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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal arson trial begins Monday for the man accused of sparking last year’s deadly Palisades Fire as the area struggles to rebuild and the aftermath reverberates through the Los Angeles mayor’s race. The Palisades Fire ultimately killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of homes as it incinerated hillside neighborhoods in …
NEW YORK, June 7 (Reuters) – “Schmigadoon!” won the Tony Award for best musical on Sunday, while more socially driven works dominated other top categories, with “Liberation” taking best play, “Ragtime” best musical revival and John Lithgow best leading actor for “Giant.” Based on a television series, “Schmigadoon!” is a send-up of Golden Age Broadway …
MADRID, June 8 (Reuters) – Florentino Perez survived Real Madrid’s first genuine presidential contest in two decades in the early hours of Monday, securing four more years at the helm but with more than a third of voting members backing a challenger who attacked his ownership plans. The 79-year-old Spanish construction magnate was acclaimed as …
“Liberation” by Bess Wohl Actress in a leading role in a play Lesley Manville, “Oedipus” Actor in a leading role in a play John Lithgow, “Giant” Actress in a featured role in a play Laurie Metcalf, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman” Actress in a featured role in a musical Shoshana Bean, “The Lost Boys” …
Harvard University professor Robert Coles, the psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who championed the cause of children grappling with poverty and segregation, has died at 97, his son said Sunday. The son, also named Robert Coles, told The Associated Press that his father died Thursday at a hospice center in Lincoln, Massachusetts. The elder Coles …
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares skidded Monday after worries about Big Tech investments and rising odds for an interest rate hike gave U.S. stocks their worst day since October. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 dropped 4.2% to 63,804.77. The Japanese government revised the annualized economic growth rate to 1.8% for the first quarter this year, down …
MANILA, June 8 (Reuters) – A Philippine disaster official said on Monday that authorities are verifying reports of at least five deaths in the southern city of General Santos from a magnitude 7.8 earthquake. Agripino Dacera, the disaster management chief in General Santos, said the fatalities are still being verified as authorities assess the extent …
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks have signed outfielder Max Kepler, who is still serving an 80-game suspension for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. Terms of the deal announced on Sunday were not available. Kepler will not be able to report to the team until June 25, when his suspension ends. He will remain on …
Israel struck Iran on Monday after being targeted by missiles, while a U. S. military base in Saudi Arabia came under fire in the most serious exchange of hostilities since an April ceasefire, raising the possibility of a return to heavy fighting and complicating mediation efforts to end the war. Iranian state television reported the …
BOGOTA, June 7 (Reuters) – Right-wing lawyer Abelardo De La Espriella will face left-wing candidate Ivan Cepeda on June 21 in a presidential runoff in Colombia, after Cepeda on Sunday belatedly acknowledged his defeat in the first round of voting. De La Espriella of the Defenders of the Homeland movement, who presents himself as a …