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When the COVID shutdown began, Jessica Jacobs Dirschel, a mother of four in Topanga Canyon, was one of the many millions of people who staved off boredom by binging on Netflix.Five hours into a documentary series about wrongful convictions, Dirschel hit pause and Googled the phone number of an attorney on the show who worked on exoneration cases.When the lawyer answered, Dirschel said, “I want to help.”Jofama Coleman had served 14 years of a life sentence for murder when the pandemic lockdown came to the state prison in…

“I think everybody’s scared of the same thing — what’s happening on the planet,” says Neil Young.(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Just after 11 a.m., the old man rolls in, a few minutes late, and smiles as he asks for a few minutes more — “I’ve got some huevos coming,” he explains. Then he walks to the piano in the corner of the lounge. As soon as his hands touch the keys, the melody that fills the room is broken, playful, beautiful, unmistakably his, as if he’s signing his name across a blackboard:…

As Volkswagen looks to resurrect the Scout brand in the United States, CEO Herbert Diess has shed light on the decision, saying it represents an opportunity for the German auto giant to "become much more American." VW announced plans to re-launch the Scout as a fully-electric pick-up and "rugged" SUV last Wednesday, with prototypes due to be revealed in 2023 and production planned to begin in 2026.In the same announcement, the company said the vehicles would be "designed, engineered, and manufactured in the U.S. for…