Новости за 15.11.2017

Nobel laureate Kip Thorne talks with Patt Morrison about the most powerful interstellar event humans have ever observed.

Stephen Chbosky’s name is already synonymous with young adult literature. But since the publication of his celebrated coming-of-age novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” in 1999, Chbosky has earned yet another reason for recognition.

It can be hard to grasp just how much money is concentrated in just a few hands in our lopsided economy today. But here's a start: The richest three people in the United States — Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett — together have more wealth than the entire bottom half of the country combined.

Here, in a nutshell, are the laws and procedures that limit President Trump’s power to launch a nuclear strike against North Korea anytime he likes:

Alex Azar, President Trump’s pick to serve as Health and Human Services secretary, represents everything wrong with the incestuous relationship that often exists between government officials and the industries they oversee.

Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn previewed a proposal Tuesday to have massage parlors routinely inspected by health officials looking for signs of sex trafficking.

Southern California smog worsened for a second straight year in the latest sign that progress in cleaning the nation’s most polluted air is faltering.

We live in a country of laws and no one should be above them. That includes the president. And it also includes Hillary Clinton, the president’s former campaign opponent. Where there is reason to believe wrongdoing or self-dealing has occurred in violation of the laws there should be an investigation...

It took more than half a century, but UC Irvine is finally getting an art museum - plus the incomparable Gerald E. Buck Collection.

There are two major cliffhangers in Republican politics as the week hits the midway mark. And both seem to focus squarely on Capitol Hill.

Expulsion from the U.S. Senate is rare, but Roy Moore’s refusal to drop his run for an Alabama seat amid sexual assault allegations has led fellow Republicans to suggest kicking him out of Congress before the election even takes place.

Students were playing in the schoolyard at Rancho Tehama Elementary, waiting for the morning bell to ring, when gunshots erupted a quarter mile away.

When/where: Friday, 7 p.m. at Newport Harbor High

Key Sea Kings: Sr. QB Nathaniel Espinoza (121 of 192 passing for 2,122 yards, 27 TDs and one INT; 107 carries for 760 yards rushing and 12 TDs); Sr. WR TaeVeon Le (49 catches for 988 yards and 14 TDs); So. WR-SS John Humphreys (47 catches for 943...

On Independence Day 1979, the California Knights of the Ku Klux Klan held an anti-immigration rally at a park in San Diego next to the U.S.-Mexico border.

They say there's strength in unity, but you wouldn't know it from the handful of heroes who make up "Justice League."

Win or lose, the Kings were still going to possess first place in the Pacific Division after Tuesday. They were the third-highest scoring team in the Western Conference and the talk of the NHL to start the season.

The man who authorities say went on a shooting spree that left four dead people and several others injured in Rancho Tehama, before he was killed by officers, was identified Tuesday night by a family member.

Small-business taxes: In the Nov. 4 Business section, an article about how the GOP tax overhaul would affect small businesses said that the current 25% tax rate kicks in for income above $91,900 for individuals and $153,100 for couples. Those income thresholds are actually the upper limits for...

Grayson Allen — Duke’s lone senior — scored a career-high 37 points, freshman Trevon Duval had 17 points and 10 assists, and the top-ranked Blue Devils beat No. 2 Michigan State 88-81 in the Champions Classic on Tuesday night in Chicago.

The NFL’s chief medical officer says more than a third of concussion evaluations this season are a result of players indicating they have symptoms, a much higher percentage than last season.

An anonymous actress represented by attorney Gloria Allred has sued movie mogul Harvey Weinstein for sexual battery and assault incidents that allegedly took place in 2015 and 2016.

Kyrie Irving really dislikes having to play in a mask.

On the other hand, he loves what comes next: Boston putting its 13-game winning streak on the line against the NBA champions.

“It’s definitely an incredible streak we’re on, and now comes the whole media frenzy of will the streak end, and what’s...

A gunman’s deadly rampage through rural Rancho Tehama on Tuesday was stopped when police rammed his vehicle and exchanged shots in a fierce gun battle, authorities said.

A gunman’s deadly rampage through rural Rancho Tehama on Tuesday was stopped when police rammed his vehicle and exchanged shots in a fierce gun battle, authorities said.

One part of Wednesday night’s game between the Lakers and the Philadelphia 76ers figures to be ugly.