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Los Angeles Times
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
I've watched hundreds of ICE raid videos. What the immigration algorithm tells us about L.A.
Nearly a month into the ICE sweeps that have upended immigrant life in Southern California, I found myself rummaging through some boxes in my garage, searching for understanding. I pulled out dusty copies of T.C. Boyle's 'Tortilla Curtain' and Luis J. Rodriguez's 'Always Running,' two classics I read years ago that left me with a lasting impression of the L.A. immigrant experience. I placed them on my nightstand. But every time I reached for one of the books, I grabbed my phone instead and cycled through the latest videos of immigration raids — on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook. At this moment, words just can't compete with what I see in the images that course relentlessly through my feeds. I am not talking about burning Waymos or TV chopper footage of violent clashes played over and over during the first few days of the siege. I am obsessed with the average Joes who see those white-and-green Border Patrol trucks and turn on their cameras. These videos are choppy, the action often out of frame, frequently taken by bystanders in cars or in the middle of shopping. But what they lack in professional flair they make up for in raw emotion. Consider some scene from just the last few days: These images hold such power because they are both familiar and foreign. I know that corner in Koreatown. I've bought groceries at that Walmart. I used to drive by that shopping center in Santa Ana every morning. The locations are recognizable, even comforting, yet the vibes are anything but. A row of camouflage Humvees on the 105 Freeway. Abandoned work sites, food trucks, fruit vending carts, and even lawn mowers left running after the gardeners were arrested. The images are so incongruous they bring to mind those early pandemic views of L.A.'s empty freeways. Or the CGI-generated destruction of the downtown skyline in the final act of a disaster movie. Or the disoriented expressions on the faces of people after the shaking of an earthquake finally subsides. I know this place, but what has happened to it? 'Tortilla Curtain' was published in 1995 during one of California's anti-immigrant waves. The year before, voters had approved Proposition 187, which barred undocumented immigrants in California from receiving many public services. Boyle's novel captured those times and won acclaim for its uncomfortably biting satire of white fear and brown exploitation in one of those 'perfect' L.A. suburbs that those with means regard as an escape hatch. The undocumented workers in his book are treated with unrelenting, almost comic cruelty. They have no allies. And that is where 2025 is different from 1995, at least according to my algorithm. It's remarkable how often strangers come to the defense of those swept up, even risking arrest by getting into it with agents. Consider: I was scrolling my phone Monday night when I stopped on one reel. I know that intersection! That's 7th Street right around Cal State Long Beach. A traffic nightmare. In the median, one man is selling fruit and another is selling flowers. The person holding the camera screams from across the street 'La Migra!' and urges them to leave. After a bit of confusion, they take his advice and pack their things. Another video starts with the sounds of a woman wailing behind a truck in West L.A. 'My father was on his way to work. They must have pulled him out by force,' she is heard crying in Spanish. 'Oh, Father, he's an elderly man … He couldn't do anything to them.' The camera finally reveals her on the ground. But she is not alone. Four seeming strangers are at her side, comforting her. Here's more from our coverage of the ICE raids and arrests: A selection of the very best reads from The Times' 143-year archive. Kevinisha Walker, multiplatform editorAndrew Campa, Sunday writerKarim Doumar, head of newsletters How can we make this newsletter more useful? Send comments to essentialcalifornia@ Check our top stories, topics and the latest articles on
Shafaq News
20-06-2025
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Erdogan warns: Iran-Israel war risks mass migration to Europe
Shafaq News/ The escalating Iran-Israel conflict could spark a fresh wave of migration toward Europe, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cautioned on Friday. In a phone call with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Erdogan condemned Israel's strikes on Iranian territory, arguing they have sharply intensified regional instability, according to the Turkish Presidency. He also warned of the growing risk of nuclear fallout and urged that disputes over Iran's nuclear program be resolved through diplomacy. Cumhurbaşkanımız @RTErdogan, Almanya Başbakanı Friedrich Merz ile bir telefon görüşmesi gerçekleştirdi.Görüşmede İsrail ile İran arasındaki çatışma, ikili ilişkiler ve bölgesel konular ele alındı.Cumhurbaşkanımız Erdoğan görüşmede İran ile nükleer anlaşmazlıkların çözüm… — T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı (@tcbestepe) June 20, 2025 The region remains on edge, with Iran and Israel locked in sustained exchanges of missile and drone attacks since last Friday. Despite rising international pressure to de-escalate, both sides continue to press forward.
