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Roti, a shape-shifting global staple, takes a new form: convenience food

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:07 GMT

By Priya Krishna, The New York TimesChef Peter Prime has been eating roti all his life. But asked to define what exactly roti is, he laughed and launched into a long-winded answer.It could be a plain round of blistered bread, he said. Or the flaky version also known in his native Trinidad and Tobago as buss up shut. Or a floppy specimen stuffed with split peas, also known as dhal puri.“We call everything roti,” said Prime with a laugh as he smeared a mixture of coconut oil and butter onto a paper-thin piece of dough in his home kitchen in Washington, D.C. It was destined to become buss up shut — or roti, depending on whom you ask.Roti is one of the world’s most ubiquitous and shape-shifting foods, a round, unleavened bread of uncertain origin that has spread around the world, changing every time it reaches a new country, region or even household.There are the simple wheat-flour-and-water versions found across India, the stretchy, layered variety known as roti canai in Malaysia...

'Mobility impaired' woman killed in Sherman Oaks house fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:07 GMT

A woman is dead after a house fire in Sherman Oaks Wednesday morning.The fire at 8766 N. Matilija Ave. was reported at 8:08 a.m., and though it was extinguished in just over 20 minutes by 34 firefighters, a woman was found dead in the 1,500-square-foot home, the Los Angeles Fire Department said in an alert. Other residents of the home said the woman, whose identity has not been released, was "mobility impaired," and she was "lifeless in a rear bedroom" and "beyond medical help" when firefighters found her, according to the alert. She was declared dead at the scene."Three other residents, including one child, who were home at the time of the fire, are now being medically evaluated by LAFD Paramedics at scene for smoke exposure," fire officials said. Firefighters are continuing to investigate if smoke alarms were functional, though they have confirmed that the home, built in 1949, did not have fire sprinklers.This fire came hours after a spree of fires damaged a flower shop and a hous...

L.A. area retail theft suspects arrested with thousands in cash, merchandise

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:07 GMT

Two suspects in retail theft crimes across Los Angeles were arrested last week by an LAPD task force, the police department announced Tuesday.Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department Organized Retail Crime Task Force served search warrants at two Los Angeles area homes on Oct. 12. They were targeting suspects who were identified as being involved in retail thefts from stores in Los Angeles, Carson, Lakewood and other surrounding cities, according to an LAPD news release. The suspects, identified as Daronica Harris and Quenda Scott, were taken into custody and arrested on suspicion of grand theft with active Ramey warrants. Harris and Scott remain in custody on $150,000 bail, according to the news release. Two additional suspects who were not identified were also arrested in connection with the operation. One of the suspects had an outstanding felony warrant and the other was arrested on suspicion of identity theft. 4 women struck, killed while walking in Malibu Officers fo...

Flower shop, house damaged in San Fernando Valley fire spree

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:07 GMT

A spate of fires destroyed a flower shop and a house in the San Fernando Valley Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning.A fire was reported at Mark's Garden at 13838 W. Ventura Blvd. in Sherman Oaks at about 11:20 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.The blaze in the 3,000-square-foot shop was extinguished in 23 minutes, and a "well-coordinated firefight prevented fire damage to adjacent buildings," fire officials said."The cause of the fire is considered suspicious - and was among a handful of rubbish/debris/vegetation fires that occurred in the general area at the time of the fire. The other fires were quickly extinguished by LAFD responders, before they could cause structural damage or injury. A team of LAFD Investigators is actively investigating the fires," the LAFD said in an alert. One of those other blazes, this one at a 1,409-square-foot home at 4646 N. Nagle Ave. in Sherman Oaks, was reported at about 1:40 a.m. and was also extinguished in 23 minutes, the L...

Biden says Gaza hospital blast 'appears as though it was done by the other team,' not Israel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:07 GMT

President Joe Biden opened his visit to Israel on Wednesday vowing to show the world that the U.S. stands in solidarity with the Jewish people and offering an assessment that the deadly explosion at a Gaza Strip hospital appeared to have been carried out “by the other team” and not the Israeli military.“Based on what I’ve seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you,” Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting, referring to Hamas militants. But Biden said there were “a lot of people out there” who weren't sure what caused the blast.The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said an Israeli airstrike caused the destruction and hundreds of deaths. The Israeli military denied involvement and blamed a misfired rocket from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, another militant group. However, that organization also rejected responsibility. Gaza hospital blast overshadows Biden’s Israel visit: Live updates Biden had been scheduled to visit Jordan af...

