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WASHINGTONΒ βΒ Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that U.S. Border Patrol agents violated the Constitution when they stopped a car on a freeway near San Clemente because its occupants appeared to be βof Mexican ancestry.β The 4th Amendment protects Americans from unreasonable searches, the justices said then, and a motoristβs βMexican appearanceβ does not…
Actor Raymond Cruz was held in custody for five hours on Monday after a sudsy spat with three women in his Los Angeles neighborhood. Cruz β who portrayed the drug lord Tuco Salamanca on βBreaking Badβ β was washing his car on the street in front of his Silver Lake-area home when another car with…
Bridget Phillipson has emerged as the early frontrunner in the Labour deputy leadership race as other candidates scramble to catch up ahead of a crunch deadline. The education secretary had the backing of 44 colleagues as of 6pm on Tuesday, according to the first official tally released by the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) since nominations…
Apple on Tuesday unveiled its latest generation of iPhones, AirPods and watch at the technology company’s launch event, held annually at its Cupertino, California, headquartetrs.Β The iPhone 17 features a larger, 6.3-inch display and includes the new A19 chip to help power Apple’s AI features. The device’s front camera has also been upgraded to provide…
Haru Urara, the mare who won over horse racing enthusiasts in Japan and abroad with her perpetual losing streak, has died. She was 29. Yuko Miyahara, a representative for Uraraβs longtime care facility Matha Farm in the southeast Chiba prefecture of Japan, confirmed to Japanese outlet Friday Digital that the animal athlete died early Tuesday…
The owner of Argos’s store card division is on the brink of a deal with one of the world’s largest private equity investors that will value it at about Β£1.7bn. Sky News has learnt that the owners of NewDay Group, which has millions of customers in the UK, were on Tuesday evening close to signing…
BEIRUTΒ βΒ Israel announced it conducted βa precise targeted strikeβ on Hamasβs leadership on Tuesday, without elaborating on the strikeβs location even as blasts rang out in the Qatari capital Doha and Qatari authorities condemned the βcowardly Israeli attack.β The attack comes as Israel is ramping up for a full invasion of Gaza City, even as stalled…
Jordan Jensenβs comedy is hard to categorize, just like the rest of her. And while thatβs generally how we like our funny people β layered, nuanced, tortured β it tends to wreak havoc on the actual lives of the comics themselves. Not quite fitting in a box (even though she definitely knows how to build…
The race to replace Angela Rayner as deputy Labour leader has started. She resigned on 5 September from government and from her party post after she was found to have breached the ministerial code for not paying enough stamp duty on a second home she purchased in Hove, East Sussex, earlier this year. Politics latest:…
It was a moment that should have been celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic. What could prove to be the most expensive transfer in womenβs soccer history β and already is the largest outgoing transfer in NWSL history β had sent Alyssa Thompson from Angel City and the NWSL to Chelsea of Englandβs Womenβs…
