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WASHINGTONΒ βΒ President Trump was evacuated from the White House Correspondentsβ Assn. dinner on Saturday evening after gunshots were fired, and a person was taken into custody. A Times reporter attending the dinner sheltered in a restroom after the incident. He said he heard about four or five gunshots around 8:30 p.m. Eastern time. He said a…
With U.S. and Israeli forces continuing offensive strikes on Iran, federal counterterrorism authorites are warning that the desperate theocracy could launch retaliatory strikes on American soil using sleeper cells, affiliated Iranian terrorist groups, lone wolf sympathizers or targeted cyberattacks. Within days of the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Feb. 28, cryptic…
About 200 people gathered on Paramountβs Melrose Avenue lot for a screening of βRed Alert,β a four-part scripted drama portraying the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel from the perspective of six victims. The host of the Sept. 30 event was Paramount Chairman and Chief Executive David Ellison, who shared how he had chatted…
This is the weekend high school track and field takes center stage in Southern California. Quincy Wilson, who won a gold medal at the age of 16 at the 2024 Olympic Games, is coming from Maryland to compete in the 400 and two relays at the Arcadia Invitational at Arcadia High on Saturday. βIβm so…
Rachel Reeves has been urged by a think tank to cut national insurance and increase income tax to create a “level playing field” and protect workers’ pay. The Resolution Foundation said the chancellor should send a “decisive signal” that she will make “tough decisions” on tax. Ms Reeves is expected to outline significant tax rises…
The founder of Argentex Group, the foreign exchange group which collapsed this year amid market turmoil triggered by President Trumpβs tariffs regime, has secured backing from Australiaβs most powerful financial group for his latest venture. Sky News has learnt that Macquarie’s Commodities and Global Markets group has taken a minority stake in Tenora, an FX…
Book Review Sweetener By Marissa HigginsCatapult: 272 pages, $27If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. In 1984, at age 33, I fell in love with a woman for the first time. Her name was Cathy. Her previous girlfriendβs name was also…
By day, youβd be forgiven for walking past the newest theater in downtown L.A. It isnβt hidden in an alley or obscured via a nameless door. No, this performance space is essentially a theater in disguise, as itβs designed to look like an electrical box β a fabrication so real that when artist S.C. Mero…
An armed man was shot and killed Sunday morning after he entered the secure perimeter of President Trumpβs private Florida residence and resort, Mar-a-Lago, and was confronted by U.S. Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County sheriffβs deputy. The man killed was identified by investigators as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin from North Carolina, according…
Tesla has lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker. The US firm faced a difficult year with unease over chief executive Elon Musk’s political activities and stiff overseas competition that pushed sales down for a second year in a row. Tesla said that it delivered 1.64 million vehicles in 2025, a decrease…
