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Reese Witherspoon, left, and Jennifer Aniston in a scene from the Apple TV+ series "The Morning Show."

Column: 2020 Emmy nominees are a wall of female rage, none angrier than ‘The Morning Show’

July 29, 2020 at 7:28 a.m.

"Game of Thrones" may be absent from the Emmy nominations list, but its themes of female power and rage linger on. Certainly the drama series nominations form, with a few...

Al Horford #42 of the Philadelphia 76ers looks on in a game against the Los Angeles Lakers during the first half at Staples Center on March 3, 2020 in Los Angeles. Horford is one of the players who has worried whether having COVID-19 could permanently affect health.

COVID-19 has NBA wondering about long-term heart, lung problems for players

July 28, 2020 at 3:39 p.m.

The most difficult scouting report inside the NBA's bubble does not involve decoding how championship contenders will integrate new faces or interpreting which players could benefit most from the four-month...

Annie Murphy arrives at the 25th annual Critics' Choice Awards on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Before ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ Annie Murphy nearly quit acting. Now she’s an Emmy nominee

July 28, 2020 at 3:28 p.m.

Before she was cast as Alexis Rose in "Schitt's Creek," the little sitcom that could, Annie Murphy, finding little success, was on the verge of giving up. "I had a...

Ramy Youssef in a scene from "Ramy." Nominations for the next Emmy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, July 28.

‘Ramy’ becomes first Muslim American sitcom to land an Emmy nomination

July 28, 2020 at 12:23 p.m.

TV's first Muslim American sitcom has scored an Emmy nomination. Ramy Youssef, the co-creator and star of Hulu's "Ramy," was among those recognized in the comedy actor category when the...

Need a passport? Is it life or death? About 1.2 million people are ahead of you

July 28, 2020 at 10:02 a.m.

The U.S. State Department, which largely shut down its passport processing in March, says it is chipping away at a backlog of applications that have accumulated since then. But officials...

Even in a pandemic, the Kobe mystique thrives with 303 tribute murals … and counting

July 28, 2020 at 9:58 a.m.

LOS ANGELES — Mike Asner wasn't thinking of quarantines when he created KobeMural.com. He was just a bereaved fan moved by the dozens of tribute murals that suddenly appeared around...

How to grill chicken so it’s juicy with charred (not burned!) skin

July 28, 2020 at 9:43 a.m.

I grill bone-in chicken the way the tortoise runs the race against the hare in Aesop's fable: slow and steady. Cooking this way over moderate heat ensures a winning chicken...

The United States government is "looking at" banning Chinese social media apps such as TikTok.

Popular TikTok stars to leave platform for rival app over data privacy concerns

July 28, 2020 at 9:22 a.m.

When Josh Richards first began posting lip-syncing videos as a high school freshman four years ago, he never imagined he would one day become a huge TikTok star. Since then,...

Group runs should be avoided and if you have to run with a partner, it's better to run with someone you share air with daily, like a spouse or a roommate, rather than a friend or neighbor in a different household. Instead of catching up on a run, stay in touch with loved ones via video calls or social media.

Full bladders, closed bathrooms. Strategies for peeing while out during coronavirus

July 27, 2020 at 3:42 p.m.

LOS ANGELES — Remember the good old days (a few months ago), when you could leave your home for the day with a tall tumbler of coffee and a car...

FILE - This Jan. 23, 2020 file photo shows Taylor Swift at the premiere of "Taylor Swift: Miss Americana" in Park City, Utah. Swift has a new album coming out on Friday called "Folklore." She says the standard edition will include 16 tracks and the album will feature Bon Iver, Aaron Dessner of The National and frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’: All 16 songs, ranked

July 27, 2020 at 11:17 a.m.

According to Taylor Swift's record label, her new album, "Folklore" — recorded in secrecy in quarantine and released Friday with only a few hours' warning — sold more than 1.3...

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