Los Angeles Times
'Cult-like' group leaders are charged with murder
Leaders of a secretive Inland Empire religious group have been charged with murder in two separate cases — the disappearance of longtime member Emilio Ghanem in Redlands and the 2010 death of 4-year-old Timothy Thomas in Colton.
3 min |
December 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
FEW SPARKS INSIDE DAZZLING WORLD OF 'FIRE AND ASH'
James Cameron's third 'Avatar' film recycles the same story, but dynamite villains and a realistic Pandora make it a worthy place to revisit
5 min |
December 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Perry's second ketamine doctor gets house arrest
Mark Chavez reached a plea agreement after cooperating with investigators.
2 min |
December 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Betts sisters rock as Bruins roll in rout
Cal Poly overmatched as Sienna plays first game alongside Lauren for UCLA
3 min |
December 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Spesh rewrites stand-up playbook
The company wants to break the streaming industry mold with alt-comedy specials.
3 min |
December 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
South Africa raids U.S. migrant processing center
South African immigration authorities raided a United States migrant processing center in Johannesburg, and seven Kenyans working there illegally were arrested and given deportation orders, South Africa's Home Affairs Ministry said Wednesday, as the U.S. called the action \"unacceptable.\"
2 min |
December 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Israeli mortar strikes Gaza neighborhood, wounding 10
It's the latest blow to the fragile ceasefire, which has yet to move beyond its first phase.
2 min |
December 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Texas country-rock pioneer and legend collaborated with Clash, Springsteen
The Flatlanders founder brought an expansive vision that transcended genre.
2 min |
December 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Father of the late Tejano singer Selena, manager of Los Dinos
The former Chicano rock group member pushed the pop icon’s 1997 biopic forward.
3 min |
December 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Southland rabbi loses a relative in Sydney attack
Yisroel Goldstein, a synagogue shooting survivor, mourns his niece's husband.
3 min |
December 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Knicks won't lift banner after winning NBA Cup
After beating Spurs in championship game, New York hopes to make it to the Finals.
2 min |
December 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Crawford retires on 'own terms'
Omaha boxer, 38, exits after his 17-year career with a perfect record of 42-0 and four titles.
2 min |
December 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Funk singer of 'Bad Mama Jama'
The 1981 single lifted his self-titled album to gold and became a pop culture staple.
1 min |
December 18, 2025
Reason magazine
Can Florida and Ohio Kill Property Taxes?
IN A 1995 episode of The Simpsons, teachers at the dilapidated Springfield Elementary School make an impassioned plea for more school funding at a PTA meeting, telling parents, “It’s for your children’s future.” Principal Skinner easily changes their minds by simply rubbing his fingers together. “Oh yeah, the taxes, the finger thing means the taxes,” exclaim the disgruntled parents, who then reject any funding that requires a tax increase.
3 min |
February/March 2026
Reason magazine
Does AI Know How You Will Die?
HOW HIGH IS your risk of developing pancreatic cancer or suffering a heart attack in the next 20 years? A new generative artificial intelligence system called Delphi-2M aims to answer that question and offer personalized forecasts of your long-term health trajectory.
1 min |
February/March 2026
Reason magazine
How the FCC Became the Speech Police
THE CONSTITUTIONALLY ANOMALOUS STATUS OF BROADCASTING INVITES GOVERNMENT MEDDLING.
10+ min |
February/March 2026
Reason magazine
Ayn Rand, the Video Game
\"WHAT DOES COMPLETELY, COMPLETELY UNREGULATED COMMERCE LOOK LIKE?\" KEN LEVINE'S BIOSHOCK WILL TELL YOU.
10+ min |
February/March 2026
Reason magazine
MAMDANI CAN'T RAISE YOUR KIDS
THE MORE THE GOVERNMENT INTERVENES IN THE MARKET, THE MORE NEW YORK PARENTS PAY FOR CHILD CARE.
10 min |
February/March 2026
Reason magazine
MAMDANI'S EDUCATION AGENDA FOR LESS LEARNING
NEW YORK SCHOOLS NEED MORE CHOICE AND BETTER CURRICULA, BUT THE CITY'S NEW MAYOR WANTS TO TAKE CHOICES AWAY.
8 min |
February/March 2026
Reason magazine
WILL MAMDANI DEFUND THE POLICE?
THE NEW MAYOR IS KEEPING POLICE COMMISSIONER JESSICA TISCH ON THE JOB, BUT THEY MIGHT HAVE A CONTENTIOUS RELATIONSHIP.
3 min |
February/March 2026
Reason magazine
You Have the Right To Record ICE
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION believes you don't have the right to record Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in public. This stance is both factually wrong and an attempt to chill free speech by conflating it with violence.
3 min |
February/March 2026
Reason magazine
Trump's Bureaucratic War on Immigrants
DRAMATIC SCENES HAVE come to define the second Donald Trump administration's immigration policy: federal troops patrolling the streets of American cities, agents snatching international students on video, hundreds of Venezuelan migrants disappeared to a brutal Salvadoran prison.
4 min |
February/March 2026
Car and Driver
She's tiny and squirmy and has changed my being.
This past summer, a beautiful baby girl joined the Quiroga family. As a friend predicted, my capacity to love has grown exponentially.
2 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
Logos à Go-Go
Mercedes-Maybach SL680 HIGHS: Cushier ride, elevated exclusivity, enhanced snob appeal. LOWS: A Louis Vuitton handbag becomes a car, pooch-perch rear seats are gone, cleaning the white carpet (or having to doff your shoes).
2 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
The Best Odds
The cars I recall most fondly were neither the prettiest nor the quickest.
3 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
Marriage of Convenience
2025 Toyota GR Corolla HIGHS: Ultraplayful chassis and steering, hatchback versatility, automatic makes eating tacos while driving easier. LOWS: Inconsistent launch-control starts; less acceleration, efficiency, and money in your pocket than with the manual.
1 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
A Blast from the Past
Morgan Plus Four HIGHS: Modern performance, steers and handles well, a real conversation starter. LOWS: Inherit the wind; unlockable; please, sir, may I have some storage space?
3 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
Drivelines
The Ferrari 296 Speciale gets the once-a-generation factory treatment—and a name that's basically a self-fulfilling prophecy.
3 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
Judged by its specs, the Lucid Gravity would appear to be another example of EV overkill; a quick stint behind the wheel proves otherwise.
THE NUMBER OF LUXURY ELECTRIC SUVS is growing, as are the figures that define them.
2 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
The BMW M2 is the distillation of the BMW M ethos, a respectable luxury coupe turned 473-hp street fighter.
THE BMW M2 is a cheat code, a hack, the secret handshake of the BMW lineup.
2 min |