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Moments before a lifeguard was pummeled on the Venice Beach pier last week he poured a bucket of water on two of his assailants, a new video of the incident shows.The video, recorded by two beachgoers on the sand some distance away from the attack and obtained by The Times, shows several people exchanging loud, unintelligible words with a lifeguard standing on the tower before one attempts to climb the tower ladder.Read the latest Essential California newsletter >>Another person pulls the climber down before he…

A month on, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever continues to carve its place into box office history, which shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone who’s even marginally plugged in to pop culture; the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the de facto element in keeping theaters afloat these days, and Wakanda Forever in particular, with its unwavering spirit and contextual meat both in and out of the universe, always seemed destined for good fortune. Like any Marvel film, the beauty was in the details; from the writers to…

A marquee roster of investors from Silicon Valley and Wall Street swarmed FTX. They invested nearly $2 billion with few strings attached and no oversight on the cryptocurrency exchange’s board, promoting it as a safe bet. Now the backers are nursing a high-profile black eye as the three-year-old company—valued at $32 billion at its peak—teeters. Venture-capital firm Sequoia Capital said on Wednesday it is writing a $150 million investment one of its funds had in FTX down to zero because of solvency risk.…

"I tell you I'm not crazy," insisted the tall man. "Durkin, they got a big mine." Bill Durkin laughed roughly, and sneered openly at his partner, Frank Maget. "G'wan, you're drunk." Madly the three raced for their lives up the shaft of the radium mine, for behind them poured a stream of hideous monsters—giants of the ray!Astounding StoriesDare to dream. Dare to go where no other has gone before.Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June 1930, by Astounding Stories is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series. You can…

I can say precisely where and when I first read Black England because I made a note of it on the flyleaf: Zadie Smith NW2 ’99. I was in the habit back then of using the books I bought as a record of the places and times of my life. Can’t remember what I hoped to gain by it – but I am grateful now to recall that I must have been back in my mum’s flat in Willesden Green, north-west London, and finishing my first novel. And if I was doing that, I must have bought Black England in Willesden Bookshop (now defunct) with a song…

Details of Brad Pitt and Angeline Jolie’s alleged fight onboard a private jet in 2016 have come to light after FBI documents were obtained by some publications.According to reports, the Maleficent actor told FBI officials that after ex-husband Pitt consumed multiple alcoholic beverages during the flight, he “poured beer on her and the blanket she was under”. When the plane landed, she said it had sustained $25,000 worth of damage from spilt red wine.The records obtained by Rolling Stone and Puck reportedly say the…