Deputy PM Richard Marles says explanation for the drills, which were conducted in international waters and according to international law, are ‘unsatisfactory’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has confronted her Chinese counterpart after Chinese warships conducted apparent live-fire exercises at short notice on Friday, forcing commercial aircraft to change course.In a post on X late on Friday night Australian eastern time, Wong said she met with China’s foreign affairs minister, Wang Yi, on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in South Africa that day.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s…
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The Panthers cleared $3.35M in salary cap space Friday with the release of veteran cornerback Dane Jackson. The Panthers cleared $3.35M in salary cap space Friday with the release of veteran cornerback Dane Jackson. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers cleared $3.35 million in salary cap space Friday with the release of veteran cornerback Dane Jackson. Jackson signed a two-year, $8.5 million contract last March to play opposite 2024 Pro Bowl selection Jaycee Horn. The 2020 seventh-round pick by the Buffalo Bills missed the first six games with a hamstring injury and wound up being used mostly as a nickelback…
TAMPA. Fla. — The New York Yankees dropped their ban on beards Friday, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner, in a move aimed to improve player recruitment as the team tries to win its first World Series title since 2009. Current owner Hal Steinbrenner, son of The Boss, announced the change Friday before the team’s spring training opener. He called the ban “outdated” and “somewhat unreasonable.” “This generation, the vast majority of 20, 30s-into-the-40s men in this country have beards,” Steinbrenner said during a news conference, flanked by general manager Brian Cashman. “It is a part of…
Sydney Sweeney’s not hearing wedding bells in her near future … ’cause she’s pushing back her nuptials, TMZ has learned. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … the actress was supposed to get married in May, but the wedding’s now on hiatus –… Sydney Sweeney’s not hearing wedding bells in her near future … ’cause she’s pushing back her nuptials, TMZ has learned. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … the actress was supposed to get married in May, but the wedding’s now on hiatus –… Getty Sydney Sweeney’s not hearing wedding bells in her near future … ’cause she’s…
Yellowjackets Season 3 is off to a buzzy start. The premiere episode generated 2.03M viewers across its debut weekend on Paramount+ with Showtime, per Paramount Global. This includes the three-day streaming audience that tuned in once the episode became available on Friday, as well as any same-day viewers that watched when the episode aired on the linear […]Yellowjackets Season 3 is off to a buzzy start. The premiere episode generated 2.03M viewers across its debut weekend on Paramount+ with Showtime, per Paramount Global. This includes the three-day streaming audience that tuned in once the episode became available on Friday, as well as any same-day…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Jenny Slate has entered the chat. Or, at least, she might do that very soon. The alarming details of Blake Lively’s amended complaint against Justin Baldoni include a mention that she was not the only person on the set who had major issues during production. A new report sheds light on an alleged complaint that Jenny Slate filed during It Ends With Us. She may be willing to testify on Lively’s behalf when this ugly legal battle goes to trial. What does she have to say? Jenny Slate attends the “It Ends With Us” New York…
NFL investigators are in Baltimore speaking to some of the women who have accused Ravens kicker Justin Tucker of sexual misconduct, a source told ESPN. NFL investigators are in Baltimore speaking to some of the women who have accused Ravens kicker Justin Tucker of sexual misconduct, a source told ESPN. playJeff Darlington gives update on NFL’s investigation of Justin Tucker (0:55)Jeff Darlington reports on how the NFL is handling the investigation of Ravens kicker Justin Tucker. (0:55) Feb 21, 2025, 12:57 PM ET Investigators for the NFL have been in Baltimore speaking to some of the women who have accused…
Closing leaves the fate of the city’s Oktoberfest in question Steins Beer Garden & Restaurant, which opened in 2013, will close at the end of March, a victim of rising costs and declining business. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) Twelve years after bringing his brewpub dream to fruition, founder Ted Kim will close Steins Beer Garden in Mountain View on March 30. Despite having “amazing patrons,” Kim said that rising costs and declining lunch and corporate business took their toll on the 12,000-square-foot downtown business. “Like many other restaurants, our business took a significant hit during the pandemic and was…
Six weeks after the start of the most destructive wildfire in city history, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the fire chief Friday amid a public rift over preparations for a potential blaze and finger-pointing between the chief and City Hall over responsibility for the devastation. Bass, a first-term Democrat, said she is removing Chief Kristin Crowley immediately. “Los Angeles needs to move forward. This is a new day,” she told reporters at City Hall. While Bass initially praised Crowley in the early hours of firefighting, she said she later learned an additional 1,000 firefighters could have been deployed the…
