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CHICAGOΒ βΒ When UCLA met Michigan State on its home court less than a month ago, it turned out to be an eye-opening nadir for the Bruins. The game was out of hand in minutes. At one point, they trailed the Spartans by more than 30. The night went so awry for UCLA that its coach, Mick…
In Naples, Italy, the past isnβt relegated to whatβs behind us. In its crumbled, ancient majesty, the past is quite visible. And when it comes to the legacy of Mount Vesuvius β able to change the sky and move the earth β history encompasses all thatβs above and plenty thatβs subterranean, too. The notion of…
Book Review The Island of Last Things By Emma SloleyFlatiron Books: 272 pages, $29If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Hundreds to thousands of animal species go extinct every year, according to the World Wildlife Fund, and things are projected to…
Shaquille OβNeal purchased a black 2025 Land Rover worth a reported $180,000 from an auto broker in Riverside. He paid even more to have it customized for his 7-foot-1 frame. It was meant to be delivered to Baton Rouge, La., earlier this month but never arrived at its intended destination. Instead, Shaqβs latest automobile purchase…
The morning after Netflix clinched its deal to buy Warner Bros., Paramount Skydance Chairman David Ellison assembled a war room of trusted advisors, including his billionaire father, Larry Ellison. Furious at Warner Bros. Discovery Chief David Zaslav for ending the auction, the Ellisons and their team began plotting their comeback on that crisp December day….
Right now, as you read this, Iranian protesters are facing live ammunition in Tehranβs streets. Women risk execution for removing their hijabs. Some 12,000 to 20,000 people are feared dead from the protest crackdown. The regime is vulnerable, weakened by strikes on its nuclear program, facing economic collapse, confronting a population that has repeatedly chosen…
An 18-year-old man has been arrested after the sex toy he allegedly threw during a WNBA game in Phoenix hit a man and possibly a young girl sitting in front of him. It is one of at least five recent incidents of such objects being thrown by fans at a WNBA game and the second…
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WASHINGTONΒ βΒ When Charlie Kirk was killed by an assassin this fall, Republican leaders credited the organization he founded for enabling President Trumpβs return to power. Now that organization is mobilizing behind Vice President JD Vance. Uninterested in a competitive Republican primary in 2028, Turning Point USA plans to deploy representatives across Iowaβs 99 counties in the…
The Chargers were blindsided in the truest sense. Eleven days after signing a contract extension that made him the NFLβs highest-paid offensive lineman in history, Chargers left tackle Rashawn Slater went down in training camp with a knee injury that ended his 2025 season. It was the latest crushing blow to a franchise with a…
