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Food inflation has hit its highest level in almost a year and could continue to go up, according to an industry body. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) reported a 2.6% annual lift in food costs during April – the highest level since May last year and up from a 2.4% rate the previous month. The…
BeyoncΓ© opened her Cowboy Carter world tour Monday night with the first of five shows at Inglewoodβs SoFi Stadium: a characteristically complicated pop spectacle that framed Black creativity as a wellspring β perhaps the wellspring β of American culture. Kicking off a year and change after the release of BeyoncΓ©βs country-inspired βCowboy Carterβ LP β…
πListen to Politics at Sam and Anne’s on your podcast appπ The morning political podcast which gives you all need for the day ahead in 20 minutes, usually with Sky News’ Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy. But, for this episode, Anne is somewhere over the Atlantic travelling back from the US so Sam is…
There are walk-off wins. And then there are walk-off sighs of relief. On Monday night, in a game they led by five runs through five innings, the Dodgers experienced the latter, needing Tommy Edmanβs two-run single in the bottom of the 10th to save the day in a 7-6 victory over the Miami Marlins. βI…
MONDAYβS RESULTS BASEBALL City Section Bell 2, Garfield 0 Crenshaw 10, Dymally 6 Discovery 14, Valley Oaks CES 11 Fremont 22, Locke 6 Harbor Teacher 4, Port of LA 3 Jordan 15, Hawkins 8 Kennedy 10, North Hollywood 0 King/Drew 16, Dorsey 0 Legacy 14, Huntington Park 1 Marquez 4, Torres 1 Maywood CES 7,…
Sylmar got back into the Valley Mission League baseball title hunt Monday by handing Sun Valley Poly its first defeat 2-0. Sylmar is 8-1 in league and Poly 9-1. Alex Martinez struck out nine and Luis Mendoza hit a two-run home run. Sophomore Tim Sepulveda had three hits. Bell 2, Garfield 0: Defending City champion…
βRuPaulβs Drag Raceβ alumna Jiggly Caliente, a beloved drag star whose career and legacy extends beyond the long-running franchise, has died. Jiggly Caliente, who also appeared in TV series βPoseβ and βBroad City,β died early Sunday morning, her family announced in an Instagram statement. She died βpeacefullyβ and βsurrounded by her loving family and close…
On the Shelf Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend By Jason BaileyAbrams Press: 352 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. James Gandolfini is best known for playing a single character: Tony Soprano, the bearish New Jersey…
The daughter of murdered MP Sir David Amess has called on Irish band Kneecap to apologise for allegedly telling fans “kill your local MP”. Footage of the group at a November 2023 gig appears to show one member saying: “The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP.” Sir David was killed…
Less than a month ago, Tyler Glasnow couldnβt have sounded more confident. After tossing five shutout innings in his season debut against the Atlanta Braves on March 31, the oft-injured 31-year-old Dodgers pitcher believed he had finally unlocked the secret to better health. That night, the 6-foot-8 right-hander said his mechanics felt βreally synched up;β…
