Everest guide Adrian Ballinger is breaking with decades of tradition to create what he believes are better and more ethical ways to climb the world's tallest mountain.

The singer-songwriter's perfect day involves picking up fresh Icelandic fish, relaxing with a good book and practicing Frederic Chopin's children's tunes as a form of meditation

Towering oaks, converging rivers, vibrant wildlife. You'll be able to see it all on the 1,600 acres near the confluence of the Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers.

In Fiery Furnace, a maze of red rock, slot canyons, towering arches and giant spires inside Arches National Park, not even GPS will save you. And that's the fun of it.

With the approval of DisneylandForward, new attractions and adventures will be coming to Disneyland. Here's what's been teased by Disney officials so far.

Warner Bros. is now offering a Turner Classic Movies behind-the-scenes tour that will bring guests to previous off-limit areas of the lot.

The Carrizo Plain nature preserve is one of California's most iconic wildflower viewing areas. But this year, if you're looking for blankets of bright color covering the hills, prepare for a different experience.

For the "Sister, Sister" star and cookbook author, an ideal Sunday involves hanging out with her kids, grocery shopping at Erewhon, exercising at Equinox and eating pasta.

Disney 'reset' elements of its Disability Access Service program, or DAS, that has become Orlando's and Anaheim's most popular service, a spokesperson said.

The Ladder from Hatch Escapes has become one of the most buzzed-about escape rooms in the country, redefining how puzzles can tell stories.

Star Tours has become one of Disneyland's most versatile attractions, and its latest update nods to series such as 'The Mandalorian,' 'Ahsoka' and 'Andor.'

A superbloom has showed up in an unlikely location: Los Angeles International Airport. But wildflowers have sprung up there in the past.

An abandoned train track could be transformed into a 307-mile hiking, cycling and horseback pathway through California's remote North Coast, along the Eel River and towns such as Fortuna.

With new droids at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge and some of the most lifelike characters ever created at Tiana's Bayou Adventure, Disney is looking to wow guests.

Though there won't be totality in California, the state will still enjoy an impressive partial eclipse in the late morning a if the skies remain cloud-free.

Bowls of soup, bowls of herb, stacks of newspapers and a salon of sorts with wife Natasha add up to the perfect Sunday for the comedian, actor and prolific art collector.

Other Lives Studio calls itself a 'redesign atelier,' elevating old clothes to look like couture, at a minimal cost to the wearer and the environment.

With a routine of 3:30 a.m. alarms, pots of coffee and backpacks full of snacks, our family set out each day with hope, unsure of what the sky would bring.

Here are 5 takeaways from the Themed Entertainment Assn.'s annual gathering in Hollywood.

During the last years of his life, Marlon Brando told me what his Tahitian atoll Tetiaroa meant to him, and what he wanted it to become after he died. In honor of his 100th birthday, I'm sharing his words with you.

Overuse and abuse by visitors lead Coastal Commission to ban campers from San Carpoforo Beach, the only free camping site in Big Sur, for two years.

People will soon be able to trek from the Carson City through the mountains to the Pacific Crest Trail before completing the 1,600-mile journey to Canada.

In his road trip report, Times photographer Raul Roa describes the moment he noticed the holy grail of Anza Borrego wildlife.

Fans can't get enough of Castle Peak and Thunder Railroad in Anaheim Hills, David Sheegog's miniature love letter to Disneyland and Disney animation.

TSA is unveiling a self-service security screening system at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.

For Californians, crossing the fabled Donner Pass and descending to Lake Tahoe is one of those essential rites of passage. But forget doing it in a car.

A program that allowed Californians to check out free passes to state parks at their local library is in jeopardy as the state contends with a budget deficit.

In a forest fit for hobbits, get to the gate, punch in the secret code and enter a realm where it's perfectly normal to sleep in a tree.

