Amid ICE raids, the Chicxs Rockerxs summer camp protects community
Every year, nonprofit organization Chicxs Rockerxs (pronounced cheek-ex roh-kerr-ex) hosts a week-long summer camp in Southeast Los Angeles for girls and gender nonconforming youth to unleash their inner rock stars.…
Workplace Mental Health at Risk as Key Federal Agency Faces Cuts
By Aneri Pattani In Connecticut, construction workers in the Local 478 union who complete addiction treatment are connected with a recovery coach who checks in daily, attends recovery meetings with…
Kurdish PKK to lay down arms in big step towards ending Turkey conflict
Ayse Sayin BBC Turkish in Ankara Paul Kirby Europe digital editor DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP Imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan still commands support among many Kurds After 40 years of armed struggle…
Officials denounce immigration guards camped at a Glendale hospital monitoring detainee
For a week, two guards linked to the Department of Homeland Security have camped out in the lobby of a Glendale hospital to monitor the movements of a woman patient…
‘Love Island’: Cierra Ortega out amid racist posts backlash
This season of “Love Island USA” has lost yet another contestant after her past use of a racial slur resurfaced online: Cierra Ortega left the villa and will not return.…
Julian McMahon’s official cause of death revealed as family, fans mourn
A cause of death has been revealed for Aussie actor Julian McMahon, who played Dr. Doom in two “Fantastic Four” movies and Christian Troy in the TV drama “Nip/Tuck,” among…
war crimes are being committed, says ICC
Tabby Wilson BBC News Digital – World Reuters 12 million people have been displaced by the conflict in western Sudan There are “reasonable grounds” to believe war crimes and crimes…
Trump administration bars undocumented families from Head Start child care
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday that undocumented immigrants will no longer be allowed to attend Head Start, the federal program that provides child care,…
Paul McCartney announces new U.S. arena tour, his first since 2022
Paul McCartney is hitting the road for his first North American tour since 2022. After a brief, frenzy-inducing run at the relatively tiny Bowery Ballroom in New York, McCartney announced…
3 hikes near L.A. where you can cool off on a hot day
Monrovia Canyon Park reopened just in time for this week’s heat wave to remind us that summer is here. This 80-acre wooded treasure was closed for a few years after…