Новости за 05.04.2018

Viking is combining river and ocean cruises in a single journey for trips that begin this summer. The luxury cruise line rolled out new sailings that explore Europe’s rivers and then set sail along the North Sea coast.

The 13th Tour of California, the only U.S.-hosted race on the UCI World Tour of cycling, will feature the top five teams in last year’s standings.

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, April 5, and here’s what’s happening across California:

In the wake of America hearing Stormy Daniels spill the story of her alleged 2006 affair with President Trump, we might want to acknowledge that she isn’t the first adult entertainer to reportedly hook up with a future president. In 1955, the politician was Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy and...

A year from now we will celebrate the 80th anniversary of one of the most important concerts in American history. Richard Powers set the scene in his epic novel, “The Time of Our Singing,” by noting that democracy had not been on the program when, in 1939, the Daughters of the American Revolution...

Santa Anita has a 13-race card on Saturday that starts at 11:30 a.m. You don't see a race card that big unless you are at Gulfstream or a dog track.

President Trump calls for National Guard troops to go to the border right away, but a lack of details is slowing things down.

Khabib Nurmagomedov is the most dominant fighter in the UFC.

The Russian’s 25-0 record has been maintained by years of training on the wrestling mat, the marks on his face proving his dedication as he prepares for Saturday’s UFC 223 lightweight-title main event against featherweight champion Max...

The absorbing, if forgettably titled, mystery “Spinning Man” does a good job keeping us guessing not so much about who may have killed a high school cheerleader, but how it happened — and why.

Given its brief running time, there would’ve been ample room to better flesh out the character dynamics and personal histories on display in the affecting and harrowing “6 Balloons.” But make no mistake: It’s a compliment to first-time feature writer-director Marja-Lewis Ryan that we want more...

The trade that sent him from the Rams to the Miami Dolphins has supplied defensive lineman Robert Quinn with a “breath of fresh air.”

The Trump administration intensified its fight with California last month when the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit arguing that the state’s so-called sanctuary laws undermine federal immigration enforcement and are therefore unconstitutional. A few cities and counties in California have also...

A California lawmaker is trying to set a higher standard for when police may use deadly force, and that’s a welcome effort — not because it necessarily would have averted the fatal shooting of Stephon Clark or because it would allow more criminal prosecutions of police officers, but because it...

When it comes to standing up to the gun lobby, Los Angeles’ leaders are rightly all-in. Our city has some of the strictest gun control laws in the country, and a recent bill by L.A. City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell would boycott companies that do business with the National Rifle Association. As...

Fast fashion giant H&M has lost its luster. Its stock price dropped more than 40% in the last six months. It will close 170 stores this year, more than it has in two decades. It suffered a string of PR missteps, including launching an ad campaign viewed as racist and getting caught incinerating...

When legislators in Sacramento passed a reasonable and conservative assisted-suicide law in 2015, California was only the fifth U.S state to allow terminally ill people to obtain a lethal prescription. Giving dying people who have six months or less to live an alternative to terrible pain and suffering...

To the editor: Mark Vallianatos is right in saying that single-family-only rules carry a racist legacy. But he uses that fact to imply that SB 827 is, therefore, the solution to a housing crisis that disproportionately affects people of color. It isn’t. (“L.A.’s land use rules were born out of...

To the editor: Charlotte Allen claims a recent film is “part of a feminist effort” to change our understanding about Mary Magdalene, attempting to tarnish legitimate scholarship by terming it “feminist.” (“Mary Magdalene doesn’t need a feminist makeover,” Opinion, April 1)

This year's newly announced list of Guggenheim Fellows includes 17 recipients based in Southern California. How the awards have shaped our region's cultural and intellectual life.

In one video, Nasim Najafi Aghdam refers to herself as a “ninja” before making a series of odd, stunted motions spliced between clips from the reality series “America's Got Talent.” In another video, she sports a blond pixie-cut wig while mocking people who choose to eat meat.

Over and over in their decades-long war on smog, Southern California regulators have failed to use a powerful tool against ports, warehouses and other freight and logistics hubs that are magnets for air pollution.

To the editor: I worked on seismic research ships all over the world for most of 22 years. I have seen the damage done by seismic exploration for oil and gas. Dead sea life, reefs blown up and ruined fishing grounds are commonplace. (“New rules would make it easier to find oil — and endanger whales...

China anunció este miércoles aranceles sobre productos estadounidenses por valor de $50 mil millones de dólares, en represalia contra las tarifas estadounidenses aplicadas a los productos chinos de alta tecnología y escalando así de forma drástica una guerra comercial que podría perjudicar la economía...

Después de su laureada asociación para "The Shape of Water", que se alzó con el Oscar a la Mejor Película este año, entre otros, Fox Searchlight Pictures y el director Guillermo del Toro firmaron otro acuerdo, que incluirá la creación de un nuevo sello de género que será hogar de proyectos de terror,...

Penn State University head football coach Joe Paterno was already an icon in the sports world in 2011 when he reached perhaps the biggest milestone of his amazing career — a victory over Illinois that established him as the winningest coach in major college football history at the tender age of...