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Grieving parents awaited Mark Zuckerberg’s arrival at a courthouse in downtown Los Angeles for what is being called the social media industry’s “big tobacco moment”. “I’m comforted by the fact he’s here alone, with only his lawyers and a jury. He’s without his lobbyists or his PR machine,” says Lori Schott, whose 18-year-old daughter Annalee…
Hours before filmmaking legend Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood home, they attended a holiday party at Conan OβBrienβs house. Now, two months after the tragedy, the comedian has broken his silence about the death of his good friends. βTo have that experience of saying good night…
More than a thousand local councillors have signed a pledge of solidarity with the Palestinian people. With so many Labour-run councils already in jeopardy in the forthcoming local elections, campaigners believe this could be a deciding issue in key areas. But the Israeli embassy says the pledge is a “disgraceful effort at intimidation”. In total,…
The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. We grew up with that line from βABCβs Wide World of Sportsβ show. But really, itβs the spaces in between, that can resonate and bring a sense of mortality to these world-class athletes. As I witnessed these memorable events in this yearβs Winter Olympics, I tried…
TEHRANΒ βΒ Iranians β battered by a government crackdown whose dead have yet to be fully tallied, still reeling from the 12-day conflict with Israel last year and fed up with endemic economic malaise born of sanctions and corruption β now face the prospect of another war with emotions ranging from anger to anticipation, but above all,…
ASOS has paid tribute to its co-founder after he died in a fall from the balcony of his apartment in Thailand. Quentin Griffiths fell from the 17th floor of the apartment block in the seaside resort city of Pattaya on 9 February, Thai have police said. Police said initial investigations suggest there are no indications…
Director Sang-il Lee sets his epic-scaled βKokuhoβ in the vivid world of kabuki theater, but itβs not just the movieβs milieu that distinguishes it. Spanning 50 years and running nearly three hours, βKokuho,β which has become Japanβs biggest live-action hit ever, evinces intensely mixed feelings about its two main charactersβ quest for greatness. Kabuki is…
The Football Association has spoken to Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe to remind him of his responsibilities as a participant in English football, Sky News understands. The intervention from football’s governing body follows Sir Jim’s comments about immigration. The founder of the INEOS chemicals group told Sky News that Britain had been “colonised” by…
One of the toughest decisions for Jared Honig came three years ago. Heβs a Granada Hills High graduate and was a teacher and girlsβ basketball coach at his alma mater βforever.β But he and his wife lived in Santa Clarita and just had a third child. So when the Valencia High girlsβ basketball coaching job…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) endorsed former Rep. Katie Porter, her protege and former Harvard Law School student, for California governor on Thursday. βFrom the moment Katie set foot in my consumer law class, I knew that she would be a warrior for working families,β Warren said in a statement, citing Porterβs work on the foreclosure…
