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The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens Tuesday in Los Angeles after San Francisco rejected it and a Chicago lawsuit drove it out. Here’s the ticket guide.
The Jonas Brothers took the field at Melbourne Cricket Ground at 10:35 a.m. local time on Friday, Sept.
Delta Air Lines Flight DL2311 lost cabin pressure at cruising altitude on Sunday, September 6, 2026, forcing the crew to make a rapid emergency descent
A federal jury in Los Angeles began deciding rapper Lil Durk’s fate on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, the morning after both sides finished closing arguments
A mother black bear and her cubs spent hours trapped inside a covered water storage tank near La Verne, California, on Saturday, August 29, 2026, before California
A Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Boston made an emergency stop in Detroit on Tuesday after the captain became too ill to continue flying, then landed
Peter Cullen, the actor whose voice gave Optimus Prime its steady, commanding sound across four decades of Transformers cartoons, films and games, died Wednesday
The Atlanta Braves have already won their three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers this week, taking the first two games at Truist Park before the teams
The NFL announced Wednesday, August 26, 2026, that it will stop staging a competitive Pro Bowl game after the 2026 season.
The Atlanta Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 on Tuesday night at Truist Park, snapping Los Angeles’ six-game winning streak in the opening game of a marquee
Tim Curry, the actor whose performance as Dr. Frank-N-Furter became his signature role in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” a decades-long midnight-movie staple
Janie Bradford, the songwriter who co-wrote Motown’s breakthrough hit “Money (That’s What I Want)” with Berry Gordy and worked at Motown for more than 25 years
Dakota Johnson and musician Role Model have split, according to a People report citing an anonymous source close to the couple; TMZ reported the news on August 19
Shelley Fabares, the actress and singer who played Mary Stone on “The Donna Reed Show” in the late 1950s and early 1960s and later spent eight seasons opposite
The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 in 10 innings at Dodger Stadium on August 21, 2026.
MTV announced the nominees for the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards on August 18, 2026, and Madonna topped the field with 11 nominations, more than any other artist.
A Qantas A380 flew a round trip between Sydney and Dallas-Fort Worth with passengers aboard while a 33-centimeter (about 13-inch) battery-powered maintenance work
The Los Angeles Rams beat the Kansas City Chiefs 20-12 in both teams’ 2026 preseason opener Saturday, August 15, at Arrowhead Stadium. Patrick Mahomes did not play beyond the coin toss; Justin Fields went 4-for-4 in relief before Rams rookie QB Ty Simpson threw two fourth-quarter touchdowns to seal the win.
Bob Iger and Josh Kushner have agreed to buy the Los Angeles Lakers from Mark Walter for $12.5 billion — the highest price ever paid for a professional sports