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European leaders who make up the ‘coalition of the willing’ are set to hold a conference call on Sunday – ahead of crunch talks between Donald Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy next week. The coalition – co-chaired by Sir Keir Starmer, France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz – has the aim of…
The accordionist commands the stage, his eyes staring off as if in a trance, his fingers trilling out the opening notes of a tune. Itβs a long, sinuous riff, one so intoxicating that the audience in front of him canβt help but to two-step across the crowded dance floor. He and his singing partner unfurl…
A new online tool aims to help tackle the country’s mental health crisis among kids. A 2019 study from Jama Network found children who spent more than three hours a day on social media were at double the risk for mental health disorders, including depression and anxiety. The feature known as Balance was developed by…
The Los Angeles we know has long been an irresistible subject for novelists and moviemakers β so much so that theyβve often tortured reality to make it conform to their imagination. Robert Towne mined the history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in his screenplay for βChinatownβ but moved the story ahead up by some two…
On the Shelf Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run By Peter Ames CarlinDoubleday: 256 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Before βBorn to Run,β Bruce Springsteen was in danger of being dropped by his record label….
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
Robert Wilson, a leader in avant-garde theater who collaborated with Philip Glass, David Byrne and Lady Gaga over his six-decade career, has died. He was 83. The βEinstein on the Beachβ director died Thursday at his home in Water Mill, N.Y., after a βbrief but acute illness,β according to his website. βWhile facing his diagnosis…
