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LA mayor calls for Casey Wasserman to step down as Olympics chair over Epstein ties
7+ hour, 4+ min ago (195+ words) LA 2028 committee voted last week to keep Wasserman Emails with Ghislaine Maxwell were revealed in files Pressure is building on Casey Wasserman, the head of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing team, after the city's mayor urged him to leave over…...
Trump lashes out at California governor’s green energy deal with UK
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (582+ words) President says it is inappropriate for UK to be dealing with Gavin Newsom after Ed Miliband meets governor in London Donald Trump has vented his fury against a green energy deal between the British government and California's governor, Gavin Newsom,…...
Bare Skin review – floridly wordy group therapy horror is propelled by trauma stories
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (389+ words) Mico Montes's perplexing horror portmanteau relies more on atmosphere than its actors for effect Bare Skin review " floridly wordy group therapy horror is propelled by trauma stories Mico Montes's perplexing horror portmanteau relies more on atmosphere than its actors for…...
Jason Fox and his brother Mathieu: ‘We still connect like we did, only without the fighting or falling out of trees’
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (233+ words) The SAS: Who Dares Wins star and his younger sibling on their childhood fights, their dad's stories and the stress of returning to normal life after military service The Marines taught me to have confidence in dangerous environments. They don't…...
Dreamscape review – dazzling hip-hop drama reclaims vital spirit of teenager slain by police
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (231+ words) Omnibus theatre, London Inspired by the 1998 shooting of Tyisha Miller, the lost hopes and memories of a young Black woman " played beautifully by Jada Evelyn Ramsey " are explored through words, dance and beatboxing Before George Floyd, after Rodney King, and…...
2025 NFL predictions revisited: Seahawks blindsided us, but we were right about Jets
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (854+ words) We didn't see Super Bowl LX coming, but some of us were early believers in Ben Johnson's Bears, Trevor Lawrence's Jaguars and the fallibility of the Chiefs It doesn't take long for the egg the start dripping from our faces....
California’s billionaires pour cash into elections as big tech seeks new allies
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (1140+ words) As Gavin Newsom departs, ultra-wealthy flex wealth and influence to fight regulation and keep the boom going The phenomenon squarely fits the moment for the state's politics " with 2026 being the year that Politico has dubbed "the big tech flex. Gavin…...
Dina Asher-Smith blasts back to form with 60m UK Indoor Championships record
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (590+ words) Asher-Smith runs 7.05, her third-quickest time Keely Hodgkinson sets national indoor 800m record The former world 200m champion could " but notably chose not to " point to the mitigating circumstances of a turbulent mid-season return to England after a training move to America gone…...
I took up paddleboarding in my 60s. In the water I feel calm; on land I feel strong
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (657+ words) It was a wobbly start. But each day I haul my paddleboard out on the water, I feel my balance and confidence improving The answer is in my boat shed. It's a paddleboard I bought for fun a few years…...
Rental ebike programs booming in Australian cities as e-scooter ‘moral panic’ sees take-up stall
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (792+ words) After a fast kick-off in Australia, e-scooter hire crackdowns fuelled by safety concerns have seen shared ebikes pull ahead Rental ebikes are booming in popularity as e-scooter hire operations decline across Australia amid what some have labelled a "moral panic…...