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CNN  —  A tiger is missing inside a Georgia safari park after severe weather left trees and power lines down in the area on Sunday morning, police said. In a Sunday morning Facebook post, the Troup County Sheriff’s Office said they received a report of a tiger “unaccounted” for inside …

Each year, the prestigious McDonald’s All American Games feature the nation’s best high school senior basketball players in the country. This year is no exception, as the top boys and girls prepare for Tuesday’s showcase events in Houston. The 2023 McDonald’s All American girls’ game tips off at 6:30 p.m. …

Lana Del Rey’s sprawling and obsessive new LP — “the ninth studio album,” as its cover describes it in a flourish of self-mythologizing graphic design — is the one where this great American collage artist begins cut-and-pasting herself. Known since she emerged over a decade ago for alluding to or …

CNN  —  Already facing one of the world’s worst economic crises, the Lebanese people have a fresh challenge after waking up in two different timezones. Lebanon’s government has postponed winter clock changes, with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati announcing Daylight Saving will be introduced from midnight on April 20 rather …

Jerusalem CNN  —  Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has dramatically broke ranks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, describing it a matter of national security to pause the government’s drive to overhaul Israel’s court system. Gallant’s Saturday night speech – when Netanyahu was out of the country on an official visit …

TEMPE, Ariz. —  The Angels could use a bit of swagger. They could use an October too. Yes or no, Perry Minasian: Is this a playoff team? “We’ll find out,” Minasian said. Minasian, the Angels’ general manager, earned respect throughout the sport for a second consecutive winter of guiding owner Arte …

There’s a hole in the wall in the living room of the two-bedroom apartment in Reseda where Diego Velazquez practices hitting with his father, Salvador. “I was swinging and messed up,” Diego said. The bat did the damage. “He got mad at me,” Diego said. “Me and my dad swing …

When Lauren Wyman felt crushed under the weight of her corporate finance job in 2019, she found solace in launching a small goth and alternative clothing business. She initially made Facebook and Instagram accounts for her shop, Dark Mother Clothing, but generated only $5,000 to $6,000 in sales the first …

Feeling political pressure to solve California’s severe housing shortage and ballooning homelessness, state lawmakers are pushing new bills to increase production of affordable homes and strengthen tenant protections against evictions and surging rents. Some of the proposals include letting religious organizations quickly build affordable homes on their excess land and …

Nestled in a clearing between rye fields and lush jungle, the bases on one of the few baseball diamonds in the Philippines’ Tanauan City sat in sludge. In video taken by scouts visiting the area, a rooster crowed in the background and a dog watched from behind a rusty foul-line …