Новости за 04.08.2017

U.S. job growth held steady in July as employers added 209,000 net new jobs, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department.

As one of pop’s master satirist-humorists, it’s likely no surprise that for his first studio album in nine years, songwriter/composer Randy Newman has set his artistic crosshairs on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The L.A. Times followed Pat Manuel for three years, tracking the boxer's journey from a woman hoping to make Olympic boxing history to a transgender man working to get back in the ring.

The newest Asian destination to join the battle of the airfare bargains is Singapore. United is offering a $638 round-trip fare from LAX that includes all taxes and fees.

In Arizona, where the great recession cut a deep swath through home prices and shook all facets of the economy, voters are now increasingly buoyant about the fiscal future they envision for themselves and the nation.

As a woman, Pat Manuel was a top Olympic boxing prospect. But the fighter felt like a man. Now Manuel lives publicly as his "true self."

Japanese automakers Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. said Friday they plan to spend $1.6 billion to set up a joint-venture auto manufacturing plant in the U.S. — a move that will create up to 4,000 jobs.

Swivel chairs and water balloons flew through the air. One woman batted another across the face as their teammates struggled to separate them. The crowd waved placards as cash tossed from outside the ring rained down on the fighters. Whistles screeched but did little to quell the melee.

Changes in the mortgage industry are afoot, with the goal of loosening some of the strict standards established after the subprime crisis - rules some blame for impeding sales.

The stench grew unbearable as Abdul Aziz Ali walked closer to the heap of shattered concrete and twisted metal beams that was once a prison. Pulling his scarf over his nose, he pointed out a decomposing leg protruding from the rubble. Perhaps an inmate, or a guard.

As repertory houses dwindle in number, the art of creating unexpected double bills, of doing things like pairing Roman Polanski's "Knife in the Water" with Robert Aldrich's "The Big Knife," is also in decline.

For four years, Ira N. Forman served as the U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, a State Department post in which he advocated on behalf of Jewish communities at risk around the globe.

President Trump has been party to nearly 4,100 lawsuits over the last three decades. About half the time he was the one doing the suing; the other half he was the one being sued.

This week Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced a sweeping bill that would not only legalize marijuana at the federal level, but would attempt to reverse the impact that the war on pot has had in poor and minority communities.

The Toronto International Film Festival announced Thursday the lineup for this year’s Platform section. Now in its third year, the juried competition showcases original voices in contemporary cinema.

Courtney Pickard is a real estate agent who holds an MBA from Loyola Marymount University and makes around $100,000 a year.

The defending champion Los Angeles Rams beat the Washington Redskins, 45-23, before 87,582 fans.

As mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa built relationships in Hollywood: He sought the counsel of studio heads, fought for state tax credits to keep film and television production in the city and mingled with celebrities on the red carpet at glitzy film premieres and HBO parties.

Three people were shot Thursday afternoon at a popular park in San Francisco’s Mission District, police said.

Broad Green Pictures: In the Aug. 3 Business section, an article about indie film company Broad Green Pictures making cutbacks after a string of box-office disappointments said the company was founded in 1994. It was 2014.

The parents of a Bay Area muralist shot dead two years ago with a gun stolen from a federal agent’s car are suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement for wrongful death.

This week’s schedule is sympathetic to the Angels, and to overcome the four teams they’re chasing in the American League wild-card hunt, they must take advantage. They’re hosting the Philadelphia Phillies and Oakland Athletics, two of the few teams on the Angels’ 2017 schedule who have already...