Annual Greek Festival back in Cardiff for 45th year, expected to draw crowds – San Diego Union-Tribune
Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church will hold its 45th annual Cardiff Greek Festival from Sept. 6-7. The church campus will become a Greek island village for two days…
Struggling ‘CBS Evening News’ gets new executive producer
Veteran producer Kim Harvey has been tapped to take over the “CBS Evening News,” which has lost viewers since a recent revamp. The network announced Thursday that Harvey will replace…
ChatGPT pulled teen into a ‘dark and hopeless place’ before he took his life, lawsuit against OpenAI alleges
Adam Raine, a California teenager, used ChatGPT to find answers about everything from his schoolwork to his interests in music, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Japanese comics. But his conversations with a…
The space economy is adding jobs in Southern California
In a giant Long Beach warehouse near where Boeing used to build the C-17 cargo jet, Vast is fabricating what could be the first commercial space station to circle Earth.…
How an orchard in Turkey survived a wildfire
This summer, hundreds of wildfires broke out across Turkey, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes. But one orchard – in the north-western province of Bursa –…
Powerball jackpot nears $1 billion, the sixth largest ever
The Powerball jackpot has climbed to almost $1 billion, the sixth-largest jackpot ever, after no one won Wednesday’s drawing. The next drawing is scheduled for Saturday, with an estimated cash…
Russia’s Daniil Medvedev fined $42,500 after epic U.S. Open meltdown
Russian tennis star Daniil Medvedev has been fined $42,500 by the U.S. Open for his actions during and immediately after his first-round loss to France’s Benjamin Bonzi on Sunday night…
Mystery surrounds $1 billion Army contract to build tent camp in Texas
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and JOSHUA GOODMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump’s administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it…
Lucha libre and leather: Latinos rule the L.A. goth scene
On a recent Saturday in July, as the sun set behind East L.A. club Don Quixote, a line of black-clothed and face-pierced youths chattered excitedly outside the venue. Inside, luchadores…
Lives torn apart in Kyiv after Russia’s heaviest bombardment for weeks
Katy WatsonBBC News in Kyiv Getty Images The deadliest strike of the night was on a low-rise block of flats on Kyiv’s left bank By day, Kyiv can often feel…