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A hostile environment era deportation policy for criminals is being expanded by the Labour government as it continues its migration crackdown. The government wants to go further in extraditing foreign offenders before they have a chance to appeal by including more countries in the existing scheme. Offenders that have a human right appeal rejected will…
LAS VEGASΒ βΒ A couple of years ago, while covering SaΓΊl βCaneloβ Γlvarezβs return to Guadalajara, I visited the gym where he began a brilliant two-decade career that made him the undisputed super middleweight champion and champion in four different divisions. There, Chepo Reynoso, the trainer who took him in at age 14, spoke to me about…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ The Trump administration is initiating a leadership shakeup at a dozen or so offices of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to bring more aggressive enforcement operations across the U.S. Some of the outgoing field office directors at ICE are anticipated to be replaced with leaders from Customs and Border Protection, according to news reports. Among the…
The band is back together, even though they never really parted. Departed? Sure. The crew that comprised βInside the NBAβ moved from TNT when the cable network lost its NBA broadcast rights to ESPN, NBC and Amazon after last season. But the ensemble that somehow is greater than the sum of its star-studded parts continues…
A bartender who worked at Soho Houseβs exclusive Soho Warehouse in downtown Los Angeles is alleging a supervisor at the posh membership club and hotel drugged and raped her, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday. The woman, who filed as Jane Doe, said in her complaint that she was…
An L.A. County Superior Court judge handed a 146-year sentence to Hollywood producer David Brian Pearce on Wednesday for multiple rapes and the 2021 deaths of a model and her architect friend. Pearce was found guilty in February on two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Christy Giles and Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola, who…
One battle is in the rearview for Teyana Taylor. The multihyphenate entertainer has secured the Golden Globe for supporting actress in a motion picture for her performance as revolutionary Perfidia Beverly Hills in Paul Thomas Andersonβs black comedy βOne Battle After Another.β Taylor beat out Ariana Grande (βWicked: For Goodβ), Amy Madigan (βWeaponsβ), Emily Blunt…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ The Supreme Court is set to rule for the first time on whether the president has the power to deploy troops in American cities over the objections of local and state officials. A decision could come at any time. And even a one-line order siding with President Trump would send the message that he is…
From the opening moments of βHighest 2 Lowest,β Spike Leeβs remix-as-remake of Akira Kurosawaβs 1963 crime thriller βHigh and Low,β you should know that the filmmaker is here primarily for a good time and heβs asking us to play along. Over aerial shots of the sun hitting the New York City skyline, including the stunning…
Barely a week ago, a charmed Lakers season screamed three words. Deep playoff run. Today, a jinxed Lakers season soberly whispers three very different words. Shut it down. With less than a month of games remaining, the Lakers season is done, finished, kaput. Twisted and torn by the sudden same-day injuries to their two best…
