As L.A. rebuilds from the fires, residents ask: What’s the plan?
Carol Parks, the chief of Los Angeles’ Emergency Management Department, sat before a budget committee last year and painted a dire picture. Although tasked with…
Top London music festivals face cancellation after group backed by actor Mark Rylance wins court row to stop events
SOME of London’s biggest festivals face an uncertain future after residents won a court battle to block a major park from hosting events. Backed by Oscar…
OK Go on viral videos in the age of the algorithm
On a spring afternoon in 2005, the members of OK Go dressed up in tacky suits, gathered in front of a video camera and awkwardly…
U.S. sanctions two senior Hezbollah officials and two financial facilitators for the group
The U.S. Treasury Department Thursday sanctioned two senior Hezbollah officials and two financial facilitators for what it said were roles in coordinating financial transfers to…
Newsom seeks to short-cut process to accelerate proposed water tunnel
Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to accelerate his administration’s plan to build a $20-billion water tunnel beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta by short-cutting permitting…
Trump urges Syria’s new leader to sign onto Abraham Accords
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Trump met Wednesday with Syria’s new leader, praising him as a “young, attractive guy” and urging him to rid his country of…
New Order’s music is ‘more successful’ than ever — but why?
“What the f— is going on?” Bernard Sumner says jokingly.After crashing on both Zoom and WhatsApp, the founding member of New Order decided to give…
Alice in Chains cancels tour after drummer’s medical emergency’
Alice in Chains announced on Monday that they will cancel their forthcoming tour as well as any festival appearances. The decision came after a previous…
California ethnic studies mandate in limbo after funding pause
California became a national pioneer four years ago by passing a law to make ethnic studies a high school graduation requirement. But only months before…
Germany bans extremist ‘Kingdom of Germany’ group
Germany arrested the leader and several members of the so-called "Kingdom of Germany" group, which it said "created a counter-state in Germany and ran criminal…
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty steps down for ‘personal reasons’
1 of 2 | CEO of UnitedHealth Group, Andrew Witty, resigned on Tuesday, citing "personal reasons." File Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI. | License Photo May…
First group of South African refugees arrives in U.S. under Trump’s plan for White ‘Afrikaners’
May 12 (UPI) -- The first set of 49 White South African "Afrikaners" granted refugee status by President Donald Trump arrived in the United States…
Bad Bunny, Fuerza Regida make Spanish-language Billboard history
Latin music reigns supreme in los Estados Unidos.Bad Bunny and Fuerza Regida just made history for Spanish-language music. As of this week, the Puerto Rican…
Food security group warns Israeli blockade raises famine threat in Gaza
May 12 (UPI) -- Gaza is under the threat of widespread famine as nearly 500,000 Palestinians are facing catastrophic food insecurity, the Integrated Food Security…
Burkina Faso army, militias killed 130 members of ethnic group, HRW says | News
Army aircraft were reportedly hovering above as the killings took place, showing command control of the operation.At least 130 civilians belonging to the Fulani ethnic…
Kurdish group PKK says it is laying down arms and disbanding
Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK, which has waged a 40-year insurgency against Turkey, has announced it is laying down its arms and disbanding.The move followed…
First group white South Africans leaves for U.S. with refugee status
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A group of 49 white South Africans departed their homeland Sunday for the United States on a private charter plane, having been…
Rilo Kiley’s reunion is right on time at Just Like Heaven
“Can you believe,” Jenny Lewis asked, “this is our third show in 17 years?”Wearing the same outfit she’d worn at the first two — polka-dot…
Pavement’s story becomes a biopic, a musical and an art show
Throughout its career in the 1990s, the band Pavement remained poised for a wider commercial success that it never quite found. As leaders of the…
Lakers moving forward: What we learned from exit interviews
JJ Redick and Rob Pelinka sat in the nearly identical places on the team’s practice court as they did last June when Redick was introduced…