Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Trump military decisionsa foreign policy disaster Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi is troubled by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s “rookie mistake.” Being a rookie usually means that a person has met the criteria for joining the team and will be … Read more
By Melanie Lidman, Mohammad Jahjouh and Wafaa Shurafa | Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel — The remains of two child hostages have been identified but another body released by Hamas was not the boys’ mother, the Israeli military said early Friday. Hamas militants had turned over four bodies Thursday under the tenuous ceasefire that has … Read more
The Trump administration has launched an investigation into California’s high-speed rail project — what could be the first step in clawing back the $4 billion promised by the Biden administration to build out the first section of the line, from Merced to Bakersfield. “For too long, taxpayers have subsidized the massively over-budget and delayed California … Read more
Felix Art Fair opened on Wednesday, February 19, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Felix Art Fair Nobody would have predicted, just a month ago, that L.A. would rally back with such force for this year’s Los Angeles Art Week, especially after last month’s devastating fires. Yet on Tuesday, February 19, the art world gathered at … Read more
Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip contains eight topological qubits. John Brecher for Microsoft For a field that many have long considered decades away, quantum computing sure is getting a lot of buzz in Silicon Valley. Yesterday (Feb. 19), Microsoft (MSFT) unveiled a quantum chip known as Majorana 1, created with an entirely new state of matter that’s … Read more
Sally Mann, Cindy and Reeses Pieces (At Twelve), 1983-1985; Signed, dated, and editioned in pencil verso, 8 x 10-inch silver gelatin print. Edition of 25. Copyright the artist, Jackson Fine Art and Gagosian Before visiting this exhibition, my mind was primed for a certain interpretation of it. The recent federal moves to erase bodily autonomy … Read more
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images On Feb. 18, Elon Musk’s xAI unveiled Grok 3, marking the startup’s foray into the advanced A.I. reasoning race dominated by players like Google (GOOGL), OpenAI, and China’s DeepSeek. In a live stream on X, Musk described Grok 3 as a “maximally truth-seeking A.I.” that prioritizes … Read more
The California High-Speed Rail project, the troubled bullet train that would connect Northern and Southern California, will be investigated by the U.S. Department of Transportation, said Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation on Thursday, Feb 20. The current estimate for linking San Francisco with Southern California is estimated to cost $128 billion and has been plagued … Read more
Is there a more compelling cue to flee winter’s bitter slog than the threat of yet another atmospheric front in New York City? It’s no wonder men everywhere are already mentally double-tapping The White Lotus Season 3’s upcoming beachfront intrigue, imagining themselves poolside at some dreamy new hotel in Thailand—or Tulum, or Tahiti, for that … Read more
At some point this spring, the rebuilt Pac-12 is expected to sign a media rights agreement to begin in 2026 and span the remainder of the decade. The rebuilt Mountain West is likely to do the same, creating a fascinating twist to the realignment game: Neighboring conferences, battered by departures and revitalized by expansion, are … Read more