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Bruce Campbell, βThe Evil Deadβ actor who is a staple at fan conventions, says he will be taking his foot off the gas for a while as he gets treatment for an unspecified cancer. β[T]hese days, when someone is having a health issue, itβs referred to as an βopportunity,β so letβs go with that β…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ Late last month, an immigrant seeking asylum in the U.S. came across social media posts urging her to pay a new fee imposed by the Trump administration before Oct. 1, or else risk her case being dismissed. Paula, a 40-year-old Los Angeles-area immigrant from Mexico, whose full name The Times is withholding because she fears…
Facing an overmatched opponent that allowed him to freely tinker with his lineups, Mick Cronin tried plenty of mixing and matching Tuesday afternoon. The UCLA coach apparently liked what he found in reserves Trent Perry, Jamar Brown and Brandon Williams. Perry was a playmaking force with his scoring and smart passes. Brown did a little…
NEW ORLEANSΒ βΒ LeBron James and Luka Doncic left the fans inside the Smoothie King Center in awe at their performances on Monday night. James had a near triple-double of 30 points, eight rebounds and eight assists and Doncic had 30 points and 10 assists, the two of them leading the Lakers to a 111-103 win over…
Apple rolled out a new line of products Tuesday, including the thinnest iPhone ever made, a new version of the AirPods Pro and a watch that can monitor your blood pressure. They’re the first new products from Apple since the global tariff war began earlier this year.
πListen to Politics at Sam and Anne’s on your podcast appπ Does Donald Trump always chicken out or is Sir Keir Starmer in the dark about what is going to happen next in the Middle East? The US president has paused military action in Iran for five days, but pressure remains on the UK government…
Call them the Geek Squad, the Surfer Dudes or the Genius Squad from Redondo Union High. In an unprecedented achievement, three starters for the Sea Hawksβ 13-2 volleyball team β Tommy Spalding, Vaughan Flaherty and Carter Mirabal β are headed to MIT this fall. Their final assignment in Advanced Placement Physics 2 should be figuring…
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…
Back-to-back verdicts this week against Meta and YouTube could usher in a new chapter in accountability for tech companies, while opening the door to fresh legal challenges, experts tell CBS News. Two cases, decided in New Mexico and California, are the first to hold social media companies liable for harming young people. On Tuesday, a…
βNow You See Me: Now You Donβtβ star Jesse Eisenberg may soon one-up the film franchiseβs Robin Hood-esque Four Horsemen in the giving-back department. This December, the Academy Award nominee and longtime blood donor will give one of his kidneys to a complete stranger, he said Thursday on the βTodayβ show. He slipped the news…
