Новости за 21.04.2018

It’s the most important decision a NFL team will make. Who will be our quarterback, and how are we going to find him?

Altas rentas, pocas vacantes, ingresos estancados y una red de seguridad del gobierno poco efectiva, es la razón por la cual Los Ángeles enfrenta una crisis de desamparados sin precedentes.

Amnesty International gave former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick its Ambassador of Conscience Award on Saturday for his kneeling protest of racial injustice that launched a sports movement and might have cost him his job.

El Camino Real Charter High School in Woodland Hills has won the 2018 U.S. Academic Decathlon, officials said.

Kristina Mladenovic rallied to beat CoCo Vandeweghe 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 and draw France level with defending champion United States in their Fed Cup semifinal on Saturday in Aix-en-Provence.

Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend this weekend’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the largest event of its kind in the country.

Barbara Pierce Bush was laid to rest Saturday by the political clan she built, including the husband and son she helped reach the presidency, remembered for the strength of character and wit that made her one of the most popular first ladies in U.S. history.

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Bart Man: The roly-poly Bartolo Colon might be baseball’s most joyful sight, guiding 88-mph fastballs to the corners of the strike zone and frustrating opposing batters. Colon’s career appeared done last year, when no one pitched more innings and a higher ERA than his 6.48. But he promised...

Almost two weeks after a suspected chemical weapons attack killed almost 40 people in Syria, a team of experts arrived Saturday at one of the sites of the alleged attack in the city of Duma.

Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend this weekend’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the largest event of its kind in the country.

A Los Angeles City Council member wants to give travelers flying out of Los Angeles International Airport with marijuana in their possession the option to dump the legal drug in a so-called “amnesty box” before going through security.

A San Diego elementary school teacher was arrested this week on suspicion of distributing child pornography, authorities said.

Human rights organization Amnesty International has honored former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick with its Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2018, lauding his peaceful protests against racial inequality.

Rafael Nadal remained on course for a record 31st Masters title after beating Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-1 in the Monte Carlo semifinals on Saturday.

Miami's Justise Winslow has been fined $15,000 by the NBA for attempting to damage Philadelphia center Joel Embiid's facemask during Game 3 of their playoff series.

Sloane Stephens fought hard to beat Pauline Parmentier 7-6 (3), 7-5 to give defending champion United States a 1-0 lead against France in the Fed Cup semifinals on Saturday in Aix-en-Provence.

Upsetting the modernist status quo in 1968 were Terry Riley's transformative "In C," Luciano Berio's "Sinfonia" with a movement memorializing Martin Luther King Jr., Stockhausen's mystical tune-in, turn-on "Stimmung" and Hans Werner Henze's "The Raft of the Medusa," dedicated to Che.

Hip-hop upends the Pulitzer Prize and a pair of musicians take to the stage in dresses made out of speakers. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s rocking culture news (and essential cumbia remixes):

“22 Jump Street” writer Rodney Rothman has found a winning offer for his home in Venice, selling the modern cottage for $2.5 million.

Sixt Rent-a-car is the second-biggest car rental company in Europe but entered the U.S. market only in 2011.

It felt like something of a slight to Jackie Slater.

The offensive lineman from Jackson State had been led by some to believe he might be selected in the first round of the 1976 NFL draft.

But he was not selected until the third round, when the Rams chose him with the 86th pick.

“I was very excited...

Happy Saturday and welcome to the weekend. If you’re one of the many people who celebrated 4/20 yesterday (a day designated to celebrate cannabis), you might be interested in Test Kitchen director Noelle Carter’s tips for how to make pot butter, seeing as butter is the base for most delicious things...