On May 19, Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister Hossein Abdollahian and two other top provincial officials were killed in a helicopter crash in the mountainous terrain of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, bordering Azerbaijan. But, in this case, Raisi’s rise to the presidency had been systematically brought about by current Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as part of a smooth …
When the LA Clippers filed into the United Center Tuesday morning for shootaround to prepare for their game against the Chicago Bulls, Reggie Jackson had on a winter coat and dark shades. But this is Jackson’s third “contract year” with the Clippers, which means that even last season — the first of a two-year contract that includes a 15 percent …
