Mystery L.A. celebrity says lawyer for accusers of Sean 'Diddy' Combs tried to extort a payout

Daughter of L.A. Times Owner Says Endorsement Decision Stemmed From Harris Stance on Gaza War

After the paper canceled its planned endorsement of Kamala Harris, the owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, said his daughter didn’t speak for the organization. But many staff members questioned his motives.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 26

Dodgers pitcher rips Yankees over World Series 'mismatch,' says L.A. superstars 'aren't lazy and play hard'

Joe Kelly did not pitch in the playoffs but he had some hot takes anyway

Sports - CBS Sports - November 4

Hawaii woman sent 'alarming' text before vanishing from L.A., family says

The family of Hannah Kobayashi is searching for her in Los Angeles after she missed a connecting flight, sent unusual text messages and then went silent, the relatives said.

Yankees fans who tried to pry ball from Dodgers' Mookie Betts banned from World Series Game 5

Austin Capobianco and John Peter were ejected from Yankee Stadium after the Game 4 incident

Sports - CBS Sports - October 30

Veterans demand better payout for gay ban

Leading charities have written to the prime minister, calling the average payments "unacceptably low".

EY partner payouts in UK fall to £723,000 on average

Big Four accounting firm hit by sharp slowdown in revenue growth and an increase in partnership size

Business - Financial Times - October 25

Investors Want to See a Payout on Microsoft’s AI Efforts

As the tech giant readies a report of what’s forecast as its slowest quarterly growth in a year, shareholders want to see genuine demand for the AI applications it’s spent billions to develop.

Business - Inc. - October 28

Car buyer payouts over loan scandal could be delayed

Regulators want to give more time to car dealers potentially facing a deluge of mis-selling claims.

4 arrested for faking bear attacks for insurance payouts

Four people have been arrested for allegedly carrying out a bizarre insurance fraud scheme where they staged bear attacks inside cars. Authorities say the suspects submitted videos for insurance ...

U.K. Man Who Posed as a Girl to Extort Teens Online Gets 20 Years in Prison

The Northern Ireland resident sought explicit images from thousands of girls he had groomed and blackmailed, leading to the death of a 12-year-old girl in the United States.

World - The New York Times - October 26

Turkish cleric accused of planning failed 2016 coup dies

The US-based cleric was the leader of an influential Islamic movement in Turkey and worldwide.

Erdogan says the cleric accused of orchestrating a 2016 coup attempt had a 'dishonorable death'

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has responded to the death of exiled Islamic cleric Fetullah Gulen, accused by Turkey of orchestrating a failed coup attempt in 2016

World - ABC News - October 22

Ex-model who accused Trump of groping her in 1990s says Epstein often spoke of Trump

The ex-model who has accused Donald Trump of groping her in front of Jeffrey Epstein in the 1990s shares her observations about Trump and Epstein's relationship.

Elon Musk says the real threat to democracy is the people who accuse Trump of endangering it

Tech mogul Elon Musk is playing down the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol

Tech - ABC News - October 27

Police say British teen accused of fatally stabbing 3 girls also made poison and had a terror manual

The teenager accused in a stabbing rampage that killed three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England has been charged with producing the deadly poison ricin and faces a terror offense

World - ABC News - October 29

Teen accused of killing 3 U.K. girls had al Qaeda manual, police say

A teen accused of killing three girls in England is charged with producing the poison ricin and faces a terror offense for having a jihadi training manual.

Teen with machete arrested after allegedly threatening Democratic supporters at Fl. polling site

Police arrested an 18-year-old wielding a machete with an 18-inch blade outside a polling station in Florida on Tuesday, who was part of a group of teenagers accused of intimidating Democratic ...

Politics - NBC News - October 30

Reeves hints UK will urge Trump not to raise tariffs as economists fear his policies will cut growth – UK politics live

Chancellor says UK’s trading relationship with US is ‘absolutely crucial’ and promises not to be a ‘passive actor’. Another Labour politician who has criticised Donald Trump strongly in the past ...

World - The Guardian - November 6

Conor McGregor accuser found "very bruised" after alleged rape, medic says

A paramedic has told a court hearing a civil suit brought by a woman accusing Conor McGregor of raping her in a hotel room that she was found with significant injuries.

A Former Harrods Employee Accuses Al-Fayed of Trafficking and Says His Brother Knew

In a U.S. court filing, a former employee says she was trafficked, raped and abused when Mohamed al-Fayed owned Harrods, and that his brother Ali may have evidence of the abuse.

World - The New York Times - 6 days ago

N.Y.C. Helped Migrant Accused of Killing Laken Riley Move to Georgia, Witness Says

In other testimony, law enforcement witnesses placed the suspect, José Ibarra, at the scene of Ms. Riley’s killing, mainly through cellphone and GPS tracking data.

Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday

Sinologist Li Cheng: ‘America is not in the mood to study China’

The political expert on the breakdown of US-Sino relations, what Xi Jinping’s fourth term might hold — and why neither Harris nor Trump makes him hopeful of change