Blake Lively drops claims of emotional distress against Justin Baldoni
In the latest twist in the legal saga between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, Lively is dropping two claims against Baldoni of emotional distress. As…
The Digital Equity Act tried to close the digital divide. Trump calls it racist and acts to end it
PORTLAND, Ore. — One program distributes laptops in rural Iowa. Another helped people get back online after Hurricane Helene washed away computers and phones in western North…
Haitians with HIV defy stigma as they denounce USAID defunding
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A video showing dozens of people marching toward the office of Haiti’s prime minister elicited gasps from some viewers as it circulated recently on…
OpenAI says its nonprofit board will remain in control of its for-profit business
ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Monday that its nonprofit will remain in control over its for-profit business, as the startup moves forward with plans to change…
After backlash, OpenAI says company will remain under non-profit control
1 of 2 | On a call, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (seen in January at the White House in Washington, D.C.) touched on the company's…
Funding cuts threaten to deepen hunger crisis in U.S.
NEW YORK — The Campaign Against Hunger was already struggling to feed thousands of families a week when the Trump administration pulled more than $1.3 million in…
Hope Florida: A timeline of how a DeSantis-backed state charity was accused of wrongdoing
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Scrutiny of a welfare program that is the signature initiative of Casey DeSantis, Florida’s first lady, is threatening to undermine a potential run to…
Newsom makes $24 generic Narcan available to all Californians
SACRAMENTO — California residents are now eligible to buy naloxone — the generic drug for Narcan, a drug used to treat opioid overdoses — for $24 through…
Sexual misconduct allegations cast shadow on nonprofit that works with colleges to help injured veterans
WASHINGTON — Jon Monett, a former science official at the CIA who has been compared to the technical genius Q in the James Bond spy movies and…
Trump administration guts board of U.S. Institute of Peace, a nonprofit agency
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration fired most of the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace — an independent nonprofit organization established and funded by Congress that…
L.A. City Council member starting nonprofit. Ethics experts have questions
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s Dakota Smith, giving you the latest on city and county…
Interior Secretary Burgum eyes national monuments for energy resources
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has directed his staff to review and possibly alter national monuments as part of a push to expand U.S. energy production,…
Golden Globes ends policy of paying 50 voting members $75,000 salaries
The Golden Globes has terminated its policy of paying $75,000 annual salaries to former members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. Helen Hoehne, the organization’s…
Emergency fundraisers offer a lifeline to groups that lost foreign aid
NEW YORK — Though they know they can never replace all the money lost due to the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign assistance, nonprofits are fundraising to…
Caruso nonprofit joins with builder to give fire victims prefab homes
Can prefab homes accelerate the rebuilding of Altadena and Pacific Palisades?The new foundation launched by Rick Caruso is hoping it will, announcing on Wednesday a…
USAID shutdown upends lives of nonprofit workers, farmers and others
WASHINGTON — There’s the executive in a U.S. supply-chain company whose voice breaks while facing the next round of calls telling employees they no longer have jobs.And…
Donald Shoup, renowned parking guru and UCLA professor, dies at 86
Over more than a half century of clear writing, clever quips and exhaustive scholarship, Donald Shoup became one of the world’s foremost experts and influencers…
L.A. launches online wildfire relief tool
The city of Los Angeles has launched an online tool to help people affected by recent wildfires by simplifying the task of applying for assistance.The…
How one nonprofit is helping soccer players change their lives
Adversity was on the schedule every week for the South Los Angeles Legends, a soccer team of 11- and 12-year-old girls, many of whom were…
State sues former owner of troubled affordable housing development
The state of California is suing the former nonprofit owner of a long-troubled housing development for low-income senior citizens in Chinatown, Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta…