Downtown pop-up brings film, fashion and food to the Million Dollar Theater
Click:Electric passenger tricycle Scott Sternberg’s Entireworld brand is popping up at downtown L.A.’s Million Dollar Theater for a three-week flurry of film, food, fashion and fun that kicks off with a free daylong marathon repeat screening of “Groundhog Day” on Dec. 7. Dubbed the Million Dollar Pop Up Shop, it’s cinephile Sternberg’s latest effort to…
Boy Scouts of America mortgages vast New Mexico ranch as collateral
The Boy Scouts of America has mortgaged one of the most spectacular properties it owns, the vast Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, to help secure a line of credit as the financially strapped organization faces a growing wave of new sex-abuse lawsuits. The BSA said Friday that it has no plans to sell the…
Justice Department unveils plan on missing and slain Native Americans
PABLO, Mont. — Atty. Gen. William Barr announced a nationwide plan Friday to address the crisis of missing and slain indigenous people as concerns mount over the level of violence that community faces. Barr announced the plan, known as the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Initiative, during a visit with tribal leaders and law enforcement officials…
Inside Hong Kong's besieged Polytechnic University, a few dozen holdouts plot their next move
HONG KONG — The campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University looks like a bomb blast site covered in graffitied pro-democracy slogans. Nearly every inch of ground is blanketed in broken glass, strewn bricks, water bottles, umbrellas, gloves, nails, clothing and chairs. Chemical smells and industrial odors hang in the air. A crudely-built brick wall serving as…
Bougainville vote could help create world’s newest nation
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The Pacific people of Bougainville on Saturday began voting in a historic referendum to decide if they want to become the world’s newest nation by gaining independence from Papua New Guinea. The referendum runs over two weeks and is a key part of a 2001 peace agreement that ended a brutal civil…
Force India aiming to deliver ‘the perfect race’
Force India driver Sergio Perez will start tomorrow’s British Grand Prix from sixth place on the grid. But he still lamented missing out on an even higher starting position. With both Valtteri Bottas and Daniel Ricciardo hit by gearbox penalties, Perez felt that there had been a window of opportunity for the team. However, Renault’s…
UN: Ukraine Death Toll Doubled in Past Week
The death toll from ongoing conflict in Ukraine has nearly doubled in the past week, the United Nations human rights office said Wednesday. A “very conservative estimate” indicates that as of Aug. 10, 2,086 have died, compared to 1,129 on July 26, spokesperson Cecile Pouilly told media. Pouilly added that the rising toll marked a…
UNICEF: 2014 'Devastating' for Millions of Children Across the Globe
Charging that the world has largely looked the other way, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday released a new report which concludes 2014 was one of the worst years on record for the overall welfare of children, with over 15 million young people directly harmed by the world’s worst conflicts and hundreds of…
Ribery facing lengthy Serie A ban for pushing linesman in Lazio loss
The Frenchman was caught taking his full-time frustrations out on an assistant referee following his side’s dramatic defeat Fiorentina star Franck Ribery could be banned for several Serie A games after being caught on camera pushing a linesman following his side’s 2-1 loss to Lazio. The former Bayern Munich winger had provided the assist for…
The Carabao Cup is dead? Nobody told Origi & Liverpool's young guns
The remarkably resilient Reds came from behind three times to draw 5-5 with Arsenal before progressing to the Carabao Cup quarter-finals on penalties The Carabao Cup is dead, is it? Try telling that to this Liverpool side, this mix of youngsters and squad players who somehow managed to produce one of the most remarkable cup ties…