Police in California prepare to clear out more than 1,000 pro-Palestinian protesters amid crackdown on student demonstrations across the US

• Full report: crackdowns intensify on US campus protests
• Columbia faculty ahorrifieda by mass arrests of protesters
• Explainer: Where are the US college campus protests and what is happening?

NYPD Deputy Commissioner, Kaz Daughtry, has confirmed that Fordham University was among a number of educational institutions which requested police assistance on campus to disperse protests.

He said that individuals who refused to disperse has been arrested without incident.

Your @NYPDnews officers continue to protect the right to peacefully protest, but lawlessness will not be tolerated. I commend the professionalism consistently displayed by our officers.

In light of the activities that are currently happening, we further request that you retain a presence on campus through at least May 22, 2024 (when commencement and diploma ceremonies are completed) to maintain order and ensure encampments are not reestablished.a

Democrats pick up support of two Republicans to repeal law reinstated three weeks ago, with governor expected to ratify repeal

Arizona lawmakers have repealed the stateas 160-year-old statute banning nearly all abortions.

The 1864 law, which was reinstated by the state supreme court three weeks ago, has made abortion a central focus in the battleground state and galvanized Democrats seeking to enshrine abortion rights.

Police in California prepare to clear out more than 1,000 pro-Palestinian protesters amid crackdown on student demonstrations across the US

• Full report: crackdowns intensify on US campus protests
• Columbia faculty ahorrifieda by mass arrests of protesters
• Explainer: Where are the US college campus protests and what is happening?

NYPD Deputy Commissioner, Kaz Daughtry, has confirmed that Fordham University was among a number of educational institutions which requested police assistance on campus to disperse protests.

He said that individuals who refused to disperse has been arrested without incident.

Your @NYPDnews officers continue to protect the right to peacefully protest, but lawlessness will not be tolerated. I commend the professionalism consistently displayed by our officers.

In light of the activities that are currently happening, we further request that you retain a presence on campus through at least May 22, 2024 (when commencement and diploma ceremonies are completed) to maintain order and ensure encampments are not reestablished.a

Democrats pick up support of two Republicans to repeal law reinstated three weeks ago, with governor expected to ratify repeal

Arizona lawmakers have repealed the stateas 160-year-old statute banning nearly all abortions.

The 1864 law, which was reinstated by the state supreme court three weeks ago, has made abortion a central focus in the battleground state and galvanized Democrats seeking to enshrine abortion rights.

Authorities described the student as a juvenile male but did not provide further identification or specifics pending an investigation

Wisconsin police shot and killed a student whom officials say came to a local middle school with a gun. The student never got into the school, but as a precaution the entire district was put on a lockdown late Wednesday morning.

Students have since been reunited with their parents, some of whom waited up to five hours for their children to be dropped at a bus storage center in Mount Horeb, a village about 20 miles south-west of Madison, the state capital, according to WMTV 15 news.

Bill to use language by International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance to define antisemitism, which critics say would chill speech

The US House of Representatives has voted to pass an antisemitism awareness bill, a controversial measure sponsored by a New York Republican amid controversy over pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses in Manhattan and across the US, as Israelas war with Hamas drags on.

The bill passed 320-91 with some bipartisan support.

Gustavo Petro tells May Day rally aif Palestine dies, humanity diesa, as Israeli foreign minister accuses president of antisemitism

Colombiaas president has announced that his government will sever diplomatic relations with Israel, in the latest escalation of a furious row between the countries over the war in Gaza.

Addressing a May Day rally in BogotA! on Wednesday, Gustavo Petro again described Israelas siege of Gaza as agenocidea.

Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, says his team is determined to retry case against the disgraced movie mogul

Harvey Weinstein will be retried in New York, the Manhattan district attorneyas office said on Wednesday, a week after the stateas highest court threw out his 2020 rape conviction.

Weinstein arrived at a Manhattan courthouse in the afternoon, his first appearance since the decision by the appeals court last week.

