Southern California institutions could lose out on hundreds of millions of dollars in funding if the Trump administration‘s proposed cuts to overhead for biomedical research move forward. The National Institutes of Health announced on Friday, Feb. 7, that it would cap funding for overhead costs for research at 15% beginning this week. By Monday afternoon,…
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to immediately halt a judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to release billions of dollars in federal grants and loans that remain frozen even after a court blocked a sweeping pause on federal funding. Related Articles National Politics | New York City’s…
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By AUDREY McAVOY HONOLULU (AP) — Kilauea volcano began shooting lava into the air once again Tuesday on the Big Island of Hawaii. Related Articles National News | New York City’s mayor has 4 months to persuade Democratic voters he’s not Trump’s puppet National News | NASA’s 2 stuck astronauts may return to Earth sooner…
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By the time Twyla Tharp left Southern California for New York City in 1961, she was pretty sure the pre-med major she’d embarked on at Pomona College would not be the degree she finished with at Barnard College on the Upper West Side. “I came to Barnard all the while harboring in the back of…
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At the peak of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the Golden Age of Hollywood, audiences knew the name of the studio on the silver screen signaled something wonderful was about to begin. “If they would go to a sneak preview, and the film would would start and it would have the MGM logo, people would applaud,” says Kenneth…
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Officials and residents in pockets across Southern California are preparing for rainstorms expected to slam the region over the next few days — and bring the potential for mudslides and debris flow in areas ravaged by wildfires. Flood watches, when flooding conditions are considered ripe, are in place for stretches including the burn scars surrounding…
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By JOSEF FEDERMAN, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday threatened to withdraw from the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and resume its fight against Hamas if the group does not go ahead with the next scheduled release of hostages on Saturday. Hamas said Monday — and reiterated Tuesday —…
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By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Nearly 200 nations faced a Monday deadline to file what the United Nations’ climate chief calls “among the most important policy documents governments will produce this century” — their plans on how they will cut emissions of heat-trapping gases. Most won’t make the deadline. The U.N. says that’s OK…
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LOS ANGELES — Yep, this just might work. Amid the celebratory nature of the evening Monday night in downtown L.A. – T-shirts with Luka Doncic’s No. 77 draped over every seat, the newest Lakers superstar being introduced last among the starters with the blessing of LeBron James, and the presence of Doncic’s mentor, Dirk Nowitzki,…
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By BRUCE SCHREINER LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Like a watered-down drink, domestic sales for American whiskeys were unsatisfying in 2024, as inflation reined in consumer spending on some distilled spirits. But it’s tariffs that loom as one of the stiffest challenges ahead, threatening to deplete sales in key foreign markets, an industry group said Tuesday.…
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