Lawmakers push to reimburse food stamp benefits lost to theft
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers in 2024 let lapse the authority for states to reimburse food stamp recipients who lost their ... Read More
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Zelenskyy expects to meet with Trump Sunday on peace plan
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he expects to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday in pursuit of a deal to end Russia’s nearly four-year invasion.
Zelenskyy told reporters on Friday ...Read more
SoCal's wettest Christmas holiday ever, and the intensifying drought-to-deluge cycle behind it
LOS ANGELES — A year ago, officials were sounding alarms about a bone-dry winter that days later would combine with hurricane-strength winds to bring about the worst fires in Los Angeles history.
Now, Southern ...Read more
How the Grinch went from a Yuletide bit player to a Christmas A-lister
LOS ANGELES — It takes a lot for sweet-tempered 28-year-old Nick Darnell to transform himself into Christmas' most sought-after sourpuss.
There's colored contacts and facial prosthetics, a protruding belly and at least ...Read more
How Hallmark built a holiday media empire, complete with cruises
LOS ANGELES — The holiday season is Hallmark's Super Bowl.
This year alone, Hallmark has 80 hours of original holiday-themed programming, including two unscripted series, two scripted series, a holiday special and 24 ...Read more
Grandfather dies in 'freak accident' at Nebraska McDonald's drive-thru
A beloved grandfather died in what police are calling a “freak accident” at a Nebraska McDonald’s drive-thru.
Michael Dickinson, 69, suffered fatal injuries after he somehow became trapped between the payment window...Read more
Q&A: To make Will unstoppable, 'Stranger Things' creators had him face a fear bigger than Vecna
[This article contains spoilers from Season 5, Vol. 2 , of "Stranger Things."]
LOS ANGELES — What could be more gulp-inducing than trying to defeat a nightmarish vine-covered villain and wipe out an eerie and horror-...Read more
Ute Indian Tribe sues Colorado for discrimination in state parks legislation
DENVER — The Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation is suing Colorado for discrimination in federal court, alleging that a recently passed law denies the Tribe equal access to its ancestral lands.
That law...Read more
Georgia requests $1.4 billion to transform rural health care
ATLANTA — By New Year’s Eve, the Trump administration is scheduled to award one-time grants to states to “transform” their rural health care, and Georgia is asking for $1.4 billion.
Gov. Brian Kemp’s ...Read more
State deletes most references to Hope Florida from Medicaid contract
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Hope Florida won’t be providing loneliness services anymore.
The state has scrubbed nearly 80% of the references to Hope Florida — the controversial DeSantis administration effort to move ...Read more
2025 movie highlights: The Seattle Times critic recaps a year in rhyme
Dear readers, hi! Remember this?
Last year, alas, I was remiss —
My year-end poem took a break
But now it’s back, with rhymes to make!
It’s been my custom, at year’s close
To cast aside unmetered prose
And ...Read more
Zelenskyy says will meet with Trump, Russia reaches out to US
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he plans to meet his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump “in the coming days,” signaling optimism about reaching a peace deal to end Russia’s almost four-year war.
Separately, ...Read more
Republican defense hawks broke with Trump repeatedly in 2025
WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers rarely publicly break with the Trump administration. But the GOP leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees have done so on a number of key occasions during the first year...Read more
Thailand accuses Cambodia of new attacks while negotiating peace
Thailand claimed that Cambodia fired heavy weaponry into its territory on Friday as talks on a possible ceasefire between the two countries continued.
The Cambodian action early Friday “forced the Thai side to take ...Read more
The Florida Legislature focused on cutting homestead property taxes as cities, counties raise concerns
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Republicans in the Florida House are quickly moving forward on a smorgasbord of ballot initiatives that would ask voters to dramatically overhaul the state’s property taxes — deepening the anxiety...Read more
These Illinois dairy and beef farms make raising methane-belching cows part of the climate solution
CHICAGO — Illinois is a top agricultural state, generating billions of dollars annually, but even where stalks of corn and acres of soybean vastly outnumber its 400,000 head of cattle, cows raised for beef and dairy ...Read more
Guns marketed for personal safety fuel public health crisis in Black communities
PHILADELPHIA — Leon Harris, 35, is intimately familiar with the devastation guns can inflict. Robbers shot him in the back nearly two decades ago, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down. The bullet remains lodged in ...Read more
States advance medical debt protections as federal support turns to opposition
Lawmakers in several states are working to expand medical debt protections for patients, even after the Trump administration reversed course and told states they don’t have authority to take action on credit reporting.
...Read more
Q&A: Snow Tha Product is not afraid to crash out during the holidays
LOS ANGELES — Snow Tha Product has a lot to get off her chest this holiday season.
Trump-supporting Latinos, soulless anti-immigrant chumps and homophobic racists should steer clear of the 38-year-old rapper, who was ...Read more
Hollywood was built on movie stardom. AI is changing the rules
LOS ANGELES — Kevin Hart is almost impossible to avoid.
The stand-up comic turned actor has spent the past decade as one of Hollywood’s most bankable and visible stars, headlining megahits like the “Jumanji” films...Read more
They graduated from Stanford. Due to AI, they can't find a job
A Stanford software engineering degree used to be a golden ticket. Artificial intelligence has devalued it to bronze, recent graduates say.
The elite students are shocked by the lack of job offers as they finish studies ...Read more
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