Contributor: To penalize ‘foreign-made’ films is to punish Americans too
When a country like Armenia sends a film out into the world, it’s not just art. It’s a way to preserve memory, to reach a…
The Sports Report: Is Kobe Bryant one of the 10 best players in NBA history?
Hey, I’m back from Covid! Did everyone miss me? I see no hands raised out there. No one? OK, well, on to the news! Newsletter…
Contributor: Uncle Sam wants you … to rat on national parks that reflect true history
Few initiatives of the Trump administration more seriously undermine our understanding of the nation’s past than Executive Order 14023 from March 27, which promises “to…
Peru reopens 3,800-year-old Penico archaeological site for visitors | History News
A 3,800-year-old citadel of the Caral civilisation – one of the world’s oldest – has reopened for visitors in Peru after eight years of comprehensive…
Column: Straight-shooting advisor George Steffes always had Reagan’s ear
Newsletter You're reading the L.A. Times Politics newsletter George Skelton and Michael Wilner cover the insights, legislation, players and politics you need to know in…
Sites of Khmer Rouge execution, torture in Cambodia added to UNESCO list | Arts and Culture News
Added to the World Heritage list are two prisons: Tuol Sleng and M-13, as well as the execution site Choeung Ek.Three notorious locations used by…
PKK disarmament opens ‘new page in history’ for Turkiye, Erdogan says | PKK News
After announcing they would disarm, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) destroyed their weapons in northern Iraq.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the country has…
Ancient Aboriginal rock art, African sites make UNESCO World Heritage list | Arts and Culture News
UN cultural organisation this week announces its choice of sites to be granted World Heritage status.The United Nations cultural organisation has added a remote Aboriginal…
‘Just a few bones’: 30 years on, Srebrenica still buries its dead | Genocide
Potocari, Bosnia and Herzegovina – In a grassy valley dotted with white gravestones, thousands of people gathered to mark 30 years since the Srebrenica massacre…
Where is Liberia, whose president Trump praised for his ‘good English’? | International Trade News
United States President Donald Trump has drawn mockery after he complimented the president of Liberia for speaking English “beautifully”, even though it is the country’s…
As L.A. reels, White House sees ‘grand success’ in novel crackdown tactics
WASHINGTON — National Guard troops and immigration agents on horseback, clad in green uniforms and tactical gear, trotted into MacArthur Park on Monday, surrounding the iconic square…
‘Too Much’ review: Lena Dunham’s rom-com is at its best while calm
Lena Dunham, of “Girls” fame, with her husband Luis Felber, has created a romantic comedy, “Too Much,” premiering Thursday on Netflix. It’s lighter in tone…
News Analysis: The healthcare cuts approved by Trump, Republicans go well beyond Medicaid
Newsletter You're reading the L.A. Times Politics newsletter Anita Chabria and David Lauter bring insights into legislation, politics and policy from California and beyond. In…
On this day: 10 UPI Independence Day headlines that made history
July 4 (UPI) -- Most Americans are all familiar with the reason we celebrate July Fourth as Independence Day. This was the day in 1776…
Nvidia is on track to become the most valuable company in history
Published on 04/07/2025 - 10:57 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTThe AI chipmaker Nvidia's shares hit a new all-time high on Thursday, briefly giving the company a market capitalisation of…
Contributor: The American Revolution sprang not from individualism, but from the Bible
It’s the 249th birthday of the United States. And as Americans begin to prepare for our nation’s grand semiquincentennial celebration next year, it is worth…
Clayton Kershaw, Dodger teammates bask in glow of 3,000th strikeout
It wasn’t so much the culmination of a career as it was another signpost pointing the way to the Hall of Fame.It certainly wasn’t the…
Trump has big plans for America’s next birthday. Historians have questions
WASHINGTON — As Americans mark the Fourth of July holiday this weekend, the Trump administration is planning ahead for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence…
Where tourists seldom tread, part 17: three port towns freighted with history | England holidays
IpswichThe place names are tiny poems: Silent Street, where sound was deadened with straw out of respect for convalescing soldiers during the Anglo-Dutch wars of…
Clayton Kershaw is the greatest pitcher in Dodgers history
The slider was sizzling. The hitter was frozen. The strikeout was roaring.With an 84-mph pitch on the black in the sixth inning against the Chicago…