Новости за 22.03.2018

Unsurprisingly, this former Microsoft exec’s new home has plenty of windows.

If you had planned to visit Las Vegas to see Celine Dion perform in the next few weeks, you may need to reconsider your plans. The singing superstar has canceled three weeks of performances at Caesars Palace for ear surgery.

Just one week after failing at a legislative maneuver, the House late Wednesday passed a right-to-try bill that ostensibly offers terminally ill patients hope from experimental treatments, but in fact undermines drug-safety protections for everyone. The vote was 267-149, with 35 Democrats in favor...

Fashionistas will get a chance to check out a cutting-edge collection in September aboard the Queen Mary 2. The ship sets sail from Southampton, England, on its third annual Transatlantic Fashion Week crossing, a seven-night sailing that arrives in New York City in time for New York Fashion Week.

After coming out one year ago, it felt like I’d been on Tinder dates with half of queer L.A. So it was a treat to finally meet someone in person. We discovered that we both grew up in Orange County and worked at rival universities. I told her she looked like Karlie Kloss and tipsily asked her where...

It was August, and we were visiting relatives in Phoenix. And it was hot. Really hot. We needed to escape for a few days. But where? On a 90-minute drive north, we encountered clear mountain lakes, Ponderosa pine forests and afternoon monsoons. My husband, Paul, college son, Ben, and I settled...

Explore the volcanic landscapes and subtropical forests of New Zealand’s North Island on an excursion offered by New Zealand Walking Tours.

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, March 22, and here’s what’s happening across California:

The liquidation of Toys R Us is adding to the clutter of “Store Closing” signs as department stores, mall chains and other retailers close poorly performing locations.

A look at the clues and the bomber’s missteps that led authorities to him.

The man San Diego Police Officer John Perdue pulled over in the Hillcrest neighborhood late last year did not hesitate to admit the smell wafting from his car was marijuana.

Horse racing newsletter

Dance at the Luckman and the Blue Whale, music at Musco, plus Independent Shakespeare Company's "All's Well That Ends Well" and Road on Magnolia's "A Delicate Ship."

The 4 million residents of drought-stricken Cape Town, South Africa, have held Day Zero at bay. Their water-saving efforts appear to have kept the city’s taps from running dry just yet. But as Capetonians breathed a sigh of relief this month, some Americans I know left their homes in rural New...

Declaring that Los Angeles can effectively end homelessness within 10 years was an audacious move by Mayor Eric Garcetti. “Foolhardy” might be just as apt a description.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the heir to the throne of Saudi Arabia, visited Washington this week and received a rapturous welcome from President Trump, who gushed about the benefits of selling more U.S.-made weapons to the kingdom. But at the opposite end of Pennsylvania Avenue the focus...

Half a century ago, when sociologist James Coleman was tasked by the U.S. Department of Education with studying educational inequality, a good school was regarded as one that featured teachers with advanced degrees, a well-stocked library, state-of-the-art science labs and the like. The assumption...

I’m the father of a child who has a rare chromosomal disorder, trisomy-18. It affects about one in 5,000 births and leaves children with profound mental and physical disabilities. Life expectancy is harrowingly brief; some 90% of affected infants don’t see their first birthday.

To the editor: Jessica Roy's article on viewing Stephen Hawking’s disability as a positive aspect of his life is to be commended. (“Erasing Stephen Hawking’s disability erases an important part of who he was,” March 16)

To the editor: The mining of Facebook data by Cambridge Analytica for political persuasion should not be a surprise. This is exactly what Facebook is designed to do, and it is the reason that Facebook is able to garner billions of dollars in advertising revenue. (“How many Facebook-fueled abuses...

The follow up to Guillermo del Toro's  2013 epic "Pacific Rim," which was a box-office disappointment in the U.S. but a huge hit in China and other countries, is expected to do modest business domestically.

The Pap test has already reduced the incidence of cervical cancer by more than 60%. Now it may become a key step in the early detection of two other gynecological malignancies — ovarian and endometrial cancers — that have been notorious killers because they’re typically caught so late.

To the editor: I find it disheartening that Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey seems utterly unwilling to prosecute police officers for using excessive force. (“If D.A. Jackie Lacey won't charge the LAPD officer who shot Brendon Glenn, some ask: When would she prosecute?” March 18)

To the editor: A United Nations observer recently condemned the deplorable conditions in which the homeless residents of Los Angeles live. (“Faced with complaints of filth and blight, L.A. cracks down on overnight RV parking. Now, the homeless are scrambling,” March 15)