Underworld Turns

‘Access Hollywood’ canceled as NBCUniversal ends 1st-run syndication

After nearly three decades, NBC Universal is pulling the plug on the entertainment magazine show “Access Hollywood.” The move comes as the media giant announced it will stop producing first-run syndicated television programming. The move also affects “Karamo” and “The Steve Wilkos Show.” “NBCUniversal is making changes to our first-run syndication division to better align […]
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LIVE: Police respond to possible firearm threat at Los Angeles High School

Police are investigating a possible firearm threat reported at Los Angeles High School in the Mid-Wilshire area Friday afternoon. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers responded to the 4600 block of Olympic Boulevard at about 12:09 p.m. for possible reports of firearms seen on campus. Authorities said officers made contact with the reporting […]
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This Oscar-Nominated Doc Says Now’s the Time to Resist

Pavel Talankin is a teacher from a small mining town in Central Russia. He spent two and a half years documenting how his school was conscripted into Putin’s war propaganda machine for the Oscar-nominated documentary, Mr. Nobody Against Putin. After Russia invaded Ukraine, his school changed almost overnight– teachers ordered to deliver government scripts and […]
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The Other Iran War Crisis: It’s Threatening Global Food Supplies

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Up until the end of February, a steady flow of ships bound for destinations across the world would pass daily through the Strait of Hormuz. A narrow channel running between Oman and Iran, the waterway serves as the only natural maritime link […]
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Woman with 11 warrants tied to wave of Santa Clarita gym locker burglaries

A woman with 11 outstanding warrants has been arrested in connection with a string of gym locker burglaries across the Santa Clarita Valley, authorities said. The 39-year-old suspect is accused of breaking into dozens of lockers at at least four gyms between July 2025 and February 2026, according to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, […]
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Tommy Tuberville Didn’t Just “Suggest” Muslims Are the Enemy. He Said It With His Chest.

On Thursday, college football coach turned Senate dunce Tommy Tuberville took to X to quote-retweet a post from the account @EndWokeness. The original tweet were side-by-side photos of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a plane hitting the second tower on 9/11. “Less than 25 years apart,” the account wrote. Tuberville’s contribution? “The enemy is […]
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Elderly woman seriously hurt after being hit by juvenile on e-bike: Seal Beach police

An elderly woman was hospitalized with serious injuries after being struck by a juvenile on an electric bike in Orange County, police said. The collision happened Thursday afternoon near Main Street and Ocean Avenue at the entrance to Seal Beach’s Old Town area. “The collision involved a juvenile riding a Surron electric bicycle and an […]
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