Uncategorized
-
Teen hurled her Chipotle bowl at worker in Santa Ana, police say
An 18-year-old is learning some table manners after she was arrested on suspicion of throwing her Chipotle bowl at a worker’s chest in Santa Ana. A surveillance camera video of the assault went viral last week, showing a young woman yelling at the worker behind the register before picking up her order and hurling it…
-
Ken Paxton’s years-long ‘war’ on Hispanic groups could come back implode campaign: report
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the state’s GOP Senate nominee, had spent years as the state’s top law enforcement officer “waging war on Democratic and Latino-led groups” amid his amplification of false claims of widespread voter fraud, but in doing so, may have created a powerful obstacle in his bid for higher office, The New…
-
Inside the Police Commission’s fight to retain its civilian oversight role amid LAPD defiance
Jeff Skobin was tired of asking. Last November, amid a startling increase in LAPD shootings, the Los Angeles police commissioner requested a report from the department about how its officers’ use of deadly force compared with other large agencies. At the time, Chief Jim McDonnell promised a careful review. The following month, Skobin reminded the…
-
Chinese Post Office Deploys Humanoid Robots to Sort Mail
It’s no secret by now that the Chinese tech sector is going all-in on robotics. Last September, the country broke the record for the number of industrial robots in operation; the People’s Republic likewise produces about 90 percent of the world’s humanoid robots, which factories and kiosks are experimenting with across the country. Now, even…
-
Farewell, my Smilodon: La Brea Tar Pits to close for two years
The back rooms of the La Brea Tar Pits are, at the moment, a maze of packing crates tagged with handwritten sticky notes that say things like “bison skulls” or “camel hip.” Every bone, down to the last dire wolf rib, must be carefully sheathed in a custom foam shell. Sloth jaws and sabertooth fangs…
-
Robot revolt? Viral footage shows humanoid bot KICKING child during live demo
Are the machines already fighting back? A jaw-dropping video from China has sparked fresh fears about the rise of humanoid robots after a machine wearing a clown wig kicked a young boy in the stomach during a public demonstration. The incident unfolded at a tourist attraction in Xinjiang, where dozens of spectators had gathered to…
-
Jon Cryer reflects on filming ‘Pretty in Pink’ with ‘d–k’ Andrew McCarthy: ‘We had all kinds of issues’
Art imitating life. Jon Cryer did not get along with his on-screen rival, Andrew McCarthy, in 1986’s “Pretty in Pink.” “I thought he was aloof and just a d–k,” Cryer told Page Six in a recent exclusive interview. “We had all kinds of issues.” “Pretty in Pink” was a teen rom-com starring Molly Ringwald as…
-
L.A. region begins the year with the smoggiest first 5 months in a decade
The first five months of 2026 in Southern California have been the smoggiest — with the highest number of unhealtful air days — in more than a decade, according to statewide air monitoring. So far this year, the South Coast air basin, which includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, has seen 39…
-
Madre Tierra: Indigenous Environmental Defenders in Latin America Are Fighting For Their Land
Along the Pacific Coast of Mexico, in the indigenous community of Santa María de Ostula in the state of Michoacán, the Sierra Mancira mountain range rises. Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conquistador who toppled the Aztecs, had mined these very mountains for gold five centuries earlier. Global mining companies covet the minerals buried here, and the…
-
Most dangerous World Cup ever? Climate change poses growing risks for players
A few hours after Lionel Messi and the Argentine World Cup team checked into their training base in Kansas City, a series of thunderstorms pounded the area, knocking out power, felling trees and bringing flood and tornado warnings. Hardly ideal conditions for the world’s biggest soccer tournament. Yet that’s likely just the opening salvo of…