Underworld Turns

What We Lost When We Lost Self Magazine

Last week, the publishing conglomerate Condé Nast shuttered Self, a women’s health publication that in recent years had turned to publishing service journalism on chronic health conditions that was both practical and normalized living with chronic illness. Amid a trend of unrealistic articles on longevity and ambiguously defined, MAHA-coded writing on “wellness,” Self was a […]
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Tim Cook to step down as Apple CEO

Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, will step down after nearly 15 years in the role and will become the company’s executive chairman in September. He will be succeeded by John Ternus, the head of Apple’s hardware engineering. Cook called serving as CEO “the greatest privilege of my life” and said Ternus is “the right person to […]
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Corporations Are Getting Tariff Refunds. Americans? Not So Much.

The Trump administration has officially begun the process of repaying up to $175 billion in illegally collected tariffs, following a February Supreme Court ruling. It’s the biggest such repayment program in history, and over 330,000 businesses stand to benefit. But American consumers—that is, the people who ended up shouldering higher prices thanks to these fees—likely […]
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DA shares details on murder charge against singer D4vd in death of 14-year-old

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office on Monday announced first-degree murder charges against singer D4vd in connection with the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose decomposed body was found last year inside the front trunk of the performer’s Tesla. “Today I am announcing the charges against David Anthony Burke … in connection with […]
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Early-morning stabbing in Burbank leaves 1 dead, 1 hospitalized 

A stabbing in Burbank early Monday morning left one woman dead and sent another woman to the hospital, police confirmed.  The Burbank Police Department issued a media release indicating officers were called to the 2800 block of North Brighton Street around 6 a.m. for a report of two people being stabbed in a single-family residence. Arriving officers located two […]
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