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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.

Randy Garcia points a flashlight into a bush and shakes the leaves. Martin Serrano climbs a ladder to peer into rain gutters. Yessenia Avilez ducks under stairs and flips over a plastic tarp collecting water.

He was, perhaps, the most famous American ever charged with murder. His story saw the incendiary intertwining of numerous contemporary obsessions: sports, race, celebrity, crime, even sex. His trial lasted more than eight months and involved more than 100 witnesses, producing 45,000-plus pages...

Restaurant chain Joe's Crab Shack announced with much fanfare in November that it was experimenting with a no-tipping policy at 18 of its outlets nationwide.

"O.J.: Made in America" is the O.J. project to watch if you are watching only one. (Jonathan Bartlett / For The Times) Is ESPN's 7 ½-hour documentary "O.J.: Made in America" a movie or TV? It premieres Friday in theaters for filmgoers who want to experience all 464 minutes in one sitting. On June...

Reggie Cole struck a pose on the courthouse steps, flexing his biceps in a brand-new silver suit.

Kyle Richards feels less guilty when she thinks of her new space as a "dressing room" instead of a "closet."  

"O.J.: Made in America" makes its debut theatrically with hopes of an Oscar nomination, but it's also built for TV ... as well as your laptop or smart phone. (Jonathan Bartlett / For The Times) Is ESPN's 7 ½-hour documentary "O.J.: Made in America" a movie or TV? It premieres Friday in theaters...

Outside an old farmhouse nestled among green fields, two men lay on a cot. With their feet propped against a teal-painted wall, they stared at a sky speckled with clouds, occasionally pointing upward and aiming a pair of binoculars.

Soaring more than 50 stories, the new blue-and-white skyscraper at the top of Future Science Street cuts a Jetsons-like form. Its tower is crowned with a golden planet, and its sleek tiers of stacked oblong shapes call to mind a cartoon spaceport, ready to dock flying saucers. Down the block, two...

Rep. Janice Hahn remembers the story from her childhood. Her father, a Navy captain during World War II, received benefits under the GI Bill. Her uncle, Gordon Hahn, a lieutenant in the Merchant Marines, did not.

The jokes were writing themselves as the broadcast networks rolled out their fall schedules for advertisers this week.

The Japanese American children who spent years in World War II internment camps were hopeful. Some thought racial discrimination would end after the war, they wrote in letters about their daily lives. But now, the grown-up survivors are seeing another group endure isolation and hatred: Muslim Americans....

When the long-awaited Expo Line extension opens Friday at noon, passengers will ride from downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica in 50 minutes. 

Roughly half of cancer deaths in the United States could be prevented or forestalled if all Americans quit smoking, cut back on drinking, maintained a healthful weight and got at least 150 minutes of exercise each week.

The Egyptian navy has located wreckage from the missing EgyptAir Flight 804 in the Mediterranean Sea 180 miles north of the coastal city of Alexandria, a military spokesman said Friday.

Hundreds of soldiers resumed the slow and difficult search Friday for hundreds of people missing after landslides swallowed three hillside villages in central Sri Lanka, a dangerous effort as continuing rain kept the ground unstable and the risk of more mudslides a constant threat. 

Donald Trump wins the support of a ranked GOP congresswoman May 20, 2016, 12:42 a.m. As the hopes of a third-party candidate wane, Donald Trump continues to rack up support in the Republican Party. Cathy McMorris Rodgers says she backs Donald Trump, though "not exactly" with enthusiasm Here's why...

Donald Trump wins the support of a ranked GOP congresswoman May 20, 2016, 12:42 a.m. As the hopes of a third-party candidate wane, Donald Trump continues to rack up support in the Republican Party. Cathy McMorris Rodgers says she backs Donald Trump, though "not exactly" with enthusiasm Here's why...

China's government fabricates and posts several hundred million social media posts a year to influence public opinion about the country, according to a new paper by U.S. researchers examining one of the most opaque aspects of the Communist Party's rule. 

California’s 43rd Assembly District includes entertainment giants such as Warner Brothers and the Walt Disney Company in Burbank, hipsters in Los Feliz and Silver Lake, and the rich and famous of the Hollywood Hills.

A new analysis finds nearly 32,000 voters in California's American Independent Party changed their official registration and left the party in the two weeks after a Los Angeles Times investigation identified widespread confusion among the party's members.

It took the Angels two weeks to score seven runs in a game this season and another week to do it again. They've now done it thrice this week and six times in their last eight games, after Thursday's 7-4 trouncing of the Dodgers at Angel Stadium, their sixth win in seven tries and third out of four...

Vin Scully wants no part of a public farewell tour, but the Angels did not want the last game Scully called in Anaheim to pass without some sort of tribute. So, in the hours before Thursday's game, the Angels invited the Dodgers' Hall of Fame broadcaster into a room at Angel Stadium.Angels Manager...

Martin Jones made 22 saves in his second straight shutout and Tomas Hertl scored twice to give the San Jose Sharks a series lead for the first time in four trips to the Western Conference final with a 3-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues in Game 3 on Thursday night.