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The backgrounds of Angela Rayner and Sir Laurie Magnus – the sleaze watchdog who holds her fate in his hands – couldn’t be more different. Labour’s “Red Queen” is a working-class council house girl who got pregnant at 16. He’s an old Etonian “quango king”, a City grandee and a pillar of the establishment. He’s…
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…
On the Shelf Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run By Peter Ames CarlinDoubleday: 256 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Before βBorn to Run,β Bruce Springsteen was in danger of being dropped by his record label….
Nancy Guthrie had been missing less than three days when family members and reporters, and even an Amazon delivery worker, could be seen wandering onto her property, with drops of her blood still staining the front entryway. Itβs been nearly two weeks since the 84-year-old mother of βTodayβ host Savannah Guthrie was abducted. With no…
Los Angeles city leaders are at a critical juncture ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics, with potentially hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars at stake. They are in negotiations with LA28, the private committee overseeing the Games, for the use of the cityβs police, traffic officers and other employees during the Olympics and Paralympics. Millions…
Yvette Cooper has ordered an urgent Foreign Office review of “serious information failures” in the case of a freed British-Egyptian activist. “Abhorrent” social media posts by Alaa Abd El-Fattah emerged after he returned to the UK on Boxing Day following several years of imprisonment in Egypt. Ms Cooper, the foreign secretary, said successive prime ministers…
Jimmy Kimmel is back, and in his first public words since ABC benched him, he ardently defended free speech, growing emotional throughout the opening monologue of his late-night show. Tuesdayβs episode of βJimmy Kimmel Live!β marked the hostβs return since Walt Disney Co.-owned ABC announced last week that it was suspending his show indefinitely. The…
The UCLA menβs basketball team made Senior Night one to savor Tuesday, dominating No. 9 Nebraska 72-52 at Pauley Pavilion for its 20th victory of the season and third over a top-10 ranked opponent. The Bruins improved to 20-10 overall and 12-7 in the Big Ten with one regular season game remaining, Saturday at crosstown…
Two days after reality TV personality Joseph Duggar was arrested on suspicion of molesting a minor in Florida, Arkansas police arrested his wife, Kendra Duggar, on misdemeanor child abuse charges. Kendra Duggar, 27, and Joseph Duggar, 31, face four counts each of endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree false imprisonment. According to KNWA,…
Four days after astronauts flew around the moon for the first time in a half-century, ground crews across Southern California are making final preparations for their high-energy reentry and splashdown off the coast of San Diego, expected around 5 p.m. Pacific time Friday. Southern Californians likely wonβt be able to see reentry or splashdown in…
