The UK economy grew by just 0.1% in the third quarter of this year, weaker than the 0.2% growth in GDP for the previous three months, new official figures reveal. The 0.2% figure, for April to June, was itself revised down by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), from its earlier estimate for the period…
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…
Moorpark athletic director Rob Dearborn officially has a new title: president elect of the Southern Section. The Southern Section Council elected him on Thursday. He will serve as president elect under the new president, Alexis Barile, the former principal at Corona Centennial, for 2026-27 and 2027-28 before taking over a two-year term. Dearborn, 62, a…
The UCLA menβs basketball team made Senior Night one to savor Tuesday, dominating No. 9 Nebraska 72-52 at Pauley Pavilion for its 20th victory of the season and third over a top-10 ranked opponent. The Bruins improved to 20-10 overall and 12-7 in the Big Ten with one regular season game remaining, Saturday at crosstown…
Bad Bunnyβs halftime show at this yearβs Super Bowl was largely embraced as a milestone for Latin music and Puerto Rican culture on Americaβs most prominent pop-cultural stage. Not everyone thought so, though. The Federal Communications Commission has released a massive trove of viewer complaints against the musician, the showβs broadcast partner NBC, and the…
Alfie Wise, who often appeared in films and TV shows with his friend Burt Reynolds, has died. He reportedly died July 22 of natural causes at the Thomas H. Corey VA Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., his longtime fiancΓ©e Stephanie Bliss told the Hollywood Reporter. He was 82. Wise and Reynolds shared the…
The London-listed company behind the Revolution bars chain has set a deadline for bids next week after warning shareholders that they face being wiped out as part of a deal. Sky News understands that The Revel Collective, which also owns 22 Peach Pubs and bars trading under the Revolucion de Cuba name, has told bidders…
Time magazine is spotlighting key players in the artificial intelligence revolutionΒ for its 2025 Person of the Year, the magazine announced Thursday. “The architects of AI” are the latest recipients of the designation, which for more than a century has been given out on an annual basis to an influential person, group of people or, occasionally,…
Los Angeles city leaders are at a critical juncture ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics, with potentially hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars at stake. They are in negotiations with LA28, the private committee overseeing the Games, for the use of the cityβs police, traffic officers and other employees during the Olympics and Paralympics. Millions…
Benchmark prices for crude oil rose on Thursday as Iran said it targeted a US airbase in response to American air strikes. Commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, which had slightly ticked up in previous days, dwindled down to almost nothing again. Also in this edition: Australia takes legal action against US consumer goods…