Today, most think of the California FAIR plan as a safeguard against wildfire risk. Few are aware that the state’s insurance provider of last resort was created as a Band-Aid response to a very different L.A. conflagration: the Watts uprising …
Opinion: State’s FAIR plan meant to cover ‘riot-prone areas,’ not climate disasters Read MoreCELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Ksenia Solo, 38; Bruno Mars, 40; Sigourney Weaver, 76; Chevy Chase, 82. Happy Birthday: Choose your battles wisely this year. Refuse to let emotions lead the way when achieving good results requires common sense, patience …
Horoscopes Oct. 8, 2025: Bruno Mars, choose your battles wisely this year Read MoreBettina Aptheker was a 20-year-old sophomore at UC Berkeley when she climbed on top of a police car, barefoot so she wouldn’t damage it, and helped start the Free Speech Movement. “Power concedes nothing without a demand,” she told a …
Chabria: McCarthyism in a MAGA hat? Trump’s campus deal sounds familiar to her Read MoreWhen Mike Ricci wanted to buy his daughter a puppy, he discovered that in his state, “There were pet stores but none that sell puppies (or kittens).” Ricci, being president of Stossel TV, investigated. He discovered that eight states now …
John Stossel: The folly of banning pet sales Read MoreAaron Rainbow (L) is accused of stabbing Oscar Tornero Rovira A British man faces a 20-year sentence in a Spanish prison for killing a man he says was in self defence. Aaron Rainbow, 50, is accused of stabbing Oscar Tornero …
Family of Brit facing 20 years in Spanish prison fear police ‘ignoring evidence’ Read MoreOfficers believe this man may have information about the incident at Liverpool Lime Street yesterday (Picture: BTP) A man was shoved onto live railway tracks in front of commuters at Liverpool Lime Street station. Detectives have launched an investigation after …
Manhunt after stranger pushes man onto train tracks at Liverpool Lime Street station Read MoreDEAR MISS MANNERS: I have seen a close relative in the news for something nefarious. Related Articles Miss Manners: We’d been dating for months when I learned the creepy truth Miss Manners: They get snippy if I don’t give them …
Miss Manners: Should I pretend I didn’t see the news about their misdeed? Read MoreDEAR ABBY: My brother married a woman, “Allie,” who is mentally unstable. Related Articles Dear Abby: My new husband gives me $400 a month. It’s not enough. Dear Abby: I tried an experiment with my in-laws. The result was distressing. …
Dear Abby: My pregnant sister-in-law blew up at my parents for a ridiculous reason Read MoreToday is Wednesday, Oct. 8, the 281st day of 2025. There are 84 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 8, 2005, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake on the Pakistan-India border killed an estimated 86,000 people. Also on …
Today in History: October 8, Pakistan-India border earthquake kills tens of thousands Read MoreLucid Air Touring (Photo: Stinson Carter) As a kid growing up in Louisiana, the Gulf coast of Florida was my closest beach. It was back when there more shacks than resorts, and on that bleach-white sand, I formed my earliest …
Test-Driving The Supercharged Lucid Air Touring At The Ritz-Carlton, Naples Read More(Battlefield Studios) A new “official launch hype trailer” for Battlefield 6 is doing exactly what it’s supposed to. While Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 looks as though it will take risks by innovating battlegrounds with reality-twisting trippiness, Battlefield Studios—the …
‘Battlefield 6’ Declared ‘Best Shooter Of 2025’ In New Hype Trailer Read More(Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Bitcoin has notched yet another record this week, as the world’s largest cryptocurrency hit an all-time high price above $126,064, according to CoinDesk. The expert enthusiasts at Bitcoin Magazine speculate that the digital asset’s surge is tied …
Bitcoin Just Soared To A New Record High Read MoreDEAR HARRIETTE: Recently, I spent a weekend with friends my husband and I met on the beach a few years ago. Related Articles Harriette Cole: My friend is now my neighbor, but something has gone wrong Harriette Cole: I think …
Harriette Cole: I asked him not to smoke in my yard, and they cut their visit short Read MoreToday is Wednesday, Oct. 8, the 281st day of 2025. There are 84 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 8, 2005, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake on the Pakistan-India border killed an estimated 86,000 people. Also on …
Today in History: October 8, Pakistan-India border earthquake kills tens of thousands Read MoreDEAR HARRIETTE: Recently, I spent a weekend with friends my husband and I met on the beach a few years ago. Related Articles Harriette Cole: My friend is now my neighbor, but something has gone wrong Harriette Cole: I think …
Harriette Cole: I asked him not to smoke in my yard, and they cut their visit short Read MoreDEAR MISS MANNERS: I have seen a close relative in the news for something nefarious. Related Articles Miss Manners: We’d been dating for months when I learned the creepy truth Miss Manners: They get snippy if I don’t give them …
Miss Manners: Should I pretend I didn’t see the news about their misdeed? Read MoreDEAR ABBY: My brother married a woman, “Allie,” who is mentally unstable. Related Articles Dear Abby: My new husband gives me $400 a month. It’s not enough. Dear Abby: I tried an experiment with my in-laws. The result was distressing. …
Dear Abby: My pregnant sister-in-law blew up at my parents for a ridiculous reason Read MoreVruj Patel, 26, was jailed yesterday after being found guilty of sexual assault against children (Picture: Metropolitan Police) Detectives are appealing for more potential victims of a child rapist to come forward after he was jailed for 22 years. Vruj …
Police urge for victims of paedophile and serial sex attacker to come forward Read MoreToday is Wednesday, Oct. 8, the 281st day of 2025. There are 84 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 8, 2005, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake on the Pakistan-India border killed an estimated 86,000 people. Also on …
Today in History: October 8, Pakistan-India border earthquake kills tens of thousands Read MorePeople at the festival before the bombs fell (Picture: Sai Aung MAIN/AFP) At least 40 people have died after a paraglider dropped bombs over a full moon festival in Myanmar. Hundreds of people had gathered in the streets for both …
Paraglider drops bombs on festival killing 40 people including children Read More