A champion will be crowned on Sunday when the Memphis Tigers take on the UAB Blazers in the 2025 AAC Tournament championship. Memphis held off a furious rally from Tulane in Saturday’s semifinal, while UAB cruised to the title game behind a double-digit victory over North Texas. These two teams have faced off twice this…
16 March 2025 Jack Lowden almost quit acting before he found mainstream success. Jack Lowden almost quit acting before he found mainstream success The 34-year-old star is these days known for his role in the hit Apple+ series ‘Slow Horses’ but admitted that before he was cast in ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ in 2018 –…
They weren’t supposed to fight. At Israel’s founding in 1948, the new nation’s leaders agreed that ultra-Orthodox men — known as the Haredim, or God-fearing, in Hebrew — would be spared from mandatory military service. In exchange, Haredi leaders lent their support for the largely secular state. The arrangement held for Israel’s first 75 years,…
Chinese search engine Baidu has launched two new AI models — Ernie 4.5, the latest version of the company’s foundational model first released two years ago, as well as a new reasoning model, Ernie X1. According to Reuters, Baidu claims that Ernie X1’s performance is “on par with DeepSeek R1 at only half the price,”,…
April 6 is the day the newest class of City Section Hall of Fame sports selections will be inducted during a ceremony at the Odyssey Restaurant in Granada Hills. 2025 CIF LA City Section Hall of Fame RSVP and Event Info! Induction of the Class of 2025 is on April 6 at the Odyssey Restaurant…
Legendary music composer A.R. Rahman was hospitalized early Sunday morning with reports of him complaining of chest pain going viral. However, recent reports suggest that the music maestro was facing problems due to dehydration and has now been discharged as well. These reports insist that the actor is now recuperating at home. The news was…
Flying balloons in the Vatican colors of yellow and white, dozens of children gathered on Sunday in the square of the Policlinico A. Gemelli, where Pope Francis has been hospitalized for more than four weeks, and chanted “Papa Francesco” and cheered, “Viva la Pace” — hurray for peace. Many held up signs, hoping that the…
Mar 16, 2025, 08:30 AM ET TOKYO — Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts is still struggling to recover from an illness, with manager Dave Roberts pessimistic that the eight-time All-Star will be ready for Opening Day against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday in Japan. Betts was able to go through a light workout Sunday…
Coexistence, My Ass!, a film about Israeli comedian Noam Shuster-Eliassi who dares to advocate for peaceful coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians, won the Golden Alexander Sunday at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, TiDF’s top award. Shuster-Eliassi attended the awards ceremony in the Greek port city, along with director Amber Fares and fellow members of the…
