Amanda Biddle tells PEOPLE this experience has reinforced her views on identity and the true importance of names Kayla Grant is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025.

If you made it through the weekend of fully closed northbound Interstate 5, congratulations, but the traffic problems have just begun. After the weekend of prep work, Monday marked the first day of ...

After much anticipation, the LaBrant family finally shares the name of their newest little one in an emotional, heartfelt reveal. Another Minneapolis resident shot and killed by ICE agent Trump-weary ...

When drivers with autism encounter police officers, they are often unsettled by the lights, sounds and communication challenges that come with a traffic stop. Officers on these stops may sometimes ...

Alexandra Glorioso is a state government reporter for the Miami Herald and is based in Tallahassee. Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but you must be a Times subscriber to contribute. Log ...

The program, already with nearly 200 drone deployments since its launch, is expected to further expand as the city booms in size and population. Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but you ...

The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded by Ballmer Group, a national organization focused on economic mobility for ...

A Jeffrey Epstein survivor who has only ever chosen to identify herself anonymously as “Jane Doe” was startled to learn that her name appeared multiple times in the Justice Department’s release of the ...

With the new Voice Typing Dictation feature, users can now speak naturally and have Speechify’s new Mac app turn that recording into clean text across any app on macOS. Here’s how it works. Apple ...

I am an American descendant of Polish grandparents. My good friend Ayan Omar was born in Somalia. We have been friends since 2008. I became angry when I learned that people are calling our immigrants ...

Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing went without a jackpot winner, pushing the top prize to an estimated $1 billion for Saturday. It’s the second largest of this year, lagging only the $1.787 billion ...

Amazon has brought back its annual “Thank My Driver” program allowing customers to send $5 holiday tips to drivers at no cost. Customers simply need to tell an Alexa-equipped device such as Amazon’s ...