Новости за 22.05.2017

Angels mailbag

A high school honor student from Fresno drowned in the San Joaquin River over the weekend, marking the latest fatality in the Central Valley as rivers churn violently as a result of California’s rapidly melting snowpack.

President Trump is receiving generally high marks, even from some of his usual critics, for the speech he delivered Sunday in Saudi Arabia at the Arab Islamic American Summit – especially for his conciliatory comments toward Islam, which he called “one of the world’s great faiths.”

Cody Leibel, developer and heir to a Canadian construction fortune, has sold his home in Beverly Crest for $17.995 million in a deal completed off-market. The buyer, per sources not authorized to comment on the deal, is singer-songwriter Katy Perry.

To the editor: We all are living our own Shakespearean drama: a flawed character has successfully ascended to the ultimate power that he so dearly sought. However, victory is taking on an increasingly bitter taste as the very traits he used to achieve his goal are sowing dissension. (“Trump lashes...

Meat processing firm John Morrell & Co. is recalling about 210,000 pounds of Nathan’s and Curtis ready-to-eat beef hot dogs after the company received three complaints of “metal objects” in the packages.

To the editor: Thanks to David Lazarus for framing the healthcare issue the way he did. (“Miss USA spoke for many Americans when she said healthcare isn't a right,” May 19)

To the editor: You write that communism has “led to the deaths of tens of millions of people through brutal purges, starvation policies and war.” (“It's 2017. Being a communist shouldn't be a barrier to public employment,” editorial, May 19)

To the editor: It took too long for State Auditor Elaine Howle to say that she found “nothing nefarious” in her examination of University of California President Janet Napolitano’s budgeting practices. (“State auditor urges UC regents to boost oversight of budget but says audit found nothing 'nefarious,'...

Dodgers mailbag looks into Alex Wood's All-Star Game credentials, the bullpen, Joc Pederson as a trade option and more.

Jacques Pepin

I once went with a friend to a play performed in a downtown L.A. hotel room. A guide led us from the lobby into a vintage elevator and then through a warren of passages to an unmarked door, where we were pushed into pitch-darkness and arranged cheek-by-jowl with strangers along a wall. “You know,...

The Marciano Art Foundation holds its VIP opening party on Saturday in advance of the public opening May 25. Here's the who's who's at the gala.

The Supreme Court is making it easier for companies to defend themselves against patent infringement lawsuits.

UPDATE, May 22: The Trump Administration on Monday asked for another 90-day abeyance in the CSR appeal, while continuing the payments in the interim. The action means an appellate decision on the legality of the crucial cost reduction subsidies will be put off for as much as three months. The Administration...

From rich gazpacho shooters to cool cucumber soup, chilled sweet pea bisque and more, we’ve compiled 39 great cold soup recipes, perfect for dinner tonight or anytime you’d like to keep it cool in the kitchen.

It’s a humid Thursday evening at one of the most exclusive hotels in Lagos, and police are everywhere. They check drinks at every entrance, supervise metal detectors and patrol the lobby in bulletproof vests while hundreds of wealthy Lagosians and expats sip overpriced cocktails and munch on fancified...