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Dolvett Quince, a personal trainer best known for appearing on Biggest Loser seasons 12 to 17, has been taking to social media as one of many Californians misplaced from their homes as wildfires spread across Los Angeles County.Quince says he first heard about the fires on social media and that he could see the smoke from his home only 2 miles from the Palisades. “I stayed that night. It was very difficult to breathe in my home because you could smell the ashes and there was just the smoke in the air. It was getting in my throat, through my nose,…

An illness that derailed my original life plan. As an undergraduate, I majored in Political Science, took Serbo-Croatian as my language, and wanted to work for the State Department. However, a mysterious illness during my junior year in college made me hesitant to travel overseas and unsure about my future. I returned to my hometown of Norman, Oklahoma, to get certified to teach high school while I figured things out. I had to take a graduate history seminar (it was on the Origins of World War I) as part of the certification process, and I loved it more than any…

Washington: TikTok faces an imminent shutdown in the United States after Congress passed a law last year forcing its Chinese owner ByteDance to either sell the platform or close it by Sunday.The US Supreme Court is expected to rule this week on TikTok’s challenge to the law.Following a hearing last Friday, expectations are high that the law will stand. Here is a review of what could happen next for TikTok in the United States.App Store BanUnder a ban, the US government would first direct Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores, preventing new downloads as early as Sunday,…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureOn Tuesday afternoon, officials said at least 25 people had died from the southern California fires. But the death toll is likely to rise, according to Los Angeles county sheriff, Robert Luna.Nearly 30 people were still missing, Luna said on Tuesday. Some people reported as missing earlier have been found.According to the Associated Press, just under 90,000 people in the county remained under evacuation orders, half the number from last week.ShareUpdated at 04.16 ESTHere are some of the latest images that have come in on the newswires:A grill stands in…

Two lunar landers built by private companies in the US and Japan have left Earth aboard a SpaceX rocket as part of a rideshare to the Moon. The Falcon 9 took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 01:09 local time (06:09 GMT) on Wednesday, carrying landers belonging to America’s Firefly Aerospace and Japan’s ispace. The landers will eventually separate once they reach the Moon’s orbit and conduct independent explorations. They are the latest in a growing number of commercial missions to the Moon. Firefly’s rover, Blue Space, is expected to take about 45 days to reach the…

The Kansas City Chiefs’ quest for an unprecedented third consecutive Vince Lombardi Trophy begins in earnest on Saturday when they welcome the Houston Texans to Arrowhead Stadium for a playoff game.The Texans upset the Los Angeles Chargers in the wild-card round over the weekend, which punched their ticket to the divisional round. Travis Kelce, 35, has been in the NFL for more than a decade, but the Chiefs star tight end told ESPN’s Pat McAfee he still feels like he has the energy of a young athlete.Kelce actually mentioned a specific number — 22 — when he was asked about…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureWhat we know about the terms of the anticipated Gaza ceasefire dealArchie BlandIn today’s First Edition newsletter, my colleague Archie Bland discussed with the Guardian’s senior international correspondent, Julian Borger the prospects for a peace deal:“We have been told that it’s now just a question of dotting the Is and crossing the Ts,” Julian Borger said. “But we have been here before.”“There appears to have been a breakthrough overnight on Monday,” Julian said. “We don’t know exactly what that was about. Previously, the speed and extent of Israel’s withdrawal…

Too many directors at American companies aren’t doing their job

Investigators have detained South Korea’s impeached leader, Yoon Suk Yeol. This is the first time a sitting South Korean president has been detained on criminal charges. Choe Sang-Hun, the ​Seoul bureau chief for The New York Times​, explains how we got here and what it may mean for South Korea moving forward.

My family’s favorite chicken nachos with shredded chicken, beans, lots of melty cheese, and all the toppings! We make them on a large sheet pan, meaning they are easy and have less cleanup for you! These chicken nachos are so delicious! They are inspired by our green chicken enchiladas, which have shredded chicken cooked in a salsa verde sauce (made with store-bought or homemade tomatillo salsa). We use the same salsa verde chicken for these epic loaded nachos. To make things extra easy, I make sheet pan nachos, which means you’ll pile your tortilla chips onto a large baking sheet…