Rickey Henderson, MLB Hall of Famer, dies at 65
Swedish rapper Gaboro fatally shot in parking garage, disturbing footage reportedly shows
A Swedish hip-hop star has been shot dead in a car park with disturbing footage of the apparent killing emerging online.
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The Times' All-Star football team: Players of the Year
The Los Angeles Times' All-Star football team: Players of the Year list of award winners.
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Twelve Stories You Won’t Want to Miss
Spend some time with our list of popular reads from 2024.
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The Times' 2024 All-Star high school football team
A look at the Los Angeles Times' 24-player All-Star high school football team for the 2024 season.
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Manny Pacquiao's Hall of Fame-caliber talent was only matched by his longevity
Manny Pacquiao's prolific career made him an easy choice for inclusion into the boxing Hall of Fame even if his only weakness was knowing when to stop.
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Lions vs. Bears, Buccaneers vs. Cowboys predictions: NFL Week 16 odds, picks
Target these two road favorites in Week 16.
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German authorities received warning last year about suspect in Christmas market attack
German authorities say the five people who died in the attack were a 9-year-old boy and four women aged between 45 and 75.
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D.C. area forecast and updates: Harsh chill today into tomorrow. Not as cold for Christmas.
Dry through midweek other than the chance of a Tuesday rain or snow shower.
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Jets vs. Rams: Preview, prediction, what to watch for
An inside look at the Jets-Rams Week 16 matchup at MetLife Stadium.
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‘September 5’ film on 1972 Munich Olympics captures the truth about terrorism
A movie about the 1972 massacre of Israeli Olympians has a refreshingly simple — but not simplistic — take: Kidnapping and murdering civilians is bad, and there is no context in which to justify it.
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What Biden cost us, Putin must go and other commentary
From the right: What Biden Cost UsA new WSJ report on Joe Biden’s decline shows he “wasn’t up to the job on day one, let aloneday 1,000,” argues Commentary’s Seth Mandel. Worse, “the global crises that arose duringBiden’s presidency were dealt with by reducing the flow of information to and from thepresident.” “We know the...
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Grocery Stores, Restaurants and Coffee Shops Open On Christmas Day 2024
Some retailers are shutting entirely for the holiday, but others have decided to welcome customers as usual.
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Efforts to hide Biden’s decline: Letters to the Editor — Dec. 23, 2024
The Issue: Wall Street Journal’s report that revealed the White House hid President Biden’s mental decline. Detailed reports now show how mentally diminished and physically weak President Biden has been all throughout his term in office (“Coverup in his 1st 100 daze,” Dec. 19). Many, like myself, became aware of Biden’s mental and physical shortcomings...
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The MTA won’t quit squeezing New Yorkers for cash — even as it shells it out by the billions
On Wednesday, the MTA OK'd a plan to hike fares nearly 4% next year, even as it charges motorists $9 to drive in midtown Manhattan — and all while shelling out $1.27 billion for pricey new subway cars.
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Hapless Gov. Hochul is desperate and running scared ahead of 2026 election
Well over a year out from her next election, Gov. Kathy Hochul is looking desperate — and hapless. The latest sign: She’s sent in another 250 National Guard to “help keep the subway safe” for Christmas shopping season and maybe beyond. Yet the guardsmen legally can’t do most law enforcement, just check bags. They’re not...
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Suspected CEO killer Luigi Mangione was flown back to city on NYPD’s $4M spy plane
The souped-up Cessna took off again with the Ivy Leaguer inside around 10:49 a.m. and landed at the Central Islip airport at 12:08 p.m., records show.
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Donald Trump Says US Could Demand Return of Panama Canal
Writing on Truth Social on Saturday, Trump said of the current fees, "This complete 'rip-off' of our country will immediately stop."
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Trump's promised deportations are on a collision course with a California economy built on hypocrisy
Industries such as agriculture and construction rely on unauthorized immigration. But the people who hire undocumented workers rarely face repercussions.
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Food tracking just got lazy — in the best way possible — with this wearable
Counting calories just got easier with The Drop, the world's first automated nutrition tracker using advanced computer vision and artificial intelligence.
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How Marvel turned ‘What If …?’ into a cozy holiday special
Marvel’s “What If …?” will be releasing its final season over the holidays. The show was built as a “Loki” spinoff but became a crucial holiday classic for superhero fans.
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Kerry Washington has a message to deliver
Her new movie “The Six Triple Eight,” about a Black female mail battalion in World War II, is the latest stop in Kerry Washington’s life of activism.
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Letters to the Editor: A love of travel shouldn't ignore its environmental costs
Readers take issue with a writer who listed many pain points of travel, but excluded the damage to the planet caused by air travel.
