By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, Associated Press Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster who started as a child prodigy and quickly became one of the most influential American voices in the sport, died Monday. He was 29. The Charlotte Chess Center in North …
American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky dies at 29 Read MoreName, position, height, weight, school/country, age NICOLAS BATUM, F, 6-8, 230, France, 36 At 36, some players might be looking to wind down their careers. Batum, however, might not get the chance to rest easily this season, nor should he …
Clippers season preview: A closer look at the 2025-26 roster Read MoreBy MICHELLE R. SMITH and LAURA UNGAR, Associated Press More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections — vaccines, milk safety and fluoride — have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, …
Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century Read MoreINGLEWOOD — Chris Paul has heard the whispers and the outright chatter about the creaky nature of the Clippers’ roster and whether it can stay healthy for 82 games. It is an age-old question about the Clippers’ new roster of …
Clippers season preview: Rebuilt roster is all about winning now Read MoreFilmmaker Gabe Polsky was finishing work on a movie when his producer friend Doug DeLuca called him with a most unlikely tip. “I could hear it in his voice,” says Polsky on a recent video call, recalling DeLuca’s hesitation to …
Will this 75-year-old California man save our world, a new documentary asks Read MoreBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Mahmoud Khalil appeared Tuesday in a federal appeals court in Philadelphia as he continues to challenge a deportation case brought by President Donald Trump’s administration over his pro-Palestinian activism at Columbia …
Mahmoud Khalil appears in appeals court as Trump administration continues efforts to deport him Read MoreLOS ANGELES — Lakers big man Maxi Kleber will be sidelined for at least two weeks because of an oblique injury. The team announced Tuesday morning, ahead of their regular-season opener against the Golden State Warriors at Crypto.com Arena, that …
Lakers’ Maxi Kleber out at least 2 weeks with strained oblique Read MoreBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Progressive groups looking to reconnect with Latino voters are emphasizing economic hardship and highlighting President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda in an effort to regain support in places where …
Progressive groups launch $1.4 million campaign to win back Latino voters from Trump Read MoreMikel Arteta’s Arsenal side are currently ahead of Liverpool in the Premier League table (Picture: Getty) Jeremie Aliadiere has urged his former club Arsenal to avoid a potential move for Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitike in the January transfer window. Ekitike …
Jeremie Aliadiere tells Arsenal to avoid deal for £79m Liverpool star in January Read MoreCruz Beckham is officially dropping two songs on Friday – and things are looking promising (Picture: Pierre Suu/GC Images) Cruz Beckham has officially entered the music industry for realsies as part of a mysteriously nameless indie band, who have popped …
Cruz Beckham’s 00s indie rockstar career might actually be promising Read MoreThe making of MindsEye is more interesting than the game (Build a Rocket Boy) If you were wondering how the producer of GTA 5 managed to make the worst game of 2025, new evidence has emerged from behind the scenes …
GTA producer thinks secret ‘saboteurs’ are what made MindsEye a flop Read MoreMock the Week was full-throttle, no holds barred, sharp political satire (Picture: BBC/Angst Productions/Neil Genower) As soon as I heard the news that Mock the Week was returning, I felt a tingle of nostalgic excitement. Then I continued reading an …
Mock the Week’s return is vital – but there’s a huge problem Read MoreTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page Rivals star Alex Hassell has shared his hopes for season two to be an ode to …
Rivals star reveals Dame Jilly Cooper visited season 2 set days before her death Read MoreBy MICHELLE R. SMITH and LAURA UNGAR, Associated Press More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, …
Wave of anti-science bills pushed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. allies hits statehouses, endangering health protections Read MoreBy Nathan Risser, Bloomberg Phillips 66 and Kinder Morgan Inc. plan to build a new pipeline system and reverse the flow on some existing conduits to haul gasoline and other fuels to California, Arizona and Nevada. As California’s in-state refining …
Phillips 66, Kinder plan first-ever California-bound fuel pipeline Read MoreBy MICHELLE R. SMITH and LAURA UNGAR, Associated Press Two advisers to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sat on a stage in California this spring, addressing an audience at a natural products industry trade show …
How leaders of the MAHA movement benefit from anti-science advocacy and promise profits to industry Read MoreMayor Brandon Johnson may want to find a $31 million budget fallback for his proposed tax on big social media companies. One constitutional expert predicted it’ll end up “a complete loser” when it’s inevitably challenged in court by opponents in …
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed social media tax could face uphill legal battle Read MoreBarely a week into Pizz’Amici’s much-abuzzed opening on Grand Avenue last November, owner Cecily Federighi reluctantly joined OpenTable after wrangling hourslong waits on a handwritten list. Wanting to maintain a neighborhoody spirit at this modern tavern-style pizzeria, Federighi decided to …
Tavern-style pizza thrives on Chicago’s Grand Avenue Read MoreA former top U.S. Department of Homeland Security official is keeping an eye on President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign in Chicago. And he doesn’t like what he is seeing. Gil Kerlikowske was Customs and Border Protection commissioner from 2014 …
Ex-Homeland Security official slams ‘rag-tag’ federal response to Chicago protests Read MoreEach night, as federal immigration agents roam the streets of Chicago and the surrounding suburbs detaining people in real life, playwright and actress Sandra Delgado takes the stage in Timeline Theatre’s “Hundred and Hundred of Stars” and portrays a green …
These Chicago Latino theater artists say their plays must go on despite immigration arrests around them Read More