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Passengers wait to board a Southwest Airlines flight at Dallas Love Field on January 7, 2021, in Dallas.

FAA urges prosecution for unruly passengers, end of ‘to-go’ liquor sales

August 9, 2021 at 11:46 a.m.

Responding to a continued surge in unruly and hostile behavior on planes, the Federal Aviation Administration is urging airport concessionaires to stop selling liquor in to-go containers to passengers and...

Nursing student Joanna Aguilar, left, is giving a vaccination to Maria Isabel Cruz at a vaccination clinic at the Providence Wellness and Activity Center on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 in Wilmington, CA..

California sees significant rise in vaccinations as employers issue mandates

August 4, 2021 at 11:02 a.m.

LOS ANGELES — California has seen a substantial increase in the number of people getting vaccinated against COVID-19 over the last two weeks, a turnabout that comes as a growing...

American actress Lucille Ball at the Hilton Hotel in London, February 20, 1968.

We still love Lucille Ball, and now she has a podcast debuting on Sirius XM

August 4, 2021 at 10:52 a.m.

In 1964, Lucille Ball was starring in her second hit CBS sitcom, "The Lucy Show," while serving as chief executive of Desilu, one of the largest independent TV production companies...

Yuto Saiki, 24, is well into his 2- pint glass of gin and tonic in a crowded bar in the Shibuya district of Tokyo during Tuesday night's soccer match between Japan and Spain.

What alcohol ban? Booze is free-flowing in Tokyo amid Olympics, despite pandemic prohibition

August 4, 2021 at 10:41 a.m.

TOKYO — At 8 p.m., the bright billboards in Tokyo's bustling Shibuya district went dark. A large truck with red and white lettering drove past, reminding people a state of...

Matt Damon attends the "Stillwater" New York Premiere at Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center on July 26, 2021, in New York City.

Matt Damon’s confession no one asked for: He finally stopped using a slur for gay men

August 2, 2021 at 1:44 p.m.

Unprompted, actor Matt Damon decided to tell the Sunday Times — and the world — that he finally stopped using the "F-slur for a homosexual" months ago after one of his daughters informed him it's...

Still planning summer travel? Here’s how to make it as painless as possible

August 2, 2021 at 1:09 p.m.

Passengers, airlines and government agencies are bracing for a last dash of summer air travel that will probably include more delayed flights and crowded planes. In some ways, it feels...

A flight attendant, wearing one mask, demonstrates the use of an oxygen mask at the outset of flight from Burbank to Las Vegas in June.

Flight attendants say airlines must do more to address unruly passengers

July 30, 2021 at 10:34 a.m.

As air travel demand increases, a vast majority of flight attendants say they have dealt with unruly passengers and nearly 1 in 5 experienced a physical incident, including shoving, kicking...

-TOKYO,JAPAN July 26, 2021: A member of Japan men's synchronized 3m springboard makes a dive in the final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Wally Skalij /Los Angeles Times)

Broken wrists, twisted necks and concussions: The brutal nature of Olympic diving

July 29, 2021 at 2:42 p.m.

Olympic divers look at the pool a little differently than the rest of us. They see angles and molecular attractions and cohesive forces. They recognize the unfortunate circumstances that can...

Simone Biles waits to perform on the vault at the Olympics on July 27, 2021.

Simone Biles had ‘the twisties.’ A gymnast explains the sport’s dreaded mental block.

July 29, 2021 at 1:04 p.m.

The words send shivers up the spine of nearly every gymnast. The twisties. It's the mental block that causes gymnasts, even those at the top of their game like U.S....

Post Malone interpreta "Hollywood's Bleeding" en la ceremonia de los premios Grammy el domingo 14 de marzo de 2021 en Los Angeles.

Fallece el cantante dominicano Johnny Ventura

July 28, 2021 at 4:08 p.m.

Muere de un infarto el legendario cantante de merengues, el dominicano Johnny Ventura. Conocido como "El Caballo Mayor", Ventura falleció este miércoles a los 81 años víctima de un infarto...

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