WASHINGTONΒ βΒ President Trump is requesting $152 million from Congress to begin βrebuildingβ the prison on Alcatraz Island for operational use, though his administration appears to have taken few steps toward advancing the project. The request, in the presidentβs proposed budget for fiscal year 2027, resurrects Trumpβs attention-grabbing concept of converting the crumbling site β which has…
PHOENIXΒ βΒ This yearβs womenβs Final Four has everything. Influencer houses, swag bags, a Super Bowl-esque media day and an outside tournament village. That might not have ever happened if not for the inequities that blew up in the tournament five years ago. One of the flash points in womenβs college basketball history unfolded during the 2021…
Chelsea FC have announced a pre-tax loss of Β£262.4m – the biggest in Premier League history. The west London football club said the losses for the 2024-25 season were in part due to higher operating costs compared to the previous year. In the previous year’s accounts, Chelsea posted a profit of Β£128.4m which was helped…
Melvin Edwards, a sculptor best known for abstract steel works that illustrated the history and resistance of African Americans, died March 30 at his Baltimore home. He was 88. His death was confirmed by Alexander Gray Associates, the gallery that represents him. Edwards rose to prominence in 1963 with the first works of what would…
This Easter is a time of “real anxiety”, Sir Keir Starmer has said in his annual message – as he says faith can offer “reassurance”. The prime minister released his statement as is traditional from Downing Street. He said that in ‘times when some seek to divide, the government is committed to working across faiths…
The Trump administration on Friday unveiled its 2027 budget proposal, a wish list of changes β primarily cuts β it wants to see enacted by Congress in the upcoming fiscal year. Perhaps the biggest news related to the proposal from Trumpβs Office of Management and Budget is that it seeks a record $1.5-trillion defense budget….
OKLAHOMA CITYΒ βΒ In the aftermath of their worst loss of the season, few Lakers players or coaches had spoken to Luka Doncic after he limped off the court in the third quarter Thursday against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Austin Reaves didnβt know the extent of Doncicβs hamstring injury, but he knew how the Lakers superstar would…
Chocolate-flavour bars and smaller packs appear here to stay despite the fall of cocoa costs to a near three-year low and a 20% drop in the sugar price. It was last year, during near-record-high cocoa prices, that customers began noticing smaller packs and the phrase “chocolate flavour” bar, as the cocoa content dropped to such…
βEverybody says [redacted] is saving pop. No, Joyce is saving pop,β a fan declares on a voice note at the outset of flowerovloveβs single βmuse.β Joyce CissΓ©, known by her artist moniker flowerovlove, is a breezy, deeply thoughtful and remarkably confident singer-songwriter from South London. Her discography leans into bubblegum pop, igniting the giddy teen…
Speculation that Energy Secretary Ed Miliband will approve the controversial Jackdaw oil and gas field is “unfounded”, the minister’s department said. The Times reported that Mr Miliband, the key proponent of Labour’s net zero plans, is set to give the project the green light. Jackdaw was previously approved under the Conservatives, before being put on…