‘Union County’ Review: High Stakes, Understated Portrayals
We are almost 90 minutes into “Union County” before we see its central character smile. Not that Cody Parsons (Will...
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Foul-mouthed pundit tops list to replace fleeing White House press secretary: sources
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt could be replaced by a controversial CNN pundit known for hurling expletives on air,...
Inside the D.S.A.’s Audacious Quest for Power in the Democratic Party
It was the Democratic Party’s “Summer of Socialism,” as an email from the Republican National Committee cheerfully called it that...
Problem Drinking in the U.S. Is on the Decline
Americans appear to be moderating — at least when it comes to alcohol. The number of people who drink in...
Keeping mentally ill Angelenos in jail doesn’t help anyone
A man slammed me onto the concrete on East 7th in Skid Row — fast, hard and without warning. One...
This Little Basket Is Having a Very Good Summer
In 2020, Jackie Wegner started saving money to buy her very own Nantucket friendship basket. Last month, Wegner, a 29-year-old...
Rory Scovel’s New Netflix Special: Winging It Never Sounded So Funny
Perfection isn’t funny. Flaws are. Triumph never makes people laugh the way struggle does. More than any other standup today,...
Why Illinois Powerball player who hit $1.04B jackpot may never be known — and how much they’d take home after taxes
The Illinois Powerball ticket holder who hit a $1.04 billion jackpot may be able to keep their identity under wraps...
His dog vanished. More than 8 months later, he saw him on Facebook.
Dylan Reedy came home from work in late November to an empty house. Timber, the hound mix he’d raised since...
This Pesticide May Be Too Dangerous to Use. Farmers Say They Need It.
California’s pesticide regulator announced on Monday the state would phase out the herbicide paraquat, which studies increasingly associate with Parkinson’s...
Eurovision Bars Warring Countries From Hosting
Winner Dara from Bulgaria with the song “Bangaranga” performs again after her victory in the final of the 70th Eurovision...
‘Dead Souls’ Review: A Mean Satire About American Exploitation
When an enigmatic man in a bowler hat arrives in a rough-and-tumble frontier town in Arizona, circa 1890, the locals...
Back-to-school season is hectic. To stay sane, we do the bare minimum for 1 month.
The author (not pictured) said she makes sure her family doesn't schedule anything beyond the essentials during the first month...
Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them.
Starting last fall, the Department of Homeland Security spent $464 million on a no-bid contract to buy 10 used airplanes...
Flirting Is a Lost Art
—CSA-Printstock—Getty Images Last year, at a party, I bumped into a handsome guy who I had met the month before...
