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LA Olympics chief faces heat over Epstein files emails
AFP, Published on 05/02/2026
» LOS ANGELES - Multiple Los Angeles officials have called on 2028 Olympics chief Casey Wasserman to step down, after the latest batch of files in the Jeffrey Epstein case revealed racy emails between the sports executive and the disgraced financier’s girlfriend.
'Ketamine Queen' pleads guilty over Matthew Perry death
AFP, Published on 04/09/2025
» LOS ANGELES - A dealer dubbed the "Ketamine Queen" pleaded guilty to supplying the drugs that killed Friends actor Matthew Perry, when she appeared in a California court on Wednesday.
Del Toro delivers his monster, 'Frankenstein', at Venice
AFP, Published on 31/08/2025
» VENICE - Mexican director Guillermo del Toro gave birth to another monster Saturday, his big-budget "Frankenstein" movie, joking that the effort had left him worn out as his creation got its world premiere in Venice.
LA unrest marks latest clash of US presidents, states over National Guard
AFP, Published on 09/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's deployment of California's National Guard marks the first time in decades that a US president openly defied a state governor and sent troops to an emergency zone.
US revives abandoned Pacific airfield
AFP, Published on 30/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - In the middle of the Pacific ocean, an abandoned US airfield once key to dropping the nuclear bomb on Japan — and nearly lost to history amid encroaching forest — is being revived.
Anguished parents seek answers in Canada 'suicide kit' probe
AFP, Published on 13/10/2023
» WINDSOR, Canada: The moment Kim Prosser learned that her 19-year-old son Ashtyn had died by suicide, she says she dropped to the floor, where she lay "shaking and so cold".
World records for Duplantis, Tsegay as Diamond League concludes in Eugene
AFP, Published on 18/09/2023
» EUGENE (UNITED STATES) - World and Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis improved his world record with a leap of 6.23m at the Diamond League finals on Sunday, as Gudaf Tsegay shattered the women's 5,000m world record.
Trump to surrender in Georgia Thursday to face racketeering charges
AFP, Published on 22/08/2023
» ATLANTA - Donald Trump said he will turn himself in on Thursday in Georgia to face racketeering and other charges stemming from his bid to overturn the 2020 election.
$200,000 bond for Trump in Georgia racketeering case
AFP, Published on 22/08/2023
» ATLANTA - A Georgia judge approved a $200,000 bond for Donald Trump on Monday in the racketeering case filed against the former US president in the southern state.
At least 36 dead in wildfire-ravaged Hawaiian town
AFP, Published on 10/08/2023
» KAHULUI, Hawaii: At least 36 people have died after a fast-moving wildfire turned a historic Hawaiian town to ashes, officials said on Wednesday, as visitors asked to leave the island of Maui found themselves stranded at the airport.