Новости за 02.05.2016

California politics updates: Waiting on ballot measures, convention aftermath May 2 2016, 11:11 AM Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California politics and government news. Our coverage of the California Republican Party convention is archived here Several initiatives could qualify...

Sean Combs wants to be an actor when he grows up -- so much so that he says he's leaving music behind after the promised release of "No Way Out 2" and its attendant world tour, the dates of which have yet to be announced. "I'm going to put out my last album and devote 100 percent of my time to...

At age 65, Tahalu Raiburman is preparing to vote for the first time. “I feel I am worth something,” the stooped, bare-bodied man said with a grin, deepening his wrinkles.

California politics updates: Waiting on ballot measures, convention aftermath May 2 2016, 11:11 AM Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California politics and government news. Our coverage of the California Republican Party convention is archived here Several initiatives could qualify...

Astronomers have discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting a small red sun, just 40 light-years away.

Actor, writer and comedian Thomas Middleditch, who stars in the HBO series “Silicon Valley,” has bought a house in Hollywood Hills for $1.5 million.

The pop star who famously blew minds with her snake-equipped rendition of “I’m a Slave 4 U” on the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards will perform on this month’s Billboard Music Awards, the show announced Monday.

Hollywood veteran Brad Weston will step down as president and chief executive of New Regency, the Los Angeles film production company behind "The Revenant" and "Birdman." 

In a thoughtful, engaging exhibition at LAXArt, Karl Haendel and Tony Lewis explore the practice of drawing in its many modes and guises. The works include photo-realistic renderings, abstract mark-making, writing and other forms of notation. Together, they formulate an expansive vision of an activity...

He celebrates rare beef and sings stale bread.

It turns out that Walt Whitman, the legendary "Leaves of Grass" poet who died in 1892, was a very early adopter of the "paleo diet," a trendy food regimen that promotes meat and eschews dairy products, grains and processed foods, according to a series...

A Pennsylvania judge is considering whether to order a hearing at which Jerry Sandusky's lawyers could question witnesses about defense claims that the former Penn State assistant football coach was unfairly convicted of child molestation.

It's not often you see a world-class athlete with four Olympic medals on his resume drop to his knees and beg on international television.

The California State Athletic Commission will allow World Boxing Council super-featherweight champion Francisco Vargas to keep his scheduled June 4 title defense at StubHub Center against veteran Orlando Salido despite Vargas’ positive test for the banned substance Clenbuterol.

Ted Cruz is trying to stay relevant, but he's relying on a risky donor strategy May 2 2016, 9:09 AM GOP and Democratic candidates turn to California as the last big push for voter support before conventions. Ted Cruz 's struggling campaign reveals the risk of leaning on a few big donors A rise...

Ted Cruz is trying to stay relevant, but he's relying on a risky donor strategy May 2 2016, 9:09 AM GOP and Democratic candidates turn to California as the last big push for voter support before conventions. Ted Cruz 's struggling campaign reveals the risk of leaning on a few big donors A rise...

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is back, and he is again gunning for California's businesses.

Ted Cruz is trying to stay relevant, but he's relying on a risky donor strategy May 2 2016, 9:09 AM GOP and Democratic candidates turn to California as the last big push for voter support before conventions. Ted Cruz 's struggling campaign reveals the risk of leaning on a few big donors A rise...

Nobody wants to be fat and men don’t often want to be seen as effeminate, but for those in the gay community who live at the intersection of such identities, life can be like the worst case of double jeopardy. For Jamal Lewis however, who is also black and gender deviant, being fat and effeminate...

California politics updates: Waiting on ballot measures, convention aftermath May 2 2016, 11:11 AM Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California politics and government news. Our coverage of the California Republican Party convention is archived here Several initiatives could qualify...

A 5-month-old girl was killed Sunday after she was thrown from a Porsche that lost control and fell 200 feet down an embankment near Palm Desert, officials said.  

The guidelines are being finalized, a reference book is being printed and as soon as next week, the 83 high schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District should be able to start ordering new sports uniforms for the 2016-17 school year.

Much like the reading of names of the dead at a small-town Memorial Day service, J.K. Rowling continues to remember the deaths of "Harry Potter" characters in her own special way.

Actor and martial artist Jean-Claude Van Damme has made a clean split from his home in Marina Del Rey, selling the canal-front property for $7.25 million.

HBO's “Game of Thrones” is famous -- perhaps infamous -- for killing its stars. This includes well-known actor Sean Bean, whose Ned Stark character lost his head in a Season 1 shocker.

Nyquist, the presumptive favorite for the Kentucky Derby, will come muzzle to metal with the most important trophy in his namesake sport Saturday when he goes for a stroll about 6:30 a.m. on Derby Day.