University protests dominate media coverage, obscuring the true horror of Gaza war
The mention of mass graves is so deeply disturbing that it’s preferable to think of such wartime horrors as dark remnants of another era, chapters…
UCLA softball closes epic Pac-12 rivalry with win over Arizona
You couldn’t have written a better final chapter. UCLA and Arizona, two of the nation’s powerhouses, two blue bloods in softball, meeting one last time…
Zendaya’s tennis drama ‘Challengers’ tops box office
Zendaya’s tennis drama “Challengers” scored the top spot in the domestic box office this weekend, bringing in $15 million, as movie theaters are still struggling…
LPGA: Hannah Green surges to repeat as LA Championship winner
Hannah Green won the LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship for the second straight year Sunday, holing out twice from off the greens in a…
Stagecoach 2024: Post Malone, Willie Nelson plus best, worst of Day 2
INDIO — After Coachella’s back-to-back weekends, barely any grass remains on the grounds of the Empire Polo Club. But that hasn’t stopped tens of thousands of…
‘Illinoise’ on Broadway: A gripping riff on Sufjan Stevens’ music
NEW YORK — “Illinoise,” a hallucinatory dance musical based on Sufjan Stevens’ 2005 concept album “Illinois,” offers a fitting end to a Broadway season that seemed…
Calmes: Who’s on trial in Manhattan, an ex-president or a mob boss?
Donald Trump has fussed about many things during his criminal trial in Manhattan: the judge, prosecutors, their relatives, witnesses, jurors and of course the media,…
Denis Bouanga scores in stoppage time to lift LAFC over Portland
Denis Bouanga scored in the second minute of stoppage time, Timothy Tillman added a goal and LAFC beat the Portland Timbers 3-2 Saturday night at…
Stagecoach 2024: Everyone who performed with Post Malone at the fest
INDIO — Post Malone’s presence on the lineup of the 2024 Stagecoach Country Music Festival — where he was billed as performing a set of country…
Everyone Taylor Swift alluded to on her new album, ‘TTPD’
Taylor Swift didn’t hold back on calling everyone out on her newest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” and the reactions are rolling in. The surprise…
Inside the head-spinning week of Trump’s legal drama
NEW YORK — Even by Donald Trump’s standards, it was a dizzying week. The first criminal prosecution of a former president began in earnest with opening…
Sure, Zendaya knows the ‘Spider-Man’-to-tennis ‘prophecy’
Just like Zendaya did with the trend of every pair of “Spider-Man” co-stars dating, the actor has fulfilled another franchise prophecy. The “Challengers” actress is…
Coachella and Stagecoach festivals: Differences and similarities
Indio — After back-to-back weekends of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, with performances from a reunited No Doubt, Tyler, the Creator, Lana Del Rey…
17 states sue over rules entitling workers to time off for abortion
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Republican attorneys general from 17 states have filed a lawsuit challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations…
Blinken meets China’s president as U.S., China spar over global issues
BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior Chinese officials, stressing the importance of “responsibly managing”…
How to watch Stagecoach 2024 at home, streaming live and free
Tens of thousands of people are dusting off their cowboy hats as the 2024 Stagecoach festival returns to the Empire Polo Club in Indio this…
Arizona indictment of Giuliani and Meadows follows long racist history
I’ve lived and/or worked in 10 states scattered across the country. Arizona was and remains the most complicated. The same state that elected the first…
Caleb Williams tops Caitlin Clark record for draft jersey sales
Fans of the Chicago Bears seem pretty excited to have former USC quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams on the team. How excited are…
Biden says he’s ‘happy to debate’ Trump during interview with Howard Stern
NEW YORK — President Biden said Friday that he is willing to debate his presumptive Republican opponent, Donald Trump, later this fall — his most definitive…
Trump lawyers grill ex-tabloid owner as 1st week of testimony nears end
NEW YORK — After prosecutors’ lead witness painted a tawdry portrait of “catch-and-kill” tabloid schemes, defense lawyers in Donald Trump’s criminal trial on Friday sought to…