Новости за 29.12.2017

To the editor: I live in a small, 16-unit townhouse complex. Prior to Los Angeles’ RecycLA project being forced upon us by City Hall, we had trash pickups four days a week from an independent hauler for $187 per month (“L.A. and its trash haulers are quarreling over customer bills in the city's...

To the editor: The United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Army Space and Missile Defense Command in Huntsville, Ala., spend hundreds of millions of dollars annually on theoretical and useless system studies. If the MDA were serious, it would pull the ground-based midcourse defense interceptors...

To the editor: Jonah Goldberg touts President Trump’s first-year achievements, starting with “a record number of judicial appointments, including a Supreme Court justice, [and] the defeat of Islamic State.” (“Trump's end-of-year accomplishment list isn't that skimpy. Of course, the party's in charge...

The question isn’t so much why California’s school-improvement plan was sent back to the state for some major fixes, but why officials ever thought it had a chance of passing muster with the U.S Department of Education.

Stephen Bannon nailed it. The Beelzebub-like Breitbart head and former presidential advisor declared that President Trump’s May 9 dismissal of FBI Director James Comey was the biggest mistake in modern political history. That act, the 2017 equivalent of the Watergate burglary, led directly to a...

Following her turns in "American Horror Story" and "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story," the ever busy "Nashville" star, who recently popped up on "SMILF," returns for another go 'round with Ryan Murphy.

The Republican tax bill that President Trump signed into law last week contains enough noxious items to attract the scrutiny of the Environmental Protection Agency (if it still investigated toxic things). Experts are still working to understand all the repercussions, because the GOP rushed it through...

I never thought I’d have an epiphany in my closet. But after the shameful discovery that I was repeating the same five items while ignoring the rest of my mammoth wardrobe, I challenged myself to wear everything I own (with a few exceptions like cocktail attire) within six months or lose it forever....

End-of-year lists abound. Standout movies. The most memorable books. Yet I’ve never seen a doctor publish a “top 10” or recognize a practice’s patient of the year. Not that we lack material. The average primary-care physician follows the health of about 2,000 people. Over a year, that’s enough...

Raheel Shaikh had worked his way up from a $90-a-month entry-level job in digital marketing to a position that paid 10 times as much. He remodeled the two-room apartment he shares with his parents, bought a motorbike and was planning his wedding in January.

The sealed-off house on a residential street here yields little trace of the recent bloody events inside.

It’s not the promise of prompt delivery that has residents of Washington, D.C., spending fifty bucks for nondescript glass jars, nor is it the small jars themselves, which resemble something found on the bottom shelf of a Dollar Tree.

Cynthia Szukala endured hardship and homelessness before she was killed by a hit-and-run driver. But family and friends say her life was defined more by a bright outlook and generosity.

A political dispute over how to pay for the repair of California’s pothole-plagued roads and crumbling bridges is spilling over into 2018, with new vehicle fees taking effect, followed by court dates and ballot measures.

Peter Turner’s twinkling eyes scan the weekday crowd at Nate’n Al delicatessen as he nestles into a corner booth with Jamie Bell, who plays him in the new drama “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool.”

Myanmar's transition from military rule has reopened grievances over army land seizures that are pitting farmers against the government, influential business interests, foreign investors - and one another.

In one of India's most ambitious projects since independence, engineers are traversing the country's remotest terrain to electrify thousands of villages.

Twenty-five years ago, after months of unrelenting family scandal, the queen of England uttered a phrase that has sprung to mind more than once in 2017.

The collapse of a grandstand that led to multiple fatalities marred the 1926 Rose Parade. The Jan. 2, 1926, Los Angeles Times reported that about “1,000 men, women and children” were on the grandstand. According to the Times article, about 250 were injured, and “almost twenty in a critical condition.”

Later this season, the Kings will play more meaningful games against the Vegas Golden Knights, perhaps even into the spring.

Rui Hachimura scored 19 points, Josh Perkins added 16, and No. 20 Gonzaga beat Pacific 81-48 on Thursday night in Spokane, Wash., winning its 22nd consecutive West Coast Conference opener.

Jake Fromm settled in behind the microphone, scruffy faced, hair nicely coiffed, looking entirely comfortable in this unfamiliar setting — as usual.

David Perron scored 1:31 into overtime and the Vegas Golden Knights kept rolling through their strong inaugural season, beating the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Thursday night for their sixth consecutive victory.

Marcus Smart helped complete a furious comeback for the Boston Celtics on two plays in which he never touched the ball.

Kenny Hill passed for two touchdowns, ran for another and even caught one as No. 13 TCU rallied from a big early deficit to beat 15th-ranked Stanford 39-37 in the Alamo Bowl on Thursday night.