Los Angeles Times – Page 19

This start-up is building tiny injectable robots to attack tumors

March 5, 2021 at 10:29 a.m.

Doctors take a microscopic craft loaded with cancer-killing chemicals, inject it into the human body, and drive it to a malignant tumor to deliver its payload before making a quick...

Dua Lipa at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

Dua Lipa is pop’s new superstar. She’s also a bit of a mystery despite her Grammy nominations

March 4, 2021 at 6:53 a.m.

When Dua Lipa was 15 years old, she left her parents and two younger siblings behind in the family's native Kosovo and moved more or less on her own to...

J.K. Rowling mockingly implied that only women can menstruate and insisted "sex is real and has lived consequences" in a series of tweets Saturday.

‘Harry Potter’ game allows creation of trans players despite J.K. Rowling’s remarks

March 3, 2021 at 6:58 a.m.

Transgender witches or wizards can reportedly enroll in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in an upcoming video game set in the 1800s — a century before famed boy...

TAXES DUE ON UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS | <p>While there aren't restrictions on how the unemployment money is spent, federal taxes and potentially state taxes will need to be paid on any benefits received. If individuals don't want to get a hefty tax bill next year, they can request that the government withhold taxes from their benefits by filling out <a href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4v.pdf">form W-4V</a>.</p>

Criminals stole billions in COVID-19 unemployment benefits. New relief bill won’t stop a repeat

March 2, 2021 at 11:01 a.m.

Congress is poised to approve another quarter-trillion dollars in COVID-19-related unemployment benefits even though the nation's patchwork, state-based system remains vulnerable to the same rampant fraud that allowed scammers last...

Two bakeries, ABC Bakers and Little Brownie Bakers, provide cookies to the 110-plus Girl Scout councils throughout the country.

The official Girl Scout cookie power rankings

March 1, 2021 at 1:53 p.m.

We've got a lot to cover, so let's get moving, shall we? Welcome to the conclusive, unassailable and 100% correct Girl Scout Cookie Power Rankings. I have pored and pondered...

What you need to know before you take a road trip this spring

March 1, 2021 at 1:54 p.m.

If your spring break or summer vacation plans involve a road trip, you have some work to do. Just hopping in the car and going? That's so 2019. Today's car...

Where to watch the 2021 Golden Globes film winners, from ‘Minari’ to ‘Nomadland’

March 1, 2021 at 1:55 p.m.

With two prizes apiece, the films "Soul," "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" and "Nomadland" led the pack of big-screen winners at Sunday's 2021 Golden Globe Awards. Pixar's jazzy animated drama took home...

Can you mix and match coronavirus vaccines? Researchers in Britain are studying to see if switching doses could work.

February 28, 2021 at 8:17 a.m.

A lot of us have engaged in some bold mixing-and-matching during the pandemic — office attire on top, pajama pants on bottom, for instance — and been none the worse...

Actor Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane in "Frasier."

How Paramount+ plans to scale the streaming mountain with new episodes of ‘Frasier,’ ‘Rugrats’ and more

February 25, 2021 at 3:29 p.m.

Through its history, Viacom and CBS have shaken up genres including reality TV with MTV's "The Real World," kids shows with Nickelodeon and TV news with "60 Minutes." The combined...

Olivia Rodrigo poses at the Disney + launch event promoting "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series" at the London West Hollywood hotel on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 in West Hollywood, Calif.

How did ‘Drivers License’ become the song of 2021? By exalting in the power of teen-girl melodrama

February 25, 2021 at 6:57 a.m.

Before she's even sung a word, Olivia Rodrigo — newly heartbroken and eager to wallow in it — has beckoned the listener deep into her personal space. "Drivers License," the...

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