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Tuning fork facial: A new ‘holistic’ and (expensive) beauty trend

I genuinely love a good facial — the ritual of it, the permission to lie still for 90 minutes, the way my skin looks afterward. I’m the person who books…

Trump says ’60 Minutes’ is ‘no better’ under new ownership following Marjorie Taylor Greene interview

“60 Minutes” is back in President Trump’s crosshairs. Trump went after the prestigious CBS News program following an interview Sunday with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), his once ardent ally…

Sick City Records tries to ‘keep the music alive’ as potential closure looms

Just a few storefronts away from the now-vacant Button Mash, Sick City Records is on the brink of sharing the same fate. For nearly 20 years, therecord shop has offered…

Snubbed by CFP, Notre Dame AD says ACC relationship is damaged

One day removed from learning that Notre Dame had been left out of the College Football Playoff’s 12-team field, Fighting Irish athletic director Pete Bevacqua was still fuming. In addition…

Dodgers downplay Teoscar Hernandez rumors, assess bullpen options

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> ORLANDO, Fla. — It’s been an offseason of few acquisitions thus far for the Dodgers. So much so that, on the first day of MLB’s annual winter meetings…

Reviewing where USC’s football roster stands at each position after 2025

Welcome back to the Times of Troy newsletter, where we have officially reached the end of the USC’s regular season. A 9-3 finish for USC is better than we predicted…

New UCLA coach Bob Chesney’s JMU team snags last CFP spot

New UCLA coach Bob Chesney’s James Madison team bumped Notre Dame for the final spot in the College Football Playoff 12-team field revealed Sunday morning, setting up a busy stretch…

Supreme Court sounds ready to give Trump power to oust officials of independent agencies

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservatives sounded ready on Monday to overrule Congress and give President Trump more power to fire officials at independent agencies and commissions. The justices heard…

Breaking the fourth wall to confront and galvanize audiences

Characters stepping out of their plays to address an audience is hardly a new phenomenon. Playwrights have been breaking the fourth wall ever since that invisible barrier separating the actors…

Nation’s largest all-electric hospital to open in Orange County

A new hospital at UC Irvine opens Wednesday and it will be all-electric — only the second such medical center, and the largest, in the country so far. People live…