Underworld Turns
An investigation is underway after a California Highway Patrol cruiser ended up on an embankment in Culver City Wednesday morning. The incident occurred around 1 a.m. near Green Valley Circle and Bristol Parkway. Video showed the CHP vehicle stopped behind a tree after driving up an embankment. The front hood and driver’s side door appeared […]
Crash involving car hauler snarls SB 405 through Sepulveda Pass in Brentwood
A dramatic collision involving a vehicle transporter and a big rig has left lanes closed on the southbound 405 Freeway through the Brentwood area of Los Angeles during the Wednesday commute. The incident was reported around 2:15 a.m. on the southbound 405 near West Sunset Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol incident log. Video […]
Timothy Cardinal Dolan: Actually, immigration can be a unifying issue…
Adjectives like “controversial,” “divisive,” “radical,” and “explosive” usually prefix the phrase “immigration policy.” Might I suggest otherwise? Our national conversation about this important and sensitive issue could actually be a boost to the unity and cooperation we urgently need.
Man who sprayed bear repellent at NYC Pride March granted supervised release
Dominick Sabater, 23 was granted supervised release following his arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court. Sabater was arrested for assault, reckless endangerment and possession of a noxious chemical — bear repellent in a clear container adorned with a picture of a bear.
Alleged cult Twin Flames Universe investigated for ‘coercive control’ tactics
Federal and Michigan state law enforcement agencies executed search warrants at two homes tied to the Twin Flames Universe over allegations of “coercive control.”
Man, 36, stabbed inside Manhattan subway station: ‘Blood everywhere’
The 36-year-old man was stabbed in his left and right shoulder after he got into a dispute with another man on the uptown train platform at the 125th Street Station near West 125th St. and St. Nicholas Ave. in Harlem.
‘Windfarming’
Robert Crawford has said his Scottish upbringing and academic work have made him particularly aware of an eclectic strain in Scottish literature that goes back at least as far as the Enlightenment, if not the Reformation: a tradition of academic generalism and what he calls “democratic intellect” that is still current in Scottish universities. This […]
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The obituary business
I guess that it is a characteristic of old age that you get more interested in obituaries – for the simple reason that you have known or come across more of the people commemorated (or, at least, have seen them on television or in parliament). When I was a lot younger, I found them a […]
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Texas Forbids Law That Keeps Guns Away From Unhinged People
Everything is bigger in Texas—except, apparently, memory of devastating mass shootings. In late June, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill known as the Anti-Red Flag Act, which preemptively bans the creation or enforcement of extreme risk protective orders. Such orders are legal tools used to temporarily prohibit a person from having access […]
Details emerge in Hollywood hit-and-run that killed 37-year-old woman
A 37-year-old woman killed by a hit-and-run driver in Hollywood over the weekend has been identified by grieving family members and friends. The tragic collision occurred June 29 at around 9 p.m. on West Sunset Boulevard near North Sierra Bonita Avenue in Hollywood, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Erika Edwards had walked […]

