Call them the Geek Squad, the Surfer Dudes or the Genius Squad from Redondo Union High. In an unprecedented achievement, three starters for the Sea Hawksβ 13-2 volleyball team β Tommy Spalding, Vaughan Flaherty and Carter Mirabal β are headed to MIT this fall. Their final assignment in Advanced Placement Physics 2 should be figuring…
Ed Miliband has told Labour MPs he is committed to looking at unhitching electricity prices from gas in a bid to bring down household bills. The energy secretary told a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) on Monday night that the move would be “complicated but possible”, according to sources present. Politics Hub: Follow…
A proposed gubernatorial forum hastily cobbled together in the hours after USC canceled its Tuesday debate fell apart because the candidates of color who were excluded from the previously planned event were unable to show up in person at KNBC-TVβs studio in Universal City, according to multiple sources. Facing mounting pressure that its debate selection…
Performing their solo show in a comedy club was an intimidating experience for Brigham Mosley, a genderqueer person. βI often perform comedy and stand-up in this kind of drag, and I will go to open mics, and you do a set and then you get off stage and people come on stage and start making…
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has threatened to break up failing NHS trusts in response to the latest health service satisfaction survey. A review of opinions carried out by the King’s Fund found that in 2025, 26% of British adults were satisfied with how the NHS runs – up from 19% in 2024, while dissatisfaction fell…
Since he became head coach at Birmingham in 2007, Matt Mowry is 0 for 18 when it comes to winning a West Valley League baseball title. Heβs won five City titles but the Patriots havenβt been able to figure out how to win a league title. A showdown against defending City champion El Camino Real…
A former hedge fund manager claimed he groped a colleague’s breasts because he was under general anaesthetic, a tribunal has heard.Β Crispin Odey, 67, once one of the richest hedge fund managers in Britain, was previously accused of inappropriate conduct at least 46 times between 2003 and 2020. He was banned from the UK finance…
Taylor Frankie Paul might have whiplash in the wake of a leaked video that derailed her βBacheloretteβ debut, but she says her kids are also feeling the sting. Last week, the embattled reality TV star was gearing up for Sundayβs launch of βThe Bacheloretteβ when a video of a 2023 domestic dispute between Paul and…
Five NHS trusts with “deep-rooted challenges” will be the first to be placed in a new recovery programme, the health secretary has announced. Wes Streeting said “failure has been tolerated for too long”, and although there has been improvement across the NHS overall, some “challenged” trusts continue to struggle. The new NHS Intensive Recovery programme…
Jurors in New Mexico leapfrogged their California peers Tuesday, handing down a $375 million verdict against Meta for endangering children while a similar lawsuit remains pending in Los Angeles County. The jury in Santa Fe came back with a decision in just hours while the L.A. panel slogged through its eighth day of deliberations over…