WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is marking Monday’s 15th anniversary of a landmark federal pay equity law with new action to help close gaps in pay for federal employees and employees of federal contractors. Despite progress since the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed into law in January 2009, President Joe Biden said women…
LONDON — The British government says it will ban the sale of disposable vapes and limit their cornucopia of flavors in an effort to prevent children becoming addicted to nicotine. It also plans to stick to a contentious proposal to ban today’s young people from ever buying cigarettes. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is due to…
Dan Richards was instantly paralysed after a “freak accident” during a New Year’s Eve swim.
NEW YORK — More than a month after signing with the Dodgers and just three weeks before reporting to spring training, Shohei Ohtani finally closed the chapter on his tenure with the Angels when he accepted his 2023 American League MVP award on Saturday night. Ohtani shared a dais with Major League Baseball’s other award…
Colourful gadgets and fruity flavours are popular, but what’s really known about their health effects?
A look at the Los Angeles Times’ top 25 high school boys’ basketball teams in the Southland after Week 9 of the 2023-24 season. Rk. SCHOOL; Comment; last rank 1. SIERRA CANYON (24-1); Justin Pippen has been playing great for surging Trailblazers; 3 2. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (23-3); Wolverines are on revenge tour this week in Mission…
ABUJA, Nigeria — Monthslong tension between three coup-hit countries in West Africa and the regional bloc known as ECOWAS boiled over when the nations announced their immediate withdrawal from the bloc and accused it of a lack of support and “inhumane” coup-related sanctions. In their joint statement on Sunday, the juntas of Niger, Mali and…
It can get you off tobacco – but what do you do when you want to say bye to your e-cig?
BALTIMORE — Travis Kelce caught everything Sunday. Yet nobody could catch Kelce. While the rest of the Kansas City players celebrated their 17-10 victory over the Baltimore Ravens — a win that sends the Chiefs to their fourth Super Bowl in five years — the star tight end quickly dressed and ducked out of the locker…
NEW YORK — Donald Trump could potentially have his real estate empire ordered “dissolved” for repeated misrepresentations on financial statements to lenders in violation of New York’s powerful anti-fraud law. But an Associated Press analysis of nearly 70 years of similar cases showed Trump’s case stands apart: It’s the only big business found that was…
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