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The Ashes: can England mount a glorious comeback?

Four years ago, Ben Stokes produced one of the greatest-ever Test innings to propel England to an extraordinary one-wicket victory in the third Ashes Test at Headingley, said Mike Atherton in The Times. And for a while at Lord’s on Sunday, a similar “miracle looked on the cards”. 

The Week · Jul 6, 2023

Brian Merchant: California and Canada absolutely must call Google’s and Facebook’s bluff on news

In June, Canada passed a law that will require major tech platforms such as Google and Facebook to pay a small fee when they host news on their platforms, to compensate the journalistic outlets that produced it. A similar bill recently cleared crucial hurdles in California and now has a…

Los Angeles Times · Jul 5, 2023

"I probably should get recognised" – original Wet Leg member breaks cover, says he's uncredited on songs he co-wrote

Doug Richards formed the band with Rhian Teasdale in 2019

MusicRadar · Jul 5, 2023

Manchester United takeover latest as Sir Jim Ratcliffe made Barcelona plea

The latest news from the Man United takeover process for Sunday, July 2.

Manchester Evening News · Jul 2, 2023

Oscar winner Alan Arkin, seasoned trouper of ‘Little Miss Sunshine,’ dies

Oscar winner Alan Arkin, whose background in improvisation and knack for comic drama were cornerstones of his extensive genre-hopping career that yielded enduring characters from the 1960s comedy “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming” to “Little Miss Sunshine” and “Argo,” has died.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 30, 2023

Viral arrest sparks outrage and questions about community policing at Nickerson Gardens

Just before 11 p.m. on a recent Friday, ChaSharee Hunter saw several Los Angeles Police Department squad cars rolling into Nickerson Gardens.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 30, 2023

National Portrait Gallery: the reopening review

In 2020, the National Portrait Gallery closed for renovations. And they were much needed, said Laura Freeman in The Times: its entrance hall was “poky”, and its collection “dusty and undervisited” – overshadowed by the museum’s “shiny, shouty” temporary exhibitions. It has since undergone “a £41m makeover” helmed by Jamie…

The Week · Jun 30, 2023

Chris 'Spanto' Printup, founder of LA-based clothing line Born X Raised, dies at 42

Los Angeles streetwear icon and Born X Raised founder Chris "Spanto" Printup has died. He was 42.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 29, 2023

Border Patrol officials complained of 'overuse of hospitalization' as 8-year-old died

As an 8-year-old was dying in Border Patrol custody last month, officials at the Texas detention center where she had been held were complaining about the facility's "overuse of hospitalization," according to an internal report obtained by The Times.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 28, 2023

Internal report details rampant diarrhea among children at overcrowded border facility

Diarrhea was rampant, children were losing weight, and parents had to clean soiled clothing in sinks because guards would not provide them with clean items, mothers at an overcrowded Texas border facility in Laredo told Department of Homeland Security investigators last month, according to an internal report obtained by The…

Los Angeles Times · Jun 28, 2023