31+ min ago   (506+ words) TORONTO — Greetings from the Great White North, where the Toronto International Film Festival rolls to the end of its first weekend. As packed as our viewing schedules have been, Amy Nicholson notices something lacking at this year’s festival: big Hollywood....

5+ hour, 45+ min ago   (1790+ words) The 11th in an occasional series of profiles on Southern California athletes who have flourished in their post-playing careers. Curtis Pride was born deaf, and when he started playing baseball he was doing it mainly for himself. But the closer he…...

6+ hour, 45+ min ago   (1137+ words) MEXICO CITY — He’s been called the “MAGA man” of Latin America, a brash political provocateur whose social media assaults boosted right-wing campaigns from his native Argentina to Central America. His career as political consultant and co-founder of an ultra-right online…...

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1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (566+ words) KYIV, Ukraine — Russian strikes killed eight civilians and wounded dozens of other people in Ukraine, local officials said Saturday, after Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that sending European troops into Ukraine would amount to “war with Russia.” Ukraine is under…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (444+ words) Two young people riding in an autonomous vehicle were arrested in San Francisco after authorities allegedly found them in possession of an illegal “ghost gun.” San Francisco Police Department did not identify the operator of the autonomous vehicle, but a…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (961+ words) BEIRUT — It had been one year, eight months and 27 days since Atallah al-Drimly said goodbye to his son that Saturday morning in 2024, when Mahmoud insisted he could no longer stay away from the home he had fled and started walking…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (567+ words) Laguna Beach on Thursday declared a local state of emergency, citing coastal erosion and sand loss from the effects of a south swell event brought on by Hurricane Marie. The community has experienced the strong ocean water conditions since Sept....

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1021+ words) CAIRO — Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels captured a strategic island at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, two officials said Friday, opening a new front in the Iran war and further threatening Saudi oil exports through one of the world’s…...

2+ day, 25+ min ago   (924+ words) After months of legal challenges, the Newport Beach City Council on Friday called for a Nov. 3 election on three citizen-led ballot measures to comply — albeit begrudgingly — with a recent court order. Councilmembers convened a special morning meeting to schedule the…...