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MPs and peers could be forced to submit to criminal record checks under proposals submitted by a new Labour MP. In a letter seen by Sky News, Jo White urged the leader of the Commons to examine whether a new committee set up to modernise parliament should force all new members to have checks due…
A former Green Beret who drove an explosives-laden Tesla Cybertruck to Las Vegas and detonated its payload at Trump International Hotel left a suicide note saying the spectacle was intended as a βwake up callβ for America and was not intended as an act of terrorism, according to authorities. βThis was not a terrorist attack,β…
The NFC West title and a playoff berth are in hand, so Rams coach Sean McVay will rest several starters, including quarterback Matthew Stafford, running back Kyren Williams and receivers Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua, among others. Veteran Jimmy Garoppolo will start in place of Stafford, with Stetson Bennett as the backup. Garoppolo, 33, last…
Today Iβm going to … get engaged: YouTube star MrBeast is engaged to fellow influencer Thea Booysen, a.k.a. the future MrsBeast. The βBeast Gamesβ host, 26, who is the most-subscribed-to YouTuber, proposed to his girlfriend of two years on Christmas Day and revealed on New Yearβs Day that they were affianced. βYa boy did a…
DAMASCUS, SyriaΒ βΒ The crowd surged forward, thousands cheering, waving and jostling their way around Damascusβ Al Ashmar Square, all positioning themselves for the best view of a hanging. βHurry up,β a mother scolded her child as they walked along the roadside. βWe donβt want to be late.β A fire truck approached, spurring a chorus of…
This could play out differently. What Rams quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo does on Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks β and what might happen during the offseason β might make it so. In 2022, quarterback Baker Mayfield started the Ramsβ regular-season finale, an overtime defeat by Seahawks that ended a historic Super Bowl-hangover season. In 2023, quarterback…
In 1967, Brenton Wood looked as if he was on the cusp of mainstream success. The Compton croonerβs single βThe Oogum Boogum Songβ became a hit and ranked 34th and 19th on the Billboardβs Hot 100 and Top Selling R&B Singles charts, respectively. A few months later, Wood debuted his second hit, βGimme Little Sign,β…
President-elect Donald Trump ushered in the new year in familiar fashion β using a news event in an attempt to build his case for tougher enforcement of the nationβs southern border, a change he said is crucial to stop violent criminals from flooding into the U.S. After a pickup truck driver mowed down dozens of…
Jordan Chilesβ music wouldnβt start. Despite attempts to play the track over the Yates Gym speakers at the John Wooden Center, the Billboard Top 100 hits that often serenade UCLA gymnastics floor routines failed to fill the room. The 23-year-old sprawled out on the floor like a snow angel in response. Minutes earlier, she strutted…
Despite the dismantling of the Federal Communications Commissionβs efforts to regulate broadband internet service, state laws in California, New York and elsewhere remain intact. This weekβs decision by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, striking down the FCCβs open internet rules, has little bearing on state laws enacted during the years-long tug-of-war over the…
