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Hi everyone! I’m @GustavoArellano a columnist for the LA Times and host of our new podcast “The Times: Daily news from the L.A. Times”! For the next hour, I’m taking

The pandemic has underscored many inequities in society. One in particular involves weight bias and flaws in healthcare. We explain:https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-08/analyzing-covid-vaccine-inequity-through-obesity-lens T

“One More Time" became Daft Punk’s biggest hit & first million-selling single, sampling Eddie Johns' 1979 song "More Spell on You.”Though Daft Punk confirmed they have, for years, paid royalties

ICM faced a backlash over an HR video intended to feature its agent-trainee program during 2019's Black History Month.Black assistants were asked to pose as agent-trainees because there were so

A judge dismissed the lawsuit of one of two men who alleged in the film “Leaving Neverland” that late superstar Michael Jackson sexually abused them when they were boyshttps://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-04-27/judge-to

Angel Zapata Hernandez died on Oct. 15, 2019, in San Diego while handcuffed and restrained at the hands of two Metropolitan Transit Service security workers, one of whom knelt on

When California shut down in March 2020, it halted businesses and required people to stay home. Tens of thousands of businesses were ordered to close immediately, and most Californians were

A performance artist secretly recorded interactions with strangers. Here's what resulted.Via @christicarras https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-04-08/kyoko-takenaka-short-film-home-instagram-viral Kyoko Takenaka

When Rep. Ro Khanna started pressing Vice President Kamala Harris to use her procedural power to push a national minimum wage hike a few weeks ago, he found himself targeted

K-pop band @BTS_twt was nominated for a #GRAMMYs for best pop duo/group performance for the effervescent single “Dynamite.”Still, fans and music critics alike say they were robbed.https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/

The first — and only — randomized controlled study of the use of face coverings to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is finished. The conclusion: masks are most effective if

More than 6.8 million people ages 18 to 29 have voted early or by mail in the national election, a 2 ½-fold increase over their voting level at this point