- [[Los Angeles Times]]
- Storm brings test for burn scars
- ‘Goldilocks’ atmospheric river is first major rain of the water year
- A PEDESTRIAN runs through rain in Santa Clarita on Tuesday. Showers may linger in the area Wednesday.
- Thousands of Kaiser workers start 5-day strike
- Union seeks 25% raise over four years for nurses, pharmacists, midwives and others.
- Media balk at Pentagon demands
- Lawyers say new rule against publishing unapproved material violates free press.
- Ban on nonstick pans is vetoed
- Newsom rejects phasing out cookware, other items containing ‘forever chemicals.’
- Taylor Swift climbs to top — again
- How ‘Showgirl,’ her new studio album, sold a record 4 million copies in first week
- THE POP superstar’s “The Life of a Showgirl,” advertised in Century City above, scored the biggest opening week ever for an album.
- Brutal Grindr attack links man to killings
- Survivor of a violent date helped police uncover a suspected killer’s years-long trail.
- Dodgers’ second act
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto warms up before Game 2 of the NLCS.
- [[USA Today]]
- Parenthood, survival can be a juggling act
- These women thought motherhood was hard enough. Then they got cancer.
- The last thing Ameilia Boodoosingh Gopie remembers before blacking out on the delivery table is holding her daughter, Allana, for the first time. ● She didn’t feel anything. No connection. No love. ● “Who is this?”she remembers thinking about the baby. Then she bled out for 45 minutes. ● The feeling of motherly love she had envisioned while pregnant didn’t come to her in the days that followed Allana’s birth and her own recovery, said Gopie, who lives in Florida. Weeks passed, and then months. Gopie, who was 39 when Allana was born in August 2022, spent eight months battling postpartum depression before she started to form a real connection with her daughter. ● But just when she started to come into her own as a mom, her world fell apart. On Christmas Eve 2024, at 42, with a 2-year-old daughter to care for, Gopie was diagnosed with breast cancer.
- “The mom in me needed to listen to my child,” says Ameilia Boodoosingh Gopie, with daughter Allana. “And she needed me.”
- Justices reassess 1965 civil rights act
- Black congressional representation at stake
- People gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court as justices March 24 consider arguments in Louisiana v. Callais.
- Advocates: Special ed system in danger
- Education Dept. layoffs create uncertainty
- Students and educators participate March 13 in Special Athletes Day at Arnold High School in Panama City Beach, Florida.
- Coral reefs at point of no return, report warns
- Worldwide dieback may already be beyond hope
- [[The New York Times]]
- How U.S. and Arab World Teamed Up on Gaza Deal
- Pressure on Both Israel and Hamas Yielded Compromise on Troop Withdrawal
- A ‘Quintessential Good’ Needs Help
- Four years after a global pledge to end deforestation, the amount of money going toward conserving forests is not enough, a U.N. analysis found. From left, near Tondheim, Norway; after a wildfire in Montana; aspen trees in Summit County, Colo.
- Roe Defeated, Activists Shift Battle to U.K.
- A New Pulse for Factory Towns In the Weaponry of the Future
- A worker inspecting a Swarm Defense Technologies drone at a factory in Auburn Hills, Mich., that had sat vacant for months.
- Governor Aims To Beat Collins And Flip a Seat
- Joy, Doubt and Complex Quiet In U.S. City Torn Over Mideast
- Silky R&B Titan Whose Seclusion Fed Mystique
- D’ANGELO, 1974-2025
- D’Angelo said he went beyond neo-soul: “I make Black music.”
- [[Wall Street Journal]]
- Hamas Cracks Down on Rivals After Truce With Israel Begins
- NYC’s Office Market Sees Prices Roar Back
- U.S. Shift Against Electric Cars Swells Into a Global Reversal
- Wall Street Soars as Trading, Deals Rise
- Military Steps In After Madagascar Leader Flees
- Gone Digging: Gold Fever Breaks Out
- [[Financial Times]] A UK-based company owned by Nikkei.
- Bessent slams China’s trade warfare
- ▸ Export curbs ‘a sign of weakness’ ▸ World economy dragged down ▸ Beijing strikes conciliatory note
- Army coup in Madagascar
- A member of Madagascar’s military looks on as protesters gather in the capital Antananarivo yesterday during a nationwide youth-led demonstration against power cuts and water shortages.
- Powell signals backing for new rate cut as cooling labour market stirs concern
- The US labour market is showing further signs of distress, Jay Powell has warned, as the Federal Reserve chair signalled he could be ready to support another interest rate cut this month.
- Milei’s party fields ‘mostly strange’ election hopefuls
- Javier Milei’s libertarian party will field a range of unconventional candidates for Argentina’s midterm polls. ‘Some are strong, but most are strange,’ says one election expert. Many are political outsiders, such as influencers and TV stars; others had ties to the left-leaning Peronists. The slate illustrates Milei’s challenge in turning an upstart party, now led by his sister Karina, that plays on being distinct from the corrupt political ‘caste’, into an effective force.
