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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…
The Chargers were blindsided in the truest sense. Eleven days after signing a contract extension that made him the NFLβs highest-paid offensive lineman in history, Chargers left tackle Rashawn Slater went down in training camp with a knee injury that ended his 2025 season. It was the latest crushing blow to a franchise with a…
The UK’s largest bioethanol plant is set for closure with the loss of 160 jobs after the government confirmed it would not offer a bailout deal to the facility in Lincolnshire.Β Owners Vivergo, a subsidiary of Associated British Foods, had warned that the plant would close without government support, and sources at the company have…
Buckleyβs mother, Mary Guibert, appears in new documentary βItβs Never Over, Jeff Buckley,β and reflects on raising the singer-songwriter in a Panamanian household. MamΓ‘ β¦ you got some fβing cojones, baby. These were some of the last words that legendary singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley left for his mother on an answering machine β not long before…
Fourth in a series of stories profiling top high school football players by position. Today, Luke Sorensen, Servite tight end. Wearing size 18 cleats, Luke Sorensen might not be the best candidate to walk across a frozen lake and make it to the other side. Then again, his hands are so large (11 inches wide)…
In a Burbank rehearsal studio, loaded almost wall-to-wall with electronics and travel cases, the three musicians of RΓΌfΓΌs Du Sol are in the final hours of rehearsal for the biggest tour of their lives. As they run through a variety of songs on synthesizers and acoustic drums, the main question still to be answered is…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert passes during training camp on July 17. (Luke Johnson / Los Angeles Times) Justin Herbert will make his preseason debut, leading the offensive starters for βa series or two,β according to Harbaugh. Ever the competitor, Herbert felt it was important to face a live pass rush and get a…
Heβs one of the biggest name in show business β and itβs possible youβve never heard of him. At 54, Swedish songwriter and record producer Max Martin has written more No. 1 singles than any artist, aside from Paul McCartney. He counts Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Ariana Grande and the Weeknd among his…
Three years later, the quote still resonates. When it comes to the Dodgers and the San Diego Padres, late Padres owner Peter Seidler framed the dynamic best. βThe Dodgers are the dragon up the freeway weβre trying to slay,β Seidler said back in August 2022, during an in-game interview with ESPN as the two teams…
The private equity firm set up by Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, is to take a stake in OakNorth, the British-based lender which has set its sights on a rapid expansion in the US. Sky News has learnt that Affinity Partners, which has amassed billions of dollars in assets under management, has signed a…
