Busy roads and crowded skies are as much a part of the holiday season as turkey and pumpkin pie. And as travel industry chiefs hope to avoid the sort of meltdowns that have marred previous Thanksgivings, they are also urging the public not to resort to abuse when dealing with inevitable flight delays. “If you’re…
“Euphoria” star Angus Cloud’s mother has revealed her son’s last words before he died of an accidental drug overdose earlier this year. “‘I love you, mama. You’re the best,’” Lisa Cloud said her son told her the night before she found him unresponsive in his room. “’I’ll see you in the morning,’” she said, sharing her son’s final…
Ashton Kutcher has resigned from his role as board chairman of Thorn, a nonprofit he co-founded over a decade ago to combat child sexual exploitation, the actor announced Friday. The decision to step down was “rooted in the recognition of recent events,” the organization said in a statement, referencing the backlash against Kutcher and his…
MERSIN PROVINCE, Turkey — Rescuers say they are ready to begin the process of freeing an ill American caver stuck over 3,000 feet underground within the next few days. “With this good news, with doctors saying you can take him out now, slowly, tomorrow or the next day at the latest, we will start his rescue,”…
This week’s question: A quickly retracted email release from a California congressional candidate announced he was suspending his campaign due to a “lack of joy.” In seven words or fewer, create an honest campaign slogan for a candidate who actually hates running for office and would prefer to lose. Click here to see the results of…
A 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit the Ojai, California, area on Sunday afternoon, as Tropical Storm Hilary was making its way up into Southern California. “We are in the middle of the first tropical storm since 1939, and we just had an earthquake,” Ventura County Fire Director of Communications Scott Thomsen told the Los Angeles Times. There…
This week’s question: A TikTok “life coach” is recommending fellow 20-somethings find “Lazy Girl Jobs”: low-stress, white-collar positions that allow them to work remotely and focus on their non-work lives. Come up with a job title for a uniquely low-effort role. Click here to see the results of last week’s contest: Housing monument Skip advert RESULTS:…
A partial power outage amid the record rain of Hilary at Los Angeles’ White Memorial Hospital led to the evacuations of at least 28 “critical” patients and left nearly 250 patients in the dark, fire officials said. The outage was reported just after 11 p.m. Monday at the hospital’s Specialty Care Center at its Boyle…
New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham was taken into custody after experiencing a “medical episode,” on Friday night, according to a statement from the team. Graham, 36, was taken into custody by officers who believed he was under the influence of a controlled substance after receiving a call about a person acting erratically near…
Barbie — and the doll’s creator, Ruth Handler — are both having a moment. The company Handler co-created, Mattel, and the toys it manufactured are all household names, but Ruth’s story isn’t as well known. Born in Denver in 1916, Ruth was the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants. She met her husband, Elliot Handler, in…