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Emo Nite brings Ashlee Simpson, 3 OH! 3 to festival
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (110+ words) Los Angeles Times Emo Nite brings Ashlee Simpson, 3 OH! 3 to festival Assistant editor Vanessa Franko oversees audience engagement for the Los Angeles Times" Entertainment and Arts section. She was previously the digital director of entertainment and features at the Southern…...
A boy declared him 'Father of the Year.' Then, they died in a murder-suicide
5+ day, 59+ min ago (1017+ words) There wasn't one misstep or a single failure that led to the tragedy that will forever haunt Frank Perez. But when he learned that his son " his loving, yet tortured, son who struggled with severe mental illness " fatally shot his…...
Cancer left him blind. When his son was diagnosed, ex-USC long snapper found Trojans had his back again
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (1478+ words) Former USC long snapper Jake Olson made college football history at the Coliseum in September 2017 as the first completely blind player to compete in a Division I college football game. Eight years later, his not-quite-8-month-old son was having the…...
'Storage Wars' star Darrell Sheets, known as 'The Gambler,' dies at 67
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (443+ words) Storage Wars" star Darrell Sheets was found dead by police on Wednesday in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. He was 67. According to Variety, which obtained a report from the Lake Havasu City Police Department, Sheets died from what appeared to be…...
Santa Monica nonprofit director, wife found dead; police investigate possible murder-suicide
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (273+ words) A noted Santa Monica figure in charge of boosting business, community and safety in the city's downtown core was found dead Wednesday alongside his wife, authorities said. The Los Angeles Police Department responded to a shooting incident reported in the…...
U. S. troops may sue military contractors for their injuries, Supreme Court rules
1+ week, 54+ min ago (384+ words) WASHINGTON "The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that U. S. troops may sue military contractors for their injuries, siding with a soldier who was badly injured when a Taliban operative working at the Bagram Airfield detonated a suicide bomb. Five soldiers were killed…...
Woman says chatbot pushed her son to suicide and these 'guardrails' are crucial
1+ week, 1+ day ago (429+ words) As the mother of a teen boy who killed himself after using a chatbot, Maria Raine said she was dealing with constant grief. "The loss never gets easier," she said, "but I have to advocate for him." So on Monday,…...
Influencers want to adopt the 'analog lifestyle' for 2026. Here's how to join them
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1137+ words) At the dawn of 2026, social media influencers at home and abroad proclaimed it the year of the "analog lifestyle," a call to reduce digital connectivity as smart tech and screen time dominate a person's attention span. Rosie Okatcha, an influencer…...
'Memory manipulation is inevitable': How rewriting memory in the lab might one day heal humans
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (1521+ words) We often think of memories like the contents of a museum: static exhibits that we view to understand the present and prepare for the future. The latest research, however, suggests they are more like well-thumbed library books that wear and…...
Review: 'Riot Women' has a rockin' time with middle-aged, menopausal women
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (110+ words) The growing army of 60-ish women who kick ass, take names and rarely complain about getting too old for anything has been joined by Emma Thompson's Zo" Boehm in "Down Cemetery Road' and the menopausal punk rockers of "Riot Women....