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A protester holds a sign with an image of George Floyd during a peaceful demonstration over George Floyds death outside LAPD headquarters on June 2, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.

How viral Instagram tributes to George Floyd use art to spread a movement

June 3, 2020 at 9:05 a.m.

Many outlets hadn't started covering George Floyd when illustrator and graphic designer Andres Guzman learned of his death, which happened in the same Minneapolis neighborhood where the artist lives. To...

It’s not just teens: We’re all in the TikTok-dance-challenge phase of quarantine now

April 14, 2020 at 10:56 a.m.

It was early March, just a week before spring break, when social work graduate student Richard Unite learned that Columbia University would be moving classes online to slow the spread...

Dianne Shorte en acción durante una clase de baile en la Academia de Danza Debbie Allen.

Ocho lugares para bailar en línea durante la cuarentena

March 26, 2020 at 10:19 a.m.

Los bailarines, coreógrafos y estudios están recurriendo a plataformas en línea que incluyen Instagram y Zoom para mantener a las personas en movimiento a través del brote de coronavirus. Con...

The members of Blackpink wowed Coachella on Friday.

Coachella survives a fire scare, and K-pop act Blackpink rules the early going

April 14, 2019 at 12:16 p.m.

It's usually frowned upon to wear the shirt of a band to their own concert. But for Marilyn Morales of Palmdale, Blackpink's debut Coachella performance warranted an exception. "I wasn't...

Showrunner Angela Kang attends the premiere of AMC's "The Walking Dead" Season 9 at the DGA theatre in Los Angeles.

‘The Walking Dead’ marches on into its ninth season with a new direction — and a major character exit

December 12, 2018 at 3:57 a.m.

Only a few minutes into the second episode of the new season of “The Walking Dead,” Rick Grimes succinctly makes a revelatory comment that could been seen as a glimpse...

Chris Rock, seen here at a 2015 moving screening in Sydney, Australia, will star in Season 4 of the FX series "Fargo."

Chris Rock will star in the fourth season of FX’s ‘Fargo’

December 12, 2018 at 6:14 p.m.

In his first regular TV role in more than a decade, Chris Rock is set to star in FX’s crime drama anthology series “Fargo.” The network announced the fourth season...

Denea Joseph, born in Belize, came to the U.S. when she was 7. (Steve Saldivar / Los Angeles Times)

For black immigrants here illegally, a battle against both fear and historic discrimination

May 23, 2019 at 7:05 a.m.

The young Ethiopian dreamed of owning his own business. It's what he had worked toward since moving to Los Angeles from Addis Ababa more than a decade ago. Things seemed...

A worker collects items for customer orders on Cyber Monday, Nov. 28, at an Amazon warehouse in San Bernardino.

Amazon is buying more than Whole Foods — it’s getting 460 potential warehouses and showrooms

August 21, 2019 at 11:47 p.m.

Amazon can ship books, furniture and clothing across the Pacific Ocean in what feels like a blink of an eye. But when it comes to delivering fresh groceries to your...

Up to 25 percent of U.S. shopping malls may close in the next five years, report says

August 21, 2019 at 11:34 p.m.

Between 20% and 25% of the nation's shopping malls will close in the next five years, according to a new report from Credit Suisse that predicts e-commerce will continue to...

Cutting the cord was supposed to add convenience and lower costs. But as more services pop up, is it really cheaper?

Cutting the cord doesn’t necessarily mean cutting the cost

April 5, 2019 at 2:32 a.m.

Tahlia Hein moved to New York City on a tight budget and without a TV. When she and her roommates finally got one, chipping in for cable on top of...

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