Новости за 10.05.2016

Elliot Smith-Hastie, who led Loyola to the Southern Section Division 1 championship in soccer and a Division I Southern California Regional title, has been selected the Gatorade state player of the year.

Readers have responded passionately, and voluminously, to the Perspective piece "Boo to 'Rockers With Walkers' " I wrote, published May 7 in Calendar. Here is a selection of their comments, pro and con: Reporter's Notebook: Enough ageist cracks about 'Old-chella,' OK? I fully understand your point,...

TV ads touting marijuana products are still a major taboo in the media business, but that hasn't stopped members of the Grateful Dead from breaking with convention to puff up their pet cause.

Fans of AMC’s Revolutionary War drama “Turn: Washington’s Spies” likely know the destinies of two Patriot generals without consulting Wikipedia.

Responding to noise complaints from residents, the Newport Beach City Council on Tuesday is expected to review the Planning Commission's approval of a permit allowing Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort to host more than 500 outdoor events each year.

Clinton faces a tough primary vote in West Virginia after clashes over coal May 10 2016, 4:04 AM Voters head to the polls in the West Virginia Democratic primary Tuesday. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump set up to battle for coal support in West Virginia in a Trump-Clinton general Clinton won't...

President Obama is scheduled to visit Hiroshima during his upcoming trip to Japan, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit the site of the first atomic bombing.

Commencement speakers generally follow a standard format: a personal anecdote, a few jokes, and a bit of advice to help the young graduates lead satisfying and fruitful lives. Be bold, they say. Take risks. Use sunscreen.

To the editor: With the consent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Purdue Pharma was allowed to promote its drug OxyContin as providing pain relief for 12 hours. The Times noted that in many cases the drug did not work for the full 12 hours and that it had to be given at more frequent intervals...

“Let no one be mistaken, Donald Trump’s candidacy is a cancer on conservatism and it must be clearly diagnosed, excised, and discarded,” former Texas Gov. Rick Perry declared ten months ago. Trump’s candidacy, Perry added, represents “a toxic mix of demagoguery and mean-spiritedness and nonsense...

Tout ça pour ça as they say in French — all this for this?The hyperventilated drama over Sumner Redstone's mental fitness boiled down to a video deposition last week. The media billionaire — however diminished at 92 years old — still had enough fight left in him to call his former girlfriend Manuela...

University of California regents are expected to weigh in Tuesday on a scathing state audit that said UC schools have harmed local students by admitting too many out-of-state and international applicants.

To the editor: The California Coastal Commission's dealings on the proposed Banning Ranch development in Newport Beach make clear to me that “government of the people, by the people and for the people” is well on its way to perishing from the face of the Earth. ("The animals along California's...

— A Southern California couple has been sentenced to six months in prison for smuggling more than 900 endangered sea turtle eggs into the United States from Mexico, the U.S. attorney's office said.

I'm Davan Maharaj, editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times. Here are some story lines I don't want you to miss today.

The Rohingya Muslim population in Myanmar has long been deemed one of the world's most persecuted minorities, its plight called a “most urgent matter” by President Obama. Episodes of sectarian violence drove the Rohingya from their homes, leaving more than 100,000 in squalid camps for the displaced....

To the editor: For years I've argued that progressivism is a faith-based movement. Conor Friedersdorf provides the perfect proof of this in vegans' outrage against Cafe Gratitude. ("Cafe Gratitude: Why are L.A. vegans eating their own?," Opinion, May 6)

Clinton faces a tough primary vote in West Virginia after clashes over coal May 10 2016, 4:04 AM Voters head to the polls in the West Virginia Democratic primary Tuesday. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump set up to battle for coal support in West Virginia in a Trump-Clinton general Clinton won't...

Clinton faces a tough primary vote in West Virginia after clashes over coal May 10 2016, 4:04 AM Voters head to the polls in the West Virginia Democratic primary Tuesday. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump set up to battle for coal support in West Virginia in a Trump-Clinton general Clinton won't...

Manny Pacquiao, who rose from fighting for a few pesos so his mother could afford rice to become a record eight-division boxing world champion, is on the brink of being elected to the Philippines Senate thanks to his pugilistic fame.

Of all the problems besetting Los Angeles, the most fundamental is this: It doesn't have much of a middle class.

The U.S. Justice Department did North Carolina a favor when it warned the state that it was violating federal law by limiting the access of transgender people to restrooms in public schools and state buildings. But instead of moving to repeal its discriminatory “bathroom bill,” the state is doubling...

InfoSpan lawsuit: In the May 8 Business section, an article about a trade-secrets lawsuit stated that a judge found "striking similarities" between InfoSpan's SpanCash and Emirates NBD's MeMobile digital-cash product. In fact, the judge cited the "allegedly striking similarities" and other evidence...

The baseball rolled into Howie Kendrick's glove, and Scott Kazmir appeared on the verge of a tidy ending to his evening. Kazmir had allowed the New York Mets to score in each of the three innings he pitched on Monday until he found his footing. Kendrick reached into his glove for a simple throw...

Brazen thieves stole up to $4-million worth of Dell notebook computers at gunpoint from a warehouse in Los Angeles, and police Monday were trying to track down the bandits.