Miller Sanford Susan Braig has turned to selling drugs to pay her medical bills. The 61-year-old Altadena cancer survivor takes old pharmaceutical pills and tablets and mounts them on costume jewelry to create colorful necklaces, pendants, earrings and tiaras that she sells. She got the idea for her unusual artwork after being diagnosed with breast cancer and … Read more
Jayden Daniels celebrates with Bobby Wagner after the Commanders’ 45-31 upset win over the Lions in the NFL divisional round on Jan. 18, 2025. AP DETROIT — This wasn’t supposed to happen. None of it. Not at ear-splitting Ford Field, where the Detroit locals were so starved for a first-ever Super Bowl team they were … Read more
Al Arbour used to tell a young Brent Sutter not to play with a chip on his shoulder. The Islanders, who already had one Sutter among the team leaders in penalty minutes, did not need another doing the same. Arbour told Sutter he could be like Stan Mikita, the Blackhawks Hall of Fame centerman who’d … Read more
“I’m not a black-and-white person,” says Norah Jones. (Joelle Grace Taylor) Twenty-two years ago, Norah Jones blasted into superstardom at age 23 with the release of her instant-smash debut, “Come Away With Me.” An easygoing blend of jazz, folk, pop and country, the LP sold 4 million copies in its first 12 months and spun … Read more
Austin Butler poured everything he had into playing Elvis. “The humanity, Austin had from the get-go,” says “Elvis” director Baz Luhrmann. “And he kept evolving.” (Whitten Sabbatini / For The Times) It was early 2019 in Los Angeles, and Austin Butler already had Elvis on the brain. A friend, hearing him sing along to “Blue … Read more
In her dream, Rene Russo goes to heaven. “I know you’re going to laugh,” says the 41-year-old actress, pale-blue eyes rolling skyward above her famous cheekbones, apologizing in advance for the treacle that will follow, “but I’m telling you, it was so powerful. I got to see heaven’s perspective of Earth and my fears. And … Read more
As South Korean authorities extended President Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention Sunday, his supporters stormed the courthouse that issued the warrant, smashing windows with police shields and using fire hydrants to spray officers. “Whether the communists die or I die, I’m going to see this to the end,” shouted one as he climbed over a wall. … Read more
Seventy years ago today, a first-year outfielder for the New York Yankees hit his 30th and 31st home runs of the 1920 season in the second game of a doubleheader at the Polo Grounds. So what? So, George Herman (Babe) Ruth became the first to hit 30 home runs in a season. In the next … Read more
Donald Trump announced that he would end taxes on overtime during a rally Thursday in Tucson. (Ross D. Franklin / Associated Press) The last time Donald Trump was president, he delivered a massive tax cut, touting the many benefits of the 2017 law. But a slew of nonpartisan reviews found it mostly benefited the wealthy, … Read more
(Adrián Astorgano for The Times) Something surprising happened recently to Mia Schachter, a consent educator, podcaster and intimacy coordinator who founded the school Consent Wizardry. “I met a completely new person, and I put out my hand to shake hers, and she went in for a hug,” Schachter explains. “I am a hugger!” But “the … Read more
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