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When jurors returned to a West L.A. courtroom to deliver their verdict in a child sex abuse case earlier this month, one key person was missing: the defendant. John Kaleel β a veteran piano teacher who has given lessons to the families of several Hollywood power players β faced allegations that he sexually abused one…
The backer of one of Britain’s biggest home improvement specialists is plotting a sale that would close the door on one of the longest ownership periods in the private equity industry’s history. Sky News has learnt that Alchemy Partners is preparing to appoint investment bankers to sell Anglian Home Improvements, the provider of windows, doors…
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Donald Trump has revealed his pick to become the world’s most powerful central banker, declaring Kevin Warsh “may be the best” ever. Mr Warsh, a former member of the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, will “never let you down” as chair of the country’s central bank, the president said in a Truth Social post. It…
John Mayer calls it βadult day careβ: the historic recording studio behind the arched gates on La Brea Avenue where famous musicians have been keeping themselves β and one another β creatively occupied since the mid-1960s. Known for decades as Henson Studios β and as A&M Studios before that β the three-acre complex in the…
Party leaders in the UK’s devolved nations have called on Sir Keir Starmer to impose immediate sanctions on Israel and said waiting until September to recognise a Palestinian state is “far too late”. The leaders and senior politicians from parties in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales said they are “united in our deep concern and…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ President Trump warned that a βwhole civilization will dieβ on Tuesday night if Iran does not meet his deadline to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions as diplomatic talks to end the war remain underway. βA whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,β Trump wrote Tuesday morning on Truth…
Nigel Farage pulled out all the stops to dazzle the audience when he unveiled his cabinet-in-waiting: podiums, lights, music and a sense of showbiz his rivals would struggle to muster. But there remains one problem he cannot entirely shake: the faces behind those podiums are politicians who stood for the Conservative Party when it was…
The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening statements in one such trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court began on Monday. Instagram’s parent company Meta and Google’s YouTube face claims that their platforms deliberately addict…
Fox News is launching a new Sunday program with its senior White House correspondents Peter Doocy and Jacqui Heinrich, the network announced Wednesday. The new Washington-based program called βThe Sunday Briefingβ will replace βMediaBuzz,β the long-running media criticism show hosted by Howie Kurtz that airs at 11 a.m. Eastern. Heinrich and Doocy will rotate as…
