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Elon Musk, has joined forces with two prominent UFC champions. According to TMZ, Mark Zuckerberg has dedicated the past few days to intense training sessions alongside two UFC champions: Israel Adesanya, the middleweight champion, and Alexander Volkanovski, the featherweight champion. Following Saturday night's UFC 290 showcase in Las Vegas, both fighters immediately traveled to Zuckerberg's residence in Northern California to assist him in his preparations.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has launched a digital banking service in the United States, as Japan's number two lender aims to tap growth in the US consumer banking market, a bank executive said on Wednesday. Sumitomo Mitsui is providing personal loans through a newly created online banking division of Manufacturers Bank, a California state-chartered bank wholly owned by the Japanese group.

Jimmy Weldon, a voice actor known for his portrayal of Yakky Doodle Duck in Hanna-Barbera cartoons, passed away on July 6 at 99 in Paso Robles, California. Born Ivy Laverne Shinn in Texas, Weldon served as a World War II veteran and was part of the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Following his military service, he ventured into radio and secured a position at a station in Chickasha, Oklahoma.

Six states ordered Raymond James to pay $4.2 million in fines and penalties and return $8.25 million to retail customers who were charged excessive commissions for small-dollar trades.

After no winning ticket was sold for the Monday Powerball drawing, the grand prize jumped to an estimated $725 million– the seventh largest Powerball jackpot, according to a report by CNN on Tuesday.  The next Powerball drawing will be on Wednesday for the massive prize, which has an estimated $366.2 million lump-sum cash value before tax, according to Powerball. The winning numbers for Monday’s Powerball drawing were 2, 24, 34, 53, 58 and red Powerball 13.

Andrea Evans has died at her home in Pasadena, California. She was 66-year-old, according to reports.

Powerball drawing, causing the grand prize to soar to an estimated $725 million. This staggering amount now ranks as the seventh largest Powerball jackpot ever, as confirmed by lottery officials. The upcoming drawing for this massive prize is scheduled for Wednesday. Prior to tax deductions, the estimated lump-sum cash value stands at $366.2 million, according to Powerball. The winning numbers for Monday's draw were 2, 24, 34, 53, 58, with a red Powerball number of 13. Despite the absence of a jackpot winner, there were still fortunate individuals who secured prizes. In California and Iowa, two tickets matched all five white balls, with the California ticket winning a $1 million prize and the Iowa ticket claiming $2 million by utilizing the Power Play feature. Furthermore, 28 tickets that won $50,000 prizes, along with 12 tickets. These tickets secured $100,000 prizes, according to Powerball. The streak of consecutive drawings without a major winner has now reached 35. The most recent instance of someone matching all five white balls and the red Powerball occurred on April 19, when an individual in Ohio won a grand prize of $252.6 million. California witnessed the largest-ever Powerball prize, with a remarkable $2.04 billion being won on November 7.

Sapphire Venture plans to invest over $1 billion in AI enterprise startups, doubling down on the technology's adoption by companies across the world, its president Jai Das said at the Reuters Momentum conference in Austin on Tuesday. The $1 billion capital will come from Sapphire's exiting funds, which have $10 billion capital under management and about $3 billion capital waiting to the deployed.

But the most important point is where the film will be screened. As the movie has been shot in IMAX, it should be watched in the 70mm IMAX theatre to have the best immersive experience. The IMAX has a vertically bigger aspect ratio and so the viewers get a larger and better picture on a 70mm screen.

Three Federal Reserve officials on Monday said policymakers will need to raise interest rates further this year to bring inflation back to the central bank’s goal. 

The owner of the Los Angeles Times has sold the San Diego Union-Tribune to MediaNews Group

Visitors to Disney theme parks this summer are encountering something they haven’t seen in a while: elbow room. Travel analysts and advisers say traffic to Disney’s U.S. parks, and some rival parks, has slowed this summer.

Ozzy Osbourne revealed on Monday that he will no longer be performing at the much-anticipated Power Trip music festival. The event, which boasts an impressive line-up including Metallica, AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Tool and Iron Maiden, is set to take place from October 6 to 8 at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, California. It is being organized by Goldenvoice, the founders of Coachella.

California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas has assumed one of the most influential political offices this month

Officials say twelve homes were evacuated in a Los Angeles-area city Saturday night after a major ground shift put them at risk of collapse

Former Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President and CEO Thomas Hoenig joined ‘Mornings with Maria’ to discuss the Federal Reserve’s forthcoming rate hike decision.

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Leslie Van Houten, who was found guilty of participating in two murders during the infamous 1969 killing spree orchestrated by cult leader Charles Manson, will be granted parole in the coming weeks, according to het attorney. The spokesperson for California Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed that he would not contest Van Houten's release. Now 73 years old, Van Houten has served over 50 years in prison for her involvement in two stabbing deaths at Manson's command in 1969. During the months of July and August in 1969, the Manson cult perpetrated a series of horrifying and brutal killings, instilling fear and terror throughout the Los Angeles region. These shocking crimes affected and unsettled the entire population of Southern California. One of the unfortunate victims was Sharon Tate, a talented actress and model who was married to director Roman Polanski. Her tragic fate at the hands of the Manson cult remains a deeply mourned loss within the entertainment industry and beyond.

Vice President Kamala Harris, an avid Golden State Warriors fan, took to Twitter to welcome Jordan Poole to Washington D.C. following a blockbuster trade. Harris expressed her fondness for Poole and shared a photo of them together during the Warriors' visit to the White House in January 2023.

World's richest man and the owner of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, took legal action against law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. In the lawsuit, Elon Musk claimed it took advantage of the company while running up a $90 million bill. Twitter owner has demanded the recovery of the $90 million fee his company gave to the law firm for defeating his bid to walk away from his $44 billion buyout of the social media company.

Whales are considered very intelligent and emotional marine mammals. In a recent case of mammal and human conflict, a grey whale made a captain of a tourist boat its friend and sought his help to remove the parasite from its head. In the video, that has amazed the internet, a grey whale can be seen approaching the captain of a small boat to seek his help in removing whale lice, which is a kind of parasite found on whale skin.