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Fantasia Barrino knows a thing or two about divorce, but the question is: Is Fantasia divorced from her husband Kendall Taylor? In the social media age, lots of rumors get started without context, which forces celebrities to answer questions that seemingly come out of nowhere. In Fantasia’s case, there’s a bit of fact and more … Read more

Lawmakers and state officials tour a newly constructed, all-electric affordable apartment building in Mar Vista in 2022. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) In California, most elections are decided by a simple majority, including governor, mayor and statewide ballot measures. But the state Constitution requires a supermajority — two-thirds of the vote — to pass … Read more

I’ve been crying a lot lately. I find myself sitting on the couch in my living room, folding laundry between Zoom meetings, the U.S. Open on in the background, my aging hands in the foreground, and I break into tears. I’m not sobbing because Zverev won or because my hands remind me of my grandmother’s, … Read more

Jon Lovett was voted off “Survivor 47” this week.Photo by CBS When this season of “Survivor” premiered on Wednesday night, one of the 18 castaways who hit the beach in Fiji was already a micro-celebrity. Jon Lovett, 42, an Obama speechwriter turned popular podcast host, is a co-founder of a political media company called Crooked … Read more

Reginald Green, right, father of Nicholas Green, who was shot and killed in an attempted car robbery in southern Italy 30 years ago, cries as he receives a carpet with his son’s picture on it at a ceremony in 2016. (Kerem Kocalar / Getty Images) For the Green family, the memory of Oct. 1, 1994 … Read more

Rob Schneider’s daughter, Elle King, wasn’t trying to ruffle any feathers when she revealed details of her challenging relationship with her dad.  King, 35, shared last month that she would go “four or five years without talking to” her father, while chatting with Jelly Roll’s wife, Bunnie XO, on her “Dumb Blonde” podcast. In addition, … Read more

An encampment of students protesting the war in the Gaza Strip is seen at USC on April 27. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) To the editor: David N. Myers and Nomi M. Stolzenberg are trying to determine what makes make a campus protest antisemitic. (“Can legitimate campus protest be distinguished from antisemitism? This guide … Read more

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance has defended his campaign’s amplification of false stories about Haitian immigrants in Ohio. (Steve Helber / Associated Press) To the editor: As a Jew whose father went through World War II and the invasion of Normandy, I have a red-alert siren inside me that starts blaring in the … Read more

Taylor Swift walks on the field in Baltimore after an NFL playoff game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens on Jan. 28. (Nick Wass / Associated Press) To the editor: I am an octogenarian Swiftie and proud of it. (“Donald Trump’s politics of hate have come for Taylor Swift,” Opinion, Sept. 18) Ever … Read more

Kylie Minogue announced new songs and a global tour in 2025 (Picture: Erik Melvin) It’s all systems go as the woman, the myth, the legend herself, Kylie Minogue, gears up for her global tour in 2025 after releasing Tension II next month. The Padam Padam hitmaker, 56, skyrocketed up the UK charts after the release … Read more