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The last three and a half weeks have convinced Griffin Goldsmith that he might, as he puts it, be βliving in a simulation.β On Jan. 8, the drummer of the rootsy Los Angeles rock band Dawes lost his Altadena home in the devastating Eaton fire. On Jan. 25, Goldsmithβs wife gave birth to the coupleβs…
Carlos Morales, a boxer from Hidalgo, Mexico, didnβt realize his last pro fight would be at the Honda Center in Anaheim. He lost to Jorge Linares a month before COVID-19 shut down the sport in 2020. Morales, who had been crowned the North American Boxing Association super-featherweight champion at the age of 26, was done…
The boss of GB Energy has told Sky News it could take 20 years to deliver a Labour government pledge of 1,000 jobs for Aberdeen. Sir Keir Starmer promised voters his flagship green initiative, which will be headquartered in the northeast of Scotland, would cut consumer energy bills by as much as Β£300. It is…
5:14 p.m. Itβs kind of nice to see Billie with a really big backing band of live players! β A.B. And this parched desert landscape β two for two on L.A.-centric performances. β M.W. βBirds of a Featherβ feels like one of those songs thatβll be around forever. Iβve probably heard it 150 times? Still…
NEW YORKΒ βΒ You werenβt dreaming. You didnβt imagine it. It wasnβt some kind of strange Saturday night hallucination. Yes, you watched the Lakers play one of their best basketball games of the season. Yes, you saw the team, maybe more than ever, look like a group that could make a run to the playoffs. And then,…
The UK economy is forecast to improve more slowly than previously predicted after stagnant growth late last year. The EY ITEM Club expects UK gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 1% in 2025, down from a previous estimate of 1.5%. The economic forecaster is the latest influential group to cut its predictions amid continued…
Kendrick Lamarβs βNot Like Usβ became the de facto song of 2024 when dropped in May, and now itβs a Grammy Award winner. The diss track aimed at rapper Drake topped the Billboard singles charts and crowned Lamar as the victor of the long-simmering beef between the two artists. Lamar is a double Grammy nominee…
The second step of virtually every 12-step recovery program states that βwe came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.β For one Dodgers fan, that βpowerβ came in the form of first baseman Freddie Freeman, whose walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning of a World Series Game 1…
Arrivals are underway at the Grammy Awards, and The Timesβ photo team is out in force on the red carpet Crypto.com Arena. Whether youβre following along live in the lead-up to Sundayβs nightβs telecast, again hosted by Trevor Noah, or catching up later, we have the full rundown on arresting sartorial statements. Here are all…
Sir Keir Starmer will urge European countries to commit more in defence spending as he heads to Brussels for security talks. The prime minister will call on Europe to “step up and shoulder more of the burden” to fend off the threat posed by Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Sir Keir, the first prime minister to meet…
