Новости за 09.03.2018

In one corner, Little Rocket Man. In the other, the Deranged Dotard.

After months of crude insults and bellicose threats, President Trump’s quick acceptance of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s surprise invitation to meet in May has lowered nuclear tensions — at least for now — on the Korean peninsula.

One of the nation’s largest veterans care facilities in the country was put on lockdown Friday morning after reports of an active-shooter and hostage situation, facility officials said.

El boxeador mexicano Saúl Álvarez regresó a los Estados Unidos esta semana esperando mantenerse limpio tras dar positivo en pruebas de antidopaje en México debido a una sustancia prohibida.  

Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed a sweeping $400 million school safety bill, enacting significant gun-control measures in the state for the first time since the GOP took control of the legislature more than two decades ago.

The longtime Beverly Hills home of “Let’s Make a Deal” game show host Monty Hall and his wife, producer Marilyn Hall, has sold for $6.409 million, or $10,000 over the asking price.

Milton Friedman should be spinning in his grave just about now. In 1970, the conservative economist turned his withering glare on business leaders who asserted that “business has a ‘social conscience’” and the responsibility for “providing employment, eliminating discrimination, avoiding pollution...

One of the nation’s largest veterans care facilities in the country was put on lockdown Friday morning after reports of an active-shooter and hostage situation, facility officials said.

If a valid measure of a prosecutor’s performance is the number of police officers she puts on trial for fatal shootings, Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey's decision Thursday would properly be seen as egregious.

SUNDAY

Fresh faces like Cardi B and Camila Cabello and less-fresh faces like Bon Jovi and Maroon 5 are among the myriad performers slated for the “2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards.” Hailey Baldwin and DJ Khaled cohost from the fabulous Forum in Inglewood. 5 p.m. TBS, TNT, TruTV

Of presidents and popes:...

The California we know is the breadbasket of the nation, producing more than two-thirds of the country’s fruits and nuts, including almonds, pistachios, oranges, apricots, nectarines and prunes, and more than a third of its vegetables, including artichokes, broccoli, spinach and carrots. It’s all...

Trend-wise, Paris Fashion Week turned out to be a lot like — but not exactly like — what came out of New York Fashion Week last month. There was a definite ’80s vibe by way of strong-shouldered looks and neon colors, but the labels showing here weren’t rigidly fixated on the past or particularly...

The California bullet train project took a sharp jump in price Friday when the state rail authority announced the cost of connecting Los Angeles to San Francisco would total $77.3 billion, an increase of $13 billion from estimates two years ago.

In a case of something like poetic justice, “The Bachelor” came to its explosive and controversial close this season just as Times reporter Amy Kaufman was embarking on a book tour for her recently published “Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America’s Favorite Guilty Pleasure” (Dutton). Still...

In a case of something like poetic justice, “The Bachelor” came to its explosive and controversial close this season just as Times reporter Amy Kaufman was embarking on a book tour for her recently published “Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America’s Favorite Guilty Pleasure” (Dutton). Still...

No matter what else comes of it, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has scored a huge win with President Trump’s agreement to sit down for a face-to-face meeting.

“For the first time this season,” Ryan Seacrest announces, pausing for extra drama before delivering one of his catchphrases, “Kieran, dim the lights … here we go.”

In “Census,” Jesse Ball set out to write a hollow novel. The nature of its hollowness turns out to be a key to this singular author’s work.

The summer I turned 11, I accompanied my mother to Sri Lanka, where she was born. For her, this was no pleasure trip. It had a specific purpose, to get my father’s mother a visa so that she could join us in the United States. The process was long and complicated.

Here what’s most important for the United States in any dealmaking with Kim Jong Un: to ensure that North Korea never uses its nuclear weapons. Thankfully, our overwhelming conventional and nuclear deterrent is a fail-safe if talks fail and a deal remains out of reach.

One of the most revered players in Seattle Seahawks history is now on the open market.

You could say that Matt Jennings has been following the chef’s playbook. He’s got four nominations for James Beard’s Regional Best Chef award (Northeast, for his former Providence, R.I., restaurant Farmstead and his Boston restaurant Townsman), four wins at the pig festival Cochon 555 and a pretty...

Bread crumbs are the new kale. Well, maybe not — but they are pretty terrific. Toasted with garlic and olive oil, they can lend a textural and flavorful crunch to a variety of foods. You’d never know that something as simple and ubiquitous as a handful of crumbs could be what you’re looking for...