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Redheads, rejoice: 77 new emojis are coming, and they include new hair options

May 23, 2019 at 2:18 p.m.

Redheads and curly-haired people, the Unicode Consortium has heard your pleas. Those are just a couple of the 77 new characters approved to be added to Unicode's next emoji update...

Prescott McKenzie hoses down the roof as embers move with the wind.

How a group of friends saved a stranger’s house from flames in California

August 22, 2019 at 1:55 a.m.

L.A. Times photographer Marcus Yam captured dramatic photos that showed five friends fighting the Ventura blaze with garden hoses late Monday night. The photos turned into a Twitter moment and...

Construction materials float along the mostly flooded Interstate 10 in Vidor, Texas, on Aug. 31, 2017.

Your guide to spotting ‘fake news’ about Harvey. (Hint: There’s no shark on the highway.)

August 22, 2019 at 12:42 a.m.

There are some truly astonishing photos coming out of the flooding in Houston. But there are also some astonishingly fake ones. In general, it's a good idea to take any...

Cámaras telescópicas y equipos informáticos se instalan en Palm Cove Beach, en Australia, en preparación para un eclipse total de sol ocurrido en 2012 ().

Consejos para tomar las mejores fotos del Gran Eclipse Estadounidense

May 15, 2019 at 11:00 a.m.

El Gran Eclipse Estadounidense está a la vuelta de la esquina. Este lunes, el espectáculo celestial recorrerá el país de costa a costa, por primera vez desde 1918. El eclipse...

Obama tweeted a response to the Charlottesville violence. It’s now the most ‘liked’ in Twitter history

May 23, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.

Barack Obama just made Twitter history. The former president tweeted a Nelson Mandela quote on the day of violent chaos in Charlottesville. He included a photo taken of him in...

The Babadook as an LGBT icon makes sense. No, really.

June 1, 2019 at 6:46 a.m.

This year's LGBTQ Pride Month has found an unlikely mascot: The Babadook. Yes. The top-hat-wearing, pop-up-book-writing demonic figure from the eponymous 2014 Australian indie thriller. It started as an apparent...

Is your financial future toast? Unlikely, experts say.

Why you can’t afford a house (Hint: It’s not the avocado toast)

May 22, 2019 at 2:53 a.m.

Housing prices and student loan debts continue to rise while wages remain stagnant. But if an Australian millionaire is to be believed, that's not why millennials are forgoing homeownership. It's...

Ieshia Evans stands silently in front of police in riot gear in Baton Rouge.

Cringe-worthy Pepsi ad uses Kendall Jenner, protests and police to sell soda

December 17, 2018 at 5:10 p.m.

How will we heal the divisions in American society today? Is there a single, capitalism-friendly solution for creating peace and understanding in our country? Pepsi has an idea: a can...

Hacks are everywhere. Here’s how to keep your Twitter account safe.

May 23, 2019 at 2:10 p.m.

Do you remember what you were doing on Twitter in 2010? Twitter accounts have been compromised by a range of security issues lately — and in at least one case...

That Asian mom is not the nanny. Why do so many people assume she is?

August 21, 2019 at 10:31 p.m.

If you've been on the Internet at all today, you've probably already seen this video. A white professor became the star of a viral video when his two young children...

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