Barbara Ramos

Robert “Bob” Nakamura, professor of film and Asian American studies, died June 10, 2025. He was 89. Regarded as the “godfather of Asian American media,” Nakamura could be found earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival celebrating the release of “Third Act,” by his son Tadashi, a UCLA alumnus.

The world used clean power to meet more than 40% of its electricity demand last year. / The Guardian Between 1999 and 2023, heat deaths in the United States more than doubled. / Grist Lithium-ion batteries became the leading cause of fire deaths in New York City last year—how LA removed 1 million pounds of them from its burn zones. / The Los Angeles Times China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea—a new axis called CRINK—unite to defy Western sanctions.

President Trump plans an expensive military parade for his 79th birthday. / Washington City Paper Economic tensions with the United States' trading partners begin to escalate. / Semafor Tariffs may not make other countries respect the US, "but they can make them move on without it." / The Atlantic A 5-4 Supreme Court lifts an order that blocked the deportation of suspected Venezuelan gang members to a prison in El Salvador.