Waymo is recalling 3,791 autonomous taxis after a software defect caused some vehicles to drive into flooded roadways, according to a recall report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Association. The voluntary recall filed April 30 affects Waymo vehicles operating on the company’s fifth and sixth generation Automated Driving System. The software “may allow the … Read more
The former mayor of a conservative Kansas town was taken into custody by immigration authorities after acknowledging last year that he had voted in elections despite not being a U.S. citizen. Joe Ceballos, who was born in Mexico and is a legal permanent U.S. resident, was detained Wednesday during a meeting at a U.S. Immigration … Read more
If gas prices have you second-guessing a road trip this summer, this season’s crop of television series can transport you to distant lands, real and imagined, for a much lower price. Visit the American frontier, 1930s New York and the mountains of Europe. And get a glimpse of dragons, superheroes, airbenders and pro athletes while … Read more
The Bruin Bombers struck again Friday night, capping an epic rally during the opening round of the Los Angeles NCAA Regional. The No. 7-ranked UCLA softball team has been dubbed the Bruin Bombers because of the record-setting home runs they’ve been hitting this season. That clutch hitting helped the Bruins avoid a painful loss to … Read more
Marta Segura, the first chief heat officer for the city of Los Angeles, was quietly fired from her position last month, The Times has confirmed. Segura stepped into the new role in 2022 amid a marked increase in climate-fueled heat events. Her appointment by then-Mayor Eric Garcetti came with much fanfare, as it made L.A. … Read more
Ukraine said on Sunday that it used three types of locally produced drones to pummel the Moscow region, in its biggest attack so far on the heavily defended capital. Loading audio narration… The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said it used the FP-1 Firepoint and RS-1 Bars winged drones to hit several targets in … Read more
Trump is shelling out $2 billion of taxpayer money to kill wind power projects, but his hatred for the technology is based on myths Picking the wildest fantasy promoted by President Trump as a basis for public policy is increasingly challenging — is it his yarn about schoolchildren being secretly abducted from their classrooms and … Read more
TALLINN, Estonia — Belarus’ authoritarian leader on Friday greeted U.S. Rev. Franklin Graham, who arrived in the tightly controlled country to hold the largest evangelical Christian gathering in its history. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko asked Graham to convey warm greetings to President Trump and tell him that he has “reliable friends and supporters in Belarus.” Since Trump … Read more
President Trump and a delegation of U.S. officials left Beijing on Friday after two days of high-level talks with the Chinese government, led by President Xi Jinping. Before boarding Air Force One, White House staffers and reporters had to surrender various items collected during the trip, including staff burner phones, credential badges, and lapel pins … Read more
Why do I love Jane Wickline? Why might you? I won’t say “should” because comedy is funny that way. (Ha ha.) Humor resonates with something individual, possibly innate and probably inexplicable inside each of us; our sense of it is something we can’t control. “Helpless laughter,” that’s a phrase. I know from online testimonials that … Read more
The Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini saga has been forever subtly immortalized in a Chargers schedule release video. It seemed inevitable that the Chargers’ social media team would poke fun at the NFL’s biggest offseason story, and they did just that Thursday in their 2026 schedule release video. In the Halo-themed video, the Chargers made … Read more
NEW YORK — When a heat wave hits, millions of air conditioners switch on at once, straining the electric grid and driving up the risk of outages — and residents’ power bills. To ease that strain, power companies may ask customers to do something many probably won’t: Set the air conditioner a few degrees higher. California already … Read more
From “Succession” to “Yellowstone,” families with business empires are a rich source of drama and conflict with huge financial stakes. Loading audio narration… Jennifer Harvey is the CEO of Crown Worldwide, a logistics company with more than 3,000 employees and operations in 45 countries. She’s also the daughter of Crown’s billionaire founder, Jim Thompson. Harvey … Read more
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve. President Trump had picked the former Fed governor to replace Jerome Powell, believing that Warsh can deliver the booming economy the president had promised voters. Warsh takes over a divided central bank wrestling with the economic fallout from the war started by … Read more
A new report by the California Department of Justice found that conditions at immigrant detention facilities in the state have worsened as surging arrests under the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign led to overcrowding and insufficient medical care. For the 175-page report, which was released Friday, California Justice Department staff, along with correctional and healthcare … Read more