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Can someone please take Bill Plaschke’s computer away from him so he can’t make another unnecessary prediction that could come back to jinx the fans of L.A.?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
This would not mean "halting model training or technical progress, but ensuring companies take adequate time to align and safeguard their models, and for third party evaluators to confirm this".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The government is stepping up enforcement and working to build more subsidized housing, but those efforts will take time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
However, bringing that treatment approach to patients with operable pancreatic cancer is expected to take years, leaving an urgent need for additional strategies for people whose tumors can still be surgically removed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
“I’m guessing you’ll take the money for the display out of my allowance?”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
It’s bad enough forcing teams to fly eight or nine hours to Europe but this Australian game takes the proverbial cake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
His friend Javier, a PhD engineering student, barely takes his eyes off the track.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
A coronary artery calcium scan takes a different approach.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
For Barcelona supporters, it was another indication they had signed a player who is not simply interested in making an individual impact, but in doing whatever it takes to help the team succeed.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
My mind takes me back to the man with the red jacket.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The incident took place shortly before 4 a.m. on Sept. 3 in the city’s Richmond District, the Police Department said in a statement Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Lando Norris took a superb pole position for McLaren at the Spanish Grand Prix, beating Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli and Red Bull's Max Verstappen in a breathless final few seconds of qualifying.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Once AI took the chip off my shoulder, I was able to reply warmly and constructively, instead of giving in to impulsive, ego-driven irritation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
“We were dying with every breath we took down there. What we learned is that the city knew it,” Lt.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
I took the clothes and headed to the showers, just in case I met someone in a nearby seat.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
If Garcia has taken this lightly in any way he will lose, but he's in great shape and is saying the right things in the build-up.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
In 2025, a man in downtown Los Angeles was taken into custody when he allegedly tried to get behind the wheel of a Waymo and drive off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Contacted by AFP, Meta said it has taken multiple steps to prevent tampering with the blinking LED light intended to show other people the device is recording -- a key concern of critics.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Local residents have taken to the streets and beaches repeatedly this summer to protest the island’s growing flock of visitors, united by one message: “Tourists, go home.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Clearly we were not being taken to Amsterdam.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
But that didn’t prevent these notions from taking root on social media or networks like Hulu.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
"Younger firefighters are taking health way more seriously."
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
As on Friday evening, the last pairing proved critical, with Carlota Ciganda and Celine Boutier taking on Kupcho and Lindy Duncan.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
There’s also the Venice girls volleyball tournament taking place at Venice High and the Woodbridge Classic cross-country meet at the Great Park in Irvine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Clare suspected that even a human car would have swerved to avoid taking such a handsome life.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
