 2017 at age 66 from complications from breast cancer. |
| Work In Trump’s Bitter, Yearslong Brawl with Roberta Kaplan, He Keeps Losing  Mr. Trump, 77, has a libertine past, a salesman’s flair and an extraordinary instinct for insult. Ms. Kaplan, 57, an openly gay lawyer who married her wife in Toronto in 2005, is methodical and disciplined. |
| Work NFL betting odds, picks, tips: How to bet the conference championship games  Walder: Roquan Smith OVER 2.5 assists (-145). I forecast Smith for 4.3 assists so I\'m willing to eat the -145 here. Yes, the Chiefs are probably the most pass-heavy team relative to expectations, but Smith has also gone over this line in 15 of 17 games this year. The odds are in our favor. |
| Work With a week to go, why has the Premier League transfer window been so quiet?  Time will tell if the final week of the January window heats up, and the best hope of that is a top Premier League side panicking into a move on Deadline Day. But it\'s probably safe to say there will be no late record-breaking transfer this time around. |
| Work Jayson Tatum sports signature leopard print Tatum 2's in Week 14  The Boston Celtics put forth a strong showing last night, avenging their playoff elimination last season with a 143-110 romp over the Miami Heat. Jayson Tatum was at the heart of the Celtics\' dominance, posting game highs in both points (26) and rebounds (8). He also added four assists. Tatum\'s kicks matched his performance as well. The star wing took the floor in Miami rocking a sleek version of his soon-to-be-released Tatum 2 sneaker -- featuring a gold and light blue leopard pattern on a black background. |
| Work NBA players are dropping 60 and 70 like it's nothing -- what's driving these wild numbers?  MacMahon: Is it Shai Gilgeous-Alexander\'s turn? The other three players averaging at least 30 points per game -- Embiid, Doncic and Giannis Antetokounmpo -- have all scored at least 64 in a game this season. Gilgeous-Alexander\'s career-high is only 44 points, so maybe he\'s due for an explosion. He\'s not a prolific 3-point shooter, which limits his historic-high-volume scoring potential, but he\'s as dangerous as anyone off the dribble -- and he gets to the free throw line a lot, a staple of these sorts of nights. |
| Work How Aryna Sabalenka won her second Australian Open title in a row  \"It\'s been on my mind that I didn\'t want to be that player who wins [a Grand Slam] and then disappeared,\" Sabalenka said after the final. \"I just wanted to show that I\'m able to be consistently there and I\'m able to win another one. |
| Work Big questions for Liverpool after Klopp: Who can replace him? What about Salah's future?  FSG president Mike Gordon said in September that their commitment to the club \"remains as strong as ever,\" but Klopp\'s departure is a big moment that will require plenty of reflection. For FSG, they will have to weigh up whether the cost of staying is one that they can afford to meet. |
| Work How the Ravens and 120 decibels can cause problems for Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs  The expectation is the noise level will get ratcheted up even more Sunday. This is the first AFC Championship Game in Baltimore in 53 years. The last time it was held in this city was 53 years ago, when the Baltimore Colts hosted the Oakland Raiders. |
| Work Caitlin Clark ultimate guide: The Iowa senior's pursuit of the NCAA scoring record  Clark turns 22 in February and is eligible for the April 15 draft. However, Clark -- and the rest of this year\'s college seniors -- could return for a fifth NCAA season in 2024-25 because of the COVID-19 waiver. And Clark has said she likely won\'t make a decision on declaring for the draft until Iowa\'s season ends. (Players have 48 hours following the conclusion of their final game of the season to declare for the draft.) |
| Work European soccer news: Maidstone United's FA Cup magic, Barca lose and Xavi announces exit, more  We\'ll end with the FA Cup, and the scrappy fun at Goodison Park between Everton and Luton Town. The Hatters have had precious little to cheer about this season since being promoted to the Premier League, with just 12 points from their first 20 games in their first campaign back in the top flight since 1991. Yet Saturday brought them a 2-1 win over fellow relegation battlers Everton to vault them into the fifth round, and it was rather dramatic. |
| Work Who will win the Australian Open men's title?  Walsh: The only reservation I have about saying Sinner here is: Does he think he has climbed the mountain before the real peak? Defeating Djokovic in the semi must be a huge emotional drain -- even if he wouldn\'t admit it -- and getting up for a first Grand Slam final will be an effort. Medvedev? He has been here before, twice in fact, and knows what heartbreak at Rod Laver Arena looks and feels like. Sinner in straight sets, or Medvedev in five. |
| Work Scherzer, deGrom aiming for midsummer returns  \"My arm\'s feeling really good,\" he said. \"It\'s just what is smart. You don\'t want to push it because you want to continue to pitch here for the next however many years. So that\'s where we\'ve got to kind of take a look at what is the best plan moving forward, whenever that time comes.\" |
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