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Representatives of Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani on Wednesday accused his interpreter of engaging in a “massive theft” of the ballplayer’s funds to place bets with an allegedly illegal bookmaker who is the target of a federal investigation.Lawyers for Ohtani made that claim after The Times learned that Ohtani’s name had surfaced in the investigation of Mathew Bowyer, an Orange County resident. Ohtani’s representatives looked into the actions of the interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, in response to The Times’ queries, a…

More than 90 years after the very first Oscars ceremony launched a time-honored tradition, the Academy Awards remain one of the biggest events of the year. The celebrated awards program has paid tribute to the vast array of talent scattered across the film landscape via 94, 95, and nearly 96 separate ceremonies. In each, fresh films, directors, actors, and cinematographers are recognized for their contributions to cinema, as adoring fans look on from a distance. The greatest films of the last 90-some years are…

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 17: President and CEO of Wells Fargo Charlie Scharf attends The Future of Everything presented by the Wall Street Journal at Spring Studios on May 17, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)Steven Ferdman | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesWells Fargo said Thursday one of its primary regulators has lifted a key penalty tied to its 2016 fake accounts scandal.The bank said in a release that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency terminated a consent order that…

Another week, another study finding that Ozempic/Wegovy and similar drugs may do a lot more than just help people lose weight. New research has found that patients who start taking GLP-1 drugs are less likely to be diagnosed with depression and anxiety afterward, compared to similar patients not on the drug. The findings do not prove a cause-and-effect relationship, but provide further evidence that these drugs are not typically harmful to people’s mental health.The Animal Kingdom Imagines a World of Humans Turning Into…

Epic Games and The Walt Disney Company have announced that they will create an interconnected universe somehow tied to Fortnite that will include content from Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and more. The exact nature of the relationship between the companies and what these new projects look like remains to be seen, but as part of it, Disney has invested $1.5 billion for a stake in Epic Games.Within this "new persistent universe," players will be able to create experiences using Disney's own properties and…

In addition to being a world-class games experience and interoperating with Fortnite, the new persistent universe will offer a multitude of opportunities for consumers to play, watch, shop and engage with content, characters, and stories from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, Avatar, and more. Players, gamers, and fans will be able to create their own stories and experiences, express their fandom in a distinctly Disney way, and share content with each other in ways that they love. This will all be powered by Unreal…

Whether it was in your shoelaces or earbud cables, we’ve all accidentally tied knots that we can’t untangle – but we don’t expect to win any world records with them. Now scientists have done exactly that, accidentally tying the world’s smallest and tightest knot in a tiny structure made of just 54 atoms.The researchers were producing chemical reactions to create small gold chains, when one reaction went wrong and created a chain that spontaneously tied itself into a trefoil knot. This three-looped knot resembles a…

Scientists have accidentally tied the smallest and tightest knot ever, overtaking the top spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.The remarkable microscopic tangle contains just 54 atoms that twist around three times into an interlacing loop called a 'trefoil' knot, with no loose ends.This 'three-leaf clover' shape is the simplest of nontrivial knots, and it's fundamental to mathematical knot theory.In 2020, chemists in China trained a chain of 69 atoms to cross over itself three times to form the trefoil. Now,…

Predicted probability of agreeing with explanations. Credit: Gender, Work & Organization (2023). DOI: 10.1111/gwao.13076 Fewer women pursue careers in physics than biology, and scientists from around the world believe these differences come down to personal preferences, according to a new Rice University study of international scientists. The study's researchers warn that merely chalking this imbalance up to individual…

Federal investigators, El Monte police and Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies arrested alleged members of the Quiet Village gang Wednesday, naming the group in a series of indictments that accuse them of conspiring to commit murder, other violent crimes and drug trafficking.The cases stem from the killing of two El Monte police officers last June during a confrontation at a motel with a member of the gang. Officers Michael Paredes and Joseph Santana were responding to a domestic violence report when Justin Flores — a…