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On Season 3 of "Selling the OC," real estate agent Kayla Cardona represents the show’s most expensive listing ever.

The Walt Disney Co. issues its latest quarterly earnings report on Tuesday; pizza maker Papa John’s offers up its first-quarter financial results on Thursday and on Friday the University of Michigan releases its preliminary May index of consumer sentiment.

D-Day veteran Charles Shay is about to take part next month in the 80th celebrations of the landings in Normandy that led to the liberation of France and Europe from Nazi Germany occupation. Then a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic, the Penobscot tribe citizen from Maine says he was ready to give his life. He also sought to save as many as he could. Now 99, he’s spreading a message of peace with tireless dedication. Nearly 160,000 troops from Britain, the U.S., Canada and other nations who landed on June 6, 1944 on the Normandy shores. Читать дальше...

Arkansas is set to replace the statues of two obscure figures from its history that have represented the state at the U.S. Capitol with contemporary figures. A statue depicting civil rights leader Daisy Bates is scheduled to be installed at the Capitol this week and another depicting singer Johnny Cash is expected to go up later this year. A 2019 law calls for new statues to replace the two others depicting 18th and 19th century figures few people knew. Bates mentored the nine Black students who... Читать дальше...

Israeli army tells Palestinians to temporarily evacuate parts of Rafah for humanitarian areas ahead of possible assault.

The Biden campaign and top Democrats are wrestling with how best to use artificial intelligence, exposing the party’s anxiety over falling behind Republicans in the race to deploy technology that could transform the future of elections. Democratic strategists say they are nevertheless treading carefully in embracing tools that disinformation experts warn could pose a threat it poses to democracy. So far, they say, AI is primarily helping them find and motivate voters and to better identify and defeat disinformation.

Brad Parscale, the digital guru behind Donald Trump's surprise 2016 presidential victory, has become an evangelist about the power of artificial intelligence to transform how Republicans campaign for office. He says his company, which is working for Trump's 2024 campaign, can use AI to help generate spin up customized emails, parse oceans of data to gauge voter sentiment and find persuadable voters.

Brad Parscale was the digital campaign operative who helped engineer Trump’s 2016 presidential victory with the heavy use of Facebook ads. Now Parscale is back working for Trump and is an evangelist for artificial intelligence. Parscale has a company called Campaign Nucleus that is working for Trump's campaign. He says his suite of AI-powered tools can spin up customized emails, parse oceans of data to gauge voter sentiment and find persuadable voters and amplify the social media posts of “anti-woke” influencers to help conservative candidates... Читать дальше...

In a historic and tumultuous election in Panama, José Raúl Mulino has landed in the role of president-elect despite not even expecting to be the candidate a few months ago. Now, he will lead the normally sleepy Central American nation through a moment of political tension, historic migration and a struggling economy. Who is Mulino and what can voters expect from his upcoming presidency? Panamanian political analyst Rodrigo Noriega says, “There are a lot of unknowns about him." Preliminary results... Читать дальше...

Floodwaters have closed some Texas schools after days of heavy rains pummeled the Houston area and left hundreds of people in need of rescue. Authorities say a 5-year-old boy died after riding in a car that was swept away in fast waters. Forecasters expect storms to begin tapering off in southeastern Texas on Monday. But high waters have closed some roads and left residents facing lengthy cleanups in neighborhoods where rising river levels led to weekend evacuation orders. Houston is one of the most flood-prone metro areas in the country. Читать дальше...

Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial are moving deeper into his orbit following an inside-the-room account about the former president’s reaction to a politically damaging recording that surfaced in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign. Hope Hicks is a former White House official and by far the closest Trump associate to have taken the witness stand so far in Manhattan. Her testimony was designed to give jurors an insider’s view of a chaotic and pivotal stretch in the campaign, when a 2005... Читать дальше...

