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Ships are paying millions more for fuel at L.A., Long Beach ports. The costs won’t stay there
The massive ships that glide through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are facing extreme fuel costs as oil prices rise, often paying millions of dollars more to top off their titanic tanks. The cost of filling up with shipping fuel in L.A. County is close to 20% higherthan at other major ports…
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How Karl Urban Quietly Conquered Geekdom
Clockwise from top center: Urban in ‘The Boys,’ ‘Mortal Kombat II,’ ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Thor: Raganrok,’ ‘The Bluff’ —Everett Collection (4); The Boys: Jasper Savage—Amazon Prime Video He’s fought orcs from horseback in Middle-earth, explored the final frontier on the Starship Enterprise, and wielded dual machine guns in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but now Karl Urban…
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Meet four artists behind the public art you’ll see at L.A. Metro’s new D Line stations
Art deco motifs, fossils and massive drawings of hands are among the installations that will greet riders passing through the three new stations on L.A. Metro’s D Line extension. The underground subway stations, which connect downtown Los Angeles to Beverly Hills, are home to nine site-specific artworks by Mariana Castillo Deball, Eamon Ore-Giron, Ken Gonzales-Day,…
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Levees can no longer save New Orleans
This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The process of relocating people from New Orleans should start immediately, as the city has reached a “point of no return” that will see it surrounded by the ocean within decades due to the climate crisis,…
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Doctor vacationing on hantavirus cruise forced to treat patients after ship’s medic sickened
A doctor traveling as a passenger on the MV Hondius cruise ship has revealed how he stepped in to treat hantavirus patients after the ship’s medic was one of those sickened by the outbreak that has killed at least three people. “I sort of fell into the role of becoming the ship doctor,” Stephen Kornfeld…
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How a Robot (Sort of) Made Me Lunch
—Getty Images Earlier this week, I visited a lunch spot in London where several 20-somethings were busy toiling behind a counter. To their left sat a less ordinary sight: a food assembly robot that might one day put them out of work. I was here to witness a pilot program by the London-based startup Kaikaku…
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L.A.’s golden streetlights have turned harsh white. Homeowners aren’t happy
Light and Los Angeles are intrinsically linked. It’s a light that elicits emotion and demands reaction. Filmmaker David Lynch said L.A.’s “muted golden sunshine” was the reason filmmakers flocked here. In the New Yorker, the writer Lawrence Weschler rhapsodized about the soft glow in the air here, day and night. When watching O.J. Simpson’s infamous…
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‘Trump 2028’ could be a vote for Ivanka, Eric or Don Jr.
With President Trump continuing to tank in the polls, the parlor game we know as “2028 Republican primary speculation” is back in full swing among the chattering classes. Vice President JD Vance — who would normally be considered the heir apparent, and who just happened to make a campaign stop in Iowa recently — now…
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In Defense of the Band
Naomi McPherson, Katie Gavin and Josette Maskin of MUNA perform at the All Things Go Music Festival held at Forest Hills Stadium on September 28, 2024 in New York, New York. —Nina Westervelt/Variety—Getty Images I had just turned 20 when MUNA had our first “rehearsal” in the living room of the dorm where Jo Maskin…
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Turn out the lights on the Lakers; after second loss to Oklahoma City, it’s over
They have long since proven themselves as an endlessly efforting Laker team that never believes they’re beaten. They’re beaten. With the sort of resounding resilience that had earlier carried them to playoff wins without their two leading scorers, these Lakers have shown they desperately do not want this season to be over. It’s over. The…