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Headlines From The Times
Get essential Los Angeles Times news highlights from the L.A. Times Studios in “Headlines From The Times.” Each episode brings you a bite-sized breakdown of the day’s top news stories and biggest headlines from California and beyond. From politics and climate to entertainment and food, you’ll get the basics behind the trending topics and key news stories that matter most.
Episodes
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A Haitian Odyssey Episode 1: Texas
We bring you episode 1 of “Line in the Land,” a new podcast from Texas Public Radio and the Houston Chronicle that explores the human story behind the Haitians…
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Her life, her body, her death
On July 16, Gabriella Walsh carried out a decision months in the making; a process involving her loved ones and medical providers. She drank a fatal dose of…
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What you need to know about monkeypox
Monkeypox is on the rise, and now officially considered a global health emergency. Cases in the U.S. number in the thousands and only took a week to double…
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The drought, this time in northern Mexico
A drought has drained the reservoirs that provide most of the water for 5 million residents who live around Monterrey, the financial capital of northern…
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He took Trump's Jan. 6 close-up
The Jan. 6 House subcommittee investigating the events of that day have poured through thousands of hours of videos. But during the hearings, the public also…
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What do Gillian Anderson and Eleanor Roosevelt have in common?
It’s Emmy season, so we’ve got another episode of the “Envelope” for you. This time, it’s an in-depth conversation with Gillian Anderson, who plays Eleanor…
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Beyoncé, Beyoncé, Beyoncé — Beyoncé!
Beyoncé is getting ready to bring the world her seventh studio album this Friday. Rumors are already swirling about what genre she’ll showcase, what themes…
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The 411 on the 988 suicide hotline
Remember this number: 988. The new three-digit hotline is now the 911 equivalent for mental health emergencies. Suicide is the second leading cause of death…
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Musicians for abortion rights redux
When the annual Glastonbury music festival happened this year, performers openly criticized on stage the overturning of Roe vs. Wade, which happened that same…
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Simone Ashley’s ‘Bridgerton’ breakthrough
It’s Emmy season, so we’re dropping another episode of our sister podcast, the “Envelope." Today, an in-depth conversation with actor Simone Ashley. Ashley has…
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Pregnant and homeless in Hollywood
In 2018, the L.A. Times began to follow Mckenzie Trahan, a pregnant homeless woman living in Hollywood. Over the next four years, a Times reporter…
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Burnout at the front lines of disasters
So many disasters, so little time. And it’s the same group of people on the front lines, year after year. What happens when they get tired? Today, our Masters…
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The mountain lion that captured L.A.'s heart
He’s animal royalty in the City of Angels; an ambassador for conservation and for the random beauty this megalopolis offers. But P-22 is also a poster boy for…
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Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, together for us
It’s Emmys season, and the “Envelope” is here for it. So once a week for the next couple of weeks, we’re going to feature an episode of our sister podcast in…
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What happened to Lora Lee, Part 2
For over a year, L.A. Times entertainment reporter Stacy Perman tried to track down Lora Lee Michel, a former child star whose custody case scandalized 1940s…
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What Happened to Lora Lee?
Throughout the history of Hollywood, child entertainers have consistently clashed with their parents and guardians who manage their money and lives. The…
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California's carbon-capture controversy
Lawmakers want California to eliminate the state’s carbon footprint altogether by 2045. They’re taking all sorts of steps to get to that ambitious goal; from…
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Biden's bold moves abroad to win at home
In the 5 months since Russia’s invasion, the American public’s attention has turned back to problems at home — and US President Joe Biden hasn’t gotten a good…
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The rise and fall of a Hollywood almost-was
Randall Emmett had built a career for himself in Hollywood over the past decade as a producer of schlocky action films featuring cameos of iconic actors like…
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Lowriders lawfully cruise again
Few things are more beautiful on a California summer evening than the sight of lowriders cruising slow and low and bouncing up and down through the streets…
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That classic VW Bug could be an electric vehicle
Classic cars are a staple of California culture, but they have a dirty secret – they're gas guzzlers. And with gas prices so high, collectors are beginning to…
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The Future of Abortion, Part 6: History Repeated?
A 22-year-old woman and an abortion doctor from California played key roles in the legal fight that eventually led to Roe vs. Wade. But now that Roe’s been…
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D.C.'s secretive VP power lunch
For decades, weekly lunches between the American president and his vice president have piqued the interest of D.C. insiders. Today, we take a look at this…
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Can companies help protect abortion?
President Biden has vowed to help protect the ability of those who seek abortions to travel to other states. California and other states have stepped up to…
Headlines From The TimesSummer's biggest hazard? Humans!
We’ll be having fun all summer long ... or not. Hazards are everywhere this season — in the bonfires we set, the trash we leave behind, the sunburns we get…
Headlines From The TimesCalifornia, the abortion sanctuary state
More than 20 states have already worked to ban or severely limit abortion in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe vs. Wade. But in…
Headlines From The TimesSpecial Edition: The Death of Roe vs. Wade
Roe vs. Wade protected the constitutional right to an abortion for nearly 50 years. Now that the Supreme Court has overturned it, at least 20 states are…
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She was the Rosa Parks of the 1800s
In celebration of Juneteenth, this week we're running some of our favorite episodes about the Black experience. L.A. Times features writer Jeanette Marantos…
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Big Tobacco, Black trauma
In celebration of Juneteenth, this week we're running some of our favorite episodes about the Black experience. Today, we revisit the showdown centering on…
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Home was where the freeway is
In celebration of Juneteenth, this week we're running some of our favorite episodes about the Black experience. Today, housing and affordability reporter Liam…
Headlines From The TimesThe Future of Abortion, Part 5: Law
The Supreme Court’s decision on Roe vs. Wade in 1973 was supposed to end the debate on abortion once and for all. But instead, it has led to decades of…
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An ‘Emmett Till moment’ for guns?
