Nigel Farage pulled out all the stops to dazzle the audience when he unveiled his cabinet-in-waiting: podiums, lights, music and a sense of showbiz his rivals would struggle to muster. But there remains one problem he cannot entirely shake: the faces behind those podiums are politicians who stood for the Conservative Party when it was…
Joe Wyatt, the third-year basketball coach at Sun Valley Poly, said goodbye to his son, JD, at the end of last season. He was one of the leading scorers in the City Section at 28.5 points per game and left for prep school at Academy of Central Florida, where heβs averaging close to 20 points….
WH Smith is being investigated by the City watchdog after the company revealed accounting failures in its US operations. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said: “The investigation concerns potential breaches of UK Listing Principles and Rules and Disclosure and Transparency Rules in relation to the matters announced by WH Smith PLC on 19 November 2025.”…
Jurors in New Mexico leapfrogged their California peers Tuesday, handing down a $375 million verdict against Meta for endangering children while a similar lawsuit remains pending in Los Angeles County. The jury in Santa Fe came back with a decision in just hours while the L.A. panel slogged through its eighth day of deliberations over…
πListen to Politics at Sam and Anne’s on your podcast appπβ―β―β―β―β―β―β― A bruising weekend for Keir Starmer: Labour loses its stronghold Caerphilly seat to Plaid Cymru in a by-election and faces fallout from the mistaken release and chaotic recapture of a convicted sex offender. Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy unpack what went wrong, as a…
In what might be the most decisive critique yet of President Trumpβs remake of the Kennedy Center, the Washington National Operaβs board approved a resolution on Friday to leave the venue it has occupied since 1971. βToday, the Washington National Opera announced its decision to seek an amicable early termination of its affiliation agreement with…
Actress Gina Carano, Lucasfilm and its parent company Walt Disney Co. have settled the federal lawsuit filed in which Carano claimed that, in 2021, she was wrongfully terminated from her role in βThe Mandalorianβ after she expressed her conservative political views on social media. The settlement details have not been made public, but Lucasfilm released…
Three takeaways from the Lakers’ 119-109 loss to the Golden State Warriors in their season opener on Tuesday night.
To win a Southern Section Division 1 softball championship this season, a team is going to have to figure out how to topple JSerra pitcher Liliana Escobar. Itβs not easy. She pitched the Lions into the Division 1 semifinals on Wednesday with a 1-0 win over Gardena Grove Pacifica. She struck out 10 and walked…
The government has again delayed making a decision on whether the Chinese super embassy can go ahead. New Housing Secretary Steve Reed, who took over from Angela Rayner, was due to approve or deny Beijing’s application for a 600,000 sq ft embassy near the Tower of London next Tuesday. However, the decision has been delayed…