The family of Erik and Lyle Menendez is ripping Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman … saying he’s opening old wounds and silencing survivors of sexual abuse with his latest comments on their case. Anamaria Baralt, Erik and Lyle’s… The family of Erik and Lyle Menendez is ripping Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman … saying he’s opening old wounds and silencing survivors of sexual abuse with his latest comments on their case. Anamaria Baralt, Erik and Lyle’s… Getty The family of Erik and Lyle Menendez is ripping Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman … saying he’s…
Jerry “The Iceman” Butler, who had a national hit with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame act The Impressions before leaving for a successful solo career and later entering Chicago politics, died Thursday at his home, The Chicago Sun-Times reported. He was 85. No cause of death was reported, but Butler had been struggling with […]Jerry “The Iceman” Butler, who had a national hit with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame act The Impressions before leaving for a successful solo career and later entering Chicago politics, died Thursday at his home, The Chicago Sun-Times reported. He was 85. No cause…
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The Saints are hiring former Chargers head coach Brandon Staley as their defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Jeremy Fowler. The Saints are hiring former Chargers head coach Brandon Staley as their defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Jeremy Fowler. playCan Kellen Moore replicate Sean Payton’s success with the Saints? (1:02)Marcus Spears wonders if Kellen Moore can replicate the early success Sean Payton had as coach of the New Orleans Saints. (1:02) NEW ORLEANS — The Saints are hiring former Los Angeles Chargers head coach Brandon Staley as their defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter…
The boys are accused of breaking into a home in Cairns and threatening a couple with a knife early on Friday morning, before taking a woman into a separate roomThree teenagers accused of a “horrific” break-and-enter and sexual assault are in custody after police pulled off a dramatic arrest on a busy street.The teenagers are accused of breaking into a home in Cairns and threatening a couple with a knife early on Friday morning, before taking a woman into a separate room. Continue reading…The boys are accused of breaking into a home in Cairns and threatening a couple with a…
As if air travel wasn’t crazy enough these days, passengers got into a massive brawl at the Atlanta airport … and it’s all on video. Viral footage shows dozens of air travelers fighting in the Spirit Airlines terminal … punching and kicking… As if air travel wasn’t crazy enough these days, passengers got into a massive brawl at the Atlanta airport … and it’s all on video. Viral footage shows dozens of air travelers fighting in the Spirit Airlines terminal … punching and kicking… Huge Brawl Breaks Out at Atlanta Aiport As if air travel wasn’t crazy enough these days, passengers…
Aldrich Potgieter showed his ability to shoot low Friday in the Mexico Open, powering and putting his way to a 10-under 61 that gave the big-hitting South African a four-shot lead going into the weekend at Vidanta Vallarta. Potgieter chipped in for par after a tee shot into the water on the 10th hole. He failed to birdie two of the shorter par 5s on the back nine. He still had an outside chance at another sub-60 round, having shot 59 on the Korn Ferry Tour a year ago. Those hopes ended with a tee shot into the bunker on…
Canada won the 4 Nations Face-Off by beating the United States for the championship in an overtime thriller capped off by Connor McDavid’s memorable goal that will be on highlight reels for decades to come. In the grand scheme of things, the NHL, its players and the sport of hockey all came out as winners. The 4 Nations was a one-off tournament with no past and no future, a trimmed-down version of a World Cup of Hockey staged because the best players in the world waited so long for something of its kind. With tens of millions watching across North…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Hunter Schafer is not really an activist. She’s said as much herself (despite speaking out during her teen years). Whether people know her from Euphoria or The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes or from fancasts to play Princess Zelda, she’s an actress. Unfortunately, in our bleak and perilous political climate, there are times when everyone has to speak up. In her case, she’s showing the change forced upon her documentation by Donald Trump’s State department. Hunter Schafer attends the “Kinds Of Kindness” Red Carpet at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais…
John Neumeier’s ballet about the life and torment of ‘god of dance’ Vaslav Nijinsky is searing, passionate and defiantly queerGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailBallet often seems burdened by cultural associations that are hard to shake: it’s thought of as overly reliant on formalism and tradition; it has to be pretty above everything else, even if the result is slightly prudish; its power and athleticism are subsumed under mountains of tulle. Of course, none of this is necessarily true. Case in point: John Neumeier’s riveting, heart-rending narrative ballet about the life and torment of Vaslav Nijinsky, which is as…
Multiple criminal charges have been filed against a man who engaged in a shootout Feb. 16 with San Leandro police who were looking for him for using his truck to ram a vehicle containing his children, authorities said. OAKLAND — Thirteen criminal charges have been filed against a 40-year-old man who exchanged gunfire with San Leandro police Feb. 16 who were seeking him for deliberately using his pickup track to ram a vehicle containing his three children, according to authorities and court records. Reynaldo Melendezespinoz, of San Leandro, was charged Thursday with three counts of attempted murder of a peace…