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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Snoop Dogg arrived at Intuit Dome hours before tipoff, long before most fans filled the arena and even before some players.Dressed in a gray suit and black turtleneck, a diamond-encrusted Peacock pendant resting on his chest and purple Chuck Taylor sneakers with gold laces nodding to his lifelong Los Angeles Lakers allegiance, Snoop didn’t rush. He didn’t posture. He waited for his moment to shine as an NBA analyst alongside Reggie Miller and Terry Gannon for Peacock’s recent Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Clippers broadcast during the second half.AdvertisementWith an AP reporter trailing him through…

More than two dozen Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles on the ground in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area “currently lack the necessary emergency lights and sirens” required to be “compliant with law enforcement requirements,” according to a contract justification published in a federal register on Tuesday.The document justifies ICE paying Whelen Engineering Company, a Connecticut-based firm specializing in “emergency warning and lighting technology,” $47,330.49 for 31 “ATLAS1” kits—seemingly a typo of ATLAS, the name of the product sold by Whelen—which the company’s website describes as an “Adaptable Travel Light and Siren Kit.” The document explains that the ATLAS Kits would “allow…

President Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as either “incompetent” or “crooked,” even as his Department of Justice faces growing opposition over its criminal investigation of the central bank leader.Trump threw his latest punch at Powell after being asked whether the unprecedented action undermines confidence in the Fed, which has long enjoyed independence from the executive branch. “He’s billions of dollars over budget,” Trump said, apparently referencing costs related to a multibillion-dollar renovation of the Fed’s Washington headquarters, which is at the center of DOJ’s probe.”So, he either is incompetent or he’s crooked,” Trump said. “I…

In the same way a good outfit compliments its wearer, so too a drinking glass can flatter a drink. You could make the most exquisite and laborious milk punch, but if you pour it for someone in a red Solo cup and they’ll likely down it like jungle juice. On the other hand, serve that punch in a refined glass coupe and the drinker will say things such as “Ah yes!” and, “have you read Darryl Pinckney’s latest in the NYRB?” between pensive sips.That’s not to say that every drink should be sophisticated. Whatever vibe you’re looking to cultivate, particularly…

Microsoft said on Tuesday that it would be taking a series of steps toward becoming a “good neighbor” in communities where it is building data centers—including promising to ask public utilities to set higher electricity rates for data centers.Speaking onstage at an event in Great Falls, Virginia, Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith directly referenced a growing national pushback to data centers, describing it as creating “a moment in time when we need to listen, and we need to address these concerns head-on.”“When I visit communities around the country, people have questions—pointed questions. They even have concerns,” Smith said,…

The Trae Young trade officially kicked off NBA trade season last week. The deals are no longer hypothetical. They’re actually happening now. Teams have less than one month remaining before the final buzzer rings. Buyout season follows, but for practical purposes, the significant portion of everyone’s roster-building for the year ends in early February.Not everyone has a blockbuster like the Young deal in them. Some teams have smaller ambitions. Others just need to move some money around. But everyone has something they’d like to accomplish before the deadline arrives in February, so let’s go through every team and try to…

Apple is launching a new Creator Studio subscription bundle that offers access to six creative apps as well as premium content in iWork apps, the company announced on Tuesday. The bundle costs $12.99 per month or $129 per year and includes access to Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Pixelmator Pro on Mac and iPad, as well as Motion, Compressor, and MainStage on Mac. It also includes premium content for Keynote, Pages, and Numbers. Later, the bundle will include Freeform for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. College students and educators can subscribe for $2.99 per month or $29.99 per year. Apple…

Last March, Adrien Brody took the stage of the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles to claim the best-actor Oscar for his performance in The Brutalist. A year later, the actor will make his Broadway debut in Lindsey Ferrentino’s The Fear of 13—with Tessa Thompson, hotly tipped this awards season for her turn in Nia DaCosta’s Hedda, starring opposite him. Previews of the production, directed by David Cromer (Good Night, and Good Luck; this season’s Bug), begin at the James Earl Jones Theatre on March 19, 2026, with an opening night set for April 15.Based on David Sington’s 2015 documentary of…

For years, Apple and Google have had a will-they-won’t-they type of relationship, as far as which AI company Apple would pick to underpin its Siri virtual assistant and give it new AI-fueled personalization and agentic capabilities. Apple has spent the last year or two playing the field, reportedly considering working with OpenAI or Anthropic to support the new Siri. But in a multiyear partnership announcement worthy of a The Bachelor-style finale, Apple announced that it would live happily ever after with Google — that the company’s Gemini AI models will underpin a more personalized version of Apple’s Siri, coming sometime…

If it keeps you busy but will hold you back someday, it’s a distraction. Don’t settle. There’s a big difference between empty fatigue and gratifying exhaustion. Life is too short not to focus more on what matters most. And life is definitely too short for habits and routines that keep you stuck in a cycle of feeling like you’re a day late and a dollar short. So today, let’s discuss three incredibly common patterns of behavior that keep the vast majority of us stuck in that cycle, year after year. 1. We keep trying to overcome the odds in an…