NBA: Playoffs-Los Angeles Clippers at Dallas Mavericks Russell Westbrook had been on edge all night. He’d picked up a Flagrant 1 foul in the first half for a hard foul on Jeff Green trying to stop a breakaway dunk. On another play, he’d bowled over Luka Doncic after Ivica Zubac had fouled Doncic (the referees […]
Read MorePSG and Lyon cast friendships aside before Champions League return
“There is no friendship on the pitch,” says the Lyon forward Eugénie Le Sommer. Paris Saint-Germain’s full-back Sakina Karchaoui echoes those sentiments: “Before the match and after the match, yes, but during the match? No friends. We cut contact the days before the match, but once the match is over, we love to tease each […]
Read MoreHumza Yousaf invites other Scottish parties to talks to find ‘common ground’
Humza Yousaf has written to the leaders of other parties to invite them to talks in an attempt to find “common ground” as he fights for his political future. The first minister, who is facing two confidence motions, is understood to have sent letters to the Scottish Conservatives, Scottish Labour, the Scottish Greens and the […]
Read MoreJulen Lopetegui closes on Milan appointment to dash West Ham hopes
Milan are close to appointing Julen Lopetegui, which puts him out of the running to replace David Moyes as West Ham’s manager. Lopetegui was one of the frontrunners for the West Ham job, which is expected to become vacant when Moyes’s deal expires at the end of the season. But Milan are also looking to […]
Read MoreRussia Bombs Power Plants and Ukraine Targets Refineries in Dueling Attacks
As Russian missiles streaked through the skies above Ukraine before dawn on Saturday, once again targeting the nation’s already battered energy grid in a broad and complex bombardment, Ukrainian drones were flying in the other direction, taking aim at vital oil and gas refineries and other targets inside Russia. The Ukrainian Air Force said its […]
Read MoreDiddy and R. Kelly Were Accused of Sexual Grooming, and Here’s What It Means
Editor’s note: The following article includes a discussion of sexual coercion and abuse. Small Town Horror Story: The Wrongful Rape Conviction of Anthony Broadwater Off English What does Sean “Diddy” Combs have in common with R. Kelly and fallen Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein? Advertisement All three men have been accused of sexual grooming. But […]
Read MoreEvolution of Sasha and Malia Obama’s Iconic Style
Photo: JEWEL SAMAD / Staff (Getty Images) Last week, Malia nearly broke the internet when she was photographed standing outside a store in LA. Some outlets wrote about her smoking (which isn’t new information even though some people will always be dramatic about it) but GQ couldn’t help but talk about the fits. “Taking a […]
Read MoreJerry Jones: Draft isn’t over, but we’re “keenly interested” in Ezekiel Elliott reunion
The Cowboys had running back Jonathon Brooks “high, high, high” on their draft board heading into Friday night, but they weren’t able to secure the former Texas Longhorn’s services. Brooks went to the Panthers and Friday night ended without a running back joining the Cowboys. That keeps the prospect of a reunion with an old […]
Read MoreWow! A Recent Photo of Malia Obama and Her Boots Got The Internet Hooked
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 10: Malia Obama attends a State Dinner at the White House March 10, 2016 in Washington, D.C. Hosted by President and First Lady Obama, the dinner is in honor of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and First Lady Sophie Gregoire Trudeau of Canada.Photo: Olivier Douliery-Pool (Getty Images) She may have been born […]
Read MoreMan who raped his wife tried to convince court he was victim of domestic abuse
A man who raped his wife and was controlling and threatening towards her and their two children attempted to manipulate the family court into believing he was a victim of domestic abuse, a judge has ruled. In a damning judgment Judge Middleton-Roy found the man’s conduct – which included frequently filming of his family using […]
Read MoreWest Ham United v Liverpool: Premier League – live
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Read More‘Is it aliens?’: how a mysterious star could help the search for extraterrestrial life
It is our galaxy’s strangest star, a flickering globe of light whose sporadic and unpredictable output has baffled astronomers for years. But now the study of Boyajian’s star is being promoted as a research model that could help in one of the most intriguing of all scientific quests: finding intelligent life on other worlds. This […]
Read MoreThis is how we do it: ‘Since having prostate cancer I can’t get an erection, but I still get just as much pleasure’
Sebastian, 51 I was really worried about how it would affect Teresa. There’s this whole stigma that a ‘real’ man has a working penis I was diagnosed with prostate cancer a couple of weeks after meeting Teresa, about 18 months ago. It was a really hard time. I was widowed four years ago and this […]
Read MoreCaribbean or bust: England have T20 World Cup title defence on their mind
As Dukes balls whistle around the shires and white Kookaburras are carted to all parts in the Indian Premier League, England’s thoughts turn to the Caribbean and a T20 World Cup title defence that can ill-afford to go the way of its 50-over equivalent last year. T20 is probably too capricious a format to dub […]
Read More‘Demolishing democracy’: how much danger does Christian nationalism pose?
