The retreat by the Justice Department effectively allowed a pillar of the Prohibition-era National Firearms Act to lapse. Go to Source Author: Chris Cameron https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
New Yorkers Who Lost Insurance After Trump Cuts Face Hard Choices
New York State’s generous health plan for working-class people was hit hard by federal funding cuts. More than 400,000 people are now looking for new coverage or living without it. …
ICE’s Plan to Give Officers Electric Stun Gloves, and a Siege on Palestinian Homes
Plus, health candy? Go to Source Author: Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas, Ian Stewart, David M. Halbfinger and Chico Harlan https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
About 110,000 fewer foreign students expected after visa crackdown, report says
A report released this week forecasts a decline of about 111,000 international students at U.S. colleges and universities. Read full story Author: Todd Wallack
Russian Blockade of Major Ukrainian Ports Threatens Global Grain Supplies
The deadly strikes are part of a long-running maritime battle with Ukraine and echo battles over other key shipping routes around the world. Go to Source Author: Marc Santora https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
For Trump, Secret Flight Was a Stunning Ruse. For Putin, ‘a Regular Tuesday.’
President Trump’s Air Force One subterfuge pales in comparison to the secrecy surrounding Russia’s president, whose fixation on security has reached new heights in recent years. Go to Source Author: …
Nick Reiner lay in wait before killing his parents, prosecutors allege
Nick Reiner has been indicted in the slayings of his parents, Hollywood icon Rob Reiner and his mother, Michele. Read full story Author: Richard Winton
Hundreds of California stonecutters fall ill with deadly disease ‘for a product we do not need’
Latino men who cut artificial stone countertops in California are falling ill from an incurable and deadly lung disease at an alarming rate, a new study finds. Read full story …
A Space Expert Hoped to Use the Eclipse as Science Class. The D.J.s Had Other Plans.
Mar Carretero-Castrillo, an astrophysicist, returned to her remote village in Spain to be in the path of totality. Hundreds of partygoers came too. Go to Source Author: Jason Horowitz https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
Why Were Polls So Wrong in the Wisconsin Governor’s Race?
Francesca Hong, the democratic socialist running in Wisconsin’s Democratic primary for governor, had a double-digit lead in polls as recently as last week. Then she lost. What happened? Go to …
Zhu Rongji, China premier crucial to economic transformation, dies at 97
He negotiated China’s entry into the World Trade Organization and pushed through reforms that breathed new life into China’s state-directed economy. Go to Source Author: Simon Denyer
LAUSD’s first day of school: coffee cake, new algebra books, chess and looming layoffs
Academic gains and hope power LAUSD into a new school year amid the looming pain of planning for thousands of layoffs. Read full story Author: Howard Blume
435 arrests, $12 million in OT, few lessons learned: LAPD issues report on ICE protests
A report issued Tuesday by the LAPD detailed challenges the department faced when responding to protests last year, but said officers performed well when dealing with unruly crowds. Critics said …
Google co-founder Sergey Brin spending more than $100 million fighting California wealth tax
Brin has been pouring money into Building a Better California, a group that’s backing two measures that could nullify a proposed billionaire tax. Read full story Author: Queenie Wong
He was an ‘expert’ on the Tupac Shakur murder mystery. Now he’s on trial for killing rapper
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, accused in the slaying of Tupac Shakur, has spoken extensively about his role in the case. His words could be used against him. Read full story …
Inside David Ellison’s desperate fight for Warner Bros.
Paramount’s board has approved David Ellison’s plan to move headquarters from Hollywood to save money. Read full story Author: Meg James
Hiltzik: Trump’s new orders on child vaccines are even more dangerous than they seemed at first
Trump’s anti-vaccine orders will encourage vaccine refusals, placing millions of children at risk. Read full story Author: Michael Hiltzik
Zuckerberg lays out Meta’s new vision for AI: Personal intelligence for all
In a sweeping 6,500-word manifesto published Monday, Zuckerberg declared that the biggest risk for AI is that one government or a few companies have too much control of the technology. …
Orange County has some of the highest income growth in America, survey shows
Despite the economic angst and billionaire exodus, California has been recording some of the highest income growth in the country. Read full story Author: Annika Duneja
The not-so-big Lebowski: Why we’ve become so suspicious of people who lose weight
John Goodman’s weight loss has drawn a lot of attention — not all of it good. Read full story Author: Shelby Grad