The Associated Press contributed reporting

Focus of rally went beyond immigration, to fear of authoritarianism, as Trump held campaign event nearby

Led by a mariachi band, hundreds of demonstrators on Wednesday morning marched across Milwaukee to the Fiserv Forum a the home of the Milwaukee Bucks and, in July, the venue of the Republican national convention.

The rally, organized by the immigrant and workersa rights group Voces de la Frontera, is an annual event, but in 2024 it holds particular weight. The focus of the rally extended beyond immigration, to fear of authoritarianism under Republican candidate Donald Trump and critique of Joe Bidenas handling of the US role in Israel and Gaza.

While men are disproportionally affected by conditions that cause early death, women are left with higher levels of illness and disability

Women live longer than men but experience more years in poor health, according to a global gender health gap analysis that experts say underlines an urgent need for action to boost womenas health.

Globally, there are substantial differences between women and men when it comes to health, with limited progress in bridging health gaps over the past three decades, according to the study examining the impact of the worldas 20 leading causes of disease.

Grammy-winning musician, who had a string of instrumental hits in the 50s and 60s, has died of cancer

Duane Eddy, the rockanaroll guitarist who achieved solo stardom with a string of instrumental hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including Rebel Rouser and the theme to the TV series Peter Gunn, has died at the age of 86.

The Grammy-winning artist died of cancer surrounded by family at Williamson Health hospital near his home in Franklin, Tennessee, his wife Deed Abbate told the Associated Press.

Electric Light Orchestra leader Jeff Lynne announces death of aremarkable musician and frienda who played everything from the Minimoog to the Clavinet

Richard Tandy, the keyboardist in Electric Light Orchestra who shaped much of the British rock bandas sound, has died aged 76.

His death was announced by the ELO leader Jeff Lynne, who wrote on social media: aHe was a remarkable musician and friend and Iall cherish the lifetime of memories we had together.a A cause of death was not given.

Father of Khaled Arouq, 16, joins calls to reform Palestinian Authority as IDF raids in West Bank leave rising death toll

Khaled Arouq was in his pyjamas when he was killed, shot by a sniper before dawn during a recent Israeli raid close to the centre of Ramallah. The 16-year-old, who had joined a group throwing stones at Israeli armoured vehicles, was shot in the chest and pronounced dead on arrival at the local hospital.

aMy son was killed in cold blood,a said his father, Sulaiman, his voice heavy. aThey shot him right next to our house.a

Kyiv Independentas Olga Rudenko is set on telling the truth in wartime, despite clumsy instances of state harassment

For Olga Rudenko, the editor of the Kyiv Independent, journalism is not just a profession but a moral imperative. aOur soldiers in the frontline are fighting for Ukraine to define its own future,a she says. aThey are fighting for Ukraine not to be Russia; Russia is associated with no freedom of speech, no freedom of media, no freedom whatever.

aIf they are dying, we should be using those rights.a

With elections looming, Mahamat Idriss DA(c)by Itno hopes to prove he is worthy of his inherited position amid reports voting will be rigged

Last month the Chadian head of state, Mahamat Idriss DA(c)by Itno, announced the release of his autobiography.

It was French publisher VA Editionsa second launch in recent months of a title by an African leader in the run-up to a presidential election. In December it had published a memoir by Felix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel a a four-and-a-half-revolution jump a in competition, and he thinks he can go further. Will his incredible athleticism revive a tarnished sport?

aI always try to be a gamechanger or innovator,a says Ilia Malinin, the American prodigy who has cut a swathe through the world of figure skating. In March in Montreal, the 19-year-old roared to his first world championship with a star-making long programme set to music from the TV show Succession. It was immediately hailed as the greatest athletic display in the sportas history.

Malinin became the second person ever to land six quadruple jumps in a single programme, and the first to do it with a quadruple axel, the heart-stopping four-and-a-half-revolution jump that had never been landed in competition until he came along. Skating with verve and pace to the lumbering strings, dissonant piano chords and swaggering 808s of Nicholas Britellas crowd-pleasing score, he won the sportas biggest competition outside the Olympics with a record-shattering free-skate score more than 24 points clear of his closest rival.