Bad Faith, a new documentary on the rise of Christian nationalism in the United States, opens with an obvious, ominous scene – the storming of the Capitol on 6 January 2021 – though trained on details drowned out by the deluge of horror and easily recognizable images of chaos. That Paula White, Donald Trump’s faith […]
Read MoreMeera Sodha’s vegan recipe for hot sauce doubles with cucumber chutney | The new vegan
Doubles are a delicious and popular Caribbean street food. They’re made up of two soft, puffy fried breads (or baras), hence the name doubles, stuffed with a filling of tasty chickpeas and eaten with chutney (cucumber, in today’s case). Unless you’ve tried them, however, it’s hard to do them justice – it’s a bit like […]
Read MoreT’Pau’s Carol Decker looks back: ‘We went ballistic when we got to No 1. Our screaming annoyed Bryan Adams’
Carol Decker in 1988 and 2024Carol Decker in 1988 and 2024. Later photograph: Pål Hansen. Styling: Andie Redman. Hair and makeup: Abbi Rose. Archive image: Steve Speller/Alamy Born in Liverpool in 1957, Carol Decker is the lead singer of T’Pau. She was fronting Shropshire band the Lazers when she met BT engineer and musician Ronnie Rogers, with […]
Read MoreHarvey Weinstein and the Limits of ‘She Said, She Said, She Said’
I often wake up these days feeling as though I’m living in an upside-down world. Thursday was one such morning: Just as Donald Trump prepared to spend another day in a Manhattan criminal court to face charges related to hush money paid to a porn star he allegedly had sex with, in the same spot […]
Read MoreThis electrician and union leader could be Biden’s secret weapon in Michigan
Fresh off some historic wins for the labor movement, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain could be the man who makes the biggest difference for President Biden in key Midwestern swing states in the fall. The union leader has soared to prominence over the past year by leading the UAW to some of its most […]
Read More40 years of comedy classic Auf Wiedersehen, Pet: ‘The producers thought it was too crude, too manly’
In November 1983, a new television series that focused on working-class labourers debuted on ITV. Auf Wiedersehen, Pet told the story of seven men who felt it necessary to leave their families and Thatcher’s Britain in order to earn a living wage. Dennis Patterson (Tim Healy), Neville Hope (Kevin Whately), Leonard “Oz” Osborne (Jimmy Nail), […]
Read MoreTrump beats Ford to reach quarter-finals
Judd Trump won the world title in 2019 and was runner-up in 2011 and 2022 [PA Media] Former world champion Judd Trump moved into the quarter-finals of this year’s competition as he finished off a comprehensive 13-7 win over 14th seed Tom Ford. Trump, 34, came into this tournament as number two in the world […]
Read MoreHuman Spectacle
On This Week’s Episode: Gladiators in the Colosseum. Sideshow performers. Reality television. Throughout our history, we’ve loved to gawk at the misery and majesty of others. In this episode, “This American Life” asks: What’s it like when the tables are turned and all eyes are on you? This is a rerun of an episode that […]
Read More13 Cringey Quotes from Donald Trump, Steven A. Smith Pissed off Black People With His Trump Comment, That Alleged Smell at the Criminal Trial of Trump and More Political News
Photo: Curtis Means-Pool (Getty Images) Donald Trump is currently being tried criminally and is facing allegations that he falsified business documents to pay porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about a rumored affair. In his defense, he told journalists earlier this month that this case is somehow an “assault on America.” – Candace […]
Read MoreLet Rishi Sunak ‘get on with the job’, says Grant Shapps
Conservative MPs looking for a new party leader need to allow Rishi Sunak to “get on with the job”, Grant Shapps has said. Amid speculation that Sunak could announce an election next week in order to stave off potential challengers for the top job, the defence secretary said now was not “the time or place” […]
Read MoreSaving Time
Any advice I’ve ever been given that’s actually resonated has boiled down to a variation on the same basic theme: Life is short. Stop wasting it. It comes packaged in varying poetic guises, each profound or corny, depending on how receptive or cynical one is feeling. “Don’t borrow trouble” is my favorite, a solid distillation […]
Read MoreThe Elaborately Kooky Worldview of Putin’s No. 2
When the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts, it will annihilate all life on the North American continent. Siberia will become one of the safest places on Earth—which is yet another reason “the Anglo-Saxon elites” want to capture the region from Russia. So says Nikolai Patrushev, the second-most powerful man in Moscow. Currently the head of Russia’s Security […]
Read MoreI Witnessed the Future of AI, and It’s a Broken Toy
This story was supposed to have a different beginning. You were supposed to hear about how, earlier this week, I attended a splashy launch party for a new AI gadget—the Rabbit R1—in New York City, and then, standing on a windy curb outside the venue, pressed a button on the device to summon an Uber […]
Read MoreThe overturning of Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction is an affront to women | Moira Donegan
Usually, rape isn’t reported. When it is reported, it is often not charged. And when it is charged, it rarely leads to a conviction. These facts shape both our cultural understanding of sexual violence and women’s sense of their own embodied lives, clarifying something many of us already know – that while sexual violence is […]
Read More‘A sense of wonder enveloped my mother and me’: Mishal Husain on her eye-opening journey through Uzbekistan in search of an ancestor
‘Can you read what it says?” It was 1992 and I was standing in Samarkand’s impressive Registan Square, looking up at Arabic inscriptions on 15th- and 17th-century buildings, when an Uzbek man approached me, speaking in Russian. The Soviet Union had just collapsed, but he had lived his life in a period when Cyrillic script […]
Read MoreSadiq Khan: leaseholders in England should have the right to withhold service charges
Leaseholders hit with large and unjust service charges should have the right to refuse to pay up, Sadiq Khan has said, amid concerns that the government has backed away from its promises to boost the rights of tenants. There are 1.4m leasehold properties in London, a quarter of all such properties in the country. The […]
Read More‘My favourite stories are love stories’: Emily Henry on her enemies-to-lovers relationship with romance fiction
A few weeks after Emily Henry’s second romance novel, You and Me on Vacation, was published in May 2021, she noticed a “giant” spike in sales. Her editor and agent had noticed it too. They were all emailing and texting, trying to figure out what was happening, when someone finally cracked it: “It’s BookTok”. Henry had […]
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