The energy secretary has told Sky News that the government will “fight people’s corner” as the war in Iran threatens a fresh energy price crisis. But, speaking to Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, Ed Miliband refused to be drawn on what support the government may provide. Politics latest: Iran war threatens to raise UK energy…
In late November, Gabriela Jaquez scored 29 points against Tennessee. It wasnβt her career high; that came when she tallied 30 points two years prior. But that game, when Tennessee had no answers for a player who was then the UCLA womenβs basketball teamβs fifth offensive option, felt like Jaquezβs coming-out party after years as…
If April is the cruelest month, per T.S. Eliot, the Oscars surely must be the cruelest (and longest) season. Other awards shows push their way into the queue for moments of borrowed red carpet glory, but the Academy Awards are what the buildup is all about and the one people remember. Thankfully, the countdown can…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ After two weeks of war with Iran, the Trump administration is being forced to temper its expectations of a swift end to the conflict, with U.S. intelligence and defense officials expressing doubt it can achieve the overthrow of Iranβs government and the destruction of its nuclear program through military means. It was an outcome forewarned…
Saturdayβs Results BASEBALL CITY SECTION Cleveland 6, San Pedro 4 Gardena 11, Animo Leadership 2 LA University 12, Environmental Charter 1 Santee 22, Mendez 13 South East 3, Sylmar 2 Verdugo Hills 1, Franklin 0 Wilmington Banning 7, Port of LA 0 SOUTHERN SECTION Aliso Niguel 9, Murrieta Valley 4 Aquinas 12, Capistrano Valley 2…
The UK economy grew by 0.2% in the three months to January but with zero growth that month, according to official figures, as the prospects ahead are clouded by uncertainty due to the effects of the Middle East war. Early estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) pointed to better performances from industrial production…
AUSTIN, TexasΒ βΒ βThe Sun Never Setsβ is filmmaker Joe Swanbergβs 10th indie to premiere at SXSW but his first to play the event since 2017. The astonishing pace with which he made his early work β loose, idiosyncratic stories that were progenitors of the emergent style known as mumblecore β has slowed significantly, but also given…
A former Labour minister who was famously confronted by Joanna Lumley in a live TV showdown has died from brain cancer aged 66. Phil Woolas was MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth from 1997 until 2010 and held several ministerial posts under Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. But his political career ended in controversy…
President Trump announced on social media Friday that Richard Grenell, the former ambassador to Germany who Trump appointed as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts more than a year ago, is stepping down. Grenell will be replaced by Matt Floca, the vice president of facilities operations at the center. Change…
SACRAMENTOΒ βΒ Heartbreaking loss. Thatβs the only way to describe what San Juan Hills players, coaches and fans were feeling on Saturday at Golden 1 Center when Alex Osterloh made two of three free throws with 0.3 seconds left to give Atherton Sacred Heart Prep a 47-45 victory in the Division IV state boysβ basketball championship game….