Irish Daily Mirror
15-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Leinster lions eclipse Farrell's Lions - astonishing role reversal at Croke Park
Leinster's own lions were sensational, reducing Farrell's Lions to the accompanying support act. How else to judge the URC Grand Final performances of TV's Man of the Match Ryan Baird, the common-man's player of the match Thomas Clarkson, the step-up hero for the day Luke McGrath and All Black Jordie Barrett. The blindside and tight-head were surrounded by six Lions tourists in the pack; the scrum-half wasn't even in the original team selection and the first-centre gilded the day with a try that will be remembered for a long time to come. A four-star constellation producing five-star worthy displays, instrumental in bringing the Bulls house crashing down around their ears. Sure, the British & Irish Lions guys got on with the day-job, Andrew Porter, Dan Sheehan and Garry Ringrose doing well but... It begs the question being posed and that needs to be looked at again, have too many of the big-time Central Contracted players, 'Club Ireland', lost provincial focus, are they struggling with the small-time. Not so for T.C who really was Top Cat and a performance that will have resonated with every soul who has ever stepped on a rugby pitch, the very embodiment of the idea the tight-head is the most important player on a Rugby Union team. Clarkson's gaining a scrum penalty after four minutes electrically-charged his side, winning a second soon after meant Leinster knew this was their day. Alongside him in the fast lane Lucky Luke, benefitting from Leinster's best kept secret last week - although finally decoded by the Star/Mirror and posted online as an exclusive early on Saturday morning - that Jamison Gibson-Park was injured. While his first-half box-kick/chip ahead was the catalyst for a piece of try-scoring magical improv from the All Black. "T.C.'s physicality, his set-piece work, is really what got us into that game because the Bulls obviously came with their plan to disrupt our set-piece," said front-row colleague Sheehan. "That was one of the biggest focuses this week in the face of people doubting whether we could deal with it and we kind of said, scrap that, and we'll put our own spin on it, make sure that our set-piece was a weapon and they'll have to deal with ours. "I thought T.C. in particular, was unbelievable (helps if you start to sing-along 'Top Cat, the most effectual Top Cat, who's intellectual close friends get to call him T.C....') in stopping that and also enforcing our set-piece on them. "He got a bit of experience in the international jersey this year but I think his best rugby has definitely been played in these last few weeks, he's been absolutely unbelievable." McGrath's is a tale to be told too, jettisoned by Andy Farrell immediately following the 2019 Rugby World Cup, he remains not so much out in the cold but Arctic when it comes to getting another chance under the Yorkshireman's reign. Indeed, the scrum-half went from being number two internationally to Conor Murray and one of only two no9's Joe Schmidt brought to Japan for RWC 2019 to being no2 provincially to Jamison Gibson-Park (as per Farrell's wishes) in a matter of weeks. The Dubliner had shown signs of his best form in the latter half of this season but Saturday's display against Bulls, on the big day, when it was needed, was brilliant. Sheehan adds: "Luke does all the dirty work for us as a no9 and he's probably the most physical player while being the smallest player on the pitch. "He's also a person that is a sort of cornerstone of Leinster rugby at the minute and someone we all look up to. He puts his body on the line more so than anyone else in the team. Luke gives us a great sort of 'in' to the game, especially defensively and on a rainy day like that. It was massive that he got a good start and he gets a good few shots in there and he's just everywhere in the pitch. "You feel that energy off of people like that, you see him flying into collisions and it just makes you want to sort of fly into them too, so definitely a superstar today." Bulls coach Jake White went as far as to admit his heart sank when Bulls were mashed in the first scrum after just four minutes - he suspected all was lost already. Indeed there is a photo to be treasured of McGrath and Clarkson - not any of eight Lions or the other internationals with far greater reputations/profiles - who had the top table for the aftermatch media call. Clarkson wasn't for hiding from his match ambition either: "The scrum was going to be the biggest battle of the day, the stuff around the park was going to come after. "If the scrum wasn't sorted it was going to give them a way into the game I couldn't let them have that. So I also gave away two penalties (both of which were hotly disputed by Sheehan and skipper Jack Conan) in the first-half but I was still happy with how it went." While McGrath revealed he had been alerted he might be starting on Thursday night and spoke of Barrett's vision ahead of the second try: "Jordie had said it earlier that it could be on and had said 'So listen for me with the call...'