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A boy and father from Honduras are taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents near the U.S.-Mexico Border on June 12, 2018 near Mission, Texas.

El qué y porqué desde Washington: Los tres saltos mortales de Joe Biden

May 12, 2021 at 12:10 p.m.

El Presidente de Estados Unidos nos está dando un espectáculo que solo los muy arrojados se atreven, sobre una cuerda floja que por definición no es estable, Biden está intentando...

Sam Mendes hoists the two Golden Globes he won for" 1917" at the 77th Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 5, 2020, in Los Angeles.

The Golden Globes are gone. Does Hollywood need a replacement?

May 12, 2021 at 7:05 a.m.

Minutes after Tom Cruise announced he was boxing up his three Golden Globes and returning them to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, NBC finally caved and announced it wouldn't be...

Chrystal Bougon is the owner of Curvy Girl Lingerie in San Jose, Calif., which offers items for plus-sized women. (Nhat V. Meyer/San Jose Mercury News/TNS)

Fat shaming, BMI and alienation: COVID-19 brought new stigma to large-sized people

May 10, 2021 at 1:47 p.m.

Chrystal Bougon cried after the needle went into her arm. Not because her first dose of the Moderna vaccine hurt. But because, finally, being fat actually paid off. The 53-year-old...

Jamie Eagen was laid off from her job as a law office manager in June 2020. Above, she sits next to daughter Marina, 8, during a Zoom school session at home in West Los Angeles. (Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

‘I don’t know how I can survive.’ Women have been hit hardest by COVID’s economic toll

May 10, 2021 at 1:37 p.m.

Alejandra Siciliano was terrified of catching COVID-19 while working as a hotel housekeeper. Laid off in March, now she prays for any job to pay the bills. Jamie Eagen has...

From left, Mj Rodriguez as Blanca, Billy Porter as Pray Tell and Angel Bismark Curiel as Lil Papi in Pose.

Ziwe is here to revolutionize late night. Even better if it makes you uncomfortable

May 9, 2021 at 10:40 a.m.

Ziwe has always loved asking people questions. Maybe a little too much. "That was something I was penalized for in school — like, I was annoying," says the comedian in...

Los Angeles, CA - May 06: Cal State Los Angeles has announced postponement of planned graduation ceremonies at the Rose Bowl after initial plans for the commencement sparked a backlash. Photographer Jesse Ramirez, left, takes a photo of graduating student Kimberly Tsu at Cal State University LA on Thursday, May 6, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA.

Grad walks, stage moments, no guests. Graduation 2021 is definitely not cutting it for many

May 7, 2021 at 11:38 a.m.

It all seemed so promising a month ago when Cal State L.A. announced its plans for graduation. An event at the landmark Rose Bowl, not only for the class of...

Travelers walk inside Tampa International Airport's Rental Car Center in Tampa, Florida, on March 19, 2021. Prices are threatening to make your vacation rental, usually an afterthought, more expensive than your plane ticket. (Ivy Ceballo/Tampa Bay Times/Zuma Press/TNS)

Car rental rates are through the roof: Here’s how to save money

March 12, 2024 at 12:18 p.m.

You can fly from Burbank to Bozeman, Montana, one of the gateways to Yellowstone National Park, for $38 round trip, thanks to fares offered for Aug. 11-18 on startup Avelo...

A tenants' rights advocate demonstrates outside the Edward W. Brooke Courthouse on Jan. 13, 2021, in Boston.

Federal judge strikes down CDC’s national moratorium on evictions

May 5, 2021 at 1:09 p.m.

A federal judge in Washington has blocked a nationwide eviction moratorium established as the COVID-19 lockdowns put millions of renters out of work during the past year. In a ruling...

President Joe Biden, flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/TNS)

5 takeaways from Biden’s speech to Congress

April 29, 2021 at 10:22 a.m.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden closed out his first 100 days urging a pandemic-fatigued nation to remain vigilant, but also underscoring how far it has come since he moved into...

Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula gets carried off the field by his players 14 November 1993 after beating the Philadelphia Eagles 19-14. The win was Shula's 325th in his career making him the winningest coach in NFL history. Shula has agreed to resign from the Miami Dolphins, a radio station in Miami reported 04 January.

Gaffes, gags, busy signals and a dog named Buttercup: Wacky NFL draft stories

April 26, 2021 at 11:48 a.m.

The NFL will stage its annual draft in Cleveland this week, and despite the social distancing, video links to players in their homes and the like, a lot will be...

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