Padres acquire Nestor Cortes, keep Dylan Cease
One of the most forecasted moves came down to the wire. And it didn’t happen. Dylan Cease remains a part of the Padres starting rotation. Moreover, the team acquired left-hander…
Lynette Howell Taylor succeeds Janet Yang as film academy president
Hollywood’s most exclusive club has a new leader. Producer Lynette Howell Taylor has been elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the group’s board of governors…
How a sinkhole revived a debate about migrant workers’ rights in Singapore
Kelly Ng BBC News, Singapore PUB A group of seven Indian workers used a rope to hoist a woman to safety after her car fell into a sinkhole When a…
Run for president? Start a podcast? Tackle AI? Kamala Harris’ options are wide open
Former Vice President Kamala Harris closed a big door when she announced Wednesday that she would not run for California governor. But she left open a heap of others. Departing…
Reports – NBC Los Angeles
The New York Yankees have made an MLB trade deadline day splash. New York is acquiring two-time All-Star closer David Bednar from the Pittsburgh Pirates, according to multiple reports on…
White House announces new $200M ballroom
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Thursday announced that construction on a new $200 million ballroom will begin in September and be ready before…
US to impose sanctions on Palestinian organisations
The US says it is going to impose sanctions on the Palestinians’ self-governance organisation as well as the body that represents it on the international stage. The sanctions affect both…
Irvine man charged with hate crimes against Latino men, accused of racial slurs and throwing hot coffee
An Irvine man was charged with hate crimes against Latino men after he was videotaped allegedly hurling racial slurs and throwing hot coffee on one man and punching an elderly…
‘American Idol’ exec slaying and other break-ins spark call for action
Encino community leaders on Thursday asked Mayor Karen Bass to increase security following a deadly home invasion and a string of other break-ins in the San Fernando Valley hillside neighborhood.…
Pat Tillman’s brother allegedly started a fire to make a ‘statement’
A newly unsealed court document alleges that Richard Tillman admitted to police officers that he drove a vehicle into a Northern California post office and set the building on fire,…