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By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPSNEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is saying goodbye to “Try Before You Buy.”The service, which allowed Amazon’s Prime members to try on select clothing items, shoes and accessories at home before completing a purchase, is set to wind down in the coming weeks. The last day eligible customers can place orders using the subscriber benefit is Jan. 31, the company confirmed.Under the service, Prime members can order up to six select apparel items on a trial basis. Customers then have seven days after receiving the merchandise to return any unwanted items without being charged.In a statement, an Amazon…
When Gary Hall Jr. saw the flames of the Palisades fire rapidly approaching, he grabbed his dog Puddle, a few family mementos, his insulin and left everything else behind – including five gold, three silver and two bronze Olympic medals that he had tucked away in a closet. When he fled his home on Lachman Lane Tuesday morning, Jan. 7, nearby homes were already going up in smoke. He knew he was out of time. News that Hall Jr. had been forced to leave his medals behind reached the International Olympic Committee. Though it will not be the same as the…
President Joe Biden will deliver his farewell address to the nation Wednesday, Jan. 15, in East Coast prime time.Biden, who is nearing the end of his four-year term, will deliver the speech at 5 p.m. Pacific time from the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.All major broadcast and cable news networks are expected to carry the address, which the White House says will be 20 minutes in length.The president’s press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that Biden’s farewell address would reflect on his “50-plus years as a public official.”“He has some thoughts on the future, not just of the country,…
Early in the Rams’ 27-9 wild-card playoff victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Monday, it felt like tight end Tyler Higbee was trying to carry his team to victory single-handedly. He caught five passes in the first quarter for 58 yards and three first downs, accentuating each of them with an arm-waving celebration.But a hit to his chest at the end of the quarter ended Higbee’s night. He still led the team in receiving for the night despite the abrupt exit, but he had to follow the rest of the game from a local Arizona hospital because he was spitting…
Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued an executive order that removes bureaucratic red tape to help displaced students, families and campuses impacted by fires in L.A. County.The order, signed on Tuesday, seeks to: Suspend multiple state rules to allow displaced students to attend school outside of their district; Ease the way for schools damaged or destroyed in the fires to use temporary facilities; and Enables schools to avoid penalties for not meeting minimum school-year attendance requirements. The order also directs state agencies to work with schools with destroyed or damaged schools to develop a plan for serving displaced students and rebuilding,…
By PAUL WISEMAN, AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale inflation rose last month on higher energy prices.The Labor Department reported Tuesday that its producer price index — which tracks inflation before it hits consumers — rose 0.2% last month from November, down from a 0.4% gain the month before. Compared to a year earlier, producer prices rose 3.3%, biggest jump since February 2023 and up from a 3% gain in November.A 3.5% November-to-December increase in energy prices — led by a 9.7% increase in gasoline prices — pushed the overall index higher. Food prices dipped 0.1% in December.Still, the overall increases…
At the Gray Dragon toy store, where owner Adele Heydenrich’s long vision bloomed to life for one year in the Palisades, her 9-year-old son was her head employee.She was a single mother, and she wanted to set up young Grayson as best she could. So she hired him. Never mind that he spent six days a week tottering around the Gerry Blanck’s Martial Arts Center next door; he had a W-2. He’d go to trade shows. He’d help curate toys. This was their life.The folks nearby, nestled in a retail space on the corner of Marquez Avenue and Sunset Boulevard,…
By SARAH PARVINI, AP Technology WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed an ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence that seeks to ensure the infrastructure needed for advanced AI operations, such as large-scale data centers and new clean power facilities, can be built quickly and at scale in the United States.The executive order directs federal agencies to accelerate large-scale AI infrastructure development at government sites, while imposing requirements and safeguards on the developers building on those locations. It also directs certain agencies to make federal sites available for AI data centers and new clean power facilities. Those agencies will help facilitate the infrastructure’s…
LOS ANGELES — A year ago, as he professed to the world in early December, Eric Gentry thought football wasn’t going to work out.Then Matt Entz came along, and – as Gentry wrote on Twitter – changed his “whole perspective.”The senior linebacker, through preseason and a blistering start to 2024, didn’t much attempt to hide his true feelings on USC’s defensive staff upgrades last winter. When asked in early September why USC’s defense was better against the run, he smirked: The coaches, he responded, simply. And that began with Entz, the former North Dakota State head coach who’d taken a…
Garden Grove-based Harbinger Motors Inc., a medium-sized EV cargo truck chassis maker, has raised $100 million to fuel the next stages of its growth of its privately held company.Harbinger said on Tuesday, Jan. 14, that it will use the venture capital funding to buildup production capacity at its Knott Avenue plant to meet demand for a flurry of chassis orders received in recent months.Harbinger said it also will use the funds to expand its sales and parts and service operations for the nationwide rollout of its EV chassis.“These funds catalyze significant revenue generation,” said John Harris, the chief executive officer of…