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Va. nurse made subtle cries for help before police say she was murdered
Friends of Mamta Kafle Bhatt worry they “failed” her before she vanished this summer. Experts say they did everything right.
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Letters to the Editor: Stop making mandatory drug treatment a civil rights issue
The situation at MacArthur Park is intolerable. Give addicts who want treatment what they need, but don't waste time on those who refuse help.
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Inside China's alleged scheme to influence governments in L.A. County and far beyond
Federal prosecutors allege that one Chinese spy operation was underway in the San Gabriel Valley with the aim of gaining political allies to the country's cause.
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Potential risk of a constitutional convention sets stage for a fight between Newsom and a fellow Democrat
Sen. Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat, wants to rescind Gov. Gavin Newsom's open call for a constitutional convention on gun safety.
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More than 3,100 students died at schools built to crush Native American cultures
Over 3,100 Native American students died at boarding schools between 1828 and 1970, a Post investigation found — three times as many as the U.S. previously reported.
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Newsom is acting more like a governor should. Will that boost his White House prospects?
With Donald Trump's victory and California's center-right shift on election day, the Democrat has begun popping up more in the red reaches of the state. It is something he should have done long ago.
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Drain the swamp? More like overt, unapologetic swampy displays at Mar-a-Lago
Since the Nov. 5 election, sycophants, billionaires, lobbyists and job seekers have been spied paying court to President-elect Donald Trump in Florida.
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Letters to the Editor: I'm a polio survivor. RFK Jr. shouldn't have say in the nation's health policies
A reader who had polio as a child warns of what is to come if Robert Kennedy Jr. and an advisor who petitioned to end the polio vaccine have a role in U.S. healthcare.
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Opinion: California and other states are rushing to regulate AI. This is what they're missing
The next great free speech battle will be over artificial intelligence, which deserves as much constitutional deference as older communications technologies.
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Clinging to compassion in deep-red Arizona after Trump’s election win
In deep-red Arizona, “a genuinely good person” tries not to surrender to anger and resentment.
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After decades on the San Pedro waterfront, famous fish market signs lease for decades more
Owners of the San Pedro Fish Market and Restaurant, a top-grossing restaurant that once sprawled across a wooden pier in the Port of Los Angeles, have signed a 49-year lease to rebuild at their historic waterfront home.
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Emergency room visits at this Loma Linda hospital are longer than at most ERs in the U.S.
Patients typically spent roughly seven hours at the Loma Linda emergency room before leaving — the third-longest duration nationwide, a Times analysis found.
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More than 120 homeless people died in D.C. this year, advocates say
Their lives were honored at an annual vigil and memorial in D.C.
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Mystery writers reveal their go-to books for holiday gift-giving
Mystery authors Pip Drysdale, Alex Segura and Jonathan Ames answer our burning questions, including their go-to book for holiday gift-giving this season
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7 questions 'Mufasa' answers about the original 'Lion King' movie
Screenwriter Jeff Nathanson breaks down how 'Mufasa,' now in theaters, connects back to original 'Lion King' saga.
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Letters to the Editor: Don't let a smartwatch tell you how you're doing at life
All that data gathered by the tracking device on your wrist can become an obsession. There are better ways to judge a life.
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What Nantucket Owes the Whale
We owe it to the right whale — and to so many other species — to reconstruct what our own history has taken from them.
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Florida is winning the political battle with California as Trump takes office
Trump has vowed to fight California on a variety of fronts, including its homeless policies, its resistance to a border wall, its electric car mandate and over his plans to begin mass deportations.
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Woman Makes Spotify-Inspired 'Crying Wrapped' to Log Emotions Over 2024
Rachel Ginter made the effort to log the date, reason and triggers behind her tears for every time she cried in 2024.
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They took the children: U.S. created Indian boarding schools to destroy cultures and seize land
For 150 years, U.S. policy forced Native American children into boarding schools built to eradicate their culture and assimilate them into White society.
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Giants vs. Falcons: Preview, prediction, what to watch for
An inside look at Sunday’s Giants-Falcons Week 16 matchup at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
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Germany Searches for Motives in Christmas Market Attack
The authorities said they were struggling to understand the motives for the attack with a car in the eastern city of Magdeburg, in which a 9-year-old boy was among the five victims.
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Slate Crossword: ’90s Hit About a Woman “Into Superstitions, Black Cats, and Voodoo Dolls” (15 Letters)
Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for Dec. 22, 2024.
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‘Hawk Tuah’ girl Haliey Welch cooperating with lawyers over her failed meme coin
“I take this situation extremely seriously,” Haliey Welch wrote in a statement on X.
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