In the dusty, crinkling California sunlight during the early 2000s, on the Centennial High School campus in Compton, Calif., an upperclassman sold a bootleg CD to a younger, eager rap fan.

"Mulholland Drive" and "Twin Peaks: The Return" may not have happened without little ol' Alvin Straight. From “Eraserhead” to “Twin Peaks: The Return,” and perhaps even earlier with his ...

Michael Hopwood holds a poster inside his Province home Jan. 3, 2025. [Brian Petersheim Jr.] Michael Hopwood experienced his share of discrimination growing up in Compton in southern Los Angeles ...

Early on in The Straight Story, the 1999 drama that David Lynch called his “most experimental film,” a doctor tells 73-year-old Alvin Straight that he likely has emphysema and that if he doesn ...

Poland’s Iga Swiatek cruises past Emma Raducanu in straight sets in battle of former Grand Slam winners in Melbourne. Iga Swiatek of Poland acknowledges the crowd after beating Britain's Emma ...

Straight Talk is a no-contract phone plan that shares networks with four major cellphone service providers. It doesn’t restrict people to long-term contracts, and it offers nationwide coverage ...

The Compton native brought hip-hop and Los Angeles culture to New Orleans just a week after taking home five Grammy awards. One thing about Lamar is that he doesn’t forget where he comes from.

It has been the nation’s most-discussed song since Compton rapper and Pulitzer Prize-winner Kendrick Lamar released the snappy diss track clowning Toronto rapper Drake on May 4. Todderick Hunt ...

The Compton, California, native brought hip-hop and Los Angeles culture to New Orleans just a week after taking home five Grammy awards. But long before the Grammys and the Super Bowl, a 23-year ...

Former NFL players Will Compton and Taylor Lewan have become two of the most popular sports podcasters due to their successful podcast, "Bussin' With the Boys." Compton created the podcast in 2019 ...

An investigation is underway into a shooting in Long Beach that left one man dead and two others injured. According to the Long Beach Police Department, officers were dispatched to the 6800 block ...