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For years, the humanities and data science have been entirely separate disciplines, but the University of California-Los Angeles has created a new major — digital humanities — convinced graduates with a command of both will thrive in modern society. The new major and accompanying department are the first of their kind...
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Joe Garcia CalMatters Grace Coleman thinks about her crime a lot — like all the time, every day. Killing two people while driving drunk forced her to start seeing herself through an unfiltered lens of accountability. Since the day after that terrible night in late 2020, she has moved...
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SAN FRANCISCO — Seven pro-Palestine activists were sentenced to 30 days in jail, six months probation, and ordered to pay fines and restitution amounting to over $1,300 for their roles in the 2024 shutdown of the Golden Gate Bridge. The ruling followed weeks of speculation that the city’s District...
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RIVERSIDE, California – It’s Wednesday morning and a line of cars stretches around a local food bank, one of several here in Riverside, about an hour east of Los Angeles. The lines have grown considerably in the past year, many here say. The timing coincides with last year’s passage...
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Many Americans will pause on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks to remember the nearly 3,000 people who were killed that day. The attacks became a shared national tragedy, the impact of which reached far beyond those who experienced them firsthand. The aftermath of such a disaster can place enormous strain on...
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Inspired by a true story, a young Black FBI agent (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is sent into 1960s Mississippi to investigate a wave of brutal killings targeting civil rights leaders. Forced to work alongside notorious mafia hitman Greg Scarpa (Mark Wahlberg), he finds himself pulled into a deadly hunt where...
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En este mes se conmemoran dos advocaciones muy conocidas y veneradas de Santa María. Dichas advocaciones datan de décadas y de varios siglos atrás, y representan la fe que se profesa a la Madre de Cristo, tanto en el continente americano como en Europa. Los devotos celebran a la...
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Scrolling through the tributes to Dolly Parton this week – from the Grand Ole Opry, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, queerfluencers and others – I thought to myself: that’s her real name? Yes. The “Queen of Country”, who died August 25 aged 80, was born Dolly Rebecca Parton. My surprise at the authenticity...
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Editor’s note: Dolly Parton, the country music icon and subject of this story, died on Aug. 25, 2026, at the age of 80 in Nashville, Tenn. Travis Salway’s story offers a personal reflection on Parton’s enduring appeal and the sense of belonging her music has offered to so many....