Volunteer Heather Tran, 16, helps decorate a float for the Rose Parade at the Rosemont Pavilion in Pasadena. If you’re planning to camp out along Colorado Boulevard to grab a prime viewing spot for the Rose Parade, you’ll want to pack a good poncho. Before you gather your umbrellas and rain boots, let’s take a look at the history of the Rose Parade and what to expect for the 2026 production. A carriage is decorated in flowers for an early Rose Parade in a postcard from the collection of Times staff writer Patt Morrison. The parade’s evolutionDiversity among floral patterns has been on display at the Rose Parade since 1890.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled for an expected meeting on Monday with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida about the second phase of the ceasefire. The first phase that took effect on Oct. 10 was meant to bring a surge in humanitarian aid for Gaza, including shelter. ““Puddles formed, and there was a bad smell,” said Majdoleen Tarabein, displaced from Rafah in southern Gaza. AdvertisementSince the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began, 414 people have been killed and 1,142 wounded in Gaza, according to the Health Ministry. ___A previous version of this story was corrected to say that the ceasefire came into effect on Oct. 10, not Oct. 11.

Gallup and USA Today called up 1,055 Americans on those landlines and asked them for their best predictions about a year in the distant future: 2025. Most people in 1998 correctly doubted that space travel would be common for ordinary Americans or that alien life forms would have made contact. About two-thirds of Americans thought the country would have elected a female president by now. Nearly 8 in 10 expected Americans in the future to have less personal privacy, and 57% thought that they’d experience less personal freedom. In fall 1998, about 60% of Americans said they were satisfied with the way things were going in the US.

By The Washington Post’s latest tally, at least 18 former members of Congress — 11 Democrats and seven Republicans — are asking voters to send them back to D.C. next year. The reaction from current members who hear former colleagues want to come back? If Brown wins the special election, he’d serve alongside Republican Bernie Moreno, who defeated him for Ohio’s other Senate seat last year. Allred served in the House earlier this year. During a recent visit to Washington, Flores was struck by how much some of her former colleagues had aged.

“CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen” will air live from New York City’s Time Square beginning at 8 p.m. Cooper and Cohen will be joined by a multitude of stars, including beloved singer Robyn released her first single in seven years last month. This year’s multi-platform coverage of New Year’s Eve will span television, digital and social platforms. The show will air live on ABC starting at 8 p.m. The look back at the year will include several network stars including Howie Mandel of “America’s Got Talent,” Kristin Chenoweth and Jenn Lyon from “Stumble” and David Alan Grier of “St.

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As the officer shouts at Parias to turn off the car, Parias raises his hands in the air and asks why he is being detained. At the time, Parias’ car did not appear to be moving and other agents were positioned beside the driver’s side door. After the Oct. 21 shooting, prosecutors charged Parias, who authorities say is living in the country illegally, with assault on a federal officer. “Kill me.”In the video, the ICE officer can be seen firing shortly afterward and Parias begins to scream: “Mi mano” (“My hand”). Within minutes of the shooting, the ICE officer opens his phone and sends a message.

Coercive control is domestic abuse without the physical scars. When the law came into force a decade ago, 53 coercive control offences were charged and reached court in the final quarter of that year. Since 2015, these sustained increases have equated to more than 20,600 coercive control offences being charged. We are embedding domestic abuse specialists in 999 control rooms, so victims get the right response from the first call. Too many victims still don’t recognise coercive control as criminal behaviour and something they are able to report and access support for.

U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Zelenskyy at his Florida resort on Sunday and insisted that Ukraine and Russia are “closer than ever before” to a peace settlement. “Without security guarantees, realistically, this war will not end,” Zelenskyy told reporters in voice messages responding to questions sent via a WhatsApp chat. He didn’t elaborate, but Russia has said it won’t accept the deployment in Ukraine of troops from NATO countries. AdvertisementTrump said he would consider extending U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine beyond 15 years, according to Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy said he wants the 20-point peace plan under discussion to be approved by Ukrainians in a national referendum.

AdvertisementThe ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that Trump championed has mostly held, but progress has slowed recently. Israeli officials have been quoted in local media as expressing concern about Iran rebuilding its supply of long-range missiles capable of striking Israel. Advertisement“This is going to be a really tall order, I think, for President Trump to get Netanyahu to agree,” she said. Two main challenges have complicated moving to the second phase, according to an official who was briefed on those meetings. Three other officials, including two Americans, said the United Arab Emirates has agreed to fund reconstruction, including new communities, although they said plans have not been settled.

Nehls was first elected to represent the district southwest of Houston in 2020, and was a staunch ally of Trump’s. The first Puerto Rican woman to serve in Congress, Velázquez has represented a heavily Democratic district that includes northeast Brooklyn and western Queens. He cited incivility in Congress and threats against his family in a story in the Bangor Daily News announcing his retirement. Moulton currently represents the northeastern corner of Massachusetts, and has drawn nominal opposition in his heavily Democratic district. In the years since, she’s been easily reelected in the heavily Democratic district.

Search intensifies for teen who vanished on Christmas Eve The FBI is joining the search for missing Texas college student Camila Mendoza Olmos, who was last seen in surveillance camera footage near her car outside her house near San Antonio.

Located in the CES Foundry area at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, the LA Times Studios and Monks lounge will serve as a dedicated space for industry leaders and visionaries to unite. “CES is where breakthrough ideas meet the people bold enough to build them,” said Anna Magzanyan, president of LA Times Studios. “We are proud to partner with LA Times Studios to provide a dedicated hub at CES where the industry's most influential voices can collaborate and shape the narrative for the year ahead.”Each day, LA Times Studios and Monks will host leading executives and innovators for interviews, broadcast over LA Times Studios Streaming, available on the Los Angeles Times homepage and the LA Times Studios YouTube channel. Keep up with LA Times Studios business content and events here, on LinkedIn, X and Instagram. About LA Times StudiosLA Times Studios is a multiplatform content studio that produces a wide range of critically acclaimed audio, video, and live event projects.

American Jim Morrison on skiing down Mount Everest The interview is a part of Robin Roberts’ primetime special, “The Year: 2025,” airing tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC, that remembers the moments, the people and the stories that shaped 2025.

A spoiled kid is one who thinks and acts like the world revolves around them. No child is born “spoiled”— it’s a learned behavior, Baxley said. Here’s how to “un-spoil” a child, according to experts. You may hate setting limits or saying “no” to your kid because it’s exhausting or distressing to watch them have a meltdown. Making your kid feel ashamed over their entitled behavior isn’t going to be productive for them or for you.