ILLINOIS —As Illinois topped 9,000 coronavirus deaths and more than 327,000 cases, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday gave guidance that those who are looking forward to holiday celebrations with loved ones might find bleak: It’s not a good idea. Pritzker and Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike […]
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Tyler Stanfield wrote his latest single, “Whiskey Heart,” when he was living in Austin, Texas, a few years ago. He says people who aren’t paying attention think it’s a song about drinking. “It’s not,” Stanfield says. “Whiskey is a metaphor. That’s kind of one of the fun things about it […]
Dear Car Talk: I just traded in my 2004 Jeep Liberty for a “used” 2020 Jeep Renegade Latitude with 4,000 miles. It was a demo. Sticker price was $29,000. I paid $21,000. It has all the bells and whistles; cold weather package, safety package, etc. I even got the color […]
Chris Rock isn’t laughing. After years of cracking audiences up with his comedy and movies, the Saturday Night Live veteran is getting serious with his starring role in the long-awaited fourth installment of FX’s Fargo, creator Noah Hawley‘s hit anthology adaptation of the Coen brothers’ classic film. Premiering on Sunday, Sept. […]
“I have a number of patients who have gotten their periods since the pandemic started,” said Dr. Katherine Williamson, a pediatrician in Ladera Ranch, California. It can seem like one more thing at a stressful time. But Williamson said the pandemic might have a silver lining for kids going through […]
students on campus Applications to the world’s top MBA programs look set to reach record levels over the next year, with many schools already reporting double-digit growth as they extended final round deadlines in the spring and summer. Wharton has seen a 21% increase for the incoming class, making it […]
After the fitness center where Denise Newton worked closed down in April because of the coronavirus, she posted her résumé online to look for a new job. She soon got a call from a company she had never heard of. The woman who phoned from the company, Heies, invited Newton […]
Like the rotary phone or the cassette tape, the traditional wholesale model has fallen out of fashion and, in many ways, no longer suits the industry it served for so long. Retailers, once fashion’s tastemakers, have become risk-averse and trapped in a cycle of discounting, while small labels, which once […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials in the nation’s capital are watching the crowds as cherry blossom season begins in earnest. The distinctive white and pink petals reached full bloom last Sunday, about a week earlier than expected. It’s an event that normally brings in thousands of visitors and signals the unofficial […]
Cynthia Medrano, a college counselor at Alliance Marine Tech High School, an LAUSD charter school in Sun Valley, works remotely. (Los Angeles Times) Middle and high school students in the Los Angeles Unified School District will head back to campus two days a week in late April or early May, […]
“The dead speak!” That phrase – the first words of the opening scrawl in JJ Abrams’s Episode IX, also known as Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – has become, in certain circles, handy code for trashing this film. But I think it’s the perfect way to begin this fun […]
“I wasn’t immediately into gaming because at first, I was trying to just understand my environment. But when I started, it connected me to things I’d never known about.” First, Madehdou played individual games, but as he grew more comfortable, he competed with other people. In this way, video games […]
An illustrative image of medical syringes in front of a Airbnb logo displayed on a screen. On … [+] Monday, January 18, 2021, in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) stock has rallied by almost 55% since the beginning of […]
I can’t say it enough: Parents and educators are the unsung heroes of this pandemic. In my capacity as a child psychiatrist, I’ve held hundreds of Zoom sessions with educators and parents over these last 11 months. I’ve been amazed by the innovative and inspiring ways they’re helping kids who […]
Nice try, Leon. You must think we are pretty stupid, gullible, or insane to believe the tale you spun to Dechert, the Wall Street law firm, about your decades-long involvement with Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted pedophile. Well I, for one, am not buying it, not any of it, and neither […]
Text size ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images The last time the federal minimum wage was increased, “Boom Boom Pow” by the Black Eyed Peas was the No. 1 song on the radio, and I was a recent college graduate frantically searching for work during the peak of the Great Recession. That was […]
This year, no one will be packing snow boots and goosedown to brave Park City’s notorious snowdrifts and sardine-packed shuttles. Instead, following the lead of many festivals last year, Sundance 2021 will make the pandemic-era pivot to streaming, holding a pared-down virtual edition. Because of a pushed-back awards season (the […]
The Kansas City Chiefs and Cleveland Browns are about to square off Sunday afternoon in the divisional round of the AFC playoffs, and there’s no shortage of chatter about Kareem Hunt’s return to Kansas City. The running back started his career with a bang with the Chiefs, winning Rookie of […]
Keara Williams, a teacher at Hawkins High School in South Los Angeles, is spending time on winter break reaching out to students in danger of failing her class if they don’t make up assignments. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) During her winter break, English teacher Keara Williams has […]
Siblings Ricardo and Kelley Medina wait in line for a free coronavirus test in South Los Angeles. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) California’s first coronavirus lockdown order, in the spring, produced benefits within a month. By April, Gov. Gavin Newsom was able to crow that the state had “arguably […]
Siblings Ricardo and Kelley Medina wait in line for a free COVID-19 test at a testing center in South Los Angeles. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) California’s first coronavirus lockdown order, in the spring, produced benefits within a month. By April, Gov. Gavin Newsom was able to crow that […]
If DoorDash DASH -6.71% and Airbnb ABNB 1.12% underdeliver, it will be because its investors expected too much. There is no question retail interest in public offerings has soared this year. In their first day of trading, shares of Airbnb closed more than double where they were priced just one […]