Los Angeles Times
China's nature reserves record rise in migratory birds
Hundreds of endangered black-necked cranes and whooper swans have arrived early at key nature reserves across China, signaling both a successful migration season and the fruitful results of intensified conservation efforts.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Curious cubs learn to crawl at Chengdu panda base
Recently released footage from Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan Province shows a group of panda newborns practicing their first crawls across a patch of grass, brimming with curiosity.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
School uses app to fight addictive apps
Students keep phones but are no longer glued to them, officials say
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
China’s Yongzhou city unveils tourism campaign, blending football event, culture and easy flights
Yongzhou City in central China's Hunan Province launched a sports-culture-tourism campaign on Friday, aiming to boost its city profile and enhance tourism appeal.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Will the growing divide between GOP factions tear the party apart?
Republican coalition is fractured like a cracked windshield.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Judge grants police request to block Reiner autopsy results
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has agreed to bar the release of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner's autopsy reports at the request of law enforcement investigating the death of the Hollywood legend and his photographer wife.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Copper wire thieves sidelined parking enforcement in L.A.
Damage at a key tower led to radio outages. Similar crimes have caused chaos elsewhere.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Despite storms, snowpack is below average
California Department of Water Resources conducts first survey of the season. The state’s water supply will depend heavily on coming months, official says.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Rams hit a cold spell amid hot NFC teams
The Rams wanted to make the playoffs in the worst way.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
ZARA LARSSON FINDS HER LIGHT
After changing the way she records on 'Midnight Sun,' the Swedish pop singer is nominated for her first Grammy
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Cities cannot punish outreach workers for helping homeless people under new state law
State Senate Bill 634 would have made a big splash if it survived in the form Pasadena Democrat Sasha Renée Pérez originally intended.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Bots, banking, stablecoins to dominate fintech
Industry leaders are betting that 2026 could mark a major inflection point.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Environmental journalist and granddaughter of JFK
Caroline Kennedy’s daughter had acute myeloid leukemia, diagnosed in 2024.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Chalamet brought a lot to the table for this role
Actor practiced table tennis relentlessly, and it seems to show in film ‘Marty Supreme.’
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Neiman Marcus parent sells Beverly Hills site
The land below the Beverly Hills flagship store of luxury retailer Neiman Marcus has been sold to a New York investor as the owners of the department store chain sell property to pay debts.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Silver swings amid concerns about overheating
Silver recovered some losses after its biggest one-day drop in more than five years, with a lingering supply shortage keeping the metal on track for a monthly gain of about a third.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Mickey Rourke faces an eviction case
Property owner claims that the actor owes nearly $60,000 in unpaid rent.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Adorable giant pandas seen enjoying winter weather across China
A series of amusing video clips have shown giant pandas enjoying all manners of winter time fun, from rolling down snow-coated slopes to chomping away on carrots amid a bout of snowfall.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
L.A. accused of ignoring state fire safety rules
The city permitted development in high-risk areas, lawsuit says, citing 75 examples.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
250 years on, Jane Austen devotion just makes sense
National celebrations showcase how the beloved author’s works still resonate.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Jim Jarmusch returns with melancholy family affair
A fine cast including Cate Blanchett brings thoughtfulness to the indie legend’s latest.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Slumping Kings can't slow Avalanche
Nathan MacKinnon scored the 399th goal of his career and Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist as the surging Colorado Avalanche won their eighth in a row 5-2 over the visiting Kings on Monday night.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Making a buzz in science, on the page
'Ologies' podcaster Alie Ward picks five books that show why knowledge is power.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Industrial heritage rejuvenation drives new consumption trends in Chengdu
Chengdu City, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, has transformed many of its industrial heritage sites into tourist attractions, providing refreshing consumption scenes for a growing number of visitors.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Hainan's new tourism regulations take effect as opening-up drive deepens
South China's tropical island province of Hainan -- a popular tourist destination -- is advancing its opening-up policy as new tourism regulations come into force on Monday.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
China's northern regions fuel winter economy with ice-snow tourism
As temperatures continue to fall, northern China is transforming its rich \"cold resources\" into hot consumer attractions from slow-travel experiences in Heilongjiang's frost-covered forests to snowy holidays for schoolchildren in Xinjiang.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Scenic spots in Gansu offer half-price entry in off-peak season
Dunhuang City in northwest China's Gansu Province officially launched 2025-2026 winter-spring off-peak season tourism discount program on Monday, offering half-price admission for renowned local attractions.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Indoor, outdoor skiing ignite winter tourism boom in Sichuan
A winter tourism boom is taking hold in southwest China's Sichuan Province, fueled by a mix of large-scale indoor ski facilities and high-altitude outdoor resorts.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Thousands of black-necked cranes return to southwest China's nature reserve for winter
A growing number of black-necked cranes have returned to a nature reserve in southwest China's Guizhou Province to spend the winter, thanks to the ongoing ecological protection efforts.
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December 31, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Endangered snub-nosed monkey population climbs to 350 in southwest China reserve
The population of endangered Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys in the Yunlong Tianchi National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Yunnan Province has risen to 350, reflecting steady growth and improved habitat conditions, according to a recent ecological survey.
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