SAN DIMAS, Calif. () — A solemn procession was held Monday for a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who died during a relay race over the weekend.Deputy Levi Vargas died from a medical emergency Saturday during the annual Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup Relay, the Sheriff’s Department said. He was 30 years old.Through hugs and tears, friends, family, fellow runners and community members all gathered to honor Vargas, who served in the San Dimas Sheriff’s Station.A procession carried Vargas’ body from the San Dimas fire station to Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Covina.The Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup Relay race…

Alex Duong, a Vietnamese comedian who was finally seeing his acting and touring careers take off when he was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive cancer early last year, died Saturday morning in Santa Monica after going into septic shock, his wife confirmed on social media. He was 42.“Alex was an incredible husband and father until his very last moment. He fought so hard for a year and never once complained about the pain he was in. The pain I feel now is nothing compared to what he endured,” Christina Duong, the mother of their 5-year-old daughter, Everest, wrote on Facebook.Duong…

The veto right allows member states to block Council decisions in areas where treaties require unanimity instead of majority voting. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Activating this power can plunge the entire EU into political gridlock: a single opposing member state is enough to prevent proposed actions from being adopted. National governments use this right only if they consider that Council decisions harm their sovereign interests. Yet it is increasingly used as a power move to extort concessions from the EU, especially after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. According to Michal Ovádek, lecturer in European Institutions, Politics and Policy at University College…

CBS is going through some changes after canceling two shows. News broke on Friday, March 27, that Watson wouldn’t be returning for season 3, while DMV was canceled after one season. Their series finales will air May 3 and May 11, respectively. The update came a week before the network was planning to unveil its 2026-27 schedule, which influenced the decision to pull the plug on both shows. CBS originally announced a sweep of early renewals in January, with only Watson and DMV left in limbo. Deadline reported that Watson’s future depended on the success of Marshals and CIA, which…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! More than 140 spring breakers were arrested in connection with two rowdy parties in an Alabama beach town, with one ending after an individual poured beer on a responding police officer’s head. The incident unfolded around 11 p.m. Thursday, March 26, when officers with the Gulf Shores Police Department were called to a home on West Beach Boulevard regarding reports of a large crowd and loud music, according to WALA. When police arrived, they discovered over 100 underage youngsters inside the home. “We found 113 people inside the house,” Gulf Shores Police Detective Carl Wittstruck…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Kyrsten Sinema could be forced to shell out tens of thousands of dollars in damages for an affair she had with her former bodyguard after his estranged wife sued the former senator under a 19th century law that allows jilted spouses in a handful of U.S. states to sue for a broken heart.The so-called “alienation of affection” lawsuits are currently recognized in just six U.S. states — including North Carolina, where Sinema’s former bodyguard, Matthew Ammel, had lived with his now-estranged wife, Heather Ammel, for roughly a decade. The complaint against Sinema accused…

It won’t just be planes that are grounded.  A major airline is rolling out a new cabin crew fitness policy – and those who fail risk going without pay. Air India officials will be carrying out body mass index (BMI) checks on its aircraft staff from May 1, local media outlet NDTV reported. Air India is rolling out a new cabin crew fitness policy. REUTERS Chiefs are cracking down on those who do not report a healthy range, which is somewhere between 18 and 24.9. Cabin crew staffers who report a BMI under 18 are considered underweight and will have…

The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline rose above $4 a gallon Tuesday for the first time in more than three years, according to AAA, the latest sign of how the Iran war is driving up fuel costs for U.S. motorists. The average price was $4.018 a gallon, AAA said, up from $3.990 on Monday.Gas prices have surged since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, jumping more than a dollar per gallon over the last month, data from the auto club shows. President Trump has suggested the war could end soon. In a potential sign of progress,…

European Commissioner Dan Jørgensen has urged EU capitals to outline measures to reduce oil and gas use, particularly in transport, as the EU27 braces for potential supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz amid the conflict with Iran. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A letter dated 30 March, seen by Euronews, asked energy ministers to report on current market capacity and propose practical actions to curb demand. The call comes as ministers gather on Tuesday for an emergency session to address a global shortage of 11 million barrels of oil per day and over 300 million cubic metres of liquefied natural gas (LNG)…

FBI‘s Missy Peregrym returned to the show after Maggie took a leave of absence following a major death. Maggie came back in the Monday, March 30, episode, where she spoke with Isobel (Alana de la Garza), saying, “I’ll be honest, it’s a lot. But I have taken the time and I’ve really let myself feel all of it. I know that grief is a process. It’s going to come and go but I have been taking care of myself.” She continued, “And I just had my last session with my counselor and he agrees. I’m ready to be back. I…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A grim discovery by a family searching for seashells along a Northern California beach has unraveled a decades-old mystery — one so unusual investigators say the same man was identified twice.Human remains found in 2022 along Sonoma County’s Salmon Creek State Beach have been identified as Walter Karl Kinney, a 59-year-old former banker from nearby Santa Rosa who vanished in 1999, according to the DNA Doe Project and local authorities.What makes the case even more interesting is what investigators uncovered next. Portions of Kinney’s remains had already been found years earlier and identified,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! While thousands of Department of Homeland Security employees have gone seven weeks without a paycheck, some lawmakers are defending a planned recess as the funding stalemate drags on.Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., objected Monday to the idea that senators should have stayed in session until lawmakers come to an agreement to fund DHS. The Democratic lawmaker traveled to the U.S. Capitol to block potential floor action related to ending the partial government shutdown from Republicans during a planned “pro forma” session.”How do you justify being off for the next two weeks?” CBS News…

DEAR ABBY: One of our co-workers doesn’t want to be a closer friend even though at work we say we love each other. We want to take the friendship to a deeper level, but she hesitates when we try to hang out outside of work. She has a mansion that many people in our office have seen, but she hasn’t invited us over. She’ll only go to the movies with us. We are worried it is because, in a movie theater, we can’t talk to her. Are we getting mixed messages or coming on too strong? — GIRLS AT WORK…

ONTARIO, Calif. () — An Ontario woman claims she’s out more than $80,000 after the solar company she hired to install panels on her rooftop, as well as a battery backup system, walked off the job.”They dropped all the material where it was, and they left,” Lorraine Hammer told Eyewitness News. “They’ve never been back.”Not only that, but she said dozens of roof tiles were removed and never replaced, leaving her without a functioning roof.”Then we had the rains, and my roof was open,” Hammer said. “The water was leaking into the light fixture in the bathroom all the way…

It has, in many ways, been a tough time for women in the theater. After years of inching toward parity, last summer there was a series of season announcements that were light on representation of female playwrights. Since then, The New Group announced a three-play season with all-male writers. And I receive a consistent stream of emails from female directors telling me they, too, believe their representation has taken a step backward. But there is one bright spot that has not received a lot of coverage: we now have three female critics as the main critical voices at major New…