India-West Staff Reporter PALO ALTO, CA – Varun Soni, an interfaith leader who is the first Hindu to serve as the lead chaplain on a U.S. college campus, will be the keynote speaker for Stanford’s 2024 Baccalaureate celebration in June, ahead of the actual commencement […]
Devastated by their father's tragic murder in 2013 when they were 6 and 8, McKenna and Colton Kyle are coming into their own and carrying on their dad's legacy.
Speaking at the WNBA draft, Collingswood-born commissioner Cathy Engelbert name-dropped her "hometown" first on a list of cities the league has talked with.
Jonathan Rea claimed his first WorldSBK pole position on a Yamaha on
The animated origin story of Autobot leader Optimus Prime and his Decepticon rival Megatron will come to the big screen this September in Transformers One, with Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry voicing the friends turned enemies. The first trailer for Transformers One sets the tone for the Cybertron-set adventure, with Prime (then known as Orion Pax) and Megatron being pretty chummy in a buddy comedy kind of way. But Paramount Pictures has promised that Transformers One will explain how the...
BATON ROUGE - Months after a shooting that left one person dead and one injured, police have arrested a man for multiple murder counts. The Baton Rouge Police Department said officers arrested 30-year-old Tremal Baker after he allegedly shot and killed Tamine Richardson, 24, in December.Officers said Baker was arrested Wednesday night after police tried to make a proactive traffic stop after seeing a vehicle drive by with no headlights. Once stopped, the driver, Baker, immediately fled...
Women's rugby in the U.S. is going professional with the new Women's Elite Rugby competition. The league will officially launch next year with between 6 and 8 teams.
Times staff report When looking for a children’s book on a local African American hero, Hailey Mason initially couldn’t find one on Richard Arrington Jr., Ph.D., the first African American mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. “I volunteered at some local [Birmingham] elementary schools and I wanted to do a segment on local Black history figures and […]
Walking into the Johnstown, Colorado Buc-ee’s for the first time is a treat for the senses. The 74,000-square-foot gas station has over 100 fuel pumps and plenty of products inside the building from food and drinks to clothing and decor. The smells of brisket, fudge and – somehow just as pleasing – clean bathrooms (which […]
The first drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s disease hit the U.S. market over a year ago, but sales have lagged, major hospital systems have taken months to start using it and some insurers have rejected coverage. Doctors also expect some patients will hesitate to take Leqembi due to its limited impact and potential side effects. […]
The Sixers will face Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat, who advanced out of the play-in tournament last season and made it all the way to the NBA Finals.
By Warren Kulo | [email protected] President Joe Biden has nominated Miranda Holloway-Baggett to become the next U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Alabama, according to a release from the White House. Holloway-Baggett, a 23-year veteran of the U.S. Marshals Service, is the current Chief Inspector/Discipline Deciding Official for the service, working out of the […]