Actor Jay North, who as a child star personified mischief as “Dennis the Menace,” has died. He was 73. His death Sunday after years of contending with colon cancer was announced by longtime family friend Laurie Jacobson on social media, and confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter by his “Dennis the Menace” co-star Jeannie Russell. Russell, who played Dennis’s friend Margaret Wade on the comedy…
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri claimed pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday as his teammate Lando Norris and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen had a trying evening under floodlights at the desert circuit. Series leader Norris could only make it onto the third row with Verstappen facing an even tougher time on Sunday from the…
Australia swept past Colombia to end their bid to make the Billie Jean King finals on a winning note Saturday, but it was in vain after Kazakhstan had already qualified from their group. Teenager Maya Joint crushed Yuliana Monroy 6-1, 6-0 in Brisbane before Kim Birrell sealed the tie with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over…
Sgt. Joe Harris lived a beautiful life. He sailed to earth on numerous missions as a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black paratrooper battalion during World War II, the 555th, aptly nicknamed the “Triple Nickles.” At his funeral service on Saturday, friends, families and uniformed members of the military danced and sang to honor Harris, believed to be…
As Emperor Naruhito travels across the country to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II this year, he is expected to explore how best to pass down memories of the conflict and work for peace in his role as a “symbol” of the country now most of its people belong to…
A revised law on immigration control in Japan, which went into effect last June, introduced a new “supervisory” measure as a solution to prevent the long-term detention of foreigners who are subject to deportation. The revision to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act allows such foreigners to live outside detention facilities under the supervision…
President Donald Trump’s administration issued an emergency order on Friday targeting a 25% increase in logging quotas following multiple wildfire disasters in recent months. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced an emergency order on Friday to increase timber production in the United States and designate an “emergency situation on National Forest System lands.” Department of…
Police in Eniwa, Hokkaido, have arrested an 80-year-old man on suspicion of attempting to kill a 74-year-old male resident at the senior housing complex where they both live. According to police, Hiromi Sasaki slashed the victim on the cheek and neck with a kitchen knife at around 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Hokkaido Broadcasting Corp reported….
A drone was detected flying near the Chinese pavilion at the World Exposition site in Osaka on Friday, despite a ban on such flights for security reasons, police… © Japan Today
Will Nuovo Pasta’s pesto sauce taste the same if the Stratford company has to substitute American basil for herbs grown in Italy? Will a Connecticut electronics factory be able to expand if tariffs double the cost of tools from China that aren’t made anywhere else? Those are the questions Connecticut Chief Manufacturing Officer Paul Lavoie has been fielding the past week as businesses calculate the impact…