On a day off from his criminal trial, the ex-president hit the campaign trail a and ran through his familiar litany of falsehoods and complaints

At a remote rural airport in Michigan, an outsized plane touched down as music from Tom Cruiseas film Top Gun boomed from loudspeakers. Late afternoon sunshine gleamed off five giant golden letters on the planeas side a aTRUMPa a and its Rolls Royce engines. A crowd bedecked in red roared as the plane rolled to a standstill behind a blue aTRUMPa lectern.

A door opened and men in dark glasses and dark suits from what Donald Trump would call acentral castinga made their way down the stairs. aTrump! Trump!a the audience chanted, raising hundreds of camera phones in eager anticipation. Great Balls of Fire, Macho Man and YMCA blared. Finally, the former and would-be future president emerged, clapping and fist pumping to the sound of whoops and cheers and Lee Greenwoodas God Bless the USA.

Her family have been threatened and her team faces increasing risks in Afghanistan, but Zahra Joya knows she must keep reporting from exile

On the nights that she manages to fall asleep, Zahra Joya always returns to Afghanistan in her dreams. On good nights she travels back to Bamyan, her home province, with its green mountains and bright blue lakes, or to her parents as they looked when she was a little girl.

Increasingly though, her dreams are full of roadside bombs or men with guns. Some nights, memories of her last hours in Afghanistan play over and over on a loop: the panicked crowds outside Kabul airport, people being whipped and beaten, the sound of her sisters crying.

Jeff Daniels rages as a crooked real-estate mogul staring into the abyss of bankruptcy in this lavish take on Tom Wolfeas novel. Itas just a shame the swearing canat compete with the real deal

A Man in Full is largely about dicks. Metaphorical, mostly, but with the occasional real one popping up to cause trouble here and there.

The biggest metaphorical dick in this six-part Netflix adaptation by David E Kelley of Tom Wolfeas satirical novel is Charlie Croker (Jeff Daniels). He is a good ola boy, Atlanta born and raised, turned real-estate mogul who has enjoyed swinging his appendage all over the state for his many years on the rise. Shortly after his lavish 60th birthday, however, he is summoned by the bank for what he thinks will be a simple refinancing meeting, only to find that they are calling in the nearly $1bn of loans they have made to him. Why? Because, explains banking head Harry Zale (Bill Camp), who could not be enjoying this more, aI am talking to a shithead about one of the worst cases of mismanagement Iave ever seen.a The bank reckons too much has been spent on private jets, lavish 60th birthday parties and a above all a a private quail plantation for hunting and not enough on actual business. Croker is technically bankrupt. The party, and the quail hunting, is over.

A new $47m vessel is preparing for its maiden voyage in coastal waters, but there are fears the Kangei Maru could one day mean a return to hunting in the Southern Ocean

The dish of the day has the appearance and consistency of steak. But the item on the menu at Nisshin Maru in Shimonoseki isnat brisket or rib-eye a it is a prime cut of the restaurantas speciality: whale meat.

Every few minutes, chefs in the open kitchen produce another plate of cetacean delicacies a raw sashimi marbled with fat, slices of abacona, roast minke whale cut into bite-size pieces and served with a selection of dipping sauces. On a warm weeknight, every table is full.

Amsterdam is home to 45,000 sq metres of ablue-greena roofs, which absorb rainwater and allow it to be used by building residents to water plants and flush toilets

You might visit Amsterdam for its canals, and who could blame you, really. But the truly interesting waterways arenat under your feet a theyare above your head.

Beautiful green roofs have popped up all over the world: specially selected plants growing on structures designed to manage the extra weight of biomass. Amsterdam has taken that one step further with blue-green roofs, specially designed to capture rainwater. One project, the resilience network of smart, innovative, climate-adaptive rooftops (Resilio), has covered more than 9,000 sq metres (100,000 sq ft) of Amsterdamas roofs, including 8,000 sq metres on social housing complexes. Citywide, the blue-green roof coverage is even bigger, estimated at more than 45,000 sq metres.

