US ready for co-hosts' final World Cup opener against Paraguay before a raucous SoCal crowd

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California ‘cult’ leader sentenced to more than 200 years for sexually assaulting his followers
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Anthropic says has taken its latest AI models offline to comply with new export controls
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Emma Raducanu advances to Queen’s quarter-finals as Katie Boulter reaches semis
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Gene Shalit, longtime 'Today' show movie critic with bushy hair and massive mustache, dies at 100
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