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Even if I win the Powerball, I'll still be about $11.5 billion short of what it reportedly took to purchase the Los Angeles Lakers. 💰 🏀 💰 |
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Several states held primary elections Tuesday. We bring you the biggest takeaways. 🗳️ |
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Consumer prices ticked up again in July, and paychecks aren't keeping pace. 💸 |
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Lakers selling for a bucket of cash 💰 🏀 💰
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$12.5 billion. That's how much Mark Walter just netted for the LA Lakers. A Trump-adjacent businessman and a former Disney CEO reportedly acquired one of sports' most storied franchises and spent a record amount of money to do so. The sale comes just two years after Walter bought the Lakers from the family of Dr. Jerry Buss, the team's late longtime owner.
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The surname of one of the new owners might sound familiar. Here's why. 🧏🏻 |
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NBA All-Star Russell Westbrook (who played for the Lakers from 2021-23) has called it a career after 18 seasons. 👋🏾 |
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One former Laker (and current LA sports franchise co-owner) has thoughts about the sale. 🪄 |
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Sports franchises don't come cheaply. Here are the American teams with the highest values. 🏀 💰 ⚾️ 💰 🏈 |
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The Los Angeles Lakers logo at midcourt during Game 1 of the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs.
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Key primaries in six states 🗳️
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Primary voters in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Alabama, Connecticut, Vermont and South Carolina went to the polls Tuesday to decide who'll face off in key congressional and other races. Check out our takeaways from the most-watched races.
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A former intelligence director at Southern Poverty Law Center was arrested in connection with the federal government’s case against the anti-extremism group, the Justice Department said. |
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Nick Reiner was officially indicted in connection with the murders of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner. |
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A digital news outlet and press advocacy group sued President Donald Trump over a plan to charge for early access to his Truth Social posts. 📲 |
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced she is stepping down to spend more time with her family. |
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Inflation keeps... inflating. 💸
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The Labor Department said annual inflation rate eased a bit, but you could be forgiven for not noticing. The agency also said consumer prices ticked up in July. The bottom line for your bottom line means that prices are still rising, just not as quickly as they had been.
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One price that never seems to go down: college tuition. Here's what the typical American family is now paying to send the kids to school. 💸 |
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Millions of Americans (and even more Europeans) got a glimpse of a rare event: The moon passed directly over the sun on Wednesday, meaning some in the United States saw a partial solar eclipse, while parts of Europe got the total experience.
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NASA said some of the best views came from Greenland, Iceland, Portugal, Spain and Russia. In the United States, the moon obscured only a portion of the sun, creating a crescent-shaped glow that NASA compares to a cookie with a bite taken out of it. (Sounds delicious!)
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Photos: Solar eclipse wows people across the Northern Hemisphere. 😮 |
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Why astronomers called the eclipse and the Perseid meteor shower "must-see" events. 👀 |
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Where to get the best views of the Perseid meteor shower. 💫 |
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Looking forward to fantasy football? (It's still baseball season for me, but...) Check out USA TODAY's new Sports Fantasy: built by fantasy fans for fantasy fans, with premium tools and expert insights designed to help you compete. 🏈 |
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Some of these "catios" are nicer than my actual house. 😻 😹 |
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Australian breakdancer Raygun went viral for her 2024 Olympic performance. She talked exclusively with USA TODAY about being "a dorky white woman" who brought joy to millions around the world. 📻 |
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Phaedra Trethan is a national correspondent at USA TODAY. I’d love to hear from readers about The Short List, story ideas from across the nation and your fantasy football team's name. Email her at ptrethan@usatoday.com.
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Oklahoma, Alabama and Tennessee are each planning to carry out an execution on the same day this week. It's the first such triple execution since 2010.
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The secretary of state and his wife, Jeanette, recently gave a sneak peek into their lives, preferences and diets on "The Katie Miller Podcast."
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Police say a man killed a woman and their child at an in-home day care center where they all lived in Hopkins, Minnesota, on Wednesday morning.
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The announcement comes after more than a year of similar announcements from the Trump administration.
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Lindsay Clancy's prescription medication use has been at the center of her murder trial. Here's what her medical providers said about it in court.
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the FAA hired more than 2,000 air traffic controllers after a recruitment push aimed in part at video gamers.
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Gilman was welcomed by U.S. officials and is expected to receive medical treatment after advocates raised concerns about his deteriorating health.
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Lightning struck at Grafton Correctional Institution, near Cleveland, authorities said. One incarcerated person had to be life-flighted to a hospital.
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The Chiefs tight end called the Madison Square Garden celebration "the best night of my life" before turning his focus to football.
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Toni Brattin went viral for accidentally saying an NSFW phrase while showing off a wig during a QVC broadcast. It's exactly what we need right now.
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Play Your Way to a Relaxing Break
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Unwind with crosswords and challenges that recharge you.
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Crosswords, Puzzles, Comics & Horoscopes
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