Move over, Manhattan. A $1 billion mega-project in Orange County is set to transform an old military base into what could become one of the biggest urban parks in America — complete with lakes, museums, shopping, an amphitheater and enough space to dwarf New York’s Central Park. The sprawling 1,300-acre Great Park in Irvine is undergoing a massive overhaul that city leaders hope will turn the former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro into Southern California’s next major entertainment and tourism hub. By 2029, the park is expected to surpass San Diego’s 1,200-acre Balboa Park in size and almost double…

Ten Indian nationals were indicted recently by a federal grand jury in Botson on charges related to conspiring to stage phony armed robberies of convenience stores for the sole purpose of allowing store clerks to falsely claim on immigration applications that they were victims of an armed robbery.The U non-immigrant…

Gold was supposed to be a hiding place for investors during a Middle East conflict. Instead, since the Iran war started on Feb. 28, the yellow metal has dropped 11%, raising questions about its safe-haven reputation.That outcome seems backward. Safe-haven assets are supposed to rise in price when the world…

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Gerry Conway, a renowned comic book writer who helped create characters and stories for Marvel and DC, including the Punisher character in the Spider-Man comics, has died. He was 73.In a Monday statement announcing his death, Marvel described Conway as a legendary comic book writer with a prolific career. He…

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Anthropic is now running on SpaceX’s supercomputer. The company that lands rockets is now powering your AI agent.This is the kind of announcement the AI industry produces in 2026 that would have read as fiction in 2024.On May 6, Anthropic and SpaceX signed a partnership giving Anthropic full and exclusive…

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