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Book Review Bad Nature By Ariel CourageHenry Holt and Co.: 304 pages, $29If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. The one-line synopsis for βBad Natureβ is about as juicy as it gets: A successful New York lawyer, having received a terminal…
A law banning ninja swords is set to come into force by summer after a “relentless” campaign by the family of a murdered teenager. Ronan Kanda, 16, was stabbed to death with a ninja sword yards away from his home in Wolverhampton in 2022 in a case of mistaken identity. Now, the final part of…
Heβs 89 years old and has been retired for two years, but Dodgers broadcasting legend Jaime JarrΓn looked like he was ready to call another season or three as he strode into Galeβs Restaurant in Pasadena. The mellifluous tenor that narrated Dodgers games for generations of Spanish-language listeners hasnβt weakened. His magnificent head of hair…
Elon Musk owns the countryβs most successful electric car maker in Tesla. His SpaceX rocket company is one of NASAβs biggest contractors, relied upon to service the International Space Station. His social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, dominates public discourse. Now, after spending more than $200 million to elect Donald Trump to a…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said the UK does not want to “escalate” Donald Trump’s trade wars after the US president slapped a new 25% tariff on all imported cars. Mr Trump signed an executive order last night for the tax to kick in on 2 April – what he has called “liberation day”. The move…
Marcus Choi, Helen J Shen, Dez Duron and Darren Criss of the Broadway musical βMaybe Happy Ending,β photographed at the Belasco Theater in New York. (Justin Jun Lee / For The Times) A line in βMaybe Happy Endingβ describes the lives of fireflies, the once-ubiquitous insects that magically produce their own light. βThey only live…
Scottish government minister Christina McKelvie has died at the age of 57, her partner has said. The minister for drugs and alcohol policy had taken medical leave last August to undergo treatment for secondary breast cancer. Ms McKelvie’s partner, MSP Keith Brown, announced the news in a statement on Thursday morning. The SNP’s deputy leader…
A deadly, drug-resistant fungus that preys on the sick and old is continuing to spread in hospitals and senior care facilities across the country, killing more than 1 in 3 infected. Candida auris, a type of yeast that can cause life-threatening illness, was first identified in the U.S. in 2016 with 52 infections reported across…
The ball pops up in the air and soars into an arc, drifting against the blue sky, then comes down with a plunk on the glass wall behind Jon Guerra. Out. βYour swing is too hard,β Guerra says to me. Guerra, who goes by Coach Jon, is sending lobs across the net toward me and…
Britain’s second-biggest steel producer is kicking off a consultation that could lead to the closure of its two blast furnaces and more than half of its workforce losing their jobs – a move that will pile pressure on the government to improve an offer of taxpayer aid to the company. Sky News has learnt that…
