The brutal reviews are in. Here’s an updating roundup highlighting the sharpest (and meanest) commentary about Melania Trump’s new film.

A couple of weeks ago, it was Hawaii. Now the British Museum is putting on an even bigger exhibition on the samurai, and Japanese warrior culture. One of the pleasures of shows like this is that you almost always come across something small that captures your attention and won’t go away. In the Stonehenge exhibition […]

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Donica Brady lost her job after the Trump administration cut grant funding to bring solar power across the country, including to tribal nations. She picked up multiple jobs to make ends meet. That, in addition to caring for children, whittled down Brady’s free time. So she invited reporter Ilana Newman over when she found a […]

On Friday, federal agents arrested Ian Austin, an Army veteran and ICE protester who was featured in a recent viral Mother Jones video. Austin was among the dozens of protesters who, nearly two weeks ago, interrupted a service at a church in St. Paul, where a local ICE official serves as a pastor. Since then, […]

Officials have shut down protests in downtown Los Angeles due to those the Los Angeles Police Department called “violent agitators.” On social media, the LAPD said federal officials “declared an Unlawful Assembly” and used pepper balls and tear gas to disperse protesters who gathered for the “ICE Out” nationwide day of protest. “Federal Authorities are […]

There’s a devastating egg update for fans of the Big Bear bald eagles nest camera. Jackie and Shadow’s famous nest was invaded by a predator bird Friday afternoon while the bald eagles were away. Viewers watching the nest’s live stream witnessed it unfold in real-time, just around 3:30 p.m. The attacking bird — which appears […]

As January comes to a close, it should not just become a harrowing memory. The past four weeks are a harbinger of what is to come under President Donald Trump, as the administration showed exactly the future it is building: One in which the laws are ignored, American life is cheap, and elections are hijacked […]

Protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations spread across Southern California on Friday as part of a nationwide day of action urging people to skip work, school and shopping in opposition to federal immigration enforcement under the Trump administration. Demonstrations were reported throughout Los Angeles and Orange counties, where students walked out of class, community […]

Catherine O’Hara, a Hollywood legend known for her roles in “Schitt’s Creek,” “Home Alone” and as the voice of Sally in “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” has died at age 71, Variety and TMZ report. TMZ said O’Hara died Friday, citing two sources “with direct knowledge.” The cause of death was unclear. O’Hara, a Toronto native, […]

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Friday sharply criticized federal agents for arresting journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, saying the two were “simply” doing their jobs when they entered a Minnesota church to cover protests. In a statement released Friday morning, Bass said Lemon, an internationally known journalist and former CNN anchor, was arrested […]