Idina Menzel wishes Adele Dazeem a happy 10th birthday
Happy 10th birthday, to the “wickedly talented” Adele Dazeem. Love, your alter ego, Idina Menzel. The Tony Award winner, whose name was infamously mangled by…
Opinion: How did a Moroccan pirate queen become the ‘Spirit of California’?
A Diego Rivera mural titled “The Allegory of California” hides in a private staircase inside the City Club of San Francisco. It depicts a woman…
Judge orders Trump off Illinois primary ballot
CHICAGO — A Cook County judge ruled Wednesday that the Illinois State Board of Elections must take former President Trump’s name off the state’s March 19…
An elaborate AI death hoax spread fake news about me online
(Photo illustration by Jim Cooke / Los Angeles Times; Photos via Getty Images) When I died the other day, no one really noticed. That is,…
Column: I went to a Vegas chapel, strip club and casino in the name of Taylor Swift
When I pitched covering the Taylor Swift Effect at the Super Bowl, I was envisioning tracking down fans decked out in Eras tour apparel, gleefully…
California banned a slur from geographic place names. Fresno County won’t let go
For years, Native American residents in Fresno County have campaigned to remove the word “squaw” from the name of an unincorporated town in the foothills…
Taylor Swift searches blocked on X after explicit AI images
The social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has taken steps to limit the further spread of explicit deepfake images of Taylor Swift after…
Who are Ketanji Brown Jackson and Kamala Harris’ role models?
As Kamala Harris made history in her speech accepting the vice presidential nomination in 2020, she broke into a broad grin as she invoked the…
4 chilling debut thrillers to get you through the winter
Reading List 4 Blazing Debut Thrillers for Winter If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose…
California congressman asks New Hampshire voters to write in Biden
CONCORD, N.H. — In a long black pea coat and loafers, California Rep. Ro Khanna looked the part of a New England politician. “You know, I…