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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County officials are set to pull kratom and its synthetic extract, sometimes called 7-OH, from shelves immediately.

Inspectors will be sent to retailers next week to begin red-tagging illegal ...Read more

Sydney Sweeney throws a mean punch, but in "Christy" she's trapped inside a by-the-numbers biopic that can't fight above its weight class.

The actress laces up her gloves to play Christy Martin, the boundary-breaking ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Among the nominees for the 68th Grammy Awards announced Friday morning were a slate of Latinx artists, with Bad Bunny leading the way with six and making Grammys history in the process.

The Puerto Rican ...Read more

Matthew Perry's estate has reportedly been hit with a five-figure tax bill from the State of California.

Months after the tragic actor's executor declared that all financial matters had been settled, Us Weekly has ...Read more

Jennifer Lawrence says some of her past male co-stars would "punish" her if she turned down their advances.

Revealing their lewd behaviour during a discussion about intimacy on set for her new film Die My Love, the 35-...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A fire that burned nearly 250 homes in Ventura County was a rekindling of an earlier fire that officials failed to fully extinguish, according to an investigation by Ventura County fire officials and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Airlines across the United States have canceled flights scheduled for the coming days, as the longest government shutdown in history snarls up air travel and forces thousands of passengers to change their ...Read more

Foreigners seeking visas to live in the U.S. might be rejected if they have certain medical conditions, including diabetes or obesity, under a Thursday directive from the Trump administration.

The guidance, issued in a ...Read more

Carol Burnett has unloaded a massive haul of her most coveted awards, handing them off to her alma mater in conjunction with an endowment to support aspiring musical theater performers.

The television icon has donated ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A group seeking to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting and open primary system says it has gathered enough signatures to put the repeal question on the 2026 ballot.

The group formed after the 2024...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Travelers around the country faced major disruptions Friday after the Trump administration ordered airlines to cut back on flights at the nation’s major airports to maintain safety as the longest ...Read more

Seven lawsuits filed this week in California state courts accuse ChatGPT’s creator, OpenAI, of emotionally manipulating users, fueling AI-induced delusions, and, in some cases, acting as a “suicide coach.”

The ...Read more

“Stranger Things” honchos are responding to the “noise” amid reports that Millie Bobby Brown has accused co-star David Harbour of bullying and harassment.

Producer Shawn Levy told The Hollywood Reporter at the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Ever since the ascent of BTS, the Grammys have been K-pop-curious, but not typically in its marquee categories. This year marks a notable change — several acts with roots in K-pop have major-category ...Read more

Kendrick Lamar has topped the nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards, earning nine nods including record, song and album of the year.

It means the 38-year-old rapper's latest album, GNX, is continuing his run of success, ...Read more

Director Lee Tamahori has died aged 75.

The celebrated New Zealand filmmaker is best known for helming the 2002 James Bond film Die Another Day, but his work also spanned gritty homegrown drama as well as Hollywood ...Read more

Adam Sandler will receive the Chairman's Award at the Palm Springs International Film Awards for his performance in Jay Kelly, directed by Noah Baumbach.

The ceremony will take place on 3 January at the Palm Springs ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The young men from MS-13 lived mostly in the cramped urban districts of Van Nuys, Panorama City and North Hollywood.

But it was in the mountains north and west of Los Angeles, where, as one alleged gang ...Read more

CHICAGO — Moody Bible Institute is suing the Chicago Board of Education for alleged religious discrimination after the college was barred from the district’s student teaching program.

The Christian college alleges ...Read more

BROADVIEW, Ill. — Police arrested 14 women outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview on Friday morning in the latest act of civil disobedience outside the west suburban facility ...Read more