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ATLANTAΒ βΒ The Rams already knew they will be on the road for the playoffs, a difficult assignment for any team. Itβs trending toward becoming one especially tough for the Rams, who only a few weeks ago appeared to be the class of the NFC, if not the NFL. Not anymore. On Monday night, the Rams for…
For decades he was the dissident backbencher, then unlikely Labour leader. She was a firebrand left-wing Labour MP with a huge online presence. To the left – on paper – it looked like the perfect combination. Coupled with the support of four other independent MPs, it held the blueprints of a credible party. But ever…
BEIRUTΒ βΒ Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran on Saturday, had over more than 30 years in power demonized the United States, called for the destruction of Israel and maintained an iron-clad grip on Iranβs politics while advancing its influence across the Middle East. President Trump announced Khameneiβs…
The manager of the bulk of TGI Fridays’ restaurants around the world has swooped to buy its British operations in a deal which preserves all 2,000 jobs at the chain. Sky News has learnt that Sugarloaf TGIF Management, run by former TGI Fridays chief executive Ray Blanchette, has struck a deal to take control of…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Bill Plaschke writes, βIf the Trojans truly want to return to greatness, being selected for the CFP is the goal. Not beating Notre Dame. Not even beating UCLA.β Thatβs 100% wrong. As a USC alum (1965) and longtime fan, those are the only things that do matter. I have often said that if…
A total of 41,472 migrants arrived in the UK in 2025 after crossing the Channel on a small boat – the second-highest annual figure on record. No migrants made the journey on New Year’s Eve, the Home Office confirmed on Thursday, with the last recorded crossing made on 22 December. It means the overall number…
A Chinese spying trial collapsed last month after the UK government would not label Beijing a national security threat, a top prosecutor has said. Christopher Berry, 33, and former parliamentary researcher Christopher Cash, 30, were accused of espionage for China. But the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced on 15 September that the charges would be…
The Middle East conflict has prompted a major shift in UK household spending intentions as a “ripple of fear” has taken hold, according to a respected measure of consumer confidence. The monthly reading taken by data specialist GfK showed a leap in the number of those hoarding cash and avoiding big spending commitments as rising…
The call came Monday morning, just six days before USC was slated to play its final nonconference contest. In light of the deadly shooting on Brownβs campus, its menβs basketball team wouldnβt make the trip west. If coach Eric Musselman hoped to test his Trojans again before the new year, he and his USC staff…
You may have missed it, what with President Trumpβs endless pyrotechnics, but California voters will decide in November who succeeds Gavin Newsom, the highest-profile governor since the Terminator returned to Hollywood. Unfortunately for those attempting to civically engage, the current crop of contenders is, shall we say, less than enthralling. In alphabetical order (because there…
