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LOS ANGELES – Diego Boneta had grown tired of Hollywood’s obsession with narco storylines for Latinos. The actor decided he would provide some new source material with his debut novel, out Thursday, a self-described “murder mystery, sexual thriller” set around a fictional business dynasty.“As someone who’s from Mexico City, seeing all these stories that are Mexican stories, most of them have been about narcos or border crossing. And that is part of our culture. But that’s only this,” the actor said, gesturing to indicate it only makes up a small portion of Mexico. “So why don’t we show the other…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Sovereignty outdueled 3-1 favorite Journalism down the stretch to win the 151st Kentucky Derby in the slop on Saturday.Trainer Bill Mott won his first Derby in 2019, also run on a sloppy track, when Country House was elevated to first after Maximum Security crossed the finish line first and was disqualified after a 22-minute delay.This time, he knew right away.Sovereignty snapped an 0 for 13 Derby skid for owner Godolphin, the racing stable of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.It was quite a weekend for the sheikh. His filly, Good Cheer, won the Kentucky…
One person is dead after a four-car crash on Route 28 in Reading late Friday night.Local emergency services received nearly a dozen 911 calls about a collision at the intersection of Main and Hopkins Streets shortly after 10 p.m. Police responded to the call, the Reading Police Department said in a post to its Facebook page. Police said a 2006 gray Volvo XC70 was speeding down the southbound lane of Main Street and at the same that the driver of a green 2014 Ford Fusion was headed east on Hopkins Street, toward the intersection with Main Street.Police said they believe…
The Clippers have gone Wall to the Ball for Game 7. On Friday, Los Angeles season-ticket holders David Evans and Paul Boulos — and 123 other bastions of “The Wall,” the Intuit Dome’s famed baseline section that specializes in free-throw distraction — had an email pop into their inbox from the Clippers. It stated, as they recounted roughly, that owner Steve Ballmer had selected them to fly out to Denver to invade enemy turf for Game 7. Ballmer, they said, chartered a bus. Chartered a plane. Paid for 125 tickets. And so 125 Los Angeles agents met for a secret…
An internal Justice Department memo obtained by the Associated Press directed the agency’s unit tasked with enforcing voting rights laws to instead focus on investigating voter fraud. The new directive is aimed at supporting President Donald Trump’s continued assertion that his 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden was the result of widespread irregularities and illegal activity, despite no such evidence. “The mission of the Voting Rights Section of the DOJ Civil Rights Division is to ensure free, fair and honest elections unmarred by fraud, errors or suspicion,” the new memo said. Unbiased. Straight Facts.TM The Heritage Foundation found 252 instances…
Before Celine Song was an Oscar-nominated filmmaker, she was a playwright in New York who needed day jobs to pay rent. That’s how she found herself as a professional matchmaker.What may have begun as a purely transactional gig, a way for her to keep making her art in an expensive city, taught her more about people’s wants and needs and the true contents of their hearts than she could have ever imagined.“I always wanted to write something about it because there seemed to be a story in it that is massive and very epic in proportion,” Song said. “It affects…
Walks will haunt, and leadoff walks will haunt absolutely. For bad teams like the Rockies, walks kill any chance of winning. Thus, the losses continue at a historic pace. The Rockies squandered a 3-1 lead and fell, 6-3, to the Giants on Saturday afternoon at Oracle Park. Matt Chapman’s grand slam in a five-run sixth off reliever Jake Bird was the death knell. The Rockies fell to 6-27. Only two teams in baseball’s Modern Era (since 1901) had worse records after 33 games. The 1988 Orioles were 4-29 and the 1952 Pirates were 5-28. The 1981 Cubs were also 6-27…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The City of Jacksonville announced new efforts on Thursday it says will help streamline the civil plan review process.This process includes a technical review of the horizontal construction aspects of development projects, according to the city’s website. This review is needed for most major projects such as new construction, substantial improvements, road construction, subdivisions, major utility construction and parking. “We analyzed the entire process from start to finish to identify the pinch points and potential solutions. The outcome is bringing more people and resources to the process, educating the developer community and bringing in technology to make…
PHOENIX — It’s all aboard for major light rail expansion in the Valley.“These are going to happen,” Juliana Vasquez-Keating, with Valley Metro said.Two major projects are close to starting construction. First up is the Capitol Extension project, connecting downtown to the copper dome.“We are hoping to start construction next year, we are getting final design input, and we really want to know how the two projects will connect,” Vasquez-Keating said.Then, the I-10 West Extension looks to put the light rail on the median of the I-10, going out west to Desert Sky Mall and the Talking Stick Amphitheater.They’re funded by…
Residents across Massachusetts can look forward to summer-like warmth on Saturday with a potential for scattered thunderstorms developing in the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. For the Cape and Islands, the day will be partly sunny with a high near 67 degrees. Temperatures will drop to around 55 degrees in the evening with a 20% chance of showers. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely to develop after 2 p.m. in Boston, the National Weather Service reports. There’s a 30% chance of rain but the day could be mostly sunny with a high near 83 degrees and a low…