The New Yorker
MONEY BALL
Will Bill Belichick—ex-N.F.L. royalty—transform the college-sports mecca of Chapel Hill?
10+ min |
August 25, 2025
The New Yorker
SOME FUNNY THINGS ABOUT GETTING OLD
Children run alongside and taunt you, because you're old, but you don't care, because your hearing is shot!
1 min |
August 25, 2025
The New Yorker
POWER PLAY
In Pam Bondi, Donald Trump has the Attorney General he always dreamed of.
10+ min |
August 25, 2025
The New Yorker
LOCAL CRITTERS DUMPSTRUCK
One humid afternoon in July, José Ramírez-Garofalo drove his large Toyota truck through the lush new hills, valleys, and meadows of Freshkills Park, a twenty-two-hundred-acre green space that the city is constructing on Staten Island.
3 min |
August 25, 2025
The New Yorker
COMMENT - BOOTS ON THE GROUND
Tourists who came to Washington, D.C., last week—tromping from one Smithsonian collection to another, eating ice cream on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial—witnessed a bit of history that they surely had not anticipated: the beginning of President Trump's takeover of the District.
4 min |
August 25, 2025
The New Yorker
ME, MYSELF, AND I
Helen Oyeyemi's novel of cognitive dissonance.
7 min |
August 25, 2025
The New Yorker
SOMETHING HAS COME TO LIGHT
I trust I'll be in Heaven when you read this, although God, in His wisdom, may have other things in store for me.
10+ min |
August 25, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Short-term rentals decline in L.A. area as rules tighten
Other hosts are opting for midterm rentals — stays of longer than 30 days but less than a year—independent ofthe fires.
3 min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
‘Teens have each other’ via this youth hotline
Hirsch Mental Health Services, Teen Line is helping to fill an ever-widening gap between the need for mental health support and the resources available.
4 min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Paramount, UFC and the biggest question for streaming sports fans
As shifts take place, media companies are about to go through a big test: how many people are willing to pay for a lot of — but not all — the sports content they want.
4 min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
COVID-19 surges nationwide, with the highest rates in the Southwest
COVID-19 rates in the southwestern United States reached 12.5% — the highest in the nation — according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released last week.
2 min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
The dream of missile defense is unfeasible
HERE CAN BE wisdom in cliche. More than 120 years after philosopher George Santayana wrote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” his well-known phrase remains an essential guide for national defense.
4 min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Spain deploys 500 more troops to battle blazes
European countries have joined fight to contain fires blamed on parched woodland.
3 min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
U.S. halts travel visas for sick Gaza children
The move comes after a complaint from conservative activist Laura Loomer.
3 min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
2 men charged with murder in cannabis case
Two Los Angeles County men accused of running an illegal cannabis extraction business have been charged with murder after five of their workers died in two separate incidents, authorities said.
2 min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Founder of eponymous landmark restaurant
Dan Tana, the restaurateur whose eponymous Santa Monica Boulevard eatery has for decades been a Hollywood hot spot — one with dishes named for celebrities who are liable to be there on any given night — died in Belgrade, Serbia, on Saturday. He was 90.
3 min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Hamby, Plum unable to prevent Sparks loss
Sonia Citron tied her career high with five three-pointers and finished with 24 points, Kiki Iriafen added 18 points and 10 rebounds and the Washington Mystics beat the Sparks 95-86 on Sunday.
1 min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Brewers’ record 14-game winning streak ended by the Reds
Austin Hays’ single with the bases loaded in the 10th inning gave the Cincinnati Reds a 3-2 victory over Milwaukee on Sunday, ending the Brewers’ franchise-record winning streak at 14 games.
3 min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Do-it-all linebacker Phillips ‘very obsessed with the process’
With a keen nose for ballcarriers, Ventura High game-wrecker is often in weight room.
2 min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Whose house? Rams, Chargers fans are true blue
Battle for Los Angeles plays out at SoFi with both sides displaying their undying loyalty.
3 min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Their reign in the sun never felt better
Nuss, Brasher cherish their repeat at the Manhattan Beach Open
2 min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Teens step up to help youth mental health
Teen Line, an L.A.-based nonprofit project, aims to fill the gap from federal cuts.
5 min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Joshua trees given special protection
California has approved an unprecedented plan to protect the iconic Joshua tree from climate change and development.
4 min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
CBP agent shoots at men in truck
Family, officers have different accounts of the confrontation in San Bernardino.
4 min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
3 days. 65 miles. One epic trek honoring a legendary outlaw
For Mexican American riders, this year's trip feels different
9 min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Owl is rescued from a glue trap, but at a cost
Bird may have a tough rehabilitation after a good Samaritan cut its feathers to extract it.
2 min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Voters may well back plan to remap districts
The governor's retaliatory move is a power grab. But GOP objections are rubbish.
4 min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Sex, the city and the sequel that stumbled
Closure's not as easy as pie as 'And Just Like That...' signs off
10+ min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Digging into a toxic TikTok fixation
Before questioning a woman's social media obsession, we should examine ourselves.
5 min |
August 18, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Fatal explosion at U.S. Steel plant raises questions about its future
The fatal explosion last week at U.S. Steel's Pittsburgh-area coal-processing plant has revived debate about its future just as the iconic American company was emerging from a long period of uncertainty.
4 min |