p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Clipper Kris Dunn grabs Laker Maxi Kleber βs jersey in front of a ref Saturday at the Intuit Dome. (Ronald Martinez / Getty Images) The Lakers have been assessed five technical fouls in the last two games because of conduct with officials as frustration over inconsistent calls is starting to boil over. After…
Many companies in California struggle to get enough electricity to power their growing businesses. One Long Beach startup just raised $26 million for what it says is a quick fix for that problem. There are limits on how much power each company can draw from the public power grid so fast-growing industries canβt just crank…
βTheyβre coming to get you, Barbaraβ is the most famous line from 1968βs revolutionary βNight of the Living Dead.β Itβs a mean taunt that comes from a sibling, unaware that civilization is crumpling around him. In a few moments, his sister will be fleeing across a field barefoot from an undead zombie (terms that are…
A humanoid robot aptly named Lightning made history on the streets of Beijing over the weekend, beating the human half-marathon world record by several minutes. Dozens of robots lined up for the Beijing E-Town Robot Half Marathon on Sunday, tackling the 13-mile (21-kilometer) race separate from human runners. Developed by Chinese smartphone company Honor, Lightning…
Pedro Pascal took his βStar Warsβ character to the streets on Saturday, going undercover as the Mandalorian to surprise Disneyland guests aboard the Millennium Falcon: Smugglerβs Run attraction. A video posted on Disneyβs social media showed the actor in full costume, then lifting his helmet to reveal himself. βNow you all have to die because…
Former Conservative chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has become the latest – and most senior – Tory to defect to Reform UK. The ex-MP and vaccines minister during the COVID pandemic said the UK was “drinking at the last chance saloon” and “really does need Nigel Farage as prime minister”. Having served under the four latest Conservative…
Paramount Skydance has named its 10-member board of directors, which includes tech scion David Ellison, Oracle Chief Executive Safra A. Catz and former Paramount Pictures chairwoman Sherry Lansing. Ellison will serve as chairman of the board. The board is scheduled to reconstitute Thursday with the close of Skydance Mediaβs $8.4-billion acquisition of Paramount Global. Only…
The investment giant which owns Wagamama restaurants is among the potential suitors circling Costa, Britain’s biggest high street coffee chain. Sky News has learnt that Apollo Global Management, which owns Wagamama’s parent company, The Restaurant Group, is one of a small number of suitors to have held initial talks with advisers to The Coca-Cola Company,…
The U.S. is the favorite to win the World Baseball Classic championship, but the team is still trying to execute “a complete game” after semifinal win.
Barry Manilow has been diagnosed with lung cancer and will be postponing his January concerts. βIβm very sorry that you have to change your plans,β the βMandyβ singer wrote in a statement posted to Instagram on Monday revealing his diagnosis. According to Manilow, his doctors had discovered βa cancerous spotβ on his left lung that…