Secretary of State Marco Rubio cited “emergency agencies” to bypass Congress and sent $4 billion in weapons to Israel, the second time in a month the Trump administration bypassed a process approved by Congress to send weapons to the country. Mr Rubio did not explain in a statement on Saturday announcing why he used the…
Skybridge founder Anthony Scaramucci said there was a fierce exchange between U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President Jaed Vandes and Ukrainian President Vodimir Zelensky. “To me it felt like a setting. I think they brought him in to humiliate him and let him quit because he was a very strong leader…frankly, it was a propaganda.”…
Remember when “travel pants” means choosing between jeans that look like you're heading to Everest Base Camp or squeezing into jeans, turning the “travel pants” option into a torture device at 30,000 feet? Those dark days are behind us. In 2025, the pursuit of the perfect travel pants has reached its golden age as airlines…
Oak trees preserved the Blue House on East Calaveras Street. Seriina Covarrubias is certain. When she returned after the Eaton fire, much of Altadena was in ruins. Houses and nearby shops in nearby North Oak have been destroyed. Her garage and precious garden were demolished. Her house was filled with smoke-but it survived, as did…
Asheville – A coalition of local elected officials, doctors, nurses, clergy and more who urge HCA Healthcare to improve staffing at Asheville Mission Hospital or sell hospitals to nonprofit health systems. The demand is high heels for patients who died in the emergency room bathroom in February. The organization Reclaim Healthcare WNC believes that death…
Israel announced on Sunday that it would block all commodities and humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, a harsh move that undermined the existing, agreed framework to negotiate a permanent end to the war. The decision comes the day after the end of the first phase of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. Here's what…
After several years of disappointment, Sunday there was a sign that the big bear bald couple Jackie and Shadow would soon hatch. Friends of Okura Valley announced the discovery on Sunday afternoon: “The original pip was confirmed at 15:09 today.” (Except for this line, it's all in capital letters.) It was an exciting time for…
Sunday’s 97th Academy Awards ended with the awards season, which lost some of its luster due to the tragic wildfires and controversy surrounding some of the nominated films. But, for the most part, the heaviness in the air didn’t dim the glitter of this season’s red carpet, and the star’s custom “Academic Red Carpet” carpet…
With a measles outbreak in Texas increasing by 150 cases, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy did not explicitly recommend the vaccine, but said the outbreak was “a call for action for all of us to reaffirm our commitment to public health.” “The decision to get vaccinated is individual,”…
He said a creator of Los Angeles content waited 58 minutes to do the 911 and answered the phone after his home was stolen. “In One Minute” podcast host Evan Lovett returned to his studio city home after 9pm Friday after his 11-year-old son's baseball game. A glass door at the back of the house…