Cats, guns and ICE: 7 new California laws in 2026
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Zelenskyy asked Trump for 50-year Ukraine security guarantee
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he asked Donald Trump for U.S. security guarantees lasting as long as half a century to help deter any future Russian invasion.
Current proposals under discussion as part of a ...Read more
D.C. pipe bomb suspect blamed both parties, was inspired by Trump claims, feds say
The man accused of placing pipe bombs outside the DNC and RNC headquarters on the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol said he targeted both parties because “they were in charge,” federal ...Read more
ICE operation honoring Laken Riley yields more than 1,000 arrests
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation staged over two weeks earlier this month yielded more than 1,030 arrests of unauthorized immigrants with criminal backgrounds across the country, the Trump administration ...Read more
Miami Beach resident Gloria Estefan honored at Grammy celebration of Latin music
MIAMI — Cuban-American singer and Star Island resident Gloria Estefan, one of the most influential figures in Latin music history, was honored Sunday night during “A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music, “ a two-hour ...Read more
Even 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' can't lift 2025 box office out of pandemic-crisis doldrums
LOS ANGELES — As "Avatar: Fire and Ash" headed to the big screen this month, theater owners held their breath.
In an uneven year that saw two billion-dollar hits and a viral "chicken jockey" craze, but also a disastrous...Read more
Best Broadway of 2025: 'Purpose,' George Clooney and 'Boop!' in our top 10
Feuding families. Tragic quests. Dead bodies. George Clooney and Sarah Snook. Broadway had plenty of variety on offer this past year. Here is our annual list, daringly ranked in order, of our top 10 Broadway shows of the ...Read more
Jonas Brothers on hosting a New Year's Eve concert, plus 5 other ways to ring in 2026
LOS ANGELES — A Jonas family New Year's Eve in Wyckoff, N.J., was always boisterous. Not only did the home that Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas grow up in have an "open-door policy," meaning that friends and relatives piled in...Read more
'Marty Supreme's' marketing worked wonders. What will the Oscar campaign look like?
LOS ANGELES — Are you wondering, like Alixandra Kupcik, where did all the feel-good movies go?
She must have written that story before “Song Sung Blue” came out. Because Hugh Jackman passionately describing the ...Read more
Zelenskyy asked Trump for 50-year security guarantee for Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he asked Donald Trump for U.S. security guarantees lasting as long as half a century to help deter any future Russian invasion.
Current proposals under discussion as part of a ...Read more
Netanyahu meets Trump as Gaza ceasefire approaches crossroad
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Monday to discuss the ceasefire in Gaza, whose troubled opening months are stoking concern that regional fighting could resume in the new ...Read more
China holds military drills around Taiwan after US arms deal
China kicked off military maneuvers around Taiwan that it said included live-fire drills, in a dramatic show of force after the U.S. announced one of its biggest arms packages ever for the self-run democracy.
The “...Read more
Gender-affirming care rules create legal quagmire, critics say
WASHINGTON — Trump administration proposals that would sharply limit pediatric gender-affirming care could face a host of legal challenges if implemented, from accusations of overriding the state regulation of Medicaid ...Read more
Syrian protests turn violent after Alawite mosque bombing
Clashes broke out between Syrian security forces and demonstrators led by the Alawite religious minority as pressure mounts on President Ahmed Al Sharaa to reconcile long-standing sectarian disputes.
People took to the ...Read more
Sadie Sink grateful for private life
Sadie Sink is "really grateful" she's kept her life private.
The 23-year-old actress - who is best known for playing Max Mayfield in Stranger Things - was always "resistant" to opening up about herself when she was ...Read more
George Clooney shocked by mullet's cameo in Jay Kelly
George Clooney was shocked to see his 1980s mullet make a surprise cameo appearance in his new movie Jay Kelly.
The former E.R. star - who plays an ageing Hollywood actor in the new Netflix film - has revealed director ...Read more
'We wouldn't have been able to do most of what we did...' Eric Idle says political correctness would stop Monty Python movies
Eric Idle says political correctness means there won't be another Monty Python.
The 82-year-old comic was part of the comedy troupe along with John Cleese, Sir Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam and the late Terry Jones and ...Read more
Rose Byrne charmed by ASAP Rocky on set of If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Rose Byrne thought A$AP Rocky had "supernatural charm" on the set of If I Had Legs I'd Kick You.
The 46-year-old actress stars in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You as Linda and when she strikes up a friendship with the rapper's ...Read more
Lewis Capaldi to start work on new music in January after sinking into 'creative rut' in 2025
Lewis Capaldi has been in a "creative rut" this year - but is heading into the studio in January.
The Scotting singer/songwriter released four-track EP Survive in November, his first new music since 2023 album Broken By ...Read more
Experience one of the finest rock songs of all time in a whole new way
The Doors’ “Riders on the Storm” is one of the greatest rock songs of all time.
And fans can experience this classic — which was released as the second single from The Doors’ fantastic sixth album, 1971’s “L...Read more
Best of 2025: Top 10 performances on Chicago stages this year
CHICAGO — Chicago theater justly is famed for the quality of its actors. But which performances were the best of 2025?
Here is our annual celebration of the top 10 performances of the year. Unlike our Top 10 Theater ...Read more
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