. "But when he said it, he was quite late, and after I'd put the ball through I was just hoping he would get to it. I was happy when he got there." Skipper Conan has been around the block, three Lions 2021 Tests at no8 and heading for Australia 2025 but there may well be recourse to think of Clarkson in Georgia and Portugal hoping to make a second Ireland start and McGrath who isn't traveling anywhere this summer. "You come up against the Bulls renowned for their scrummaging set piece and Tommy's (again, keep humming: 'Top Cat, the indisputable leader of the gang, he's the boss, he's the pip, he's the championship...) performance was fantastic. "He's grown immensely throughout the season, given a great account of himself, and you see the just rewards for what he's done, getting capped by Ireland, everything else. "Delighted for Lukey, obviously we lose Jamo and we've got someone who has 220-odd Leinster caps to come in. He was absolutely fantastic, controlled the game, he's incredibly physical, it's like having another back-row out there. "Myself and Lukey started together at Leinster U16s in Terenure longer ago that I'd like to admit and we've been very close for a long time. He performed unbelievably well. "Delighted for the two boys, it shows the strength of Leinster that there are two lads to come in that are ready to perform the way they did, testament to them for their mentality and getting across their bits today." What a day, redemption for Leinster and a first trophy for four years. But, don't forget, with Clarkson deputising for Furlong, Baird in because Doris is injured, McGrath stepping in for late withdrawal Gibson-Park and Barrett starting because Henshaw is unavailable, the fanfare is more for the common man than the masters of the universe... ("Yes, he's the chief, he's the king, but above everything he is the most tip top, Top Cat...!)
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Local leaders met for the State of Daviess County Address
DAVIESS COUNTY, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Many people gathered at the Gasthof Amish Village in honor of the State of Daviess County Address on Thursday afternoon. The quarterly legislative luncheon gave local leaders, business professionals, and community members the opportunity to come together to discuss key issues and the future of the county. 'It's to bring our community together to talk about what were going to do and why Daviess County is a great place to live, work, and play,' said Joe Morris, Executive Director of the Daviess County Chamber of Commerce. 'The ultimate goal is to be the advocacy arm of the county. (The address) is for us to engage our members to bring those benefits and value to the membership.' Those who attended heard from local officials about the county budget, and upcoming projects including the renovation of the Daviess County courthouse. Plus, another key discussion at the meeting was Senate Bill 1, and how that will impact residents in Daviess County moving froward. 'It's very important to talk about the future, what the future holds, and that the future is actually bright in Daviess County,' stated T.C. Cook, Daviess County Commissioner. 'We're excited about the things going on in the county. All of the different entrepreneurs, businesses, quality of life things we got going on, so to highlight that for our constituents is a big deal.' For more information on the Daviess County Chamber of Commerce and upcoming events, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
HanesBrands Provides Details for First-Quarter 2025 Earnings Announcement and Investor Conference Call
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., April 23, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HanesBrands Inc. (NYSE: HBI) today provided details for its first-quarter 2025 investor conference call at 8:30 a.m. ET Thursday, May 8, 2025. Prior to the conference call that day, HanesBrands will issue a news release disclosing financial results for the quarter ended March 29, 2025. Conference Call Details To participate via telephone, please register in advance by clicking here or using this link: After registering, all telephone participants will receive a confirmation email with instructions to join the conference call, including the dial-in number, a unique passcode, and a registrant ID for access. While not mandatory, joining 10 minutes before the event is recommended for a seamless experience. The conference call webcast, featuring prepared remarks followed by a Q&A session, will be available in the Investors section of the HanesBrands corporate website at The call is expected to conclude by 9:30 a.m. ET. A replay of the conference call will be available online. The archived webcast can be accessed after the call in the Investors section of the HanesBrands corporate website or directly via this link: About HanesBrands HanesBrands (NYSE: HBI), the No. 1 seller of innerwear, is a socially responsible global leader in everyday iconic apparel with a mission to create a more comfortable world for every body. The company owns a portfolio of some of the world's most recognized apparel brands including Hanes, the leading basic apparel brand in the U.S.; Bonds, an Australian staple since 1915 that is setting new standards for design and innovation; Maidenform, America's number one shapewear brand; and Bali, America's number one national bra brand. HanesBrands owns the majority of its worldwide manufacturing facilities and has built a strong reputation for workplace quality, ethical business practices, and reducing environmental impact. View source version on Contacts News Media Contact: Jonathan Binder, Analysts and Investors Contact: T.C. Robillard,
