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There is no end in sight to rising fuel prices but supplies are “stable”, according to an industry body. The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA), which represents the bulk of UK operators, told Sky News that price increases which the forecourts are facing rose sharply again last week and would continue to feed through to the…
The last time Eric Idleβs βMonty Python and the Holy Grailβ spoof musical βSpamalotβ landed at a major L.A. venue a decade ago, he played the showβs tweedy historian, who sets the scene for the Arthurian legend with a seriousness entirely unfit for the absurdist romp to follow. It was a perfect role for the…
πListen to Politics at Sam and Anne’s on your podcast appπ As oil prices climb again – with neither the US nor Iran backing down over the re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz – what can the Prime Minister do to ease the economic strain? Later today Keir Starmer will convene an emergency COBR meeting…
PHILADELPHIAΒ βΒ The question will remain unanswered. Would UCLA have beaten Connecticut if Tyler Bilodeau was healthy? Thatβs what will haunt the Bruins and their fans for the rest of March Madness. Even without their leading scorer the seventh-seeded Bruins battled valiantly, briefly taking the lead in the second half. But in the end they simply didnβt…
What began as a social media post from President Trump on Saturday has grown quickly into a full-scale plan to deploy ICE agents to U.S. airports. Amid a partial government shutdown, Transportation Security Administration lines have grown to be hours long at some U.S. airports, creating problems for travelers across the country. Call-out rates have…
A soccer star has accused a pop star of making the daughter of a movie star cry. Chappell Roan β who, in recent years, called out fansβ βcreepy behaviorβ and said she βpumped the brakesβ on fame to protect her own privacy β was accused over the weekend by soccer star Jorginho of rough treatment…
DETROITΒ βΒ Heβs the hottest player in the NBA. Not even the NBAβs technical foul rule can slow Luka Doncic down. The NBA rescinded Doncicβs 16th technical foul, the league announced Sunday, allowing Doncic to avoid a mandatory one-game suspension that would have kept him out of Mondayβs game against the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons. Doncic and…
The iNaturalist cellphone app not only helps users identify plant, animal and insect species; it also provides invaluable data to scientists studying biodiversity, species decline, and habitat loss. It also provides opportunities for fun: David Pogue joins iNaturalist fan Martha Stewart in a “bioblitz” β a timed competition with other users to spot and ID…
HAVANAΒ βΒ Reggaeton boomed in a neighborhood bar in Old Havana on a recent night, when, suddenly, the music stopped and everything went dark. The customers groaned. Another blackout. A U.S. blockade on oil shipments to Cuba has plunged the island into its worst energy crisis in modern history. The countryβs already cratering economy now teeters on…
Californiaβs economy might see a boost from the stateβs expanded film and TV tax credits, but local lawmakers say itβs not enough. Despite Gov. Gavin Newsom authorizing an expanded $750-million film and TV tax credit program last summer, the impending merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. and the projected budget cuts that are expected to…
