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Democratic socialists are looking to extend their power in Los Angeles City Hall this fall with their biggest prizes yet: mayor and city attorney.Mayoral candidate Nithya Raman and city attorney hopeful Marissa Roy, both members of the Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, are heading into the Nov. 3 general election with strong showings in the June 2 primary as tailwinds.If she prevails in November, Raman would join the ranks of democratic socialists leading big U.S. cities, including New York’s Zohran Mamdani and Seattle’s Katie Wilson. Washington, D.C., looks to be next: Janeese Lewis George won the…

Best hitter matchups for this week include the Phillies, Cardinals and Orioles Jun 22, 2026 at 5:30 am ET • 1 min read Whether you’re in need of an injury fill-in or just a hot-hand play, Scott White has you covered with 10 sleeper hitters for the upcoming scoring period, all rostered in less than 80 percent of CBS Sports leagues. They’re not must-starts by any estimation, but they’re often the best you’ll find off the waiver wire. All information is up to date as of early Monday.Sleeper hitters for Week 14 (June 22-28) Best hitter matchups for Week 141.…

Teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi struck a remarkable 11-ball 50 for India A, breaking the record for the fastest half-century in the history of List A 50-over cricket.The 15-year-old’s latest remarkable feat came for India A against Sri Lanka A as he made 94 off 29 balls in a total of 377-9, a knock that included 10 fours and eight sixes.He faced just one dot ball in his fifty and hit five fours and five sixes from the other 10 balls to bring up the landmark. The previous fastest in 50-over cricket was Thisara Perera’s 13-ball knock for the Sri Lankan…

Reporting Highlights Changing Oversight: U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy previously ran an aerial firefighting company. After joining Congress, he proposed ending Forest Service inspections of those aircraft.  Failed Inspection: The same month a draft of his plan to end Forest Service inspections leaked, an aircraft at his former company failed an inspection because of a crack in its wing. Ownership Stake: Sheehy owned up to $15 million in stock in the company, Bridger Aerospace, when he launched his effort to end Forest Service inspections of such aircraft. These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.…

In the last few weeks, we’ve seen some major releases. Since Disney acquired the Star Wars franchise, they have been producing film after film and show after show, and recently they released the latest in their lineup, The Mandalorian and Grogu, the film continuation of their well-received series on Disney+. We also saw the return of He-Man to the big screen with the Masters of the Universe getting the big-budget treatment. It was a major time for the big franchises. But if you ask filmgoers, those things have gotten old. Instead the films that have gotten folks talking are the…

Canelo Alvarez no longer holds a super-middleweight world title, but that hasn’t stopped a host of his 168lb rivals from targeting a fight with him. Alvarez lost as a super-middleweight for the first time when he was outpointed by Terence Crawford last year, but the 35-year-old will have the opportunity to reclaim the WBC belt upon his return in September when he fights new champion Christian Mbilli. Victory will see Canelo continue into the next era of the super-middleweight division as a man with a target on his back, as a number of fresh-faced operators each jostle to land a…

When wildlife photographer Chris Fallows first ventured into the waters of False Bay, in Cape Town, South Africa, he saw a thriving community of great white sharks.They would hunt the tens of thousands of seals that lived on a nearby rock called Seal Island. A decade ago, Fallows saw 250 to 300 different great white sharks a year there.And with a little luck, you could see one of these majestic predators jumping out of the water, snatching its prey in its jaws while flying through the air. Fallows’ photographs of this behavior in great white sharks, called «breaching,» are some of…

Humeyra Pamuk, Dave Graham and Tala RamadanUpdated June 22, 2026 — 7:07am,first published 5:59amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAABuergenstock, Switzerland/Dubai: US President Donald Trump threatened to restart the war with Iran even as Vice President JD Vance met Iranian officials for the first talks under an interim peace deal, overshadowed by Tehran’s announcement that it had again closed the Strait of Hormuz.The talks in the Qatari-owned Swiss mountaintop resort of Buergenstock on Sunday (Switzerland time) were the first to be held under the terms of a memorandum of understanding…

It was a mild June day in 2020 when the tensions simmering between Brooklyn’s Black political establishment and a group of political insurgents broke into the open. Jabari Brisport and Phara Souffrant Forrest, candidates endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America for seats in the New York State Senate and State Assembly, led approximately 200 fellow DSA members in a demonstration outside the home of then–City Council member and majority leader Laurie Cumbo. Using a bullhorn and a level of direct action that was uncommon among Central Brooklyn politicians, Brisport, Forrest, and demonstrators were calling on Cumbo to strip $3…

The treatment of severe gum disease has long faced a fundamental limitation: existing therapies can control infection and inflammation, but they cannot rebuild the bone and tissue that periodontitis destroys. A new biomaterial developed by researchers in Brazil — made from three ingredients that would look more at home in a kitchen than a pharmacy — may be closing that gap simultaneously.ScienceDaily reported on June 19, 2026 on research published in Polymer Bulletin by scientists at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) in Sorocaba, Brazil, led by Professor Eliana Aparecida de Rezende Duek. The team developed a biomaterial…