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Euthanasia rates of cats and kittens are on the rise at L.A. city animal shelters
Los Angeles animal shelters recorded a sharp increase in euthanizations of cats and kittens through the first six months of the year, which officials attribute in part to a rise in animals brought to the shelters. Nearly 900 kittens were euthanized from January through June, up from about 600 the first six months of last…
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MS NOW host blows a fuse as Trump admin makes move that ‘everybody feared would happen’
An announcement by President Donald Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on childhood vaccine scheduling for a personal response on MS NOW Tuesday morning. On Monday, the two announced changes that are contrary to advice from medical experts, based on Trump and Kennedy’s mistaken insistence that there is a causal relationship between vaccines…
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Scientists discover bizarre new happy-faced spider with unique genetics in India
A tiny, creepy species of spider known as the happy-face spider has recently been discovered in India. Known for its iconic array of color patterns, the happy-face spider gets its name from patterns that resemble a smiling face. The new species, Theridion Himalayana, which belongs to the spider family Theridiidae, is just one of 577 others;…
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Inside Brad Pitt’s ‘very personal decision’ to start drinking again after 7 years of sobriety: ‘His life changed’
After seven years of sobriety, Brad Pitt feels like he’s able to drink responsibly and knows when to stop. “This is a very personal decision that’s unique to Brad and his own circumstances,” a source exclusively told Page Six, adding that he’s had “a lot of time to reflect” on his relationship with alcohol. “Over…
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Kevin Dowdell’s Last Fire
Photographs by Haruka Sakaguchi To a firefighter who is inside one, a fire creates as much darkness as heat. Flames start bright but throw off smoke that can swathe everything in pitch black. Lieutenant Kevin Dowdell did not fight fires so much as he groped through and problem-solved them, relying on half-blind judgment and expertise—and…
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Toxic site near South L.A. homes finally faces state cleanup order
The California toxic substances agency has ordered the cleanup of a site in the Central-Alameda neighborhood of Los Angeles, citing what “appears to be a major source of contamination” that “may present a substantial hazard to human health.” Four Star Chemical and American Labs operated in the late 1970s and 1980s at 5701 Compton Ave.…
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‘Paranoid’ Trump’s fear of violent death leading him into ‘very strange places’: analysis
Nearly a decade into his on-and-off presidency, Donald Trump rarely manages to shock anymore, but a new report detailing how he secretly swapped planes en route from last month’s NATO summit has done exactly that, according to a political columnist. The Washington Post reported that U.S. intelligence had received credible threats last month that Iran-linked…
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The Long Tail of Boyhood Swagger
Tangled themes of violence and masculinity run like buried cables through Chang-rae Lee’s work. One of contemporary American literature’s major chroniclers of manhood, he’s been writing for three decades about assimilation, suburban alienation, and the mystery of how his characters survive loneliness and, often, shocking loss. Lee uses his careful prose to sink slowly and…
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They wanted to add an ADU next to their midcentury L.A. home. The cost soared to $600,000
Joshua Leibner and Katherine Henninger consider themselves big fans of living below their means. “Josh will drive across town to use a Groupon,” says Henninger, a college English professor at Louisiana State University. “Art is the only thing he doesn’t mind spending money on.” So when the couple decided to add an accessory dwelling unit,…
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New details emerge in child exploitation case against Lauren Boebert’s son
Newly released court records are filling in the case against Tyler Boebert, the 21-year-old son of firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), who was arrested Sunday on three felony charges of sexual exploitation of a child. According to an arrest affidavit obtained by The Denver Post, the investigation began in 2024 with a Safe2Tell report that…