Jon Healey writes and edits stories for the Los Angeles Times’ Fast Break Desk, the team that dives into the biggest news of the moment. In his previous stints, he wrote and edited for the Utility Journalism team and The Times editorial board. He covered technology news for The Times from 2000 to mid-2005.
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The arrival of the Trump administration signals the end of efforts by the Biden administration’s Education Department to lighten student borrowers’ debt burden.
Researchers at UC San Diego ordered vaping products to test whether deliveries followed federal and state laws. For the most part, they didn’t.
Nov. 13, 2024
County elections officials in California may begin processing mailed ballots before election day, but such results cannot be tallied until all polls close.
Nov. 5, 2024
A survey shows that most Americans have seen a deepfake in recent months, and most worry about AI-generated misinformation influencing elections.
Oct. 29, 2024
To buttress its defenses against bogus, AI-generated images, Yahoo News is integrating deepfake-detection technology from McAfee into its system.
Oct. 23, 2024
New services for financially struggling Californians to come under more scrutiny by state regulators
The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation is requiring four more types of consumer lending firms to register and turn over data to do business in California.
Oct. 22, 2024
A divided FTC adopted a powerful rule that requires companies to make it just as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up for one.
Oct. 16, 2024
AB 2839 aimed to label AI-generated content in political ads as “manipulated.” A federal judge says the law violates the 1st Amendment.
Oct. 3, 2024
Two bills newly signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom outlaw the possession and distribution of sexually charged images of minors even when they’re created with computers, not cameras.
Oct. 3, 2024