American officials say foreign countries like China and Iran intimidate, harass and sometimes plot attacks against political opponents and activists in the U.S. A series of cases brought by the Justice Department shows the frightening consequences that geopolitical tensions can have for ordinary citizens as governments historically intolerant of dissent inside their own borders are increasingly keeping a threatening watch on those who speak out thousands of miles away. The practice of governments... Читать дальше...

A top Florida public school attributes its students’ high test scores to the creativity its teachers are allowed in the classroom. Nationally, most teachers report feeling stressed and overwhelmed at work, according to a Pew Research Center survey of teachers last fall. Waning job satisfaction has accompanied a decline in teachers’ sense of autonomy, according to another recent study. But at A.D. Henderson School in Boca Raton, teachers there are expected to be creative, and it works. They’ve created classes that teach medicine... Читать дальше...

Text journalism's biggest day of the year has arrrived with the annual announcement of the Pulitzer Prizes. The Columbia University-based Pulitzer Board on Monday will reveal winners and finalists in 15 journalism categories for work done in 2023. The awards normally highlight some of the previous year's biggest stories. The ceremoney broadcast via livestream also will honor distinguished work in arts categories including books, music and theater. Columbia has been the site of student demonstrations over the war in Gaza in recent weeks... Читать дальше...

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a new documentary showing the Indigo Girls’ rise and subsequent marginalization, Joel Edgerton finding himself in an alternate timeline of his character's life in the limited series “Dark Matter” and a new “Pretty Little Liars” returns Thursday on Max. Brooke Shields is the unwitting “Mother of the Bride” in a new romantic comedy coming to Netflix and there are two doses of Anne Hathaway — the frothy “The Idea of You” and the dark and moody... Читать дальше...

A federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s photo voter identification law is going to trial. The trial starting Monday begins more than five years after the NAACP sued over the voter ID law enacted by the Republican-dominated General Assembly. The litigation and similar state lawsuits delayed implementation of the requirement until last fall. The plaintiffs say the law violates the U.S. Constitution and Voting Rights Act and harms Black and Latino voters. Republican lawmakers defending the law... Читать дальше...

SFGATE’s culture team recaps the most interesting events of the week.

Mexican authorities says relatives identified bodies found in a well as those of missing Australian and American surfers.

Last-minute candidate José Raúl Mulino heads to victory in Panama presidential election as three closest rivals concede.

MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Lynden Lakovic scored the overtime winner for the Moose Jaw Warriors in a 4-3 win Sunday over the Saskatoon Blades, and forced a Game 7 in their Western Hockey League playoff series.

Warriors 4, Blades 3 (1st OT)

First Period

1. Moose Jaw, Schuurman 5 (Kovacevic, Mateychuk) 0:38.

2. Saskatoon, Sidorov 15 (Armstrong, Wong) 3:45.

3. Moose Jaw, Schuurman 6 (Kovacevic, Mateychuk) 17:58.

Penalties — None.

Second Period

4. Saskatoon, Calvert 3 (Parr, Sidorov) 15:46 (pp).

Penalties — Savoie Mj (tripping) 13:55.

Third Period

5. Saskatoon, Wright 5 (Wong, Sidorov) 3:00.

6. Moose Jaw, Kovacevic 4 (Lakovic, Semeniuk) 10:56. Читать дальше...

Modest by Hollywood standards, the midcentury modern abode changed hands last May in what has been described as an off-market deal.

Up to 31 inches of snow fell over the weekend. 

This 16-room, historic gem was completed in 1855 and includes a summer kitchen and tavern guesthouse. It's listed for $685,000.

Authorities say two women were found dead and a 5-year-old girl critically injured at a park near Clovis, New Mexico. Meanwhile, police said Sunday they are searching for an abducted 10-month-old girl, who is the daughter of one of the victims. No suspect has been identified yet in the case. Police have identified the dead women as Samantha Cisneros and Taryn Allen, both 23 years old and from Texico, New Mexico. New Mexico State Police issued an Amber Alert late Friday for the infant. They say Cisneros... Читать дальше...