As the 1975 musical about Broadway hoofers sets off on tour, professionals reveal how much has a and hasnat a changed since its debut

aI want it strong! Make it sharp! Take it on the downbeat and 5, 6, 7, 8!a A mass of laser-focused, high-kicking dancers move as if their lives depended on it a an epic battle royale, defeating their rivals round by round. Or an audition for a Broadway show, in other words. This oneas from A Chorus Line. Itas a musical with enduring appeal a Nikolai Fosteras acclaimed 2021 production goes on UK tour this summer.

A Chorus Lineas stories of performers struggling with troubled childhoods, sexuality, ageism, injury, breakdowns, poverty and thwarted ambition all came from real-life testimonies of Broadway dancers that director Michael Bennett recorded in late-night confessionals. The picture is one of an unforgiving career, but how true to life does the 1975 musical feel for dancers today?

Viruses that cause the common cold in humans are devastating populations of chimpanzees and gorillas. In some ape communities, itas a bigger killer than habitat loss or poaching

There was something wrong with the chimpanzees. For weeks, a community of 205 animals in Ugandaas Kibale national park had been coughing, sneezing and looking generally miserable. But no one could say for sure what ailed them, even as the animals began to die.

Necropsies can help to identify a cause of death, but normally, the bodies of chimps are found long after decomposition has set in, if at all. So when Tony Goldberg, a US wildlife epidemiologist visiting Kibale, got word that an adult female named Stella had been found freshly dead, he knew this was a rare opportunity to look for an answer.

Authorities clear two buildings at Cal Poly Humboldt overnight, arresting students and faculty and detaining at least one journalist

Police cracked down on a pro-Palestine demonstration at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, early on Tuesday morning, clearing two buildings that protesters had occupied since last week, arresting dozens of people and detaining at least one journalist.

The public university on Californiaas far north coast said in a statement early Tuesday that an operation by law enforcement, which included police from across the state, had arestored ordera to the campus.

Joshua Alexander Heckathorn, 20, arrested and booked into jail for second-degree burglary, criminal trespass and criminal mischief

Nearly 200 programs to raise baby salmon in a controlled environment dot the rivers in Oregon, holding them before releasing them into the wild to live out their life cycle. Last week, a man broke into the Winchester Bay Salmon Trout Enhancement Program (Step) and poured bleach into a Chinook salmon tank, killing about 18,000 fish.

Authorities arrested 20-year-old Joshua Alexander Heckathorn, a resident of Gardiner, Oregon, on 23 April, a day after the chemicals were dumped into one of the hatchery rearing ponds. He told law enforcement officials he had visited a storage area the day before and picked up a bottle of bleach, according to a Facebook post by the Douglas county sheriffas office. Heckathorn was arrested and booked into the Douglas county jail on Tuesday for second-degree burglary, criminal trespass and criminal mischief.

Housing costs and homelessness are on the rise in California. In the Austrian capital, people of all income levels live in subsidised housing a and more is being built

Imagine a beautiful city where a centrally located two-bedroom apartment can cost you as little as $600 a month. For many US policymakers, itas a pipe dream. And yet in Vienna, itas a reality.

In the past two years, at least four delegations of housing experts and political leaders from California have visited the Austrian capital, hoping to unlock the secrets of why Vienna regularly comes top in surveys of the worldas most livable cities.

Three of the striped African mammals recaptured but one remains at large after escaping from trailer en route to Montana

Three zebras were successfully recaptured by state police and rodeo professionals after wandering on to a major interstate in Washington state, though one remains on the lam.

On Sunday, four zebras escaped from their trailer while being transported to Montana via Interstate 90, the Seattle Times reported.

