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Early on in "Earth Mama," a quietly shattering first feature from writer-director Savanah Leaf, we find ourselves in a room with a Black woman named Gia (Tia Nomore) as she spends time with her young son, Trey (Ca'Ron Coleman). It's a drab, anonymous-looking room, with bare walls and a few…

Timothée Chalamet's old YouTube videos were his golden ticket to booking the role of Willy Wonka in "Wonka."

Weather forecasts have gotten quite good over the years, but their temperatures aren’t always spot on — and the result when they underplay extremes can be lethal. Even a 1-degree difference in a forecast’s accuracy can be the difference between life and death, our research shows.

A 6-3 conservative supermajority has really put the "supreme" in "Supreme Court," and not in a good way.

Both of us have kids with summer birthdays. That typically means parties organized around a few key themes: water activities, outdoor grilling and lots of ice cream. But children with summer birthdays share two other things in common: They are more likely to get the flu, and they are more…

Leslie Van Houten was released from prison Tuesday, something I never believed would happen. Not because it shouldn’t, but because it has always seemed to be political suicide to allow it. Part of the notorious Manson “family,” she was serving a life sentence for murdering Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in…

There’s a slow-motion disaster happening this week as houses collapse into a canyon in Rolling Hills Estates, a city in L.A. County. But to scientists who study the geology and climate changes behind this landslide, things seem to be happening all too quickly.

NEW YORK — Acquiring another right-handed bat will likely be a need for the Dodgers before next month's trade deadline.

There wasn't anything particularly new the Angels could say about being down on their luck after their last series before the All-Star break.