California lawmakers may give inmate firefighters a raise
Inmate firefighters housed in California’s county jails and state prisons would earn an hourly wage of up to $19 under legislation being considered by state…
USC’s Wesley Yates discovered family bond and possible stardom
INDIANAPOLIS — It was just a run-of-the-mill recruiting call. At least, that’s what Quincy Pondexter thought.Pondexter had been an assistant at his alma mater, Washington, for only…
Appreciation: Playwright Athol Fugard bore witness to apartheid
W.H. Auden, meditating on the role of the artist in a poem by W.B. Yeats, concluded that poetry “makes nothing happen.” While generally true, the…
Athol Fugard dead: South African playwriting great was 92
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The Blood Knot” and “’Master…
‘They’ve ruined my life’: ‘Botched hair transplant’ is so bad Brit waiter has quit work as he’s embarrassed to be seen – The Sun
A BALDING man has quit his job over a "botched hair transplant" because he is too embarrassed to be seen.Mark Sweeney says his life has…
Labour MUST make work pay – the cost of failure is unthinkable
Benefits rebuild a huge job for GovtFOR too long now Britain’s benefits bill has been unaffordable.The annual cost of employment and disability benefits stands at…
Axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
NEW YORK — Scrambling to replace their health insurance and find new work, some laid-off federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: relatives cheering their firing.The…
Jobs lost in every state and lifesaving cures not discovered: Possible impacts of research cuts
WASHINGTON — Rural cancer patients may miss out on cutting-edge treatments in Utah. Therapies for intellectual disorders could stall in Maryland. Red states and blue states alike…
Guest writer: President Trump came through for Los Angeles
As the Eaton and Palisades fires raged in Los Angeles, more than a few Democrats and at least one Times columnist claimed President Trump would…
The men of Gustave Caillebotte’s Impressionist paintings
Whether French Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte was gay is not known, although it is frequently noted that he never married. (The artist died young, at…
Trump’s attack on the arts continues: L.A. arts and culture this week
Since President Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center, I’ve been glued to arts reporting out of Washington, D.C. The nation’s capital is proving to be…
Celebrity Big Brother legend sparks concern as she’s forced to cancel work due to health issues
THE first Celebrity Big Brother aired in March 2001 on Channel 4.Roll on 23 years and a switch to Channel 5 in 2011, CBB is…
UK and France to work on Ukraine peace plan, Starmer says
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK and France is to work with Ukraine "on a plan to stop the fighting" with Russia…
Newsom suspends landmark environmental laws to speed up wildfire prevention efforts
Declaring a state of emergency, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday suspended two landmark state environmental laws to expedite measures he said were needed to protect…
Leaders of Kosovo, Serbia agree to work toward improving economic ties
WASHINGTON — Leaders of Serbia and Kosovo visited the White House on Friday to sign a limited economic agreement that U.S. officials hope will begin a process…
Amalia Mesa-Bains art exhibit and talk at the Cheech
It’s Oscars weekend here in Los Angeles, and your Essential Arts scribes will be contributing to the paper’s expansive coverage. I’ll be watching the event…
EU, India will work to finalize free trade agreement this year
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Friday during a visit to New Delhi that the European Union and India will work to finalize…
Arsenal ‘expected to sign big-money midfielder with lots of work done on Sesko and notable exit in summer transfer plan’
IT IS set to be a busy summer ahead at Arsenal with planned moves for a new striker, new midfielder and new goalkeeper all being…
Gene Hackman dead: Francis Ford Coppola, others in Hollywood react
From Francis Ford Coppola to Antonio Banderas, directors and actors across Hollywood on Thursday mourned the death of actor Gene Hackman. The 95-year-old, best known…
The complicated immigration history of Melania Trump: Tourist visas, then work visas
Reporting from Washington — While an aspiring model from Slovenia, the future wife of Donald Trump came to the United States on a tourist visa, but never…