Los Angeles Times
Funny thing about grief
Michelle Williams talks about 'Dying for Sex's' close examination of female friendship and finding the humor in life's darkest moments
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August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Judge weighs detainees’ legal rights at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
A federal judge on Monday considered whether detainees at a temporary immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades have been denied their legal rights.
3 min |
August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Texas Democrats end walkout over redistricting
Texas Democrats ended a two-week walkout Monday that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts as part of a national partisan brawl over President Trump’s desire to reshape U.S. House maps to his advantage.
3 min |
August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Democrats seek new crop of candidates
The party aims to compete in tough, often rural districts to retake House in ’26.
5 min |
August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
A LUNCH HE'LL ACTUALLY EAT
As kids head back to school, parents brace for the challenge of packing a meal that won't just return home untouched
4 min |
August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Death toll reaches 277 in weekend flash flooding in mountains of Pakistan
Anguished Pakistanis searched remote areas for bodies swept away by weekend flash floods as the death toll reached 277 on Monday, and one official replied to the lack of evacuation warnings by saying people should have built homes elsewhere.
2 min |
August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Bolivia to hold runoff; voters spurn dominant leftists
Bolivia's presidential vote is headed to an unprecedented runoff after Sunday’s election ended over two decades of ruling party dominance in the Andean nation.
4 min |
August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
California cap-and-trade at crossroads; billions at stake
As California pushes toward its ambitious goals for addressing climate change, the fate of its signature program is hanging in the balance.
6 min |
August 19, 2025
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Salton Sea is just a small part of area pollution, report says
Funding to address the issue should focus on indoor air quality, researchers suggest.
3 min |
August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Wall Street holds at a standstill near its record heights
Wall Street held near its record heights on Monday, ahead of a week likely to be dominated by updates from the head of the Federal Reserve and from some of the biggest U.S. retailers.
3 min |
August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
MSNBC's name will change after Comcast split
MSNBC is being renamed after parent company Comcast spins the cable news channel off into a separate corporate entity later this year.
2 min |
August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Man fatally shot while trying to stop car thieves
A second victim is shot in the leg during the confrontation in a South L.A. alley.
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August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Mystery grows over baby’s disappearance
After inconsistencies in his mother’s story, authorities can’t rule out foul play, they say.
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August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
'Sunset' of Elvis' creative life in music
A new box set focuses on the work the King of Rock and Roll did in L.A. in the 1970s.
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August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Three-peat within reach for Mater Dei
Monarch girls go for third straight crown in Division | behind Ostovar and Matavao.
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August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Dropping the beatdown on rival
Dodgers show they're deeper, better and more focused than the stumbling Padres
4 min |
August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
British TV streamer recruits stars from across the pond
AMC Networks' Acorn TV, the home to many popular U.K. crime dramas, is tapping American actors in a bid to grow its audience
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August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
He played a dashing spy on ‘General Hospital’
Australian actor earned renown as Robert Scorpio on the classic soap opera.
2 min |
August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Martin Short’s secrets to life? ‘DNA and luck’
The ‘Only Murders’ star isn’t hung up on age. He still just wants to try doing new things
3 min |
August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Actor known for ‘House of Cards,’ “Treme’
The star got his start at Chicago’s Second City before embarking on prolific TV career.
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August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Spanish stop-motion gets deliciously odd
“Women Wearing Shoulder Pads’ brings queer puppets and cuy to 1980s Ecuador.
2 min |
August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Mississippi will send troops to join patrols in nation's capital
Gov. Tate Reeves makes his state the fourth to deploy its National Guard.
1 min |
August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
How Orthodox Jewish families help trans kids
For some, support can be found in religious spaces and among family members.
4 min |
August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Iraq begins excavating mass grave
Iraqi officials have begun the excavation of what is believed to be a mass grave left behind by the Islamic State extremist group during its rampage across the country a decade ago.
2 min |
August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
A royal in Norway faces rape charge
Norwegian prosecutors on Monday announced that they have indicted Marius Borg Hoiby, the eldest son of Norway’s crown princess, on multiple charges including rape after a lengthy investigation.
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August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Mono Lake showing toll of L.A.'s thirst for water
Efforts to raise the saline oasis to a healthy level have fallen short. A hearing on a rule change and another campaign to save it are afoot.
3 min |
August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Extreme heat wave is set to hit Southland
The season’s most dangerous heat wave is expected to bake Southern California and much of the American Southwest this week, with triple-digit highs and elevated fire conditions set to begin Wednesday and last for several days.
3 min |
August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Sometimes the feedback is actually helpful
These nominated TV producers heeded others’ advice and it made their shows all the better
3 min |
August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Dealer to plead guilty in Perry overdose
A drug dealer dubbed the “Ketamine Queen” has agreed to plead guilty to five federal criminal charges, including that she provided the drug that ultimately led actor Matthew Perry to suffer a fatal overdose in October 2023, prosecutors announced Monday.
4 min |
August 19, 2025
Los Angeles Times
How the Glambot became a staple of awards season
Cole Walliser, the director of E!'s slo-mo camera for capturing celeb looks, explains why it's still a star itself
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