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📰 [[Los Angeles Times]]
Storm brings a test for burn scars
A ‘Goldilocks’ atmospheric river delivers the first major rain of the water year
A pedestrian runs through the rain in Santa Clarita on Tuesday. Showers may linger in the area through Wednesday.
Thousands of Kaiser workers begin a five-day strike
The union is seeking a 25% raise over four years for nurses, pharmacists, midwives and others.
Media push back against the Pentagon’s demands
Lawyers argue that the new rule barring publication of unapproved material violates freedom of the press.
Gov. Newsom vetoes the ban on nonstick pans
Newsom rejected the bill phasing out cookware and other items containing ‘forever chemicals’.
Taylor Swift climbs to the top — again
Her new album ‘Showgirl’ sold a record 4 million copies in its first week.
The pop star’s new album “The Life of a Showgirl” scored the biggest opening week ever for an album.
A brutal Grindr attack links a man to a string of killings
The survivor of a violent date helped police uncover a suspected killer’s years-long trail.
The Dodgers’ second act
Yoshinobu Yamamoto warms up before Game 2 of the NLCS.
📰 [[USA Today]]
Parenthood and survival can be a juggling act
These women thought motherhood was hard enough. Then they got cancer.
Ameilia Boodoosingh Gopie of Florida gave birth to her daughter Allana in August 2022 and then endured severe postpartum depression.
Right after delivery she blacked out from heavy bleeding for 45 minutes, and says she felt no connection at all to the baby.
It took eight months before she began to feel motherly love — and then, on Christmas Eve 2024, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
“The mom in me needed to listen to my child. And she needed me.” — Ameilia Boodoosingh Gopie
Justices reassess the 1965 civil rights act
Black congressional representation is at stake
During oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais, people gathered outside the U.S. Supreme Court.
The special education system is in danger
Layoffs at the Education Department are fueling uncertainty among students and teachers.
Coral reefs have reached a point of no return, a report warns
The worldwide dieback may already be beyond hope.
📰 [[The New York Times]]
How the U.S. and the Arab world teamed up on the Gaza deal
Pressure on both Israel and Hamas produced a compromise on troop withdrawal.
A ‘quintessential good’ needs help
Despite a global pledge to end deforestation, a U.N. analysis finds the money going toward conserving forests is nowhere near enough.
Examples include forests near Trondheim, Norway; a field after a wildfire in Montana; and aspen groves in Colorado.
With Roe defeated, activists shift the battle to the U.K.
A new pulse for factory towns in the weaponry of the future
At the Swarm Defense Technologies plant in Auburn Hills, Mich., drone production has restarted in a building that had sat vacant for months.
A governor aims to beat Collins and flip a Senate seat
Joy, doubt and a complicated quiet in a U.S. city torn over the Middle East
R&B legend D’Angelo dies (1974–2025)
He once said: “I go beyond neo-soul. I make Black music.”
📰 [[Wall Street Journal]]
Hamas cracks down on rivals after the truce with Israel begins
Firefights and public executions in Gaza follow the cease-fire, spreading fear
🔗 https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/hamas-gaza-israel-withdrawal-33d69b55
New York City’s office market sees prices roar back
🔗 https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/commercial/nyc-office-real-estate-market-039c4796
America’s turn against electric cars swells into a global reversal
🔗 https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/the-rest-of-the-world-is-following-americas-retreat-on-evs-e46b4f6b
Wall Street soars — trading and M&A drive profits
Big banks beat forecasts for the quarter with help from buoyant markets.
🔗 https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/bank-earnings-goldman-jpmorgan-q3-profit-ee2cf2cc
Madagascar’s president flees as the military steps in
Elite army units were deployed in front of City Hall in the capital, Antananarivo, during rallies demanding the president’s resignation.
🔗 https://www.wsj.com/world/madagascar-becomes-latest-country-to-see-a-youth-revolt-766255bf
‘Gold fever’ — record prices turn amateurs into prospectors
🔗 https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/gold-price-record-highs-db122740
📰 [[Financial Times]]
(Owned by Japan’s Nikkei group and headquartered in the U.K.)
Bessent slams China’s trade warfare tactics
“Export curbs are a sign of weakness” — a drag on the world economy.
Beijing struck a more conciliatory note.
An army coup erupts in Madagascar
The military intervened during nationwide protests over power cuts and water shortages, raising tension in the capital, Antananarivo.
Powell signals support for another rate cut
“A cooling labour market stirs concern” — the Fed could cut again this month.
Milei’s party fields a slate of unconventional candidates
Its lineup for Argentina’s midterm elections is dominated by non-politicians such as influencers and TV personalities.
One election expert says: “Some are strong, but most are strange.”
The new party, now led by his sister Karina, is trying to turn its anti-establishment image into an effective political force.
