The New Yorker
GLOWWORMS
Moving through the cave was like riding a conveyor belt through time and loss.
10+ min |
October 06, 2025
The New Yorker
THE PLAYER
Carol Burnett in her tenth decade
10+ min |
October 06, 2025
The New Yorker
Jonathan Blitzer on Roger Angell’s “Down the Drain”
As a New York Yankees fan, I spent the summer of 2000 feeling my chest tighten anytime my team was on the field and the ball travelled in the vicinity of second base. Routine grounders caused the greatest stress. The more inconsequential the play should have been, the more likely it was to go wrong. Seemingly overnight, Chuck Knoblauch, the All-Star second baseman, had lost his ability to toss the ball to first, the shortest throw on the diamond.
3 min |
October 06, 2025
The New Yorker
DESERTED ISLAND
For Cubans fleeing authoritarianism, the U.S. is no longer a haven.
10+ min |
October 06, 2025
The New Yorker
PANDORA'S PATCH
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. Is he too late to save it?
10+ min |
October 06, 2025
The New Yorker
STICKS AND STONES
The war over words.
10+ min |
October 06, 2025
The New Yorker
THE WAR AT HOME
\"One Battle After Another.\"
6 min |
October 06, 2025
The New Yorker
AMARILLO BOULEVARD
When Jean and her fiancé arrived at the Jamesons’, the Juneteenth goings on were already in full swing.
10+ min |
October 06, 2025
The New Yorker
BRIEFLY NOTED
The Einstein of Sex, by Daniel Brook (Norton). In 1896, the Berlin-based Jewish physician Magnus Hirschfeld published a pamphlet with the startling thesis that sexual orientation is inborn and exists on a continuum.
2 min |
October 06, 2025
The New Yorker
SAY IT AGAIN
Gertrude Stein's cryptic connections.
10+ min |
October 06, 2025
The New Yorker
NOW THAT I RUN THE ZOO
President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order restoring truth and sanity to American history by revitalizing key cultural institutions. . . . The Order directs the Vice President . . . to work to eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology from the Smithsonian and its museums, education and research centers, and the National Zoo.—White House fact sheet, March 27, 2025.Dr. Seuss Enterprises . . . reviewed our catalog of titles and made the decision last year to cease publication and licensing of the following titles: And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, If I Ran the Zoo, McElligot’s Pool, On Beyond Zebra!, Scrambled Eggs Super!, and The Cat’s Quizzer. These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong.—Dr. Seuss Enterprises, March 2, 2021.
1 min |
October 06, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Four dead in Russian attack on Kyiv
Russia unleashed a barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine overnight into Sunday, killing at least four people, with Kyiv suffering the heaviest assault.
2 min |
September 29, 2025
Los Angeles Times
NYC Mayor Adams abandons his reelection bid after turbulent year
New York City Mayor Eric Adams ended his struggling reelection campaign Sunday, an acknowledgment that he was no longer a credible contender after a year of scandal and political turmoil.
4 min |
September 29, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Four takeaways from California gubernatorial debate
Sen. Alex Padilla and businessman Rick Caruso have also both publicly flirted with a bid for the state’s top office, but have yet to make a decision.
3 min |
September 29, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Five storylines to follow as Lakers open training camp
After shocking the NBA by trading for Luka Doncic, Lakers general manager and president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka compared piecing together a roster midseason with “trying to build an airplane in the sky.”
4 min |
September 29, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Once-popular desert pit stop now resembles a ghost town
Primm, the casino-resort destination between L.A. and Las Vegas, is vanishing
7 min |
September 29, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Comedy writers on edge as fear of censorship grows
As Trump continues to target TV hosts, some creators of satire see a chill taking hold.
4 min |
September 29, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Migrants decry conditions at detention site
Detainees say they're denied medication, contact with family at Mojave Desert center.
9 min |
September 29, 2025
Los Angeles Times
How could management fix woebegone Angels?
The standings spoke for themselves, but the Angels’ management wanted you to know they had comprehended the lesson.
5 min |
September 29, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Trout homers as Angels lose finale
Ramén Urias hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning, one of four Houston home runs, and the Astros beat the Angels 6-2 on Sunday in the season finale for both teams at Angel Stadium.
1 min |
September 29, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Big Thief won't let music get too sweet
A little sweetness is nice, but Adrianne Lenker knows when it's too much for her.
6 min |
September 29, 2025
Los Angeles Times
'80s crime classics 'found' actor
William Petersen says 'To Live and Die in L.A.' and 'Manhunter' came at seminal time.
8 min |
September 29, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Postseason roster remains a wild card
Dodgers evaluating injured players and pitching staff for upcoming series amid win over the Mariners.
4 min |
September 29, 2025
Los Angeles Times
The middle-class housing gap
SACRAMENTO — A former state legislative leader says fellow Democrats in Sacramento have long ignored the housing needs of middle-class Californians. And he has a plan to help them buy a new home.
4 min |
September 29, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Artist donates portraits memorializing homes lost in L.A. fires
Sherry Marger has painted in acrylic for decades — capturing scenes from her travels throughout the United States and abroad — and the garage of her Newport Beach home is a testament to the artist’s dedication to her craft.
4 min |
September 29, 2025
Los Angeles Times
3 killed, 5 injured in ‘premeditated’ shooting from boat
A mass shooting that shattered the evening tranquility of a picturesque, seaside town in North Carolina was a \"highly premeditated\" attack that left three people dead and five injured, police said Sunday. A suspect in the attack on a waterfront bar was in custody.
2 min |
September 29, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Kimmel is back, but Disney's political problem is not over
Under pressure from fans, free speech advocates and even some Republicans, the media giant reinstates the TV host, and it is still likely in the crosshairs of the FCC
4 min |
September 29, 2025
Los Angeles Times
4th Amendment will no longer protect you
Thanks to the Supreme Court, now there is no real limit on police seizures. People of color, including many immigrants, will bear the brunt of this policing regime.
3 min |
September 29, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Why CEOs think Trump's policies aren't working
According to Donald Trump, in economic terms you never had it so good.
6 min |
September 29, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Afghanistan’s Taliban government frees U.S. citizen as part of exchange
Afghanistan's Taliban government Sunday freed a U.S. citizen from prison, weeks after it said it had reached an agreement with U.S. envoys on a prisoner exchange as part of an effort to normalize relations.
1 min |