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The Metropolitan Police has apologised to the Commons Speaker for revealing he was the source of a tip-off relating to the arrest of Lord Mandelson. The force said it had “inadvertently” revealed information about why the ex-business secretary had been taken into custody on Monday. Lawyers for Lord Mandelson had claimed the arrest was due…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ The U.S. and Israeli war against Iran entered its ninth day Sunday with no clear path toward de-escalation, as the U.S. announced a seventh American service member had been killed and Iranian state TV reported the selection of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameneiβs son as his successor. Meanwhile, the price of oil surpassed $100 a…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> When the horn sounded to end Friday nightβs City Section Open Division boysβ basketball final, the first person OJ and EJ Popoola wanted to hug was their father, Chris. Thirty years ago, he transferred from Westchester to Palisades to help the Dolphins reach the 4A semifinals. In June, his twin sons transferred to…
A popular YouTube streamer posted on social media that he βalmost [died] todayβ after Los Angeles County Sheriffβs Department deputies drew their weapons on him and briefly detained him Sunday afternoon in what he said appears to be a swatting incident. Rapper DDG posted on a YouTube video that he was at a paintball tournament…
Want to get Generation Alpha into movie theaters? Look to video games. Kids still like to go to the movies, according to a high-profile new research report. But the franchises they care about are not the traditional Hollywood popcorn fare. Seven of the top 10 entertainment franchises that the youngest generation of moviegoers cares about…
As a psychologist in the occupied West Bank, I have spent my career sitting across from children carrying burdens no child should ever know β lives shaped not by playgrounds or classrooms, but by constant fear. I recognize that fear because I lived it myself. I remember when I was less than 5 years old,…
Already the home of Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles is now also the home of South Koreaβs Shohei Ohtani. Like Ohtani, Son Heung-min has been the most popular athlete in his home country by a wide margin for close to a decade. Like Ohtani, Son has a pleasant disposition that has endeared him to people from…
SATURDAYβS RESULTS SOUTHERN SECTION BOYS SEMIFINALS OPEN DIVISION #8 Orange Lutheran 3, #4 Placentia Valencia 1 (OL advances on aggregate) #2 Mater Dei 2, #6 JSerra 0 (MD advances on aggregate) Note: Finals Feb. 28. DIVISION 1 Santa Monica 2, Anaheim Canyon 0 Fontana 2, Sultana 1 DIVISION 2 Newport Harbor 2, Downey 1 Bishop…
A company has admitted it supplied water that was unfit for human consumption after a parasitic outbreak in Devon. During a hearing at Exeter Magistrates’ Court, South West Water Ltd pleaded guilty to an offence under s70(1) of the Water Industry Act 1991 to supplying water unfit for human consumption. Some people were treated in…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Lately, the only thing the Dodgers excel at is losing games they should win. When they hit they canβt pitch and when they pitch they canβt hit. They canβt move runners over or get a clutch hit and, of course, the relievers still canβt throw strikes. It all adds up to a good…
