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JuJu Watkins is returning to Sierra Canyon High on Friday, the place where she was a high school basketball All-American. The school will hold a ceremony retiring her jersey at halftime of the boysβ basketball game between Sierra Canyon and Sherman Oaks Notre Dame. She will be presented with a framed jersey. Watkins is sitting…
Hundreds of shoplifting cases have gone unsolved every day, with the number of unsolved incidents rising by more than 40,000 over the past year. New figures show that 289,464 cases of shoplifting were shut by police without a suspect in England and Wales in the year to March 2025, according to House of Commons library…
Sir Keir Starmer is promising that the change he pledged to deliver in the 2024 election will finally arrive in 2026. In his New Year’s address, the prime minister accepted that his government had not yet delivered on the promise plastered on the front of their manifesto. Sir Keir admitted that “for many, life is…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ The Trump administration is initiating a leadership shakeup at a dozen or so offices of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to bring more aggressive enforcement operations across the U.S. Some of the outgoing field office directors at ICE are anticipated to be replaced with leaders from Customs and Border Protection, according to news reports. Among the…
Micah Parsons heard the chanting. He embraced it. He even encouraged it. βThank you, Jerry!β the crowd at Lambeau Field yelled repeatedly Thursday night after the Green Bay Packersβ 27-18 win over the Washington Commanders. The chant was addressed toward someone who was not there β Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones, who…
Retail sales in the UK bounced back in December with a better-than-expected performance over the Christmas season, according to new figures. The total volume of retail sales, which measures the quantity bought, increased by 0.4% last month, said the Office for National Statistics (ONS). While the rise is small, it’s well above the 0.1% drop…
A key witness in the failed prosecution of two men accused of spying for China said he was “surprised” the case had collapsed, given he had said Beijing posed a range of threats. Matthew Collins, the deputy national security adviser, also told a parliamentary hearing on Monday that he had been “disappointed” at the decision…
Californiaβs top law enforcement official has weighed in on Mondayβs controversial U.S. Supreme Court ruling on immigration enforcement. Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta condemned the decision, which clears the way for immigration agents to stop and question people they suspect of being in the U.S. illegally based solely on information such as their perceived race or…
Rachel Reeves has been warned that firms face a “make-or-break moment” at next month’s budget. The British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) urged the chancellor, who is widely expected to announce tax hikes in November’s budget to fill a gap in the public finances, to steer clear of increasing levies on businesses. Ms Reeves raised taxes…
Donald Trump has revealed that media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan could be part of a deal in which TikTok in the United States will come under American control. The US president also namedropped Michael Dell, the founder and CEO of Dell Technologies, as a possible participant in the deal during an interview…
