Новости за 04.03.2016

The private committee bidding to bring the 2024 Summer Olympics to Los Angeles will continue its social media campaign on Friday with an online Q&A featuring chairman Casey Wasserman and former Olympic swimmer Janet Evans.

The Walt Disney Co. offered up a sanguine presentation to shareholders at its annual meeting Thursday, with Chief Executive and Chairman Robert Iger emceeing a polished affair in which he touted record-breaking box-office results and unveiled plans to build new cruise ships and theme park attractions.But...

AMC Entertainment has entered an agreement to acquire Carmike Cinemas, which would create the largest chain of movie theaters in the country.

"Colliding Dreams" is a film of ideas and a film of history, a thorough and engrossing look at the root causes of the tortured relationship between Israel and the Palestinians. But as far as its title goes, "Collapsing Dream" would have been a more accurate choice.

Relatives of several victims of the San Bernardino terror attack joined the FBI's effort Thursday to force Apple to unlock an iPhone used by one of the assailants, claiming the device could hold critical information that might help determine whether anyone else was involved in the shootings that...

If history is any indication, bringing a small, sweet movie from the 2007 Sundance Film Festival to Broadway is a pretty good idea.That was the path taken by John Carney’s “Once,” which, when it morphed into an emo musical in 2012, became the smash of the Tony season. And it’s the template being...

With a victory in Tuesday’s Michigan presidential primary critical to his campaign, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has seized on an issue on which he and Hillary Clinton have sharp disagreements — trade, which he blames for ravaging the state’s once-bountiful manufacturing jobs.

Secretary of State John F. Kerry has canceled a trip to Cuba two weeks before President Obama visits the communist-ruled nation as diplomats haggle over which Cuban dissidents the president will be allowed to meet.

USC starts spring practice on Tuesday.

Cornerbacks

Coach: Ronnie Bradford

Key departure: Kevon Seymour

Key returners: Junior Adoree’ Jackson, sophomore Iman Marshall

Returners: Junior Jonathan Lockett and sophomore Isaiah Langley

Newcomer: Freshman C.J. Pollard

Joining in the fall: Freshman Jack...

Terry Phillips, the baseball coach at La Canada St. Francis, confirmed on Thursday that he is no longer coach.

Following a Times report on the sharp, unexplained rise in mental competency cases in Los Angeles Superior Court over the past five years, county supervisors are calling for an analysis of the causes behind the increase.

Just over three years after he fatally shot and killed his girlfriend, South African Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius has reached the end of the road: A curt, one-page order from the highest court in the country denied him a chance to appeal his murder conviction.

The Galaxy promoted forward Ariel Lassiter to its first team and signed U.S. national player Gyasi Zardes to a multiyear contract extension Thursday, bringing its roster to the opening-day limit of 28 and completing a busy offseason that saw Coach and General Manager Bruce Arena add 10 new players.

As Donald Trump nears closer to grabbing the GOP presidential nomination, national Republican leaders are under growing pressure to pick sides in the contest. Here are some of those who have recently come out publicly, either for or against Trump's candidacy. FOR TRUMP Gov. Chris Christie (Screenshot)...

Honduran human rights activist and environmental leader Berta Caceres had complained of death threats, and a prominent human rights organization had urged the government to provide her with protection.

Life comes at you fast. In 2012, as Mitt Romney was on his way to winning the Republican nomination for president, he picked up a high-profile endorsement -- from Donald Trump. (video above) Now, as Trump leads the pack of Republican candidates hoping to win the presidency in 2016, Romney has thoroughly...

Herbalife, already facing questions about whether its business model is legal, suffered another blow Thursday when the company announced it had overstated its worldwide growth in customers and distributors.

The migrant crisis became a critical bargaining chip in the debate over Britain’s future membership of the European Union on Thursday, with France warning that a “Brexit” could bring immigration chaos to its neighbor’s shores.

Rodney King, who died in 2012, spoke to Kurt Streeter a few months before his death, about being transformed from a troubled man into an icon of the civil rights movement. Full story: The past still grips Rodney King. It felt like I was an inch from death. Yes, I would go through that night, yes...

Walt Disney Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Robert Iger showcased a collection of new footage from the company's slate of upcoming films at its annual shareholder meeting Thursday. Most notable was a lengthy clip from the Marvel Studios film "Captain America: Civil War,” which centers on the fracturing...