Olympic gold medalist snowboarder Redmond Gerard, left, listens to President Trump describing his snowboarding stunts during a ceremony welcoming the Team USA Olympic athletes at the White House in 2018. (Manuel Balce Ceneta / Associated Press) Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s Dakota Smith with all … Read more
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on Dahieh, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon’s capital, on Saturday. (Bilal Hussein / Associated Press) Israeli ground forces reached their deepest point in Lebanon since they invaded six weeks ago before pulling back Saturday after battles with Hezbollah militants, Lebanese state media reported. The clashes and further … Read more
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 80s classic is getting the reboot treatment (Picture: Tri-Star) Another one of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s classic 80s movies is getting the remake treatment, with Glen Powell stepping in as his replacement. The 77-year-old took on the main role in Paul Michael’s dystopian action flick, the Running Man, which was based on Stephen King’s futuristic … Read more
Equipment damaged by fire lies inside a neonatal intensive care unit at Jhansi Medical College hospital in Jhansi, India. (Associated Press) Fire tore through a neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital in northern India, killing 10 newborn babies and injuring 16 others, authorities said. The fire occurred late Friday at a hospital in Jhansi … Read more
The Crawley branch has been forced to sell their last pack of Percy Pigs (Picture: Google) An M&S store is closing its doors for good today after decades on the high street. The Crawley branch has been forced to sell their last pack of Percy Pigs after ‘shopping patterns changed’, according to the retail giant. … Read more
Kevin Biji stabbed his love rival in the heart with a machete (Picture: Merseyside Police) A teenager who pretended to be his girlfriend to lure his love rival down an alley before stabbing him in the heart with a machete has been jailed for life. Kevin Biji, 17, posed as his girlfriend on Snapchat to … Read more
The former councillor left his wife for dead on the bathroom floor(Picture: South Wales Police) who stabbed his wife in the back in an attack described as the ‘ultimate act of cowardice’ has been jailed for 18 years. Darren Brown, 35, attacked his wife, Corrine Brown, with a knife at their home in Wildmill, Bridgend, … Read more
In certain circles, going after Israel has simply become a socially acceptable way to espouse antisemitic beliefs, says a French-Israeli sociologist In this image taken from video, police escort Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters to the metro station leading them to the Ajax stadium, after pro-Palestinian supporters marched near the stadium, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Thursday, … Read more
Documents filed by prosecutors allege the two men spoke often about the bitter cold as they smuggled five groups of Indians over that quiet stretch of border The Patel family of Jagdish Baldevbhai Patel, 39, Vaishaliben Jagdishkumar Patel, 37, Vihangi Jagdishkumar Patel, 11, and Dharmik Jagdishkumar Patel, 3, in an undated handout photo released by … Read more
Two weeks ago, at President-elect Donald Trump’s now infamous campaign rally in Madison Square Garden, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made a controversial joke calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” Democrats seized upon the barb as evidence that Hinchcliffe, and by extension Trump, was racist against Puerto Ricans. A compliant press ran with the story. … Read more
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