This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. With school out for the summer, some ...

Today, Marc Brackett is the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. But he remembers what it was like to be a kid who struggled with his emotions. “I would sometimes just sit ...

The government shutdown has ended, but the delay in SNAP benefits is causing millions of Americans to worry about having enough to eat. Around 42 million Americans rely on the food assistance program ...

Reporter More than 1,400 people have died—and officials say that toll may rise—and around 3,000 were injured in an earthquake that rocked eastern Afghanistan late Sunday evening. The 6.0-magnitude ...