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By NewsPress Now Eric Beiniemy expected to join UCLA as associate head coach LOS ANGELES | Eric Bieniemy is on the verge of returning home for his next job. The former Kansas City Chiefs and Washington Commanders offensive coordinator is expected to become UCLA’s associate head coach and offensive coordinator, two people familiar with the

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Guilty Pleasures

By NewsPress Now ‘Oppenheimer,’ Lily Gladstone win at 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards “Oppenheimer” continued to steamroll through Hollywood’s awards season on Saturday, winning the top prize, for outstanding cast, along with awards for Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., at the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards. As the Academy Awards draw closer, Christopher Nolan’s

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Business briefs

By NewsPress Now Vice Media says ‘several hundred’ staff members will be laid off NEW YORK | Vice Media plans to lay off several hundred employees and no longer publish material on its Vice.com website, the company’s CEO said in a memo to staff Thursday. Vice, which filed for bankruptcy last year before being sold

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It’s a mismatch on the economy. Even as inflation wanes, voters still worry about getting by

By Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Bartender Catey Regis had a pricey misadventure buying a used car recently — an experience that speaks to why voters are worrying about the U.S. economy going into this year’s presidential election. Over three years at Founders Brewing, the 25-year-old saved enough money pouring IPAs, stouts and porters

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A Kansas county shredded old ballots as the law required, but the sheriff wanted to save them

By Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. — The most populous county in Kansas has rejected demands from the local sheriff and the state’s attorney general to preserve old ballots and records longer than legally allowed, shredding materials sought for an election fraud investigation that has yet to result in any criminal charges. Johnson County in the

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News in brief

By The Associated Press HIV/AIDS activist Hydeia Broadbent dies at 39 LAS VEGAS | A prominent HIV/AIDS activist known for her inspirational talks in the 1990s as a young child to reduce the stigma surrounding the virus she was born with has died. Hydeia Broadbent was 39. Her father said in a Facebook post that

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Republicans vote to make it harder to amend Missouri Constitution

By Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Republican lawmakers on Thursday voted to make it harder to change the Missouri Constitution amid a campaign to restore abortion rights through a voter-backed constitutional amendment. Currently, Missouri constitutional changes are enacted if approved by a majority of votes statewide. State senators voted 22-9 along party lines to

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By The Associated Press Florida lawmakers pass ban on social media for kids under 16 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. | A bill to create one of the nation’s most restrictive bans on minors’ use of social media is heading to Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has expressed concerns about the legislation to keep children under the

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