Los Angeles Times
Political climate spurs efforts to 'reclaim' MLK holiday
As communities across the country hosted parades, panels and service projects for the 40th federal observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, the political climate for some marking the civil rights icon’s legacy was more fraught with tension than festive.
5 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Trump ties stance on Greenland to his Nobel Peace Prize grievance
President Trump linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no longer felt “an obligation to think purely of Peace,” in a text message released on Monday.
4 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Fashion designer known for gowns, trademark red
Valentino Garavani, the jet-set Italian designer whose highglamour gowns - often in his trademark shade of \"Valentino red\" - were fashion show staples for nearly half a century, has died at home in Rome, his foundation announced Monday. He was 93.
3 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Trump's first year back: 11 stunning moves
Year I of second term full of unprecedented actions, some in direct conflict with his vows.
7 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
San Diego has an edge over L.A. on apartments
The city is friendlier toward developers, experts say
4 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Believe it: Rams are going to get it done
Now, do you believe? Super Bowl.
4 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Restocked Lakers run past the Raptors
Ayton and Doncic return and each score 25 points in a 110-93 victory over Toronto.
3 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Marching on with snow boot
Rams survive Bears' heroics, nail field goal to reach title game
4 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Uncomfortable truths
Jennette McCurdy made a splash with a memoir about her mom. In debut novel about a wild affair, she plumbs the depths of power dynamics.
6 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Cue the Bard's villains
Patrick Page's revealing 'All the Devils Are Here' taps into the evil within.
4 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Ayton can’t miss as he joins exclusive company
The Lakers can exhale. Briefly.
4 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Hayes to see which prospects get a leg up
U.S. women’s national team coach will use training camp to evaluate talent pool.
3 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
U.S. futures sink after latest tariff threat
European stocks also tumble after Trump’s warning to opponents of Greenland gambit.
3 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Doncic voted All-Star starter
Lakers guard earns his fifth starting nod, while James could be named a reserve.
2 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
State's Delta waters are in poor health, scientists warn in report
California’s biggest rivers converge in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, the waterways and wetlands forming an ecosystem where fresh water meets salt water from San Francisco Bay, and where native fish historically flourished.
2 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
U.S. sues state over buffer zones for oil wells
Trump administration challenges a minimum distance from homes, schools and hospitals.
3 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Musk keeps feeding white-grievance machine
Billionaire pushes victim narratives and boosts neo-Nazi hate. What’s driving the fear?
4 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Soprano's new project far from the norm
Julia Bullock's riveting song recital, 'From Ordinary Things,' is filled with surprises.
4 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
After record rains, more rocky roads
Thousands of new potholes in L.A. could be costly hazards for drivers and the city.
4 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
A doctor dives headfirst into 'Pitt'
Sepideh Moafi says chaos has shaped her character, scrubbing in for HBO's hit series.
6 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
Lakewood man kills wife and daughter, then himself at home
More details have emerged in a shooting that left three people dead inside a Lakewood home last week, with authorities saying a man killed his wife and 17-year-old daughter before turning the gun on himself.
1 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
The first step in redesigning L.A.'s transit future
Metro's solution for the Sepulveda Pass is estimated to cut travel times through the corridor by more than half
3 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
At least 40 killed in Spain high-speed rail crash
Death toll could rise as efforts to recover bodies from wrecked train cars continues.
4 min |
January 20, 2026
Los Angeles Times
U.S. overdose deaths fell through most of 2025
U.S. overdose deaths fell through most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that had been worsening for decades.
3 min |
January 20, 2026
Scientific American
The First Stars
Astronomers hope to soon spot the universe's earliest stellar inhabitants
9 min |
February 2026
Scientific American
R2-D2 Tweets
Droid-imitating birds test the limits of avian vocals
2 min |
February 2026
Scientific American
Is All Math Solvable?
Thousands of notoriously difficult problems in computer science are actually the same problem in disguise
7 min |
February 2026
Scientific American
Spider Illusionists
These webs appear to host their inhabitants' doppelgängers
1 min |
February 2026
Scientific American
Athletic Drill
Woodpeckers turn their entire bodies into tapping machines
2 min |
February 2026
Scientific American
Can a Time Capsule Outlast Geology?
A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun
10+ min |