NEW YORK -- The audience for MTV's racy teen drama "Skins" plunged to 1.6 million Monday night, a drop-off of more than half from its premiere a week earlier, according to Nielsen Co. ratings. The viewer slump may signal a triumph for the Parents Television Council, a watchdog group that had blasted the series' content and accused MTV of aiming the show at underage viewers.
Mystik Dan, an 18-1 shot, edged Sierra Leone by a nose, with Forever Young another nose back in third on Saturday.
LOS ANGELES — On the morning before a mob attacked a pro-Palestinian student encampment at UCLA, campus Police Chief John Thomas assured university leadership that he could mobilize law enforcement “in minutes” — a miscalculation from the three hours it took to actually bring in enough officers to quell the violence, according to three sources.
JERUSALEM — Bells and clamor, incense and flames. One of the most chaotic gatherings in the Christian calendar is the ancient ceremony of the “Holy Fire,” with worshippers thronging the Church of the Holy Sepulcher on Saturday.
Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s commencement Saturday.
An Israeli official downplayed the prospects for a full end to the war in Gaza.
Some Jewish students have taken part in strident pro-Palestinian protests dominating U.S. colleges in recent weeks, but few have led rallies in support of Israel.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ planned trip to Las Vegas was pulled. She will remain in Washington D.C. instead, according to the White House.
The national debt is more than $34 trillion, or over $100,000 for every man, woman and child in America.
Red Cross disaster relief teams from across the nation are mobilizing to support evacuees in Texas, the most recent state slammed by storms this past week.
After canceling its mainstage commencement ceremony amid pro-Palestinian protests, USC has announced plans for a “Trojan Family” graduation event at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
