Contributor: The right now embraces cancel culture
In the days since Charlie Kirk’s killing, conservatives have embraced a phenomenon they previously called toxic: cancel culture.The impulse to cancel some voices this past…
The chilling séance that keeps selling out at L.A.’s Heritage Square
I am sitting in a tent placed inside the parlor of a Victorian-era house. Before me lies a spirit board, a lone tarot card and…
How a Long Beach shop’s silent reading events fuel kitten adoptions
Long Beach resident Ashley Likins was pages away from finishing “Onyx Storm,” the third installment in Rebecca Yarros’ fantasy book series, when a long-haired black…
Israel faces global backlash as Gaza invasion deepens isolation
BEIRUT — Cascades of condemnation from friend and foe alike. An array of international organizations and rights groups leveling accusations of genocide and war crimes. Boycotts across…
Charlie Kirk’s killing shows that censorship starts in the workplace
Remember when the notion of government censorship in the U.S. seemed like the plot of an Orwellian novel, or something that happened in other places,…
Feds sanction people in ‘shadow banking’ scheme to sell Iranian oil
An Iranian Revolutionary Guard jet boat saileed around a seized tanker in 2019. The U.S. Department of Treasury on Tuesday sanctioned people and businesses for…
Empathy is the only way forward after Charlie Kirk’s death
It wasn’t the greeting I was expecting from my dad when I stopped by for lunch Wednesday at his Anaheim home.“¿Quién es Charlie Kirk?”Papi still…
After killing of Charlie Kirk, chorus of conservatives wants his critics ostracized or fired
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. — After years of complaints from the right about “cancel culture” from the left, some conservatives are seeking to upend the lives and…
Trump’s travel ban keeps international students from coming to the U.S.
With the Taliban barring women from college in her native Afghanistan, Bahara Saghari set her sights on pursuing higher education in the United States.Saghari, 21,…
Fox News host apologizes for proposing lethal injections for mentally ill homeless people
“Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade apologized Sunday for remarks he made last week that suggested using involuntary lethal injections to get mentally ill homeless…
They witnessed Charlie Kirk’s killing. Now students reckon with the trauma
OREM, Utah — One student holed up in his house for two days after witnessing Charlie Kirk’s shooting, nervous about going back to the Utah college campus…
After massive raid at Hyundai plant in Georgia, non-Korean families in crisis
Ever since a massive immigration raid on a Hyundai manufacturing site swept up nearly 500 workers in southeast Georgia this month, Rosie Harrison said her…
Matthew Dowd’s firing triggers flood of people facing consequences for comments on Kirk’s death
NEW YORK — Matthew Dowd’s firing has opened a floodgate.The MSNBC political analyst, who lost his job shortly after on-air comments about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk,…
Millions face skyrocketing health insurance costs unless Congress extends subsidies
WASHINGTON — There’s bipartisan support in Congress for extending tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable for millions of people since the COVID-19 pandemic. But…
Minnesota candidates campaign amid fear and violence after political slayings
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — As the nation comes to grips with the slaying of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, two candidates in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Park…
After Charlie Kirk shooting, how will public event security change?
Less than 24 hours after a bullet whizzed across a Utah college campus and claimed the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, polarizing figures from…
Nebraska plan for an immigrant detention center faces backlash and uncertainty
OMAHA — No formal agreement has been signed to convert a remote state prison in Nebraska into the latest immigration detention center for President Trump’s sweeping crackdown,…
Missouri Senate passes Trump-backed plan that could help Republicans win an additional U.S. House seat
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Republicans handed President Trump a political victory Friday, giving final legislative approval to a redistricting plan that could help Republicans win an…
North Korea executes people for sharing foreign films and TV: UN report | Human Rights News
‘Mass surveillance’ tech has enabled world’s most restrictive state to exert ‘control in all parts of life’, UN Human Rights Office says.Published On 12 Sep…
Clifton Powell says agent fired him over another ‘little Black movie’
Clifton Powell is unapologetically dropping the name of the agent who he alleges fired him for taking a role in the 2005 musical “The Gospel.”“My…