A look at the top 20 high school softball teams in the Southland as ranked by CalHiSports.com for The Times. Rk.; Last ranking; School; Record 1. (2) Norco 24-2 2. (1) Murrieta Mesa 23-1 3. (3) Fullerton 23-2 4. (4) Etiwanda 21-2 5. (7) La Mirada 22-3 6. (11) JSerra 20-7 7. (6) Oaks Christian…
Four out of six Palestine Action activists who stood trial over a break-in at an Israeli defence firm’s UK site have been convicted of criminal damage. Charlotte Head, 29, Samuel Corner, 23, Leona Kamio, 30, and Fatema Rajwani, 21 were all found guilty on Tuesday of smashing up property, including drones, manufactured by Elbit Systems…
A new map featuring two red lines stretching beyond the Strait of Hormuz has become the latest symbol of the escalating war of attrition between Iran and the US. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Monday released a map marking an expanded maritime area of control to include lengthy sections of the United Arab Emirates’s coastline. In…
Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and Elon Musk’s xAI have agreed to allow the US government to review new AI models before they’re released to the public. In an announcement on Tuesday, the Commerce Department’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) says it will work with the AI companies to perform “pre-deployment evaluations and targeted research…
After a year and a half of legal battles, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have resolved their case weeks before they were scheduled to go to trial in New York City. The It Ends With Us co-stars agreed to resolve their legal differences following Lively’s claims that Baldoni’s company, Wayfarer Studios, retaliated against her for complaining about misconduct…
ALISON BEARD: I’m Alison Beard. ADI IGNATIUS: I’m Adi Ignatius, and this is the HBR IdeaCast. ALISON BEARD: Adi, I’m not going to lie, I am getting pretty exhausted by all the changes we’ve seen in the media industry over the course of our careers, especially now with the advent of AI and a new…
Russia shut down airports and temporarily cut mobile internet access for many users in Moscow on Tuesday, as it tightened security ahead of the 9 May Victory Day parade marking the defeat of Nazi Germany. The parade – Russia’s foremost national celebration – has already been scaled back and will proceed without heavy military hardware…
Last week, US President Donald Trump announced to hike tariffs on cars and trucks manufactured in the European Union from 15 percent to 25 percent after accusing the bloc of taking too long to comply with the terms of the trade deal agreed last July. Trump’s latest trade barb comes as the transatlantic ties have…
Education tech giant Instructure has confirmed a data breach affecting students’ private information. The hacking and extortion gang ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach. The hackers claim to have stolen students’ names, their personal email addresses, and messages sent between teachers and students — the same type of data Instructure admitted was stolen. Instructure is…
Pathé and Merit France are partnering with Vendôme Pictures to launch production and finance company Emotion Pictures, which is aimed at expanding their shared ambition to make English-language features with broad appeal. The new outfit will develop, acquire, fully finance and produce a slate of films, which Pathé will release theatrically in France, Switzerland and Benelux….
