Four siblings who were part of Michael Jacksonβs secret βsecond familyβ have filed a lawsuit revealing the depths of the alleged sexual abuse they suffered as children, including claims that the singer molested one of the boys at the homes of Elton John and Elizabeth Taylor. The lawsuit, filed against Jacksonβs estate in Californiaβs Central…
The UK government has dropped its demands to create a backdoor into Apple’s encryption, according to the US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard. In a post on X in the early hours of Tuesday, Ms Gabbard said the UK had withdrawn its demand to access global Apple users’ data if required. She wrote: “The UK has…
WASHINGTON Β βΒ A divided Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether the police use of phone tracking data violates the Constitutionβs protection against βunreasonable searches.β Most of the justices sounded wary of barring investigators from obtaining precise location history from Google or cellphone providers if it helps find a murderer or a bank robber. βIβm trying…
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL Fridayβs Results BASEBALL CITY SECTION Bravo 6, Rancho Dominguez 5 Collins Family 19, Reseda 12 Eagle Rock 6, Glendale 0 El Camino Real 8, Sun Valley Poly 5 Garfield 9, LA Marshall 8 Granada Hills 6, Sylmar 1 Hollywood 16, RFK Community 6 LA Wilson 6, Fairfax 2 Port of…
The last time the Supreme Court threatened to end access to the countryβs most popular abortion method, Californiaβs network of online providers and their pharmaceutical suppliers scrambled to respond. Now, with the fate of the cocktail used in roughly two-thirds of U.S. terminations once again in the balance, theyβre not even breaking a sweat. Dr….
For the most part, when people think about the Bank of England and what it does to control the economy, they think about interest rates. And that’s quite understandable. After all, influencing inflation by raising or lowering the prevailing borrowing costs across the UK has been the Bank’s main tool for the vast majority of…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ President Trump fired Pam Bondi as attorney general on Thursday, ending a tumultuous 14-month tenure marked by mass firings of career prosecutors, a bungled handling of Jeffrey Epsteinβs sex trafficking investigation and a string of investigations into the presidentβs political foes, including prominent California Democrats. Trump announced the ouster of the former Florida attorney general…
How good is senior Nathan Castrejon scoring goals for South Eastβs soccer team? Coach Felipe Bernal said, βHis strength and speed gets him through like Mbappe of Real Madrid. Thatβs the way I see him at this level.β Castrejon, 5 feet 10, 160 pounds, entered this week with 38 of South Eastβs 90 goals. South…
City Section golf champion Romeo Juarez, only a junior at Reseda High, served notice on Wednesday that he can compete against the best. He shot a two-under-par 69 to finish fourth at the CIF state golf championships at San Gabriel Country Club, the best finish ever by a City Section golfer. Juarez had little attention…
Thereβs no crying in baseball, but Kim Ng works in softball now. And as commissioner of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League, the former Dodgers assistant general manager has been fielding lots of tearful feedback from fans overcome by the fact that softball players finally, finally have a big league of their own. βI canβt even…