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5 Times Lawyer Attacked Charges Linked to Music Industry

When Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug stepped up to a courtroom podium Thursday to give a non-negotiated plea in his gang and racketeering conspiracy case in Atlanta, it was a gamble that paid off. Without any safety net in the form of a signed deal with prosecutors, the artist born Jeffery Williams pleaded “no contest” to […]

Sports

Mexico City Grand Prix: Times, stats, predictions

Oct 23, 2024, 11:30 AM ET The United States Grand Prix saw Ferrari and Red Bull regain their form. Ferrari took a surprise one-two in the grand prix led by Charles Leclerc while Max Verstappen collected enough points from his sprint race victory and a third place on Sunday to extend his lead in the […]

Science

‘Quantum CD’ proposal could hold up to 1,000 times more data than today’s optical discs

Scientists have proposed a new type of data storage device that harnesses the powerful properties of quantum mechanics. The ultra-high-density optical memory device would consist of numerous memory cells, each containing rare earth elements embedded within a solid material — in this case, magnesium oxide (MgO) crystals. The rare earth elements emit photons, or particles […]

Entertainment

More Editors Exit Los Angeles Times After Presidential Endorsement Scandal

Robert Greene and Karin Klein of the Los Angeles Times joined editorial page editor Mariel Garza on Thursday in departing the paper following its decision not to endorse a presidential candidate in the 2024 race. A Semafor report published Tuesday claimed that Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong blocked the paper’s editorial board from endorsing a candidate […]

Politics

Los Angeles Times editorials editor resigns after newspaper withholds presidential endorsement

LOS ANGELES — The editorials editor of the Los Angeles Times has resigned after the newspaper’s owner blocked the editorial board’s plans to endorse Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for president, a journalism trade publication reported Wednesday. Mariel Garza told the Columbia Journalism Review in an interview that she resigned because the Times was remaining […]

Science

How does the brain react to birth control? A researcher scanned herself 75 times to find out

Researchers are cataloguing the effects of birth control on the brain. Credit: Isabel Pavia/Getty Chicago, Illinois Hold the morning coffee and meditation: for about 75 days over the span of a year, neuroscientist Carina Heller’s morning ritual included climbing into her university’s brain scanner at 7:30 a.m. and lying perfectly still for an hour and […]