Op-Ed: Why so many Chinese students can't understand the Hong Kong protests
It’s hard for Americans to understand why so many Chinese students attending school in Western countries have turned out in recent days to express support for the Chinese government in its current conflict with Hong Kong protesters. The Chinese students have tried to shout down demonstrators at pro-democracy rallies in the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. I don’t agree with
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A staircase to nowhere sits by itself after a massive fire in downtown Los Angeles early Dec. 8 leveled an apartment tower under construction. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Arson investigators from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on scene to conduct an investigation into December’s Da Vinci apartment complex fire. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
A rare great ape, a 130-foot-tall tree and an extinct marsupial lion make the Top 10 New Species list for 2018
A rare great ape, a 130-foot-tall tree and an extinct marsupial lion make the Top 10 New Species list for 2018
Inside the Valley of the Fallen, a search for two brothers killed in the Spanish Civil War
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The assassination of Robert Kennedy, as told 50 years later
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'The Florida Project' cast and director take a deeper dive into the immersive drama
If “The Florida Project,” Sean Baker’s immersive drama that weaves childhood adventure with the stark realities of people living on the margins of society, earns an Oscar nomination for best picture, it’d likely be the least-seen member of that group. (Since Netflix won’t divulge the viewership numbers for “Mudbound,” we’ll never know for sure.) But what it lacks in box office, “The Florida Projec
Philip Roth dies at 85; novelist both probed and skewered Jewish American culture
Author Philip Roth, who tackled self-perception, sexual freedom, his own Jewish identity and the conflict between modern and traditional morals through novels that he once described as “hypothetical autobiographies,” has died. He was 85. Roth was one of America’s preeminent 20th century novelists in a career that began in the 1950s and continued up until nearly the end of his life, resulting in mo
Damien Hirst's sharks: From the Met to a Vegas casino bar, artworks swim between the high and low
Damien Hirst’s sharks: From the Met to a Vegas casino bar, artworks swim between the high and low Damien Hirst’s “The Unknown (Explored, Explained, Exploded)” will be unveiled Thursday evening at the new Unknown Bar at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. Hirst designed every aspect of the bar, where the work will be permanently on view along with some of his paintings.
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Harmonia Rosales’ work has gone viral — which is both a good and bad thing. The Afro Cuban artist’s oil painting “Creation of God” — modeled after Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam” with God depicted as a black woman — garnered thousands of likes and comments when it went on Instagram in the spring, attracting big-name fans like Samuel L. Jackson, Willow Smith and Erykah Badu. But it also provo
Actress Margot Kidder, Lois Lane to Christopher Reeve's Superman, dies at 69
Margot Kidder, the actress who reached new heights with her seminal performance as Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in “Superman:The Movie,” died Sunday. She was 69. “Margot passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, May 13th,” a representative for Kidder told The Times on Monday. UPDATE: ‘Superman’ actress Margot Kidder’s death ruled a suicide » Kidder’s death was originally confirmed by
Algorithms are coming for their jobs, so workers are teaching themselves algorithms
Reporting from San Francisco — When cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes started automating its quality assurance testing last year, it knew that the move could put more than four dozen employees out of work. Rather than simply replace them with tech, though, the Santa Clara, Calif., firm turned to tech to save their jobs. The company signed up with Udemy for Business, an online learning platform that
LAPD investigating disappearance of original Iron Man suit used in Marvel film
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Q&A: Former Times critic Robert Hilburn on writing about Paul Simon and the struggle to protect artistry
Pop music writer Randy Lewis and pop music critic Robert Hilburn worked together at The Times for a quarter-century before Hilburn retired in 2006. They sat down recently to talk about Hilburn’s latest book, “Paul Simon — The Life,” to be published by Simon & Schuster on Tuesday, just ahead of Simon’s farewell tour concerts at the Hollywood Bowl on May 22, 23 and 28. This is Hilburn’s third book s
How Hawaii’s newly destabilized volcano caused a magnitude 6.9 earthquake
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Christopher Nolan returns Kubrick sci-fi masterpiece '2001: A Space Odyssey' to its original glory
Christopher Nolan wants to show me something interesting. Something beautiful and exceptional, something that changed his life when he was a boy. It’s also something that Nolan, one of the most accomplished and successful of contemporary filmmakers, has persuaded Warner Bros. to share with the world both at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival and then in theaters nationwide, but in a way that boldly
Column: Post offices that are also banks? Genius idea. But don't hold your breath
File this under Excellent Ideas That Should Definitely Happen But Probably Won’t. Last week, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a New York Democrat, introduced legislation to create a Postal Bank, empowering the nation’s vast network of post offices to offer checking and savings accounts, and to provide low-interest short-term loans. There are three things to really like here: It would be cool having an alt
California's top court makes it more difficult for employers to classify workers as independent contractors
In a ruling that could change the workplace status of people across the state, the California Supreme Court made it harder Monday for employers to classify their workers as independent contractors. The unanimous decision has implications for the growing gig economy, such as Uber, Lyft and other app-driven services — but it could extend to nearly every employment sector. In recent years, the hiring
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