These Los Angeles-area Rite Aid stores are expected to close

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:07 GMT

More than 150 Rite Aid locations are expected to close after the Rite Aid Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this week.As part of the process, Rite Aid expected to close underperforming stores. In court filings submitted Monday, the company disclosed the initial 154 stores it will be closing nationwide. 31 of the 154 stores set to close are in California, with over half of those 31 located in Southern California.It's unclear when the Rite Aid stores are expected to close, but patients' prescriptions are expected to be transferred to other pharmacies, the company told Insider. Rite Aid did not immediately respond to Nexstar's request for comment or additional information. The stores set to close their doors in California, according to court documents, is below: Store #05448: 4044 Eagle Rock Boulevard, Los AngelesStore #05457: 4046 South Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles Store #05466: 7859 Firestone Boulevard, Downey Store #05521: 4402 Atlantic Avenue, Long Bea...

Driver dies after would-be rescuer disappears in San Joaquin River

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:07 GMT

After a stranger went missing while trying to rescue her, a woman has died of injuries suffered when her SUV plunged into the San Joaquin River.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Motorcyclist dies in Livermore traffic collision Crashes and Disasters | 2 Napa bicyclists die after being hit by lumber on flatbed truck Crashes and Disasters | San Jose man’s toxicology results released in double-fatal Santa Cruz County crash Crashes and Disasters | Man accused in downtown Long Beach crash was working for Uber, had passenger in car, DA says Crashes and Disasters | East Bay woman arrested in connection with fatal hit-and-run earlier this year in Tracy Melanie Caligiuri, 46, of Patterson, died at San Joaquin General Hospital, in French Camp, the San Joaquin County coroner’s office announced Tuesday, Oct. 17.A week earlier, on Oct. 10, Caligiuri was driving with her 5-year-old daughter when their...

$166,152 lottery ticket winner sold at Pittsburg liquor store

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:07 GMT

PITTSBURG — Maybe they also bought something to help celebrate the big win.The person who purchased Tuesday night’s Fantasy 5 lottery game-winning jackpot ticket worth $166,152 at Vintage Liquors, 1339 Buchanan Rd. didn’t immediately step forward to say.The winning numbers were 3, 5, 30, 32 and 37.Store owner Ajmer Sandhu said in a phone interview Wednesday he was aware the ticket had been sold there, but said he does not know yet who the winner is.Related ArticlesLatest Headlines | Letters: More than gaming | Helping police | Who benefits? | Dumping Trump | Hurting democracy Latest Headlines | Powerball ticket sold in California wins $1.76 billion jackpot Latest Headlines | Powerball jackpot leaps to $1.73 billion, second largest prize in the lottery’s history Latest Headlines | Powerball ticket worth $1.3 million sold in San Francisco Latest Headlines | Powerball jackpot climbs to an estim...

Colts QB Anthony Richardson opts for season-ending surgery on injured throwing shoulder

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:07 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts rookie quarterback Anthony Richardson will have season-ending shoulder surgery, coach Shane Steichen said Wednesday.Steichen said the team sought multiple opinions from doctors and ultimately decided surgery was the best option for the long-term health of the former Florida Gators star.“Anthony is a competitor, and we know how difficult and disappointing this is for him and our team,” Colts owner Jim Irsay said in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter.Richardson, the fourth overall pick in the April NFL draft, suffered a sprained AC joint in his right shoulder at the end of a short run against Tennessee on Oct. 8. With Richardson out, veteran Gardner Minshew will continue to start. Indy (3-3) hosts Cleveland (3-2) on Sunday.Richardson was hurt when he hit the ground awkwardly. He stayed down for several minutes before walking slowly to the team’s medical tent, his right shoulder drooping. Richardson did not return to that 23-16 victory an...

Former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice fights order to appear in court over impeachment advice

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:07 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice is fighting a subpoena ordering her to appear in court in a lawsuit related to advice she gave about possible impeachment of a current liberal justice, calling it “unreasonable and oppressive.”Republican lawmakers have threatened possible impeachment of current Justice Janet Protasiewicz related to comments she made during the campaign calling GOP-drawn legislative maps “rigged” and “unfair.” She joined with the liberal majority of the court in agreeing to hear a lawsuit supported by Democrats that seeks to overturn the GOP maps and enact new ones.Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos asked three former conservative Supreme Court justices for advice on impeachment. Two of the three told him that impeaching Protasiewicz was not warranted. The third, former Chief Justice Patience Roggensack, has not said what her advice was and Vos has repeatedly refused to disclose it.The liberal watchdog group American Oversight...