In the wake of the Uvalde massacre, Emmett Till’s name is again at the forefront of a national conversation, this time about gun control. Till was the…
Headlines From The TimesTo be queer in Singapore
Just this year, Singapore’s top court upheld section 377A. That’s a British colonial-era law prohibiting consenting sex between men. And while the government…
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The biggest Jan. 6 bombshells
After more than a year of investigations and thousands of hours of depositions, the Jan. 6 committee is looking to prove that former president Donald Trump had…
Headlines From The TimesThe Future of Abortion, Part 4: Keeping It
Pregnancy centers offer services like free pregnancy tests, and sometimes resources like diapers or baby clothes — even classes and counseling. Their main…
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Why L.A. has fridge-less apartments
For most renters across the United States, having a refrigerator come with your unit is a given. Not in Southern California. For reasons no one can fully…
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Hidden clues of a Black family's Bible
In the late 1980s, the Diggs family of Southern California came across a family Bible with an incredible backstory. Notes written in the margin documented…
Headlines From The TimesThe drag mothers of Los Angeles
Drag culture is one of the most iconic forms of expression within the LGBTQ community. For outsiders looking in, drag culture looks fun and flamboyant. But for…
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How mass shootings affect young voters
This year’s midterm elections were expected to be a referendum on the economy, but as gun violence is on the minds of Americans, yet again, millennials and…
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What the Summit of the Americas means
The Summit of the Americas. It’s when the leaders of all the nations of the Western Hemisphere get together every three to four years and and talk shop. This…
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Welcome to Portugal, now go home
Ocean breezes, mountain views, stunning architecture, great food. Fala vocé português? Even if you don’t; Portugal is it right now, and has been for years. But…
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Covering COVID on ‘sacred ground’
The U.S. has lost more than 1 million people to COVID — and the virus isn’t done with us yet. Frontline hospital workers have experienced the devastation up…
Headlines From The TimesQueer Ukrainians on the frontlines
Ukraine was never a utopia for gays and transgender people, but activists there say things have improved over the years. Now, though, people are worried that…
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A new militia at the U.S.-Mexico border
Patriots for America patrols the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, stops migrants, and questions children. They call it faith-based ministry work; civil rights…
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California's historic water restrictions
Unprecedented water restrictions in Los Angeles County are going to ensure the slow demise of lawns. And now, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is ready to deal…
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The pickleball pickle
It’s pitting neighbors against neighbors in suburbs across the United States. Tempers are flaring. Tension is high. And nope, all the drama has nothing to do…
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A visit to Vancouver's safe injection site
Overdose deaths in the United States have risen rapidly during the pandemic. It’s a trend driven largely by the spread of fentanyl.In California, the push to…
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California’s gun control wars sway the U.S.
Today we talk about California’s huge role in influencing gun control laws in the U.S. and about the backlashes. We discuss the state’s historic 1989 ban on…
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L.A. mayoral candidates debate homelessness
Last week, we partnered up with KCRW for a live mayoral debate with some of the city’s top candidates for the top job.It was the final group debate before the…
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Tijuana's toughest time
In this episode of the “Border City” podcast from our sister paper, the San Diego Union-Tribune, longtime U.S.-Mexico border reporter Sandra Dibble brings us…
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Desperately seeking restaurant workers
The pandemic has made a lot of us rethink a lot of things. On the forefront of that existential rethink: restaurant workers. This realignment of priorities and…
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ICE released dying detainees, avoiding responsibility
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which detains hundreds of thousands of people nationwide, typically says fewer than a dozen detainees die in its…
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Cryptocurrency's addiction problem
The ups and downs of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin can bring quick wealth — or quick bankruptcy. It's the hope for a huge payoff that keeps people hooked on…
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How California popularized the Great Replacement
On Saturday, a heavily armed 18-year-old white man rolled up to a supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood of Buffalo, N.Y., and killed at least 10…
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Tijuana in the time of opera and cartels
In the late 1990s, a turf war between the Arellano-Felix and Sinaloa cartels in Tijuana led to mayhem and corruption. But as the cartel-fueled violence…
Headlines From The TimesThe Future of Abortion Part 3: Money
Roe vs. Wade is expected to be struck down this summer, which would mean abortion will no longer be a federally protected right. If that happens, about half…
Headlines From The TimesLet's blame someone for California's drought
It’s barely spring in 2022 and California has already broken record heat and drought levels never before seen in 1,200 years. Major reservoirs across the…
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Why U.S. women's sports stars play abroad
The arrest in Russia earlier this year of WNBA superstar Brittney Griner made worldwide headlines. But few dug into why she was playing abroad in the first…
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The fight to use Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse has been the mascot for Disney going back to the days of, well, Walt himself. But the copyright for the mouse that Disney has zealously guarded…
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Russia's Syria playbook in Ukraine
Aerial strikes, targeting civilians, cutting off supply chains: Russia’s brutal war tactics in Ukraine are shocking, but also hauntingly familiar. These are…