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Ian Ziering is thankful he and his family were left “completely unscathed” after the Beverly Hills, 90210 actor was filmed in a street brawl with several bikers in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve.

Los Angeles, authorities said. Officers responding to reports of a shooting around 1 am on Monday heard gunfire and found a crowd fleeing the area and several wounded people lying on the street and sidewalk, police said in a news release. A man and woman died at the scene, police said.

To make their homes as cozy as possible, people are taking inspiration from their lazy pets. Danielle Turchiano has worked from home for years, often on the couch. A few weeks ago, she shifted to an even cushier workspace: a human dog bed.

NBA side Los Angeles Lakers are set to face off against the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Target Center. The game is scheduled to tip off at 8:00 pm (ET) on Saturday, December 30, 2023. Basketball fans can watch the live streaming of the game on fuboTV for free. One can also catch the game live at NBA League Pass.

By Sandra Stojanovic

CD Projekt, the publisher of Cyberpunk 2077, is offering a total of five video games for free download. For those unfamiliar with GOG, it serves as the digital storefront owned and managed by CD Projekt. Notably, GOG boasts an extensive collection of free games, including some highly acclaimed titles. In recent days, GOG's winter sale has seen the addition of several remarkable games available for free download. These include Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Master, Lost Ruins, Caveblazers, and Lacuna. It's worth noting that these giveaways are available for a limited time only, adding to their exclusivity.

New Year commences, television networks ABC and CBS are set to dazzle audiences with star-studded specials to bid farewell to 2023 and usher in 2024. Get ready for an unforgettable night of music, entertainment, and festivities with «Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024» on ABC and "New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash" on CBS.

Pop star Cher has filed for a conservatorship of her son Elijah Blue Allman over claims that his life is “at risk” due to “severe mental health and substance abuse issues.”

By Lisa Baertlein

“That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson has been sent to a California state prison to serve his sentence for two rape convictions.

China says it is banning a United States research company and two analysts who have reported extensively on claims of human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups native to the country’s northwest

Gradient Investments President Mike Binger explains why he added McDonald's and Ulta Beauty to his portfolio on 'The Claman Countdown.'

NBA has come out with five fabulous games on this day. It starts with the Bucks vs. Knicks at noon ET followed by the Warriors vs. Nuggets at 2:30 p.m. ET, Celtics vs. Lakers at 5 p.m. ET, 76ers vs. Heat at 8 p.m. ET. The day ends with the Mavs vs. Suns at 10:30 p.m. ET. Christmas is a day that has always featured the best players in NBA history- LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan and many others.

Long-haul flights are generally considered to be those eight hours and longer, while any that stretch past a grueling 16 hours are nicknamed «ultra long-haul.» The longest nonstop commercial flights currently available include New York to Singapore (18 hours and 50 minutes; 9,530 miles) and Perth, Australia, to London (17 hours and 45 minutes; 9,010 miles). Qantas Airways, Australia's national airline, plans to operate two even longer direct flights in 2025: Sydney to London and Sydney to New York — routes that will take up to 20 hours. For travelers, flying at 35,000 feet for an extended period of time comes with its own set of challenges, including little space for movement, dry cabin air and time zone changes. Although extreme long-haul air travel never gets easier, there are some things you can do — before, during and after your flight — to make it slightly less terrible. Jennifer Bagnall, 40, a communications executive who often flies between her home in Los Angeles and Sydney, believes reframing the experience in your mind is an essential first step. «Instead of approaching it as a long stretch of time in a confined space without escape, I think about how it's a long stretch of uninterrupted time with no responsibilities and where I can't be contacted,» she said. «It's so rare you get that.»

California has sued the Ralphs supermarket chain, alleging it violated state law by asking job-seekers whether they had criminal records and illegally rejecting hundreds of applicants

The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted David Gilbert Saffron, an Australian national, and Vincent Anthony Mazzotta Jr., a resident of Los Angeles, for orchestrating a $25 million Ponzi scheme exploiting AI crypto-trading. This case highlights the growing concerns over fraudulent activities in the burgeoning field of cryptocurrency and AI technologies.

Tesla’s top designer said the recently launched Cybertruck will test whether a pickup with unconventional looks can gain traction in a category known for meat-and-potatoes styling. “Some people’s trash is other people’s treasure," Franz von Holzhausen said of the vehicle’s angular body design, speaking to reporters Thursday at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Tesla wasn’t seeking to follow in the footsteps of companies like Ford Motor when it designed a pickup truck, the designer said.

former assistant to the actor Vin Diesel filed a lawsuit against him on Thursday alleging that he sexually battered her in 2010 and that she was fired from her job just hours later. In the lawsuit, filed in a Los Angeles court, the former assistant Asta Jonasson alleges that Diesel assaulted her in an Atlanta hotel room while the pair were working on the movie "Fast Five."

Hyperloop One, the futuristic transportation company building tube-encased lines to zip passengers and freight from city to city at airplane-like speeds, is shutting down, according to people familiar with the situation.