Новости за 17.10.2017

Firefighters were battling a brush fire early Tuesday around Mt. Wilson in the San Gabriel Mountains.

The deadliest wildfires in state history have raised questions about whether a repeat culprit might again be to blame for starting or spreading at least some of the Northern California blazes: utility companies and their equipment.

A break in the weather has helped firefighters gain an upper hand in Northern California, but the search goes on for those reported missing. Here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today:

In the two months since the Los Angeles Police Department revealed that it wants to try flying drones, the unmanned aircraft have been the source of an often heated back-and-forth.

Early reaction to conflict-of-interest allegations against Los Angeles school board member Ref Rodriguez included silence, concern and calls for his resignation.

He arrived that autumn night like a tribal leader in a strange, opulent outpost.

As a member in good standing of the Ron Livingston Appreciation Society, I am always happy to see the star of "Office Space" and "Band of Brothers" at work. He is usually up to something; it is not as if he needs my good thoughts to find work. Lately, he's been in the Alia Shawkat sitcom "Search...

To the editor: We have all heard the definition of insanity is repeating the same mistake and expecting a different result. This is California regarding wildfires. (“‘Go! Go! Go!’: Deputy’s body camera captures frantic evacuation,” Oct. 13)

To the editor: That the U.S men’s national soccer team failed to qualify for the World Cup this year is not evidence that American soccer is failing. (“Why America and soccer are still destined for each other,” Opinion, Oct. 13)

U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led forces battling Islamic State in Syria captured the hospital in Raqqah on Tuesday, leaving Islamic State militants holed up at the city stadium, their last stand in the fight over what was once the extremists' de facto capital.

It’s been a rough 12 months for the news media. We got the election wrong, we got booed at campaign events, and some of us get death threats on Twitter. The president called us an “enemy of the American people.” Lots of us are getting laid off (which at least makes us less likely to get death threats)....

Imagine President Trump was a peanut farmer who removed himself from his business and from decisions affecting the price of peanuts. Or make him a one-time haberdasher like Harry Truman. Americans could be proud of such a businessman president, injecting real-world considerations into the bubble...

Cities and states across the country are going to embarrassing lengths to woo online mega-retailer Amazon, which has created a “Bachelor”-like competition to decide where it will locate a new, $5-billion second corporate headquarters with 50,000 high-paying jobs.

With the wine country gripped by the deadliest string of wildfires in California history, residents of the Berryessa Highlands in Napa County have struggled to get real-time information about their small hamlet.

In high school civics I was taught that, in America, the president has many roles, often divided in other countries. He’s commander in chief, head of state, chief administrator and executive, the head of his party, chief diplomat, legislative leader and, according to some lists, “the guardian of...

We don’t agree with Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions on much, but he was right when he warned last month that on college campuses “protesters are now routinely shutting down speeches and debates across the country in an effort to silence voices that insufficiently conform with their views.” And he was...

A look at some of the many men who have made headlines relating to allegations of sexual misconduct, as well as any resulting fallout they have faced because of these accusations.

She survived a U.S. airstrike in west Mosul in March, but at what cost? It killed her mother and sent shrapnel ripping into her eyes.

There are nearly 30 million people with diabetes in the United States. About 90,000 of them were just thrown a curve ball.

Five days after the Tubbs fire forced the town of Calistoga to evacuate, Mark Skinner and his son Nick returned Monday to find their winery unharmed and their home intact.

During filming for an episode of the television show “Wonder Woman,” stuntwoman Kitty O’Neil took a record plunge at the Valley Hilton in Sherman Oaks.

A state legislator who was groped by a male lobbyist weeks after she was sworn into office. A legislative staffer-turned-lobbyist who for years would only wear pantsuits in order to project a “business-only” air. A government affairs director who faced inappropriate advances from an associate in...

A teenager was shot and killed Wednesday evening as he crossed a street in Harbor City, Los Angeles police said.