The number of people living in homelessness in Los Angeles increased significantly last year ― echoing a broader rise in people living unhoused across the state in recent years. Los Angeles County saw a 12% increase in homeless residents from 2018 to 2019, according to new “point-in-time” count figures the LA Homeless Services Authority released […]
A woman in her 70s was injured during a hike in the Phoenix area on Tuesday and needed to be airlifted to safety. But the rescue didn’t go according to plan. (Watch the rescue effort in the video above.) “Sometimes when we bring the helicopter up from the ground, [the basket] will start to spin,” […]
President Donald Trump is feuding with Bette Midler. Again. The award-winning actress apologized for a tweet she shared that incorrectly claimed Trump once said he’d run for president as a Republican because “they’re the dumbest group of voters.” He never said it, although the debunked quote often makes the rounds on social media. “Don’t know how […]
China is cautioning its citizens against traveling to the U.S., citing safety concerns and telling tourists to look out for harassment by American law enforcement as tensions between the two countries continue to build. In a public notice issued Tuesday, the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism stated that “shootings, robberies and thefts have occurred […]
A transgender Salvadoran woman seeking asylum died in a Texas hospital on Saturday less than a week after being released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. In a statement to HuffPost on Monday, ICE confirmed the death of 25-year-old Johana Medina Leon who tested positive for HIV on May 28 and was complaining of chest […]
Attorneys general in California, Maine, Hawaii and the District of Columbia on Monday filed lawsuits against Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, alleging it misled the public by downplaying the opioid’s addictive nature. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra accused Purdue and its former president, Richard Sackler, of helping to fuel a nationwide crisis by marketing […]
The live-action remake of “The Lion King” won’t be in theaters until July 19, but Beyoncé single-handedly made the film a major conversation point this weekend. On Saturday, the singer appeared at the Wearable Art Gala in Santa Monica, California, wearing an outfit reminiscent of Nala, her “Lion King” character, according to People. A photo she posted on […]
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas dismissed rumors of his retirement on Monday, stating that he has “no idea” where they came from. “I think people just wanted me to know what I was going to do since I couldn’t figure it out myself,” he told financier David Rubenstein during an interview televised on C-SPAN. Click […]