World & Nation
Hillary Clinton, George Soros, Lionel Messi, Magic Johnson, Bono, José Andrés, Bill Nye the Science Guy among those getting the top civilian honor.
California
My choice to replace President Biden as the Democratic nominee is George Clooney. He’d whip the dangerous Donald Trump easily, probably by a landslide.
Entertainment & Arts
Perez’s material combines deeply personal narrative with sociopolitical insight. Before releasing his new special “Misunderstood,” in 2025, he headlines New Year’s Eve at the two-year-old Stand Up Comedy Club.
McKenna achieved fame as high school principal, but worked tirelessly long after. Despite her sometimes polarizing persona, Goldberg became a pragmatic, effective policymaker.
Hollywood Inc.
The ‘Good Morning America’ co-host will remain with the program, which has recently fallen behind NBC’s ‘Today’ in the ratings.
George Joseph Kresge Jr., known to TV watchers as the mesmerizing entertainer and mentalist the Amazing Kreskin, made his mark with generations of talk-show hosts, from Johnny Carson to Jimmy Fallon.
Letters to the Editor
A social worker who helped troubled teens defends George Gascón’s reluctance to charge juvenile offenders as adults.
The philanthropic Open Society Foundations founded by George Soros says it will commit $50 million to increase civic engagement among women and youth.
Opinion
The former aerospace executive and advocate on megafire protection and prevention is part of a group of “new Democrats” who believe in working across party lines to solve problems for Americans. We need more people like him in Congress.
Jimmy Carter was the perfect candidate for 1976, columnist George Skelton writes, and he was an exceptional ex-president. In between? That’s the problem.