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By JOSH JACQUOT, Edmunds If you’re in the market for a new vehicle, the remaining weeks of December could very well be a great time to buy. Several recurring industry trends converge at year-end, creating favorable conditions that can help you save money. The auto experts at Edmunds have come up with three key reasons why December often delivers the opportunity for better deals — and what to know to ensure you get the best one. Year-end sales quotas and dealership incentives Manufacturers and dealers operate under annual targets, and December is when they make their most concerted effort to…
In a scene that perfectly captures the strangeness of American politics today, President Donald Trump, a billionaire and self-styled champion of American business (at least the ones he likes) was all smiles during an Oval Office visit from Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist and mayor-elect of New York City. For months, the two men traded the harshest of insults. Mamdani was a “communist” and “radical left lunatic”; Trump a “fascist” and “despot.” Yet with New York’s mayoral election over and cameras clicking, the insults were on hold. The men praised each other as “rational” and “productive.” Trump even joked that…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that within the next five years, AI could eradicate half of all entry-level jobs and increase unemployment by up to 20%. University of Louisville professor and computer scientist Roman Yampolskiy makes a darker prediction, claiming that 99% of jobs will be eliminated by robots and AI in the next five years. These appear to be scary times indeed – AI is now creating images of people with the correct number of fingers and the future that was promised where AI takes our jobs is no longer some ominous event in the distance. Computer nerds just…
By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate failed to get anywhere on the health care issue this week. Now it’s the House’s turn to show what it can do. Speaker Mike Johnson is in a last-minute sprint to develop a Republican alternative, as his party refuses to extend tax subsidies for those who buy policies through the Affordable Care Act, also called Obamacare, which are expiring at the end of the year. Those subsidies help lower the cost of coverage. Johnson, R-La., huddled behind closed doors Friday morning — as he did days earlier this week…
By JOHN RABY A West Virginia National Guard member who was shot last month in the nation’s capital is being transitioned from hospital acute care to in-patient rehabilitation, a doctor said Friday. Staff. Sgt. Andrew Wolfe was airlifted to MedStar Washington Hospital Center with a critical gunshot wound to the head on Nov. 26. Wolfe and Spc. Sarah Beckstrom were ambushed as they patrolled a subway station three blocks from the White House. Beckstrom died the next day. Wolfe has “made extraordinary progress,” Dr. Jeffrey Mai, a MedStar neurosurgeon, said in a news release. “He is now breathing on his…
LOS ANGELES — As the Rams prepare for their chance to clinch a playoff spot with a win this weekend, they expect to be at full strength Sunday against the Detroit Lions. Wide receiver Davante Adams will be listed as questionable after missing practice Wednesday and Thursday with a hamstring injury he has been managing. While he was listed as a partial participant Friday, McVay said prior to practice that he would participate in team drills and is expected to play against the Lions. “Would be very surprised if he isn’t ready to roll,” McVay said. “And that’s what his…
By the numbers, Leticia Castillo should have lost. But despite being outspent and running as a Republican in a blue Inland Empire Assembly district, Castillo, a marriage and family therapist from Corona, beat Democrat Clarissa Cervantes by 596 votes to win the 58th Assembly District seat in 2024. That said, there’s a chance the political headwinds that likely helped Castillo in 2024 could work against her as she runs for reelection next year. Buoyed by strong showings in recent elections, a backlash against President Donald Trump and an apparent shift in Latino voting behavior, Democrats are hoping for a blue…
EL SEGUNDO — The Lakers are more than aware of the trends that have shown up in most of their seven losses through 24 games. A perimeter defense that struggles to contain quicker ball-handlers. And a transition defense that doesn’t get back quickly enough to slow potential fast-break opportunities. The Lakers’ defensive struggles aren’t “baffling” to Coach JJ Redick in light of the team entering Friday with a 116.7 defensive rating (points allowed per 100 possessions), which ranked No. 21 in the league. But the fact that the Lakers have continued to struggle in the same areas has Redick acknowledging…
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and ISABELLA VOLMERT If Indiana Republican senators had any doubt about what to do with President Donald Trump’s redistricting proposal, he helped them make up their minds the night before this week’s vote. In a social media screed, Trump accused the state’s top senator of being “a bad guy, or a very stupid one.” “That kind of language doesn’t help,” said Sen. Travis Holdman, a banker and lawyer from near Fort Wayne who voted against the plan. He was among 21 Republican senators who dealt Trump one of the most significant political defeats of his second term…
USC junior wide receiver Makai Lemon has won the Biletnikoff Award, which is given annually to the nation’s top college wide receiver, it was announced Friday during the College Football Awards show. Lemon, who beat out Ohio State sophomore Jeremiah Smith and Connecticut senior Skyler Bell for the honor, is the second Biletnikoff Award winner in USC history, joining Marqise Lee (2012). The first-team All-American finished the regular season leading all Power Four conference players in receiving yards (1,156) and receiving yards per game (96.3). He also led the Big Ten Conference in receptions per game (6.6), yards after the…