The big question surrounding last yearβs Academy Awards was whether the show would address the L.A. wildfires, which had rattled the city mere months prior. This year, the elephant in the room is the ongoing Iran war, which like last yearβs wildfires, puts a celebration like the Oscars in sharp relief. But for Conan OβBrien,…
In the end, the first drop of the Mandelson files contained neither a smoking gun nor bombshell revelation. The most newsworthy elements in this 147-page document detailing the vetting, appointment and severance of the ex-US ambassador were the eyewatering Β£75,000 payoff Peter Mandelson received for being sacked – he had asked for near Β£550,000 –…
QLAYAA, LebanonΒ βΒ The bells rang, their peals obscuring the buzz of the Israeli drone overhead as the casket of Father Pierre al-Rahi arrived at the parish he had served. Only days before, Al-Rahi had stood in the very churchyard where the crowd assembled Wednesday for his funeral. He had announced that the people of Qlayaa would…
Hall of Fame high school football coach Bob Johnson, who turned El Toro and Mission Viejo into powerhouse high school football programs and became one of the winningest coaches in state history, has died. He was 80. He had been battling Alzheimerβs. βI feel for the family,β Mission Viejo football coach Chad Johnson (no relation)…
The International Energy Agency (IEA), the developed nation body founded in the 1970s to deal with oil crises precisely like the one we’re now facing, has announced something extraordinary. Its members, which is to say most of the world’s rich nations, will release an unprecedented amount of oil from their national stockpiles into the global…
Everyoneβs getting into podcasts β even demons. βundertone,β a muted, personal and static microbudget horror debut by Ian Tuason, takes place in the writer-directorβs actual childhood home where he tended to both of his parents before they died. Both hospice and inspiration, itβs a stifling place decorated with floral wallpaper and crucifixes. The pain and…
π Listen to This Is Why on your podcast app π The first batch of the Mandelson files have finally been released – but even though there’s still more to come, there are already serious questions for the prime minister. What was the vetting process before Peter Mandelson’s appointment as the UK’s ambassador to the…
Attacks on multiple commercial ships in the waters around Iran on Wednesday increased global energy concerns, pushed nations to unleash strategic oil reserves and sparked fresh critiques of the Trump administrationβs readiness for a war it started. As Trump administration and U.S. military officials continued to claim increasing success and advantage in the conflict, leaders…
Barely a minute or two ticked away at Galen Center last month,but USC freshman Alijah Arenas already was exhausted. His legs felt like anchors dragging across the court. Every trip down and back left his lungs howling. Not 48 hours earlier, Arenas was confined to his bed, sick with a particularly unforgiving form of the…
A Sainsbury’s store manager has won Β£12,000 after an International Men’s Day social media post left him feeling “humiliated and violated”. Darren Cooper was on leave for anxiety when his regional director put up a post celebrating male leaders who “all show up for work each day, put on a name badge and provide support,…