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Perched in the hills outside Rome sits the Palace of Castel Gandolfo, the centuries-old lakeside summer home for popes, which is also home to the Vatican Observatory, established in 1891 to help bridge the chasm between religion and science. Correspondent Seth Doane talks with scientists and students for whom the Church’s observations of the heavens…
MEXICO CITYΒ βΒ Each September, Mexicoβs president appears before a crowd of tens of thousands in the nationβs central square to perform the grito, the shout of independence commemorating the countryβs break from colonial rule. This year, for the first time, a woman will lead the masses in chants of βLong live Mexico!β Mondayβs ceremony in Mexico…
WASHINGTON Β βΒ The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that U.S. troops may sue military contractors for their injuries, siding with a soldier who was badly injured when a Taliban operative working at the Bagram Airfield detonated a suicide bomb. Five soldiers were killed and 17 were wounded, including 20-year-old Winston Henceley, who suffered a fractured skull and…
Kelly Clarkson is hitting pause on her Studio Sessions residency in Las Vegas, postponing the remaining four shows scheduled for August to attend to her familyβs needs. βWhile I normally keep my personal life private, this past year, my childrenβs father has been ill and at this moment, I need to be fully present for…
Customers of five water firms are facing higher than expected rises to their inflation-busting bills after the companies disputed limits imposed by the industry regulator. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) was called in to review Ofwat’s determinations on what Anglian Water, Northumbrian Water, South East Water, Southern Water, and Wessex Water could charge customers…
The prime minister has condemned Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s “offensive and wrong” remarks about immigration. The Manchester United co-owner, one of Britain’s richest men but a resident of tax-free Monaco, told Sky News that Britain had been “colonised” by immigrants who are draining resources from the state. “You can’t have an economy with nine million people…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ It was hard to miss President Trumpβs very public spat with Pope Leo XIV this week. The split was the first time in modern memory that an American president has so openly badmouthed a sitting pontiff, or, for that matter, distributed an image depicting himself as Jesus Christ. Critics cried βblasphemy!β even as supporters continued…
In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened. The Dodgers have dropped out of first place. The team that was expected to win 120 games has fallen a game behind the San Diego Padres in the National League West, and who knows how much further baseballβs most expensive collection of players…
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL, SOFTBALL SCORES Wednesdayβs Results BASEBALL CITY SECTION Arleta 7, VAAS 1Bell 12, Huntington Park 0Birmingham 9, Chatsworth 3Bravo 18, King/Drew 0Canoga Park 7, AMIT 5Carson 3, San Pedro 1Cleveland 10, Granada Hills 4El Camino Real 5, Taft 0Fremont 13, Stella 0Fulton 17, Panorama 6Garfield 6, LA Roosevelt 1Monroe 11, Van Nuys 1Northridge…
The crew had just poured a concrete foundation on a vacant lot in Altadena when I pulled up the other day. Two workers were loading equipment onto trucks and a third was hosing the fresh cement that will sit under a new house. I asked how things were going, and if there were any problems…
