Mike Blake/ReutersLaw enforcement officers in riot gear converged on the UCLA campus Wednesday night, ordering a crowd of over a thousand pro-Palestinian supporters gathered at a student encampment to disperse.Social media videos captured police warning those on a loudspeaker that those who did not leave would face arrest, though no arrests have yet been made.Late Wednesday night, live video from the Associated Press showed a large crowd applauding and listening to various speakers, while chanti
Mike Blake/ReutersOne imagines Saul Goodman, the devious but creative lawyer from Better Call Saul, would have found a great angle to make a quick buck on this one.For the actor Bob Odenkirk has discovered that he is King Charles III’s 11th cousin.Odenkirk, who grew up in Chicago, the second eldest of seven siblings born to Catholics of German and Irish descent, laughed in amazement and said, “That is crazy!” when he was told the news of his royal lineage by host Henry Louis Gates Jr on PBS ance
Mike Blake/ReutersThe Los Angeles resident who won the $2 billion Powerball jackpot in November 2022 went on a vacation to Fiji with his friends and scrubbed his presence off social media before his name was publicly disclosed in February, according to the New York Post. Sources close to Edwin Castro told the newspaper that he kept his windfall, which was estimated to be $997.6 million after he opted for the lump sum payment, a secret. Insiders told the Post that after returning from his trip, h
Mike Blake/ReutersA Southwest Airlines passenger was arrested late Sunday night after opening the Boeing 737’s emergency exit, jumping down from the wing, and attempting to flee in a service truck on the tarmac at Louis Armstrong Airport in New Orleans, according to witnesses. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office stated that the aircraft was still at the gate at the time of the incident and said the man was transported to a nearby hospital for evaluation. 4WWL reported that the identity of the
Mike Blake/ReutersThe supposed mystery over who bought a $2.04 billion Powerball ticket from a California service center got a little clearer Monday, when the declared winner’s lawyer said he’d seen CCTV footage of his client buying the ticket. David De Paoli said the clip that shows Edwin Castro in the store is “crystal clear.” A man named Jose Rivera had come forward to allege that he actually bought the ticket and that it was then stolen by another man—and then made its way to Castro. Rivera,