βPond rulesβ dictate that if an animal is hungry, the creature thatβs about to become a meal should accept its fate. Thatβs the first lesson that Mabel (voiced by Piper Curda), an idealistic university student whose mind is transferred into the body of a robotic beaver, learns while interacting with wildlife as one of their…
The leader of the Conservative Party is facing calls to apologise after she suggested the UK military are “just hanging around” rather than taking the necessary action in the Middle East. Kemi Badenoch said there was a need to reduce the capability of Iran to attack British bases, adding that the UK is currently just…
As the U.S. and Israel continue their bombardment of Iran, Iranian Angelenos are turning to a patchwork of communication apps, social media and cable news for updates on their loved ones some 7,500 miles away. The Times spoke with several people in the βTehrangelesβ area of Westwood this week β the epicenter of L.A.βs sprawling…
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Some water companies are instructing bailiffs as they try to recover customers’ debt more than 6,000 times in a single year, new data reveals. The information gathered by a committee of MPs has not been freely available before and reveals huge variations in water companies’ use of the tactic. Wessex Water have not been using…
The movie is called βHeelβ and its frenetic opening β a flash-cut glimpse of young, handsome, swaggeringly cruel Tommy (Anson Boon) in drug-fueled party mode β seems enough to explain the title. The next time we see him, though, heβs neck-shackled in the basement of a remote English estate. What follows in Polish filmmaker Jan…
Kemi Badenoch claims Labour is “nothing like the patriotic party of yesteryear” and “playing student politics” over the Iran war. In a speech at the Conservative spring conference in Harrogate today, the Tory leader will accuse the prime minister of “sitting on the fence” while the rest of the world rearms. “I never thought I…
As the deadline approaches to file to run for office, veteran Republican Rep. Darrell Issa has decided not to run for reelection in his newly-configured congressional district in San Diego and Riverside counties, according to two GOP strategists familiar with his plans. An Issa spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment, but the congressmanβs…
Ray Fenton, The Timesβ coach of the year in 2025 at Los Alamitos High, is the new football coach at Orange Lutheran. He takes over a program that has been reeling for more than a month after the firing of Rod Sherman, who got the team to the Southern Section Division 1 semifinals with an…
For years, geopolitical analysts warned us that among the scariest of all scenarios for the world economy was the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Well, now, in practice, that is precisely what has happened. Shipping through this narrow channel, the gateway to the Persian Gulf, has dwindled to close to zero. The worst nightmare…