Новости за 12.04.2017

During National Park Week in April, travelers can take advantage of four days of free entry at national park sites from coast to coast. That means you save $20 to enter Death Valley, and $25 to $35 on a visit to Yosemite.

A note left at the scene suggests a possible Islamist extremist motive for the attack on Borussia Dortmund's team bus, and one suspect has been detained, German prosecutors said Wednesday.

The pool season has opened, and you need to know where to go. You wouldn’t want to show up with your kids to an adults-only DJ party, right?

A man was shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies early Wednesday after he reached for a handgun inside a vehicle during a burglary investigation in South Los Angeles, authorities said.

Fish the rivers, channels and flats of Belize with guides Barry and Cathy Beck on a six-day excursion organized by Frontiers International.

Iran's former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday stunned the country by unexpectedly filing to run in the May presidential election, contradicting a recommendation from the supreme leader to stay out of the race.

Nigerian security officials say they have thwarted plans by Islamic State-linked Boko Haram members to attack the embassies of the United States and Britain.

It was his sure-fire applause line, one he pulled out of his rhetorical grab bag whenever he saw he was losing the enthusiasm of a crowd: “I will build a big, beautiful wall and Mexico will pay for it!” If we are lucky, though, now that he is president, Donald Trump will renege on this, his biggest...

Five years ago, a proposed law banning the use of polystyrene containers to serve burgers, salads and other prepared foods failed in the state Assembly after heavy opposition from the plastics industry and the Chamber of Commerce. The environmental hazards posed by this form of plastic foam haven’t...

The White House has some strong words for Russia in the aftermath of the Syrian chemical attack. 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.

California’s climate has long been dominated by cycles of intense dry conditions followed by heavy rain and snow.

Even as the FBI conducts a “counterintelligence investigation” into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, both the House and the Senate intelligence committees are conducting their own inquiries into Russian involvement in the 2016 election. Although the Senate side appears...

To start their home slate and to end it, the Lakers won.

On Tuesday night they celebrated a player who earned an unlikely place in the franchise’s lore with a critical three-point shot in Game 7 of the 2010 NBA finals against the Boston Celtics. The young Lakers feted Metta World Peace with a...

The Angels were down two runs to Texas on Tuesday night at Angel Stadium, and Mike Trout was down two strikes to the Rangers’ closer, right-hander Sam Dyson. One more and the Angels would lose.

Pulitzer Prizes: In the April 11 Section A, an article about the Pulitzer Prizes for 2017 omitted two winners. The Chicago Tribune was awarded the prize in feature photography for E. Jason Wambsgans’ images of a 10-year-old boy who survived a shooting in Chicago, and Eric Eyre of the Charleston...

He joined the Lakers in the summer of 2009 as a troublemaker, a pariah, a plague.

Los Angeles police arrested a USC undergraduate student on Tuesday on suspicion of sexually assaulting a fellow student.

Dwight Howard had 19 points and 12 rebounds as the resurgent Atlanta Hawks won their fourth straight game, routing the listless Charlotte Hornets 103-76 on Tuesday night at Atlanta to wrap up the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference.

Republicans survived an embarrassing scare and narrowly held on to a Kansas congressional seat Tuesday in a special election that served as a surprising red-state referendum on President Trump.