Новости за 09.12.2016

President-elect Donald Trump is set to take an oath next month to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

A former Lake Forest youth pastor convicted of the sexual battery of four adult female church members was sentenced to two years in state prison Friday, according to the Orange County district attorney’s office.

John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, died Thursday at 95. Glenn was part of Mercury Seven, NASA’s select group of seven astronauts to make the first journeys to space. In a tiny space capsule called the Friendship 7, Glenn circled Earth for almost five hours. He gained instant fame on...

Since election day, Ellen Komp of cannabis advocacy group California NORML said she’s received at least a dozen emails and calls from employees asking whether marijuana is now exempted from employer drug tests.

Dr. Ben Carson, yes, the one-time presidential hopeful, has listed his West Palm Beach house for sale at $1.2 million. The golf-club community residence is decked out with columns, marble floors and inlaid ceilings.

Orange Lutheran announced on Friday that Chuck Petersen, the football coach for five years, will not be back as coach in 2017.

A kind, caring man

I appreciated The Times’ appreciation for the remarkable Grant Tinker [“Smart-Show Man,” Dec. 1]. I had the privilege to spend a season on the MTM lot doing “The Tony Randall Show,” and I’ll never forget the day he stopped to greet me and to inquire if all was well and whether...

Essential Politics: California's ballots have all been counted, Democratic leader wants immigration 'safe zones' Dec. 9, 2016, 10:38 a.m. This is Essential Politics, our daily look at California political and government news. Here's what we're watching right now: The final votes from Nov. 8 were...

President Obama used his executive powers Friday to add protections to environmentally sensitive waters off Alaska's west coast.

Obama orders probe into alleged Russian efforts to interfere with U.S. election Dec. 9, 2016, 10:23 a.m. This is our look at President-elect Donald Trump's transition and the outgoing Obama administration: President Obama wants review of hacking related to 2016 presidential raceAndy Puzder is picked...

SUNDAY

Watch out for that ottoman! The new special “The Dick Van Dyke Show – Now in Living Color!” presents two episodes of the classic 1960s sitcom, colorized for your viewing pleasure. With Mary Tyler Moore. 8 p.m. CBS

Let it go? Unlikely. The broadcast premiere of Disney’s “Frozen” is followed...

The NHL will kick off its yearlong celebration of its 100th anniversary on New Year’s Day. A key part of that launch will be a hockey-themed float in the Rose Parade.

The raw, initial reaction to Trump’s nomination has subsided; now many young adults are processing how they might be affected by the new administration. Students expressed their support on Twitter for DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration protection measure, sharing tweets...

At Base Coat, a new nail salon in Los Angeles’ Arts District, clients are greeted with tea fortified with beautifying herbs such as rose hip, lemongrass and horsetail.

When Phillipa Soo was growing up in suburban Chicago, she would climb onto her parents’ coffee table in her pink tutu to perform. There, before a rapt audience of her brother and stuffed animals, she’d belt out Aretha Franklin songs at the top of her lungs.  

2016, by all accounts, was a year from which we will not soon recover; a year when the social-media obsessives among us were reduced to peeking at Twitter feeds between their fingers. But the food wasn’t bad – the year saw the rise of Filipino cooking, a wave of woman chefs and the resurgence of...

Powerful women have always captivated the world, from Cleopatra to Catherine the Great, but this year their stories felt more vital than ever.

Obama orders probe into alleged Russian efforts to interfere with U.S. election Dec. 9, 2016, 10:23 a.m. This is our look at President-elect Donald Trump's transition and the outgoing Obama administration: President Obama wants review of hacking related to 2016 presidential raceAndy Puzder is picked...

Obama orders probe into alleged Russian efforts to interfere with U.S. election Dec. 9, 2016, 10:23 a.m. This is our look at President-elect Donald Trump's transition and the outgoing Obama administration: President Obama wants review of hacking related to 2016 presidential raceAndy Puzder is picked...

Adolf Burger, a Jewish typographer who was forced by the Nazis to make fake British pounds in a major counterfeiting operation during World War II, has died. He was 99.

To understand what kind of president Donald Trump will be, do not listen to what he says, watch what he does.

If, as Mahatma Gandhi wrote in 1959, “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated,” then things are not going at all well in the parallel lands that are the setting for David Savill’s searing debut novel, “They Are Trying to Break Your Heart.”...

When Californians endorsed the Legislative Transparency Act on Nov. 8, they probably had little understanding of the technical aspects of the measure. It was the general idea that was attractive: that lawmaking in Sacramento ought to be as transparent and accessible to the public as is technologically...

We were in the middle of the Book of Esther, where the new queen is being prepared by the eunuchs of the court for a fateful meeting with the king. “I’ve got the movie,” Kirk Douglas said, eyes sparkling as he imagined a scene playing out.

There are more than a few fashion trends that don’t age well — scrunchies, leg warmers, low-rise denim.