Luka Doncic hamstring injury to test Lakers’ depth on eve of playoffs
OKLAHOMA CITY — In the aftermath of their worst loss of the season, few Lakers players or…
Luka Doncic hamstring injury to test Lakers’ depth on eve of playoffs
OKLAHOMA CITY — In the aftermath of their worst loss of the season, few Lakers players or coaches had spoken to Luka Doncic after he limped off the court in the third quarter Thursday against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Austin Reaves didn’t know the extent of Doncic’s hamstring injury, but he knew how the Lakers superstar would…
Choc horror: Why ‘flavour’ bars and small packs are here to stay | Money News
Chocolate-flavour bars and smaller packs appear here to stay despite the fall of cocoa costs to a near three-year low and a 20% drop in the sugar price. It was last year, during near-record-high cocoa prices, that customers began noticing smaller packs and the phrase “chocolate flavour” bar, as the cocoa content dropped to such…
‘Nobody looks like me and sounds like me’: flowerovlove redefines what pop stardom means
“Everybody says [redacted] is saving pop. No, Joyce is saving pop,” a fan declares on a voice note at the outset of flowerovlove’s single “muse.” Joyce Cissé, known by her artist moniker flowerovlove, is a breezy, deeply thoughtful and remarkably confident singer-songwriter from South London. Her discography leans into bubblegum pop, igniting the giddy teen…
Speculation Miliband will approve drilling new oil and gas field ‘unfounded’ government says | Politics News
Speculation that Energy Secretary Ed Miliband will approve the controversial Jackdaw oil and gas field is “unfounded”, the minister’s department said. The Times reported that Mr Miliband, the key proponent of Labour’s net zero plans, is set to give the project the green light. Jackdaw was previously approved under the Conservatives, before being put on…
Companies are buying their buildings instead of renting them as office values bottom out around Los Angeles
As the office market bottoms out after a long fall, renters are swooping in to buy their own buildings. Occupant businesses are seizing the opportunity to become owners, especially in downtown Los Angeles, where glittering high-rises have plummeted in value since occupancy dropped during the pandemic. It has never fully recovered, but investors believe the…
High school baseball and softball: Thursday’s scores
BASEBALL CITY SECTION Cleveland 8, Granada Hills Kennedy 3 Taft 8, San Fernando 1 SOUTHERN SECTION AAE 4, CIMSA 2 Adelanto 8, Barstow 1 Agoura 6, Oak Park 0 Alta Loma 4, Canyon Springs 2 Arlington 7, Crean Lutheran 0 Beaumont 4, Redlands 1 Cajon 6, Yucaipa 5 Camarillo 2, Ventura 0 Campbell Hall 15,…
M&S boss issues stark warning over worsening crime | UK News
Marks and Spencer’s retail boss has warned crime is getting “more brazen, more organised and more aggressive” after a week plagued by antisocial behaviour. Retail director Thinus Keeve hit out at the government and London mayor Sadiq Khan in a letter posted to the supermarket’s website. “Without a government seriously cracking down on crime and…
Gucci Mane was allegedly kidnapped and robbed by Pooh Shiesty
Rapper Pooh Shiesty kidnapped and robbed fellow rapper and mentor Gucci Mane in a music studio ambush, federal prosecutors say. The Department of Justice announced on Thursday that Memphis rappers Pooh Shiesty and Big30 planned and executed the “coordinated armed takeover” at a Dallas music studio in January. According to prosecutors, eight of nine suspects…
How much economic damage is Trump doing? | Politics News
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Trump fires Pam Bondi after tumultuous 14-month term as attorney general
WASHINGTON — President Trump fired Pam Bondi as attorney general on Thursday, ending a tumultuous 14-month tenure marked by mass firings of career prosecutors, a bungled handling of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking investigation and a string of investigations into the president’s political foes, including prominent California Democrats. Trump announced the ouster of the former Florida attorney general…