Новости за 21.12.2016

In April, Universal Studios Hollywood opened the Wizarding World of Harry Potter —  an intricate recreation of the universe created in J.K. Rowling’s series of “Harry Potter” novels, then interpreted for the Warner Bros. films — where fans have the opportunity to lose themselves in the world they...

This two-story home in Pasadena’s Cal Tech area was designed in 1928 by Harold Bissner Sr. to evoke a fine residence that could have been set in Granada, Spain. The Spanish Colonial Revival home has been renovated to modernize its systems while showcasing its Moorish accents, period details and...

The Clippers ran past the Nuggets, 119-102, inside Staples Center on Tuesday night. It was the Clippers’ first game since starting power forward Blake Griffin had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee — the procedure was performed Tuesday — and the Nuggets were playing their third game in four...

The U.S. State Department has reissued a travel warning for the Philippines, citing terrorism and kidnapping concerns in the southern part of the 7,000-island nation.

On a recent afternoon in Silver Lake, joggers circled the reservoir, dogs ran in the dog park and families picnicked on a meadow on the eastern side of the lake. Sun glinted off the million-dollar homes that sit high in the Silver Lake hills looking down on the basin. It would have been picturesque...

Donald Trump is moving into a White House that has seen presidential powers markedly expanded by its previous two occupants.

The CIA has accused Russia of interfering in the 2016 presidential election by hacking into Democratic and Republican computer networks and selectively releasing  emails. But critics might point out the U.S. has done similar things. 

How Sen. Harry Reid built a legacy in the Nevada desert Dec. 20, 2016, 9:09 p.m. This is our look at President-elect Donald Trump's transition and the outgoing Obama administration: The artist and the senator: one built a desert masterpiece, the other a Nevada legac Trump has won the 270 votes...

Congratulations, fellow cooks. We’ve made it to the homestretch that is the holiday marathon. Christmas Eve and the start of Hanukkah fall on Saturday this year, and Kwanzaa begins on Monday here in the United States. If you’re anything like me, you’re still mulling over last-minute menu ideas...

As the Clippers prepare for basketball life without Blake Griffin for a while, they have vowed to push ahead while their teammate recovers from successful arthroscopic right knee surgery.

Patty Mills made a three-point basket with 12.9 seconds left to lift the San Antonio Spurs over the host Houston Rockets, 102-100, on Tuesday night. 

Chance Comanche scored a career-high 14 points Tuesday night, and four other players scored in double figures for No. 18 Arizona in a 77-46 rout of New Mexico at Tucson, Ariz. 

Las Vegas was the site Tuesday night for a championship basketball game between two unbeaten high school teams from Southern California, Chino Hills and Santa Ana Mater Dei.

The Affordable Care Act’s historic expansion of health insurance coverage has brought medical care within reach of millions of Americans who previously couldn’t afford it, new research shows.

There was a time this season when the Clippers were devoted defenders.

Jeff Petry had a goal and two assists and the Montreal Canadiens downed the Anaheim Ducks, 5-1, on Tuesday night. 

Senior Anthony Wales gained 329 yards from scrimmage and Western Kentucky earned a bowl victory for the third year in a row by beating Memphis, 51-31, Tuesday night in the Boca Raton Bowl. 

Las Vegas was the site on Tuesday night for a championship basketball game between two unbeaten high school teams from Southern California, Chino Hills and Santa Ana Mater Dei.It was the first meeting between the two schools since Chino Hills won by 48 points in a playoff game last season. The...

What started as a rout became a fight. At the end of it, the Southeast Division-leading Charlotte Hornets stormed back from a 19-point deficit to beat the Lakers, 117-113. The loss dropped the Lakers to 11-20. "At the end of the game, it turned into guys were trying to make the big plays themselves...

In a Rams season devoid of many highlights, a few individual performances stood out.

Lakers forward Larry Nance Jr. left Thursday’s game against the Hornets in the third quarter with a left knee injury. Nance had an X-ray in the arena that was negative for any fractures. He will have an MRI exam on Wednesday in Miami.

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Undercover Boss The chief executive of Build-A-Bear Workshop goes undercover in the unscripted series’ season premiere. 8 p.m. CBS

Invoking a rarely used provision in federal law, the Obama administration on Tuesday announced a permanent ban on offshore drilling in broad parts of the Arctic and Atlantic coasts — a sweeping and controversial move that will help secure the president’s environmental legacy even as critics vowed...

A Los Angeles judge Tuesday sentenced a 33-year-old man to multiple life terms in prison for killing four people at a San Fernando Valley restaurant more than six years ago.

USC receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster ducked behind teammates marching from USC’s practice field to the locker room, using them as a shield. Smith-Schuster had been asked often about whether he would leave early for the NFL draft, and by Tuesday, he’d heard enough. After USC’s practice, he tried to...