Heists are increasingly rare in the 21st century(Credits: Getty/PA/Evening News) It’s almost 50 years since one of the world’s largest ever bank heists in Mayfair, when robbers ransacked a whopping £8 million from Bank of America. Then the largest bank burglary ever, the Bank of America heist of 1975 has gone down in history – … Read more
The Beaver Moon, seen over the Chrysler Building (Picture: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) The ‘largest and brightest’ supermoon of the year has come and gone, but there will soon be another one. A supermoon occurs when a full moon coincides with the closest point to Earth in its orbit, making the satellite an imposing image in … Read more
Sunny skies with the wind becoming southwest in the morning. Environment Canada is forecasting sunny skies with a high of 9.Photo by Pierre Obendrauf /Montreal Gazette Sunny skies with the wind becoming southwest in the morning. Environment Canada is forecasting a high of 9 with the UV index at 2, or low. Tonight: Clear with … Read more
Habs fans shouldn’t give up hope: rebuilding a team doesn’t happen overnight. Mitch Melnick and Stu Cowan have some advice for Montreal Canadiens fans: patience, patience, patience. “This is year three of the rebuild, and rebuilds don’t happen in three years,” said Cowan, a Gazette sports columnist, in this latest episode of The Corner Booth. … Read more
2020 was the year America embraced Black Lives Matter as a movement, not just a moment George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Andres Guardado. For months this summer, these Black and brown faces looked out on us from the boarded-up windows of businesses in Venice, spray-painted on plywood and awaiting riots that never came. Every day, they … Read more
Samuel Woodward talks to his attorney after a jury convicted him in July of first-degree murder for the stabbing death of his former classmate. Woodward was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Saying the killer had shown no remorse, a judge on Friday sentenced Samuel Woodward … Read more
The federal court in Los Angeles, where Adam Iza, a 24-year-old cryptocurrency mogul, is under indictment on allegations of financial conspiracies and hiring L.A. County deputies to do his criminal bidding. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) Adam Iza grew up a world away from the Bel-Air mansion he inhabited before his arrest in September. … Read more
North San Fernando Valley residents hold a rally near the entrance of Southern California Gas Co.’s Aliso Canyon storage facility in Porter Ranch in October 2019. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) The California Public Utilities Commission this week unveiled a proposal that could potentially close the Aliso Canyon gas storage field in … Read more
Wildfire retardant is laden with toxic metals, USC study finds It’s a scene that’s become routine with big blazes in the West. A plane dips low over a smoldering ridgetop and unleashes a ribbon of fire retardant, coating the hillside a bright pink. Onlookers cheer the display of firefighting prowess. The U.S. Forest Service and … Read more
The Conservatives saw a nine-point gain with young voters, a recent poll shows Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre at a rally in Edmonton on March 27, 2024.Photo by David Bloom/Postmedia/File In October, all eyes were on the Bloc Québécois and its leader Yves-François Blanchet, who had threatened to overthrow the Trudeau government if two bills … Read more
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