A prominent figure in the hip-hop community has been hit with RICO and other charges for the alleged extortion of sports stars, kidnapping, robbery and the murder of a young rapper under his tutelage. Eugene “Big U” Henley, a longtime leader of the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips, and multiple associates were named in an affidavit … Read more
Opening Day is just around the corner, and if you follow the local news, there’s a decent chance you’ve been treated to a sneak peek of your home team’s bold innovations in the ballpark concession space. There’s the Sluggerrr Dog in Kansas City—”chorizo topped with Manchego, tempura batter, Doritos Cool Ranch crust, and avocado aioli.” … Read more
Tracker fans will be excited to know that a familiar face will finally be returning to the show after some time away! In a press release shared by CBS, the plot of season 2, episode 15, was revealed, along with a couple of special casting surprises. In the upcoming episode titled “The Grey Goose,” Justin … Read more
Police announced a $50,000 reward Wednesday in its year-and-a-half-long investigation into the brutal killing of a 50-year-old man who was set on fire while he sat inside his vehicle in the Green Meadows neighborhood of Los Angeles. The incident, described as a murder by investigators, occurred around 1:30 a.m. as Clay Buchanan was seated in … Read more
I’m watching The Gorge, a made-for-Apple movie that isn’t very good but will do the job on a lazy weekend morning. The story here is that there’s a gorge. It’s a very deep gorge, and its contents are so potentially dangerous that all of the world’s superpowers have deemed it necessary to entrust 24-hour surveillance … Read more
It’s been a rough couple of years for dollar stores, which have struggled with shifting consumer demand and inflation. Most, if not all, have decided to raise their prices above the one-dollar mark, compromising their competitive advantage. Major chains, including Family Dollar and Dollar Tree, have closed hundreds of locations. Now, you can add another … Read more
Live Reporting Edited by Jacqueline Howard and Malu Cursino, with Brian Wheeler reporting from the House of Commons Spring Statement and welfare top today’s agendapublished at 19:01 That wraps up another week of Prime Minister’s Questions. This iteration mainly revolved around the economy and the government’s reforms to the welfare system. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch … Read more
XRP XRPUSD+10.92% was soaring Wednesday after the CEO of Ripple Labs said that the Securities and Exchange Commission had dropped its long-running case against his company. The token, which is used to facilitate and settle transactions on Ripple’s digital-payments platform, surged 13% to just under $2.56, according to data from the crypto exchange Kraken. XRP was … Read more
Maybe you forgot about the Los Angeles Clippers. It’s cool. It happens to me all the time. I think I did not remember them even once between Christmas and, uh, Sunday. If you’d asked me Tuesday afternoon to place the Clippers in the Western Conference standings without looking, I would’ve said, “Anywhere between third and … Read more
During Wednesday’s Dodgers-Cubs game at the Tokyo Dome, Los Angeles third baseman Max Muncy reached over the netting to try catching a foul ball, but it landed in the glove of a spectator instead. That fan? Former NFL quarterback Rodney Peete. Peete, whose son RJ is a clubhouse attendant for the Dodgers, coolly made the grab … Read more