When we arrived in China to pick up our adopted daughter, we found out she had chickenpox. The days of waiting were the most anxious of our lives.

Download some of our favorite birding apps, and then start looking up.

Joe Castiglione saw his first baseball game in the Bronx.

Want to entertain more at home and be ready for drop-in guests? Then you need extra seating. Here are some solutions.

The age of social distancing is surprisingly social. Party ideas, pointers and more to make your next Zoom your best yet.

For the first time in my dating history, the lack of a second date had nothing to do with its inevitable lack of sex. So why do I remember Anthony so fondly? He's the boy who reminded me what I was worth, at the moment I desperately needed to hear it.

Treating patients with "moderate" COVID-19 is a way to stop the disease from progressing to a severe stage that would require mechanical ventilation.

How can the new coronavirus affect people so differently — killing some while leaving others blissfully unaware that they have been infected at all?

Inhaled nitric oxide appeared to kill the coronavirus that caused severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, and it might work on COVID-19 as well.

At a dinner party, Gwyneth Paltrow discussed the vagina-scented candle, Goop's controversial jade egg and some of her favorite beauty and wellness tips.

During Monday's Kobe Bryant memorial at Staples Center, his widow, Vanessa, tearfully recalled how Kobe gave her the blue dress from the film "The Notebook."

A wrap that also keeps mosquitoes away and a sheet that slips between you and the airplane seat are a couple of products that help keep you safe.

Tattoo artist Kat Von D also clears the air about parting ways with her beauty brand, her new vegan shoe line and her upcoming music career.

From sex-coach apps to teledildonics, options for sexual intimacy are right at your fingertips

Schools have been told they must provide equal learning opportunities to students with disabilities, but the schools and parents say that's not happening during the coronavirus crisis.

Hotels need to take in homeless people if they don't want the coronavirus to spread.

Accusations of sexual impropriety by powerful men should be taken seriously.

Intensive care patients, even if they beat the disease, are likely to suffer PTSD and major cognitive problems, but the health system rarely treats this chronic condition seriously.

Why would a former LACMA curator, a former Getty Museum director and artist Lauren Bon join the jury for an architectural competition to remake LACMA when demolition has begun for the Peter Zumthor plan?

Millions of homeowners have signed up for mortgage forbearance programs. But there is confusion and concern over how they will pay back what they owe.

L.A.'s Department of Public Health announced Tuesday it will publicly disclose restaurants that have had outbreaks of COVID-19.

A dozen recent cookbooks for escape and encouragement

Now that sourdough baking has become a shutdown trend, here are some suggestions for what to do with extra starter.

Jenn attempts to make the rice pudding from Pasjoli in Santa Monica.

Brown butter warms up a generous amount of ground cinnamon for the crunchy topping in this spin on a classic crumb cake.

Author Mark O'Connell visited preppers, paranoiacs and prophets worldwide for "Notes From an Apocalypse." Now he says "the world will go on."

The journalist and author of "This Is Big: How the Founder of Weight Watchers Changed the World (And Me)" discusses the limits of "fat acceptance."

This is what happens when we elect a failed-businessman-turned-reality TV star as president.

Trump justifies his actions on coronavirus by saying he's a businessman who doesn't like having a lot of employees. But government is not a business.

Sweden's death rate is high compared with those of its neighbors, who took much more drastic and appropriate action against the pandemic.

As a divorce lawyer in 'Marriage Story,' Laura Dern calls out societal bias against mothers. She helped craft the speech with writer-director Noah Baumbach.

The success of Greta Gerwig's "Little Women" has been a boon for Orchard House, where Louisa May Alcott lived.

Joaquin Phoenix gave a weighty speech about commonalities, cows and second chances after winning the Oscar for lead actor Sunday night. Read the transcript.

With "Parasite," the academy gave best picture to the actual best picture. It also made history.

From her sunny home studio in Glendale, Mimi G is building an online sewing empire, one stitch at a time.

A Hollywood Hills mansion that the late pop star Prince was once sued over is back up for sale at about $30 million. Also: Lee Iacocca's Bel-Air estate has sold, and Eli Broad has relisted his Malibu compound at $75 million.

The site of French singer-composer Sébastien Izambard's Malibu home, which was destroyed in the 2018 Woolsey fire, is for sale at $4.5 million.

The Man Who Pays His Way: Travelling will be lonelier without trusted guidebooks

What we did on our holidays, and what our holidays did to us

'We woke to blazing sunshine and the shimmering surface of Lake Teletskoye, shaped rather like an upside-down Italy,' writes Margaret Campbell

Siobhan Mulholland, a self-conscious teenager, found a five-day hike exhilarating and memorable – 'for reasons both universal and particular'

Simon Calder saw some of North America's less celebrated cities at a pivotal time thanks to a cut-price airpass

Airport chief told MPs earlier this week that expansion might not be back on the agenda for a decade

​'I was driven by a youthful fascination with this brash Latin world,' writes Ben Crichton

It was an extraordinary vote of confidence for autonomous driving by the nation's top vehicle safety agency.

It's a sunny day in March and "Machine Planet" is flying a single-engine Cessna over Northern California.

With Tesla's Smart Summon feature, the car drives itself to its human owner. It's already being abused, raising public safety questions.

Showrooms are closed, but many car dealers sell online, with delivery to your door.

A watch party with fictional band the Wonders, from Tom Hanks' 1996 film "That Thing You Do!," will honor songwriter Adam Schlesinger, who died from COVID-19.

In Netflix's "Extraction," an ambitious mix of action and emotion directed by Sam Hargrave, Chris Hemsworth stars as a moody mercenary.