Authorities confirmed that the person killed in a rollover crash along Malibu Canyon Road on Wednesday was 16-year-old Sierra Canyon School student Hunter Langley. In a message sent to families and staff, school leaders said their “deepest sympathies are with the family as they navigate an unimaginable loss,” describing the student as a valued member […]

On Monday, in a dramatic escalation of his administration’s attempt to interfere in the midterm elections, President Trump called on Republicans “to take over the voting in at least 15 places.”  Trump’s efforts “to nationalize the voting,” as he put it, will be difficult to pull off, since states have control over the administration of […]

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Austin Beutner announced Thursday that he is ending his campaign following the death of his 22-year-old daughter last month. In an email to supporters, Beutner said his family is still grieving and that he cannot continue campaigning. “My family has experienced the unimaginable loss of our beloved daughter Emily,” he wrote. […]

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass is denying a Los Angeles Times investigation alleging she ordered changes to the city’s after-action report on last year’s catastrophic and deadly Palisades Fire. Wednesday’s L.A. Times report claims Bass sought to remove or soften findings about shortcomings within the Los Angeles Fire Department over concerns they could expose the city […]

Two people were found inside what was believed to be a vacant strip mall that caught fire early Thursday in Los Angeles’ Vermont Square neighborhood. The fire was reported shortly before 2 a.m. at the one‑story building on the 900 block of West 43rd Street. Firefighters arrived to find flames burning through the roof, prompting […]

Minnesotans understand something essential about ourselves. We are shaped by this place. By its long winters and frozen lakes and by the quiet discipline of looking out for one another when the cold is unforgiving and the hardest moments require us to rely on each other. We are a people who know that no one makes it through the most difficult times alone.

The latest Epstein files include unverified sexual assault claims against Trump, among thousands of other mentions. Here’s everything we’ve learned.

“How can I know what I think, until I see what I say?” (E. M. Forster). How much of your writing surprises you? A lot of it indeed! Serendipity is my mantra! Because I believe creativity is about activating your intuition where many registers of your consciousness reside, including the subconscious and even the unconscious. […]

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Not the least interesting section of Maria Scott’s closely argued piece on Baudelaire’s “Black Venus”, Jeanne Duval (Commentary, January 23), concerns her laying to rest of her initial “quibbles” concerning the recent Wikipedia assumption that Duval is the “Jeanne” who features in a carte de visite photograph by Nadar from 1862. My own “quibble” is […]

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