Editorial: L.A. County voters agreed to another tax to reduce homelessness. Let’s make sure it does

A homeless services worker checks on a homeless woman at Venice Beach. (Carla Hall / Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles County got a gift from voters: They passed Measure A, a half-cent-per-dollar sales tax that will provide a billion dollars a year for services and housing for homeless people. Providing the help that homeless people … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg gets T-Pain to join him for raunchy cover of ‘Get Low’ as tribute to his wife

Who says romance is dead? Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg has publicly serenaded his wife, Priscilla Chan, by releasing a remix of the raunchy and expletive-laden hip-hop classic “Get Low” as an anniversary tribute to her. 4Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg joined forces with T-Pain to drop the cringeworthy cover of Lil Jon’s 2002 hip-hop classic late Wednesday under … Read more

Sotheby’s settles lawsuit alleging it helped art collectors avoid taxes on works by Basquiat, others

Sotheby’s will pay more than $6 million to settle claims it helped clients avoid paying taxes on high-priced art from masters like Basquiat by pretending the big-money collectors were resellers. One high-roller allegedly dodged taxes on $27 million worth of art from Sotheby’s between 2010 and 2015, including on a $1.4 million Anish Kapoor sculpture … Read more

Trent Alexander-Arnold makes decision over Real Madrid transfer for January window

Trent Alexander-Arnold is one of Real Madrid’s top transfer targets (Getty) Trent Alexander-Arnold is planning to see out the season at Liverpool with Real Madrid viewing a January transfer as ‘practically impossible’, according to reports in Spain. The 26-year-old’s contract with Liverpool is due to expire at the end of the season, meaning that he … Read more

Awestruck Jake Tapper utters 5 words he ‘never contemplated using’ after Trump taps Matt Gaetz as AG

CNN anchor Jake Tapper could not contain his bewilderment after President-elect Donald Trump announced his shocking nomination of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to serve as his attorney general. “Welcome to The Lead, I’m Jake Tapper. And let me begin the show by uttering some words that I never contemplated using together before. And those words … Read more

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