Moscow shrugs off Trump’s irritation with Putin
Any analysis of Donald Trump’s current thinking on Russia risks getting out of date very quickly. Read too much into an individual tweet, post or off-the-cuff comment by the US…
Worker advocates arrested after tire spikes found at immigration raid
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested four men on Tuesday on suspicion of interfering with immigration enforcement operations and placing homemade tire spikes allegedly intended to disable law enforcement vehicles, federal…
The week’s bestselling books, July 13
Hardcover fiction 1. Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine Books: $30) A story of friendship, love and adversity during the 1980s Space Shuttle program. 2. The Emperor of Gladness by…
Why is Los Angeles Innocence Project trying to free Scott Peterson?
For the true-crime-loving public, the Innocence Project and Scott Peterson occupy opposite ends of the moral spectrum. The project helps free the wrongly convicted, while Peterson is a philandering Modesto…
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…