WASHINGTONΒ βΒ Shortly after attorneys for President Trump moved Monday to dismiss his $10-billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over claims it had leaked his personal tax returns, the Justice Department announced that a settlement in the case would be used to create a $1.776-billion fund for other victims of βweaponization and lawfare.β βThe machinery of…
The Southern California grocery brand that has become synonymous with luxury and wellness is taking its first steps into New York City. Erewhon said it plans to open a tonic bar within an exclusive West Village membersβ club later this fall. The tonic bar will serve members at Kith Ivy, a lifestyle and fitness club…
MEXICO CITYΒ βΒ AdriΓ‘n RamΓrez hadnβt been to his hometown in western Mexico for more than two decades. When he finally returned there early last year after being deported from the United States, he found the place transformed. RamΓrez remembered the town as vibrant. But the discotheque where he used to dance through the night in his…
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…
Legal & General (L&G) is plotting a swoop on the workplace pensions provider owned by NatWest Group, the FTSE-100 lender, as its chief executive seeks to grow its share of the UK retirement market. Sky News has learnt that L&G is among a handful of suitors which have expressed an interest in acquiring Cushon from…
TikTok is putting hundreds of jobs at risk in the UK, as it turns to artificial intelligence to assess problematic content. The video-sharing app said a global restructuring is taking place that means it is “concentrating operations in fewer locations”. Layoffs are set to affect those working in its trust and safety departments, who focus…
Flickr/Ed Uthman Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak launched the very first Apple computer in April of 1976. 1977 – Apple II Flickr/Marcin Wichary From a wooden computer box to a glass smartphone, Apple has pushed the boundaries of technology. 1978 – Disk II All About Apple Museum From a wooden computer box to a glass…
Reform is usually happy to get into a punch-up over its policies. The mantra that “any publicity is good publicity” seemingly inked into the party playbook. That may be why they seem reasonably relaxed about recent criticism of their migration plans by the Church of England. Speaking on Tuesday, Nigel Farage delicately suggested that in…
A former Miami Heat security officer has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge in connection to stealing team memorabilia worth millions of dollars and selling the items to online brokers. Retired Miami police officer Marcos Tomas Perez appeared Tuesday at U.S. Superior Court for the Southern District of Florida and issued a guilty…
Steve Baik, who coached Chino Hills to an unbeaten basketball season in 2016 led by brothers Lonzo, LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball, is returning to high school basketball. Calabasas announced on Wednesday he will be its new basketball coach. Baik, who left Chino Hills and then guided Fairfax to a City Section Open Division championship in…