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MEXICO CITYΒ βΒ U.S. and Mexican officials agreed Wednesday to bolster cooperation on joint security concerns, including drug smuggling, illegal migration and arms trafficking, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended President Trumpβs controversial decision to order an attack on an alleged smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea. The top U.S. diplomat held his first meeting with…
The lovely, funny βAmerican Classic,β premiering Sunday on MGM+, is a love letter to theater, community and community theater. Kevin Kline plays Richard Bean, a narcissistic stage actor. Heβs famous enough to be opening on Broadway in βKing Lear,β but he has to be pushed onstage and is forgetting lines. After he drunkenly assails a…
Dave Roberts described it as an easy decision. If only it hadnβt come with such disastrous consequences. In the middle of the fifth inning Tuesday night, Shohei Ohtani returned to the Dodgersβ dugout in the midst of his best pitching performance all season.. Waiting for him at the top step was manager Dave Roberts, wanting…
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, ItalyΒ βΒ Mikaela Shiffrinβs Olympic woes continued Sunday, with the American skier finishing 11th in the womenβs giant slalom at the Milan-Cortina Games. Italyβs Federica Brignone won the race for her second gold of these Olympics, posting a combined time of 2 minutes and 13.50 seconds. Swedenβs Sara Hector and Norwayβs Thea Louise St. Jernesund…
The successor to Bob Costas as play-by-play voice on TNTβs Major League Baseball postseason games will be the same broadcaster who replaced the legendary Bob Miller in 2017 after Miller retired following a 44-year Hall of Fame career with the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL. Yes, Alex Faust has experience replacing a titan of…
TikTok and Instagram have been accused of targeting teenagers with suicide and self-harm content – at a higher rate than two years ago. The Molly Rose Foundation – set up by Ian Russell after his 14-year-old daughter took her own life after viewing harmful content on social media – commissioned analysis of hundreds of posts…
The Dodgers are leading the majors in on-base-plus-slugging percentage as an offense this year. They are second in the National League in scoring, and third in team batting average. They have the leagueβs top players in hitting (Will Smith batting .324 and Freddie Freeman batting .306) and OPS (Shohei Ohtani at .982 and Smith at…
βDynasty,β a new Los Angeles Timesβ book, chronicles the Dodgersβ dramatic run to the ninth World Series title in franchise history. The 160-page coffee table book features The Timesβ award-winning reporting, commentary and photography. It highlights the standout performances of Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani and other key playmakers. The Dodgersβ journey toward a rare back-to-back…
This yearβs Emmy Awards, airing Sept. 14 on CBS, are set to shine a spotlight on 25 different categories in the main broadcast. This undertaking could take over three hours. But it would take much, much longer to honor every great scene, performance and quirky coincidence to appear on TV in the last year. There…
UK unemployment has remained at its highest rate in five years, new official figures show. The jobless rate was 5.2% in the three months to January, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said. Before last month, such a high hadn’t been seen since the three months to January 2021. The increases in the last…
