Новости за 19.05.2016

An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar screens and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea with 66 people on board early Thursday. The Airbus A320, carrying 56 passengers and 10 crew members, disappeared abruptly from radar and lost contact with air traffic control a little under...

Morley Safer, the longtime reporter for CBS' "60 Minutes," has died, the network confirmed Thursday. 

Closing arguments are scheduled Thursday in the trial of a Baltimore police officer facing criminal charges related to the arrest of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old Baltimore man who died last year after suffering a severe spinal cord injury while in police custody.

It's easy to be anxious about an earthquake. A leading seismic expert recently warned that Southern California's section of the San Andreas fault is "locked, loaded and ready to roll." But experts also say it's important to keep perspective: The chances of dying in a large temblor are actually...

The Los Angeles Police Protective League announced plans Thursday to file a federal lawsuit against Police Chief Charlie Beck, who they allege has manipulated LAPD’s officer-discipline process.

The drug industry blames the Food and Drug Administration for driving up the research and development costs of new drugs, stifling innovation, and interfering with the sainted mandate to bring cures to suffering medical patients.

Motorcycle fatalities on U.S. roads rose 10% in 2015, according to estimates from the Governors Highway Safety Assn.

New administrations can mean a change in fortunes for controversial figures. But a Hillary Clinton presidency will not improve the status of Julian Assange, say those aligned with the Wikileaks founder, who remains holed up in Ecuador's London embassy pending a Swedish extradition request.

At just over a square mile, Maywood is the second-smallest city in Los Angeles County. To traverse from one end to the other of the working-class town takes but a few minutes.

The external shuttle tank known as ET-94 never got to cut through the Earth's atmosphere into the inky blackness of space.

If you’re looking for bats, sometimes the best way to spot them is to listen.

I’m Christina Bellantoni, today’s Essential Politics host. Let’s get started with Donald Trump’s would-be Supreme Court justices.

The federal agency that oversees surface coal mining said Wednesday that it would consider drafting new rules to ensure that coal companies can afford to clean up land they damage – though the announcement is not likely to lead to change soon.

Three decades ago, when Rosa Hernandez began working at the Otay Mesa cargo port on the U.S.-Mexico border, it was hardly a bustling center of commerce.

For the past year, Stephane Bombet has worried about overtime pay. 

The president of a hospitality group, Bombet has had to pay the 12 or so managers at his four Los Angeles restaurants more and more, thanks to a provision in California regulations that ties managerial pay to the minimum wage....

The theory is that after this raucous presidential election runs its depressing course, voters will be sick of polarizing politicians.

Nick Tropeano fired a changeup onto the outside corner, turned around, tracked the path of the ball in play, and catapulted his arms into the air, as if to signal a touchdown.

One Angel on the disabled list Wednesday, two Angels on the disabled list Tuesday, four starters and a closer and two shortstops already there. General managers are nothing if not opportunistic, even if they cloak that trait in sympathy.

Gap troubles: In the May 18 Business section, an article about Gap Inc. said that the company was looking to grow Banana Republic and Old Navy outside of North America. The company said it was evaluating those brands primarily outside of North America to “sharpen its focus on geographies with...

Stephen Curry caught the pass, took one dribble to sidestep a fast-closing Serge Ibaka and quickly launched a three-pointer. Curry momentarily ignored the flight of the ball, turning to stare at the defender he had just evaded before his shot settled into the basket.

An outspoken critic of the Los Angeles City Council has been arrested after allegedly submitting a public-comment card that depicted a burning cross, a body dangling from a tree and an apparent Ku Klux Klan figure holding a sign labeling Council President Herb Wesson with a racially charged epithet.

After reading Ross T. Quinn's profound letter about his father and the bombing of Nagasaki [“Mailbag: Life After the Bomb,” May 14], I have only one question: Why wasn't this printed on the front page instead of trivia [“Beyoncé's Superpower,” May 14]? That article belongs in the entertainment...

BOYS' VOLLEYBALL

SOUTHERN SECTION

DIVISION 1

Semifinals, Wednesday

Corona del Mar d. Mira Costa, 25-17, 25-21, 25-23

Loyola d. Beckman, 24-26, 27-25, 25-16, 25-20

DIVISION 2

Semifinals, Wednesday

Oak Park d. West Ranch, 25-16, 25-14, 25-19

Burbank Burroughs d. South Pasadena, 25-22. 25-23, 25-11

Americans who use ride-hailing apps believe the services are a positive force in the economy, and they should not be regulated like traditional taxis, according to a survey conducted by an independent research group.

Some preliminary findings presented this month at a meeting of autism researchers may have mothers-to-be fretting about their prenatal vitamins.