George Washington, 1797. (Painting by Gilbert Stuart) Government offices – Los Angeles city and county, national and state – and courts, libraries and schools are normally closed for Presidents Day – technically the federal government’s Washington’s Birthday holiday (observed annually on the third Monday of February). Here is a sampling of other services that are
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She’s doin’ it. It’s no secret that Taylor is setting out to rerecord her first six albums in an attempt to regain control of her masters, but after she released two albums this past year, Folklore and Evermore, her fans got to wondering… when? Welp, now… This morning on Good Morning America, Taylor announced that the first album she re-recorded
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Olivia Ellen Lloyd‘s “Sorrow” presents its subject in a lighthearted way, but it’s rooted in serious matters. The song is premiering exclusively on The Boot; press play below to listen. Influenced by Lloyd’s own struggle with depression, “Sorrow” puts into words how the emotion can, so quickly, overwhelm you out of nowhere: It “comes along when
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Alpha Betas, a new animated show starring YouTubers, has released its first official trailer. The show, which is animated by Starburns Industries, stars Evan “VanossGaming” Fong, Marcel “BasicallyIDoWrk” Cunningham, Tyler “I AM WILDCAT” Wine, and Brian “Terroriser” Hanby as a team of gamers tasked with fixing world-ending problems inside of video games in a way
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In the 1980s, few figures loomed larger – or exerted greater influence – on the national stage than televangelist Jerry Falwell. Under Falwell’s stewardship, the Moral Majority political organization counterpunched the previous decade’s progressive strides, mobilizing various evangelical and rightwing Christian groups into a potent, unified conservative political force. The Moral Majority’s agenda included opposition
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The steady decline in hospitalizations continues, marking on Tuesday, Feb. 9, a 49.6% drop in the number of people needing hospital care from a Jan. 6 high of 22,853. There were 388 fewer hospitalizations on Tuesday, than there were the previous day, lowering the total number of hospitalizations to 11,516, according to end-of-day totals from
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Donald Trump was described as the “inciter-in-chief” who “had left everyone in this Capitol for dead” as the impeachment trial against him began in earnest. During eight hours of testimony, Democrat politicians, acting as “impeachment managers”, berated Mr Trump for having whipped up an atmosphere of such febrile aggression that a demonstration of support for
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