‘A five-alarm fire’: Western reservoirs that supply California fall to record low levels
Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the country’s two largest reservoirs, have fallen to their lowest combined levels on record, a...
Sony Music Entertainment files new lawsuit against AI startup Udio
Sony Music Entertainment on Monday filed a new lawsuit against artificial intelligence startup Udio, alleging it infringed on more than...
U.S. actions harm global efforts to prevent and treat HIV in dozens of countries, report says
The Trump administration’s disruptions to a global AIDS relief program have forced organizations to close clinics, lay off staff and...
Israel is building a miles-long earthen barrier inside Gaza, entrenching its division
CAIRO — The Israeli military is quietly but quickly building a giant earthen barrier separating the more than 50% of the Gaza...
When will Sunset Boulevard reopen? Here’s what we know about filling the massive hole
Officials have made progress in fixing a massive water system rupture on the Sunset Strip that sent 17 million gallons...
Trump administration opens investigation into Harvard’s financial aid for international students
The Justice Department is investigating whether Harvard University is allowing Chinese donors to create scholarships that exclude American students, adding...
Smithsonian history museum chief rejects White House criticism of its leaders as radical activists
WASHINGTON — The director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History pushed back on Tuesday against a recent White House report...
Faint new planet is revealed around a young star after a decade in hiding
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered a faint, elusive planet orbiting a young star after more than a decade of cosmic...
ESPN six-episode podcast to examine Shohei Ohtani-Ippei Mizuhara gambling scandal
ESPN’s 30 for 30 will launch the first two of six podcast episodes July 28 examining the gambling scandal that...
The unfair double standard polyamorous relationships face
We’ve watched it happen more times than we can count. A polyamorous relationship — one of ours or someone else’s...
California’s Anduril and Archer Aviation join forces to build muscular attack drones
Two of California’s boldest aerospace innovators joined forces to unveil an autonomous attack aircraft Monday. Anduril Industries, a military technology...
8 ways that Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ changes Homer’s epic
It may have laid the foundations of Western storytelling, but Homer’s “Odyssey” wasn’t exactly built for the movies. Sprawling across...
20 years and $3.7 million later, a historic Spanish-style Wallace Neff home returns to glory
When restoring their 1925 Wallace Neff-designed home in La Cañada Flintridge, Pete and Teri Lauenstein wanted kitchen tile that would...
Tom Hiddleston calls ‘Pompeii: Out of Time’ an ‘extraordinary confluence of my passions’
Thirty years ago a teenage boy, traveling abroad and without parents for the first time, came upon a scene of...
Deputy fatally shoots pit bull ‘actively and viciously’ attacking man at Lancaster home
An L.A. County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a pit bull that was attacking a man in Lancaster on Monday...
