Los Angeles Times
Praised for her work behind the plate
Pawol takes it in stride as she becomes first woman to call balls and strikes in MLB.
2 min |
August 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Costa Mesa approves immigrant aid
Council members vote to allocate funds and to support a state bill requiring ICE IDs.
3 min |
August 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Explosions at U.S. Steel plant in Pennsylvania leave 1 dead, 10 hurt
Explosions at a U.S. Steel plant that shook the ground near Pittsburgh left one dead and sent at least 10 to hospitals Monday, with emergency workers still searching the badly charred rubble hours later for a missing worker, officials said.
3 min |
August 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Battle over $30 wage for tourism staff is heating up
It’s ‘War of the Roses’ in L.A. as business and labor each seek upper hand, an official says.
6 min |
August 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Ford to convert Kentucky factory to make EVs
Ford Motor Co. will invest nearly $2 billion retooling a Kentucky factory to produce electric vehicles that it says will be more affordable and more profitable to build and will outcompete rival models.
3 min |
August 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
'Alien: Earth' awakens suspense in new realm
Set two years before the original, Noah Hawley's FX series fuses retro-future chills with Peter Pan mythology and corporate warfare
8 min |
August 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Public caning for 2 Indonesian men
An Islamic court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning, 80 times each, after Islamic religious police caught them engaged in what the court deemed were sexual acts: hugging and kissing.
2 min |
August 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
How to break into an evolving showbiz
A new book by two former Times editors advises how to get a job in entertainment.
7 min |
August 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Paramount lands $7.7-billion UFC deal
In a major early move under new ownership, Paramount has agreed to pay $7.7 billion for media rights to UFC’s mixed martial arts events in the U.S.
3 min |
August 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Surprise: No two 'Big Ones' alike
Can Myanmar quake offer clues to San Andreas fault? Don't bet on it.
5 min |
August 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Water service restored to Valley homes, but boil notice remains
Taps ran dry last week in Porter Ranch and Granada Hills after a DWP system failure.
1 min |
August 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
India opposition parties protest voter list revision
India’s opposition parties held a protest Monday calling for the rollback of a revision of the voter list in one of the country’s poorest states, where key elections are scheduled in November, and warning it could lead to voter disenfranchisement.
2 min |
August 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Trump extends tariff truce with China for 90 days
President Trump extended a pause of sky-high tariffs on Chinese goods for another 90 days into early November, stabilizing trade ties between the world’s two largest economies.
4 min |
August 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Who's leading SAG-AFTRA next?
Fran Drescher’s decision to not run for reelection as SAG-AFTRA president opens up the race to lead a major Hollywood labor union at a pivotal time as actors face issues such as the rise of AI and a challenging job market two years after a long strike.
2 min |
August 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
ADUs may do little for housing
Backyard units are booming. Here’s why that’s not enough to ease the state’s crisis.
3 min |
August 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Along the front lines in eastern Ukraine, peace seems far away
In a plastic-lined dugout where nearby blasts send dirt raining from the ceiling, Ukrainian soldiers say peace talks seem distant and unlikely to end the war.
3 min |
August 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Whew! Sparks ride out a second close win over the Storm
Hamby scores on a driving layup with 5.6 seconds left as L.A. boosts playoff hopes.
3 min |
August 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Climate reports targeted for review due to ‘bias’
The assessments are removed for now from government websites, to scientists’ alarm.
3 min |
August 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
THE SAME CIVICS LESSON, BUT A DIFFERENT TONE
Young children of immigrants, farmworkers visit Riverside City Hall against backdrop of U.S. raids
4 min |
August 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Trump order on homeless defies data
RESIDENT TRUMP’s campaign against homeless people is not limited to the District of Columbia. OnJuly 24, Trumpissued an executive order titled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets.” How exactly is that to be accomplished? “Shifting homeless individuals into long-term institutional settings for humane treatment through the appropriate use of civil commitment.” The order describes this approach as “new,” “compassionate” and “evidence-based.” It is none of these things.
3 min |
August 12, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Fresh thrills for novelist
Karin Slaughter dives into a book series while overseeing TV's 'Good Daughter.'
7 min |
August 12, 2025
Architectural Digest US
Reference Library
MERGING CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORICAL IMAGERY IN BOLD TABLEAUX, TOMOKAZU MATSUYAMA BRIDGES TIME AND SPACE
2 min |
September 2025
Architectural Digest US
Fit Check
FOR FASHION ENTREPRENEUR YAEL AFLALO AND HER FAMILY, HOME IS A WELL-TAILORED TOWN HOUSE IN NYC'S WEST VILLAGE
3 min |
September 2025
The Atlantic
The Judgments of Muriel Spark
The novelist Muriel Spark died almost 20 years ago, but she still regularly appears on lists of top comic novelists to read on this subject or that. Crave more White Lotus-level skewering of the ridiculous rich? Try Memento Mori, The New York Times suggests. An acerbic take on boring dinner parties? Symposium. Interested in “the fun and funny aspects of being a teacher”? Read The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie— also good for learning how to be a highly inappropriate teacher, if you want to know that too.
10+ min |
September 2025
Condé Nast Traveler US
IT'S ABOUT TIME
Perhaps now more than ever, a visitor to Cairo experiences the metropolis through its layers of history. The opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, which will house the world's largest collection of Egyptian antiquities, is prompting the most international buzz, but other areas are quietly glowing up, too, offering a thrilling juxtaposition between the city's rich past and dynamic present
9 min |
September - October 2025
Architectural Digest US
Spring Theory
How an inventive metal coil yielded one of the most quintessential industrial lamps of the last century
1 min |
September 2025
Architectural Digest US
May We Check In?
All around the world, bold new lodgings are luring discerning travelers in search of beauty, glamour, and the unexpected. These 22 destinations—the winners of AD's 2025 Great Design Hotel Awards—reward the journey.
4 min |
September 2025
Architectural Digest US
SPARE TIME
With 1100 Architect—and her own unerring eye— Kelly Klein conceives a minimalist marvel in the Hamptons
4 min |
September 2025
The Atlantic
The Forgotten Still-Life Prodigy
The 17th-century painter Rachel Ruysch was once more famous than Vermeer.
9 min |
September 2025
The Atlantic
Playing Mailman
A new memoir considers what public service is, and what it isn't.
8 min |