The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to stop demanding medical records that identify young patients who received gender-affirming care from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, ending a legal standoff with families who sued to block a subpoena that some feared would be used to criminally prosecute the parents of transgender kids. The agreement, filed in…
Tabby Refael’s messages to Iran are going unanswered. For weeks, she has called, texted and sent voice memos to loved ones in Tehran, where massive crowds have demanded the overthrow of the country’s authoritarian government. Are you OK? Refael — a West Los Angeles-based writer and Iranian refugee — has texted, over and over. Do…
For most American infants, the hepatitis B shot comes just before their first bath, in the blur of pokes, prods and pictures that attend a 21st century hospital delivery. But as of this week, thousands of newborns across the U.S. will no longer receive the initial inoculation for hepatitis B — the first in a…
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announced Sunday that he would not run for California governor, a decision grounded in his belief that his legal efforts combating the Trump administration as the state’s top prosecutor are paramount at this moment in history. “Watching this dystopian horror come to life has reaffirmed something I feel in every…
A federal judge in New York has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s move to freeze $10 billion in child-care funds in five Democrat-led states including California. The ruling Friday afternoon capped a tumultuous stretch that began earlier this week when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told California officials and those in Colorado,…
Fearful that memories of the deceased could fade away, Natalia Kornilova and her family have made it their mission to bring Russia’s old cemeteries back to life, one gravestone at a time. Waves of post-Soviet emigration and a rapidly ageing population have left Russia with thousands of abandoned graves, many overgrown and covered with grime….
WASHINGTON — Maria Eugenia Torres Ramirez was having dinner with her family in Los Angeles on Friday night when the flood of messages began. Word had begun to circulate that the U.S. was invading Venezuela and would seize its president, Nicolás Maduro. Torres Ramirez, 38, fled her native country in 2021, settled in L.A. and has a…