Новости за 27.01.2018

While next weekend might be focused on football and the week after that on sourcing chocolates for Valentine’s Day (although some of us this do this year-round), this weekend we have what might be a bit of a respite. It’s a good time to bake (try Lodge Bread’s date cake), to head to the farmers...

The NBA overhauled the process of choosing All-Star game rosters, including who starts and comes off the benches, to reduce the second-guessing and getting the third degree. But there is no avoiding the snubbed and overlooked.

A shallow magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Saturday morning about seven miles from El Cerrito, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 4:47 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 6.2 miles.

The Taliban on Saturday carried out the second massive bombing against a well-secured Afghanistan target in a week when a suicide bomber detonated an ambulance stuffed with explosives outside a hospital in central Kabul, killing 95 people, officials said.

Ask airline executives about the introduction of “basic economy” seats to the fare options given passengers, and they will tell you how much profit the new offering has generated.

Short-term rentals such as Airbnb are hugely popular, particularly with millennial travelers, who are looking for a new experience.

Major league pitcher and former Dodger Zack Greinke has put his two-structure compound in Studio City on the market for $7.55 million. He bought the home five years ago for $4.575 million, records show.

There are many myths about what happens inside and outside locker rooms in the NFL. As Super Bowl LII approaches, The Times will examine some of these assumptions over five days. Part 5: Rousing half-time speeches make a difference in a game’s outcome.

The Taliban carried out their second massive bombing against a well-secured Afghanistan target in a week on Saturday when a suicide bomber stuffed explosives into an ambulance and detonated the vehicle outside a hospital in central Kabul, killing 63 people, officials said.

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It is Saturday, Jan. 27. Here’s what you don’t want to miss this weekend:

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Known as the Hammerman Residence, this Richard Neutra-designed home expands on its modernist roots with a mix of sleek and contemporary notes that start at the floating staircase beyond the front door. Eye-catching elements include chrome countertops in the kitchen and a stainless-steel-finished...

In a courthouse in Los Angeles, a city accustomed to legal matters both bizarre and star-studded, the years-long drama centered on former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight is shaping up to be a standout.

To the editor: Jonah Goldberg concludes his Jan. 22 column, “If Trump wanted a clear — and immediate — win on illegal immigration, he'd evolve and recognize that the wall's greatest utility might be as a bargaining chip.”

In the two months since the Recording Academy announced the nominations for the 60th Grammy Awards, the music industry has been roundly — and rightly — congratulated for providing some diversity among those in the running for pop’s most prestigious honor.

On the hard-fought road leading to the Academy Awards, few studios have punched above their weight class as consistently as Fox Searchlight Pictures. With three best-picture Oscars in the last 10 years, out of 12 nominations, the specialty film label has outpaced far bigger rivals thanks to a consistently...

A suicide car bomber killed at least 63 people and wounded about 151 more in an attack claimed by the Taliban on Saturday in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, authorities said. The bombing came just a week after Taliban militants killed 22 at an international hotel in the city.

The two envelopes, one for each twin brother, arrived in the mailbox on the same day in March of last year.

To the editor: Herein lies the conundrum of illegal immigration in the state of California, the central focus of Gustavo Arellano’s Jan. 24 column, “’Felons, Illegals and MS-13 Welcome!’”

To the editor: It is far beyond time to free Billy the elephant. (“Two City Council members renew push to remove Billy the elephant from L.A. Zoo,” Jan. 25)

For a few days earlier this winter, it looked like Los Angeles County might run out of natural gas. Even though the country is swimming in natural gas reserves, half the gas pipelines serving the county were shut down (one has since reopened). Meanwhile, the Aliso Canyon storage facility near Porter...

Turns out The Times Editorial Board was right to warn President Trump in June not to fire special counsel Robert S. Mueller III - because at the time, he was trying to do exactly that.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Los Angeles fund giant Capital Group that alleged the firm was bilking employees by steering their retirement savings into its own mutual funds.

For decades, marijuana flowed in one direction across the U.S.-Mexico border: north.