Los Angeles Times
CARPENTER IS FOLLOWING THE MUSIC
The veteran director and composer, 77, is performing live concerts of his film scores and instrumental albums
7 min |
October 23, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Elfman notches another holiday
The composer is set to reprise his role as Jack Skellington at the Hollywood Bowl.
6 min |
October 23, 2025
Los Angeles Times
One of the planet's rarest whales seeing its population climb
One of the rarest whales on the planet has continued an encouraging trend of population growth in the wake of new efforts to protect the giant animals, according to scientists who study them.
2 min |
October 23, 2025
Los Angeles Times
3 killed in fiery 8-vehicle wreck on 10 Freeway
At least three people were killed and four injured in a fiery eight-vehicle collision on the 10 Freeway, resulting in a multilane closure that snarled rush-hour traffic in Ontario, authorities said.
1 min |
October 23, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Meta sheds 600 jobs, citing competition in AI
Meta is slashing roughly 600 jobs in its artificial intelligence unit as the tech giant aims to move faster to compete with its rivals.
2 min |
October 23, 2025
Los Angeles Times
When surviving cancer isn't the end of the fight
Behind every pink ribbon this October, millions are struggling with a disease that rarely makes headlines
3 min |
October 23, 2025
Los Angeles Times
SHROOM-BASED ROOMS
A farm in Kenya is producing mycelium for fungi-based panels, a cheaper and more sustainable alternative to bricks for home builders
3 min |
October 23, 2025
Los Angeles Times
North Carolina adopts new House districts to help Trump
Revised voting map could aid Republicans in retaining control of Congress next year.
3 min |
October 23, 2025
Los Angeles Times
U.S. military puts large force in Caribbean
Buildup is a result of the so-called war on narcoterrorism by the Trump administration.
2 min |
October 23, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Senate candidate's tattoo draws criticism
Graham Platner of Maine says that a new image will cover up symbol tied to Nazis.
2 min |
October 23, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Vance denies U.S. dictates Israeli policy
Netanyahu likewise insists the two allies have ‘common goals’ in the ceasefire effort.
4 min |
October 23, 2025
Reason magazine
Less Indictable Than a Ham Sandwich
IN AUGUST 2025, President Donald Trump took control of the police force in Washington, D.C., and deployed the National Guard throughout the city.
3 min |
December 2025
Reason magazine
The Art of the Presidential Health Cover-Up
WHEN THE St. Petersburg Times first launched PolitiFact in 2007, its purpose was to assess the veracity of statements made by “members of Congress, the president, cabinet secretaries, lobbyists, people who testify before Congress and anyone else who speaks up in Washington.”
3 min |
December 2025
Reason magazine
Inside Vernor Vinge's FBI File
VERNOR VINGE-THE Hugo Award-winning science fiction author who passed away in March 2024—imagined a world where individuals, not governments, held the power.
1 min |
December 2025
Reason magazine
THEY THOUGHT LEGAL WEED MEANT FREEDOM. THEN THE DRONES CAME.
A CALIFORNIA COUNTY TRIED TO USE DRONES TO FIND ILLEGAL MARIJUANA OPERATIONS, BUT IT PUNISHED BUILDING CODE VIOLATIONS INSTEAD.
10+ min |
December 2025
Reason magazine
Boycott Dystopia
HACKER PABLOS HOLMAN KNOWS THE FUTURE NEEDS MORE ENERGY.
10+ min |
December 2025
Reason magazine
Algorithmic Censorship Is Changing the Way We Talk
How slang emerges from social media rules
5 min |
December 2025
Reason magazine
Thank This Klansman for Your Freedom of Speech
A TWO-BIT BIGOT'S SUPREME COURT VICTORY REVERBERATES IN CONTEMPORARY DEBATES.
10+ min |
December 2025
Reason magazine
THE PUNISHER ISN'T A ROLE MODEL
MARVEL'S POPULAR VIGILANTE SAYS SOMETHING TROUBLING ABOUT THE STATE OF AMERICA'S MILITARIZED POLICE.
10+ min |
December 2025
Reason magazine
Q&A Katie Engelhart
THE CANADIAN PULITZER Prize-winning journalist Katie Engelhart wrote the new book The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die.
3 min |
December 2025
Reason magazine
What Happened After Greta Rideout's Husband Raped Her
WOMAN SHOWS up at the police station and says she would like to press charges for rape.
6 min |
December 2025
Reason magazine
Chipping Away at CHIPS
IN MARCH, PRESIDENT Donald Trump blasted the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act of 2022.
2 min |
December 2025
Reason magazine
Politicians Make Political Tensions Worse
AT SEPTEMBER'S TELEVISED memorial service for Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump commented on the conservative commentator’s character, saying, \"He did not hate his opponents; he wanted the best for them.” He then added, “That's where I disagreed with Charlie. I hate my opponents.
3 min |
December 2025
Reason magazine
'Trump Invasion' of American Cities
“CHICAGO MAYOR SHOULD be in jail for failing to protect Ice [sic] Officers!” President Donald Trump blasted on Truth Social on October 8. “Governor Pritzker also!”
2 min |
December 2025
Reason magazine
An Alarmingly Broad View of 'Public Health'
DEFENDING COVID-19 POLICIES against legal challenges, government officials relied heavily on Jacobson v. Massachusetts, a 1905 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a smallpox vaccine mandate imposed by the Cambridge Board of Health.
3 min |
December 2025
Car and Driver
Headlights on the Half Shell
As a feature for one model year only, the 1965 Buick Riviera's clamshell headlights are a rarity. So are the parts needed to keep them working.
2 min |
November / December 2025
Car and Driver
China in High Gear
How China's automakers went from being bit players at home to dominating the world's biggest auto market.
3 min |
November / December 2025
Car and Driver
Executive Shuffle
Wherever the president travels, the world's most secure vehicle goes too.
1 min |
November / December 2025
Car and Driver
Taking a gamble on a 23-year-old luxury car to escape the heat came with a cool bonus history lesson.
I NEEDED A CAR with air conditioning. A sensible person would have bought the 208,000-mile Lexus LS430 for $3000 as a summer beater, or maybe the flawless one-owner 2007 Mercury Grand Marquis for $7700.
3 min |
November / December 2025
Car and Driver
Coming In Clutch
Honda's E-Clutch automates the clutch without sacrificing manual control.
2 min |