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WASHINGTONΒ βΒ The killing of a second U.S. citizen by federal agents in Minneapolis is deeply complicating efforts to avert another government shutdown in Washington as Democrats β and some Republicans β view the episode as a tipping point in the debate over the Trump administrationβs immigration enforcement policies. Senate Democrats pledged to block funding for the…
The average two-year mortgage rate has fallen below 5% for the first time since the Liz Truss mini-budget. The interest rate charged on a typical two-year fixed mortgage deal is now 4.99%, according to financial information company Moneyfacts. It means there are more expensive and also cheaper two-year mortgage products on the market, but the…
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,…
Book Review Yesteryear By Caro Claire Burke Knopf: 400 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Depending on your appetite for schadenfreude, itβs been an upsetting or entertaining news cycle for faith-forward influencers. Formerly Mormon content creator Taylor Frankie Paul,…
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, April 26, 2026, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
AI-generated artist Tilly Norwood and the company behind her released a new music video speaking directly to her critics. As AI evolves, Hollywood faces questions over legal protections, copyright infringement and human labor. Jo Ling Kent reports.
So Trump and tariffs – what’s going on? Let’s start with the latest development and work backwards.Β The president has announced a tariff of 15% globally. Now you might be thinking “didn’t he set it at 10% on Friday?” Yes he did. But now he’s raised it to 15%. The latest pronouncement came – on…
Infrastructure damage caused by a fire suspected to have been set by a homeless person at Encino Franklin Fields in January has not been repaired and is still months away from being completed, according to an update from from Councilmember Imelda Padilla. A tunnel damaged underneath a parking area has created issues with use of…
If Loyola football coach Drew Casani could give out game balls after his teamβs 13-10 Mission League win over Gardena Serra at SoFi Stadium on Thursday night, heβd need to go to a sporting goods store to find enough to hand out. There were so many contributors. There was kicker/punter Jacob Kreinbring making field goals…
Just a few hours after Border Patrol agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a statement that said, without evidence, that the 37-year-old registered nurse βwanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.β Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem would later imply Pretti had been βasked to…
