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Does VPN server count really matter?

Almost every VPN boasts about how many servers it runs, but does it mean anything? Here we explain what really matters.

Tom’s Guide · Jun 21, 2022

Arch Manning Trending to Texas Coming Off Official Visit

Austin—the last stop on Manning’s three-week tour of official visits—emerges as a serious contender over SEC powerhouses.

Sports Illustrated · Jun 21, 2022

On this date: Showtime Lakers win back-to-back NBA championships

In Game 7 of the 1988 NBA Finals, the Lakers held off the vicious Detroit Pistons to win their fifth world championship of the 1980s.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 21, 2022

Samuel L. Jackson has no regrets. Except maybe for how the Oscars played out.

LOS ANGELES — If you want to soak in a moment of pure joy — and who doesn't these days? — watching Samuel L. Jackson receive an honorary Oscar from Denzel Washington at this year's Governors Awards should do the trick.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 21, 2022

Commentary: My South LA home is for sale on Zillow. But I’m not sure I’m ready to leave

My home — a little 1920s bungalow in South Los Angeles off Slauson Avenue — is for sale. In the mornings, I check my email and Zillow reminds me that something I cherish is being offered up to strangers.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 21, 2022

The US academic, the hero of the genocide, and the fake plot to topple Rwanda’s president

A 2013 meeting at an LA hotel was not a scheme to depose Paul Kagame but an intricate but abortive FBI sting.

The Guardian - US · Jun 21, 2022

Erika D. Smith: Why LA, not San Francisco, could become the most progressive city in California

In an election year supposedly defined by the public's anxiety over rising crime and diminishing law enforcement, Los Angeles is on the verge of electing its first abolitionist City Council member.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 21, 2022

Editorial: California needs more housing and good jobs. There’s a bill to create both

What if California could encourage developers to replace shuttered big-box stores, half-vacant offices and decrepit strip malls with apartments, condominiums and townhomes, with some or even all of the units being affordable? And what if the construction workers building those projects were paid union-level wages and, in some cases, received…

Los Angeles Times · Jun 21, 2022

Tori Amos on overcoming sexism in the music biz: ‘I had to become the gladiator’

LOS ANGELES — When Tori Amos thinks of Los Angeles, she first recalls the distinctly manmade scent of Aqua Net hairspray.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 21, 2022

Elon Musk’s 18-year-old child petitions to change last name, citing desire to cut ties with Tesla CEO

LOS ANGELES — One of Elon Musk’s children has filed a request in Los Angeles County Superior Court to change their last name from Musk, citing a desire to cut ties with their famous father.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 21, 2022