Новости за 20.12.2015

Miley Cyrus waited until the end of her concert at the Wiltern on Saturday to tell the audience why she was there, and maybe that was because she hadn’t wanted to give anyone the wrong idea by explaining it earlier.

An organ of the Vatican has slammed the new "Star Wars" film as a thorough disappointment because its villains are not sufficiently evil.

Berkeley police are investigating the death of a young man in his early 20s who was found unresponsive near the UC Berkeley campus early Saturday.

How can you tell who the business-class travelers are on Delta’s long-haul flights?

Cartoon chipmunks and the dynamic duo of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler had their own force with them in the box office battle against "Star Wars."

J.P. Shohfi of San Marino has set a national single-season receiving record for most yards.

Five people were killed Saturday when their single-engine plane crashed in an almond orchard south of Bakersfield, authorities said.

The leader of a notorious 1979 attack on an Israeli family -- who later became a prominent operative with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah -- has been killed in an airstrike in Syria, according to official and media accounts Sunday.

You could call it a scheduled loss considering the Clippers were coming off a defeat in San Antonio the previous night and lacked any semblance of energy, but that would be making excuses for what transpired Saturday night at the Toyota Center during a 107-97 defeat against the Houston Rockets...

For those airline fliers who get so frazzled by holiday travel that they start to bark at seatmates, United Airlines is offering an all-natural way to relieve stress: dogs.

The Los Angeles County coroner’s office has identified the man who was shot and killed by a Los Angeles police officer Saturday morning in the emergency room of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

More from Trail Guide Dec. 19 Democratic debate: Clinton, Sanders and O'Malley clash on Islamic State, economy and guns Dec. 18 Why the data breach by Bernie Sanders' campaign is such a big deal Dec. 17 Vladimir Putin calls Donald Trump 'colorful and talented' Dec. 16 18 million viewers tuned in...

The median price for single-family homes in Riverside County, based on 2,011 sales, was $305,000 in November. How much house does about that amount actually buy? Here’s a sample of homes around the area for sale at about that price point.

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Aliso Niguel 46, St. Margaret's 32

Citrus Hill 72, Temescal Canyon 44

Newport Harbor 59, Garey 42

Troy 65, Gardena Serra 62

TOURNAMENTS

IRVINE

Northwood 63, Edison 55

El Toro 61, Esperanza 52

San Clemente 86, Beckman 75

Placentia Valencia 55, El Dorado 49

Long Beach...

The Force, from a galaxy far, far away, rose from its slumber this weekend to assist Disney’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at the box office. Grossing an estimated $238 million in the U.S. and Canada, the seventh installment of the George Lucas-created franchise now holds the record for the largest...

Consumer surveys have shown that the most important factor in buying an airline ticket is price.

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Nearly 20 years after the first "Mission: Impossible" movie, Tom Cruise's stylish action-adventure series remains one of the most reliable bets in blockbusterdom: a money-making franchise loaded with talent...

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What we learned from the Kings’ 5-0 loss at Toronto on Saturday

1) Six-game trips, even those pleasantly interrupted by a two-day visit to a resort as the Kings’ just-completed trip was broken up, are long. Very long. And although Coach Darryl Sutter said a few days ago that he wished the trip...

C'mon, give him an award

I am mystified as to why Tom Hardy's extraordinary turn in "Legend," in which he plays twins with contrasting personalities, has gone unrecognized by all the end-of-year awards groups as well as your Oscar prognosticators ["The Year in Review: Movies," Dec. 13]. No other...

Pluses, minuses of elite status

Regarding "Elite Fliers, Is It Worth It?," by Eric Rosen, Dec. 6: I just returned from a disastrous trip that taught me the value of elite status. It began with a huge mistake on my part: forgetting my passport, which caused a cascading sequence of disasters.

Without...

Have a question about the NFL? Ask Times NFL writer Sam Farmer, and he will answer as many as he can online and in the Sunday editions of the newspaper throughout the season. Email questions to: sam.farmer@latimes.com

News and notes from around the AFC before Sunday's games.

Baltimore: The Ravens are 2-4 at home this season after going 45-11 in John Harbaugh’s first seven seasons. Baltimore has won all four of its games on the final play.

Buffalo: QB Tyrod Taylor has a passing and a rushing touchdown in three...

As the natural gas leak in Aliso Canyon continues into its 10th week, its deleterious effects keep growing. Some 1,700 families in nearby Porter Ranch, sickened by the smell, have been moved away to temporary housing, and 1,000 households more have applied for relocation. The Los Angeles Unified...

Whatever happened to regime change?

Not long ago, Republicans and Democrats alike thought one of the best ways to repair the broken parts of the world was to replace dictatorships with democracies. George W. Bush was expansive, proclaiming a “freedom agenda” that he hoped would transform the entire...