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Yes, Prince Harry is planning Christmas activities without Meghan Markle. But why? With most of the royal family refusing to be interesting, rumors are flying about Harry and Meghan. Each time that Meghan and Harry do anything apart, there are gleeful whispers from royalists. Are the two fighting? We hate to even ask, but could … Read more

Janelle Brown is trying to turn lemons into lemonade. Or, to be more specific, we suppose: Janelle Brown is trying to turn the pain of how her marriage ended into a profit. And we are SO here for it. Janelle Brown talks about life on Sister Wives Season 19. (TLC) On Tuesday, the veteran Sister … Read more

L.A. City Council member-elect Ysabel Jurado arrives at an election night party in Highland Park on Nov. 5. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) To the editor: Gustavo Arellano writes that Ysabel Jurado, the council member-elect for L.A.’s 14th District, is not Latina. He says she is the “first L.A. council member of Filipino heritage.” … Read more

A U.S. Postal Service worker inspects trucks in a flooded area of New Port Richley, Fla., after Hurricane Milton on Oct. 11. (Mike Carlson / Associated Press) To the editor: The climate is in crisis. Last year, the average global temperature was 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average, a tipping point for much greater … Read more

President-elect Donald Trump attends UFC 309 in New York on Nov. 16. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) To the editor: Calling Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other Cabinet picks by President-elect Donald Trump dangerous is nothing but fearmongering. (“Trump’s worst Cabinet picks aren’t just unqualified, they’re part of a bigger power grab,” column, Nov. 18) … Read more

Edwin Frank, author of “Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel.” (Jonathan Becker) Book Review Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel By Edwin FrankFarrar, Straus and Giroux: 480 pages, $33If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Edwin Frank … Read more

Special counsel Jack Smith arriving at a news conference to speak about the indictment of former President Donald Trump in the Jan. 6 case last year. (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press) In George Orwell’s classic depiction of an authoritarian society, “Nineteen Eighty-four,” a key component of political control is the state’s erasure of history: “Every … Read more

Ankit Mehta is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School and a hospitalist with the HealthPartners Medical Group. He is an illustrator and graphic medicine enthusiast. Chrisanne Timpe is a hospitalist and medical director of home-based care delivery programs for HealthPartners in Minnesota, including hospital-at-home care. More to Read

The movie only takes us to the end of the play’s first act, with part two still a year away. Still it’s bound to be pop-u-lar Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda in Wicked.Photo by Universal Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission … Read more

A display at the Library Store at Los Angeles Central Library, one of the 28 stores in the county participating in Museum Store Sunday. (The Library Store) Holiday gift shopping? It’s chaos. The Grove on Black Friday? Good luck finding parking — it’s a two-hour wait just to squeeze into a spot. And big box … Read more