President William Ruto orders police to shoot rioters targeting businesses in the legs
Kenya’s President William Ruto has ordered police to shoot protesters targeting businesses in the legs, ensuring they are incapacitated but not killed. The UN and human rights groups have accused…
L.A. on pace to see lowest homicide total in nearly 60 years as killings plummet
Homicides across Los Angeles fell by more than 20% in the first half of the year, leaving the city on pace to end 2025 with its lowest total for that…
In ‘Ballard,’ Maggie Q brings the heat to cold cases
Landing a lead role in a TV series would seem like a dream scenario for an up-and-coming actor. But it can also become a nightmare. Just ask Maggie Q. The…
Khloé Kardashian’s plastic surgeries and cosmetic work revealed
Khloé Kardashian is setting the record straight — and giving credit where it’s due — about the plastic surgery and cosmetic work she’s had done after a London-based surgeon rattled…
Ukraine suffers heaviest attack as Trump criticises Putin
President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine has been hit by the biggest ever aerial attack from Russia – 728 drones and 13 cruise or ballistic missiles hit cities around the country…
California farmers say Medicaid recipients, automation can’t replace immigrant workers
After Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Tuesday that immigrant farmworkers could be replaced with automation and “able-bodied” U.S. citizens “on Medicaid,” groups representing farmers and workers in California said that’s…
Danny DeVito and Charlie Day on ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’
When Danny DeVito arrives — camera off — on our video call with Charlie Day late last month to discuss the 17th season of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” he…
I’ve covered California for more than four decades. That’s why I’m taking on Essential California
For more than 40 years, I have reported on some of California’s biggest ruptures, contradictions, characters and conundrums. Now I’ll be working the phones, roving this blessed and sometimes cursed…
Musk’s AI firm deletes posts after Grok chatbot praises Hitler
Peter Hoskins & Charlotte Edwards Business & technology reporters, BBC News•@edwardsclm Reuters Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up xAI says it is working to remove “inappropriate” posts made by its chatbot,…
Stephen Miller finally gets his revenge on L.A.
On a palm tree-lined bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, thousands of people rallied against the Trump administration in one of many “No Kings Day” protests around the country last month.…