Last May, a strange thing happened on the U.S. album charts. Two metal bands (or at least metal-adjacent hard rock acts) scored No. 1 albums in the same month. The genre hadnβt seen multiple bestsellers in the same year since 2019 β and those were from veteran acts. So it was notable when the young…
The government is reviewing its electric car sale quotas – one of its flagship green policies. With 2025 having the lowest vehicle production in the UK since 1952, ministers are now looking at how to change the zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate, the government confirmed. If it decides to lower the quotas, it would represent…
A look at The Timesβ top 25 high school baseball rankings for the Southland after the sixth week of the season: Rk. School (Rec.); Comment; ranking last week 1. ORANGE LUTHERAN (7-1): Gary Morse had 16-strikeout performance; 4 2. ST. JOHN BOSCO (9-2): Three-game series with Orange Lutheran this week; 1 3. NORCO (10-1): Three-game…
HAVANAΒ βΒ Yenisey Taboadaβs small apartment on the outskirts of Havana is filled with photos of her imprisoned son. Duannis was 22 and watching soccer at a cafe when he spontaneously joined Cubaβs biggest antigovernment street protest in decades. He was beaten by security forces, arrested and sentenced to 14 years in prison. His motherβs apartment is…
Motorists should “fill up as normal” as the government is “well prepared” for disruption, a senior minister has said as fuel prices soar. Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, told Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips the public should listen to trade bodies, such as the RAC, as the cost of petrol climbed above an average of…
Ranting about the decline of comedy specials while releasing a new one at the same time feels a bit like an oxymoron. But somehow it still makes sense coming from alt-comedy pioneer David Cross, who isnβt just complaining; heβs finding his own route to making specials feel special again. The only way to do that…
Kemi Badenoch has told Sky News the row over reported missing messages from Morgan McSweeney’s stolen phone is “extremely fishy” and calling it so is not a conspiracy. Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff had his work phone stolen last autumn, leading to the government saying it may be unable to publish all his…
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have said “the floodgates are open” for more legal cases against tech giants after Google and Meta were found liable for a woman’s social media addiction in a landmark lawsuit. A jury in Los Angels found Instagram, which is owned by Meta, and YouTube, which is owned by Google,…
Paul McCartney sauntered onto the stage of the Fonda Theatre, took in the 1,200 faces before him β βI can see the whites of your eyes,β he said β then offered up a brief history lesson about where weβd gathered Friday night. The Fonda, he told us, opened 100 years ago; back then, he added,…