Placer County Executive Todd Leopold has been placed on paid administrative leave effective immediately, the Board of Supervisors confirmed to KCRA 3 on Friday. The decision comes over a week after Leopold came forward as the driver who hit and killed Inderkum High School basketball player Anthony Williams in March. It's unclear if he was placed on administrative leave due to the deadly crash.
It is 100 days to go until the Paris 2024 Olympics and a number of countries have already released their official kits for the summer Games.
Trhas Tesfay was a champion cyclist in Ethiopia but came to the UK last year to seek asylum.
Migrants are caught in China's manufacturing battles with the West, as Beijing tries to save its economy.
The price of diesel decreased by 8.5 cents per litre in Newfoundland and Labrador on Thursday. (Garrett Barry/CBC)Diesel customers in Newfoundland will see a steep decrease in the price of the fuel Thursday following the switch to the summer blend of diesel.The Public Utilities Board lowered the maximum price of diesel by 8.5 cents per litre, putting the price on the Avalon Peninsula at $1.908 per litre. Customers in Labrador West and Churchill Falls will see a decrease of one cent per litre.Pri
There are few things more anxiety-inducing than trying to buy Glastonbury tickets.
A study from tech giant Adobe examined fears around misinformation and deepfakes.
Burkina Faso has expelled three French diplomats for "subversive activities", according to a foreign ministry note seen by FRANCE 24 on Thursday. The three were declared "persona non grata" and told to leave the country within 48 hours, the foreign ministry said in a note dated Tuesday that was sent to the French embassy. Since coming to power in a September 2022 coup, the junta has distanced the West African nation from France, which ruled the country until 1960. It has notably cancelled a 1961
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesPay Dirt is a weekly foray into the pigpen of political funding. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox every Thursday.A watchdog group is asking the Justice Department to investigate whether Donald Trump repeatedly lied in sworn statements to the federal government—including his own administration—about a $50 million loan that apparently never existed in the first place, and which could be evidence of tax evasion.The criminal comp
People fear that a late-night alcohol licence at the farm shop could spark noise and traffic issues.
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift’s highly anticipated new album, The Tortured Poets Department, drops this Friday. But given the somewhat scattered LP rollout thus far, you’d be forgiven for wondering just what exactly has been running through the pop star’s mind in terms of strategy this time around. Case in point: Like a luxury brand looking to seduce penny-pinching skeptics, Swift and Spotify appear to have collaborated on a Tortured Poets activati
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyWordle is actually making us crazy.Therapists tell The Daily Beast that some of their patients are confessing just how much time they are spending on The New York Times Games app and how it’s messing with their mood or mental health.“When I see it as a problem is when a patient says ‘I was not able to complete my tasks at work today because I spent so much time on Wordle’ or when they say they were asked to go to dinner with their friend
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty“You can either die as speaker and worry about them taking you out, or live every day as your last.”As Speaker Mike Johnson ponders what to do this week, I hope he heeds that advice that came from Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) back in February.In case you have missed it, the next week or so will determine whether Johnson is going to remain the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and (just as important) whether that title is even wor
The Robert Regular sexual assault trial was thrown into turmoil Wednesday morning, as an error made by the judge last week threatened to grind proceedings to a halt.The complainant — a woman now in her mid-30s, whose name is protected by a publication ban — has accused Regular, a lawyer, of sexually assaulting her four times.She alleges the first incident took place when she was around 12, which resulted in an additional charge of sexual interference.Last week, the complainant spent three days o
Eddie Joyce is growing frustrated with the provincial government after raising the same petition nine times in the House of Assembly, asking government to amend a law that prevents some victims of childhood physical abuse from suing for compensation.Joyce, who sits as an Independent, is one of several members who has brought forward the petition to amend the province's Limitations Act to remove the statute of limitations for physical abuse suffered by children.He's been raising the issue since l
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The pledge was launched ahead of local and mayoral elections set to take place in May.
BBC presenter Alex Scott received a glowing tribute from the U.S. Ambassador to the UK at a high-profile event in London last night. Speaking to an audience at a Women in Sport reception, Jane D. Hartley said Scott had inspired “millions of girls to dream bigger, and inspired millions of boys to look at girls …
Experts weigh in on Singapore's political future as Lawrence Wong gears up to become Prime Minister, sparking speculation about an early general election.
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