The European hospital is crammed with severely injured and dying children a a military offensive here will be catastrophic

• James Elder is Unicefas global spokesperson

The war against Gazaas children is forcing many to close their eyes. Nine-year-old Mohamedas eyes were forced shut, first by the bandages that covered a gaping hole in the back of his head, and second by the coma caused by the blast that hit his family home. He is nine. Sorry, he was nine. Mohamed is now dead.

Over three visits to the European hospitalas ICU in Rafah, Gaza, I saw multiple children occupy the same bed. Each one arriving after a bomb had ripped through their home. Each one dying despite doctorsa immense efforts.

James Elder is Unicefas global spokesperson

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Lance Bass and Justin Timberlake both riff on 'It's Gonna Be May,' the NSYNC meme that turns on JT's cringe delivery of the namesake line in 'It's Gonna Be Me.'

Gaspard AugA(c) and Xavier de Rosnay of French dance duo Justice came back to crush Coachella before the release of the band's new album "Hyperdrama."

The Compton-born rapper returned his onetime collaborator's fire in a new song Tuesday that questions Drake's authenticity and Blackness.

Swift repeated a and bested a her own 2022 feat by claiming the 14 top slots on the singles' chart.

With Glenn Yarbrough and Lou Gottlieb, Alex Hassilev was in one of the most popular bands of the early '60s. 'Through Children's Eyes' made the Limeliters beloved.

Billie Eilish has a new tour to go with her upcoming album, 'Hit Me Hard and Soft.' The tour kicks off in the fall and includes three nights at the Kia Forum.

Britney Spears settles the protracted battle with her dad stemming from her dissolved conservatorship: 'Her wish for freedom is now truly complete,' lawyer says.

The Rolling Stones, who have played more than 2,000 concerts across seven decades, wowed fans with three new tunes as well as their classic gems.

Attorneys for Sean 'Diddy' Combs ask New York court to throw out portions of a suit accusing the rapper of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman.

Blue Ivy Carter, 12, is making her feature film debut alongside her mom, BeyoncA(c), in Disney's upcoming film 'Mufasa: The Lion King.'

Morgan Wallen, Hardy and the Beach Boys with John Stamos brought the heat for the final day of the 2024 Stagecoach country music festival.

Check out the best images from L.A. Times photographers on the ground at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio.

A Miranda Lambert and Reba McEntire moment, Post Malone's all-star set and a strange Guy Fieri cooking demo catch our fancy at Stagecoach.

Post Malone's special set of country covers at the Indio festival included some big names in the genre, including Brad Paisley.

From Jelly Roll's big night and Eric Church's somber set to Dwight Yoakam's flying fringe, these are the biggest moments from Day 1 of Stagecoach 2024.

Taylor Swift didn't hold back from discussing ex-boyfriends and celebrity feuds in 'The Tortured Poets Department,' her brand new double album.

The Stagecoach Country Music Festival is held in Indio at the same site as Coachella. What do the festivals have in common?

Stagecoach 2024 a who needs tickets and dust? The country festival will stream live on Prime Video and Twitch.tv, kicking off at 4 p.m. daily through Sunday.

Choreographer and director Justin Peck brings an athletic grace to a new, category-defying Broadway musical spun from a Sufjan Stevens album. The singing? It's gorgeous

Jeezy reassured fans on social media, 'Yall know me,' after Jeannie Mai accused him of domestic violence and neglectful behavior toward their 2-year-old child.

June 8's concert, held in in Chinatown's L.A. State Historic Park, will be the first Pride festival performance from the Latin pop superstar, who will also be the first out gay Latino to headline the event.

Mike Pinder, the keyboardist and last surviving original member of the rock group the Moody Blues, has died. he was 82.

Billie Eilish says she needed a break from the constant 'Barbie, Barbie, Barbie' questions that came at her on the movie's press tour and the awards circuit.

Hulu's "Thank You, Goodnight" charts the good and the bad of Bon Jovi's 40-year career. The band's frontman says, "I have nothing to hide."

Ashley Judd and Aloe Blacc promote a White House suicide prevention strategy, speaking candidly about the deaths of musicians Naomi Judd and Avicii.