World & Nation
Hardeep Singh Nijjar was a Sikh independence advocate whose killing three months ago is at the center of a confrontation between India and Canada.
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Authorities in India say severe overcrowding and a lack of exits contributed to a stampede at a religious festival that left at least 121 people dead.
July 3, 2024
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Long Beach Economic Partnership (LBEP) recently made its landmark debut at the SelectUSA Investment Summit, held in Washington, D.C., June 23-26, 2024.
July 18, 2024
Hollywood Inc.
Willow Bay and Bob Iger are investing more than $100 million into the women’s soccer club. “Women’s sports is having a culture-defining moment,” Bay said.
July 17, 2024
The allies will work together to build up their icebreaker fleets to bolster their defenses in the Arctic, where Russia is increasingly active.
July 11, 2024
Western intelligence agencies have uncovered Russian plots to carry out assassinations, arson and other sabotage in Europe against companies and people linked to support for Ukraine’s military.
July 12, 2024
California
Didar Bains, a farmer once deemed the ‘Peach King’ and one of the most prominent American Sikh leaders, died Sept. 13 in Yuba City. He was 84.
Sept. 29, 2022
The killings prompted a manhunt that led to the suspect’s capture Wednesday in a cemetery. He was taken away in a stretcher with undisclosed injuries.
Television
In Screen Gab No. 139, Liza Colón-Zayas and Ayo Edebiri break down a key episode of ‘The Bear,’ a look back at Shelley Duvall’s landmark TV work and more.
At least 116 people — mostly women and children — died, said Prashant Kumar, the director-general of police in northern India’s state of Uttar Pradesh, where the stampede occurred.
July 2, 2024