Month: May 2021

Los Angeles County public health officials reported 421 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,235,118 as of Friday, May 7. Officials reported 16 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, for a total 23,980 deaths since tracking began. There were 11 fewer hospitalizations reported since Thursday, reducing the official count
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Sir Keir Starmer has said he is “bitterly disappointed” and takes “full responsibility” for Labour’s defeat in the Hartlepool by-election. “I’m bitterly disappointed in the results and I take full responsibility for the results. And I will I take full responsibility for fixing things,” the Labour leader said. Labour suffered a “shattering” defeat in Thursday’s
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki indicated this week that the White House hopes to name nominees for ambassadorships “soon,” a highly anticipated announcement in L.A. donor circles and among Democratic fundraisers across the country. Only adding to the chatter of who is in line for what was an Axios report this week that Los
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Google has announced a number of user-facing and under-the-hood changes in an attempt to boost privacy and security, including rolling out two-factor authentication automatically to all eligible users and bringing iOS-styled privacy labels to Android app listings. “Today we ask people who have enrolled in two-step verification (2SV) to confirm it’s really them with a
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Samsung Galaxy A52 5G’s support page has gone live in India suggesting its imminent launch in the country. The model number visible on the support page for the smartphone is SM-A526B/DS. The webpage doesn’t mention any other information regarding the smartphone. Samsung launched the 5G smartphone globally earlier this year in March along with Galaxy
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The parent firm of British Airways has demanded government action in “four key areas” to help facilitate the restart of foreign travel while revealing a reduction in first quarter losses. International Airlines Group (IAG) argued that the authorities globally needed to assist airlines begin the process of economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis through measures
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Los Angeles Council President Nury Martinez is giving “serious thought” to running for mayor in 2022, her political consultant said this week. Roy Behr, the council president’s consultant, said that Martinez “has received some encouragement, and given her commitment to helping the city recover, she’s given that (a run for mayor in 2022) serious thought.”
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Sir Keir Starmer is facing calls to “change direction” from Labour’s left wing after he became the first leader to see the party lose Hartlepool in 47 years. Labour suffered a “shattering” defeat in Thursday’s by-election as they lost out to the Conservatives by 6,940 votes. The result boosts Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s majority in
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In an upbeat annual report to members released Friday, WGA East executive director Lowell Peterson said that despite the hardships imposed by the pandemic, “overall our members’ earnings remained remarkably strong.” Freelance film, TV and streaming writers, he wrote, “have mostly remained employed throughout the pandemic,” though “some members certainly lost work opportunities – series
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