Sly Stone, the driving force behind Sly and the Family Stone, a multiracial American band whose boiling mix of rock, soul and psychedelia embodied 1960s idealism and helped popularize funk music, has died at the age of 82, his family said on Monday.

The U.S. military will temporarily deploy about 700 Marines to Los Angeles until more National Guard troops can arrive, marking another escalation in President Donald Trump’s response to street protests over his aggressive immigration policies.

India’s defence ministry is set to approve the procurement of indigenous Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QR-SAM) systems for the Army, costing ₹30,000 crore. These highly mobile systems, with a range of 25-30 km, can intercept hostile aerial threats.