Miracle Mets are still trying to solve their Shohei Ohtani enigma
Crypto cash is flooding the 2024 election. Here’s who’s benefiting.
Super PACs funded by the cryptocurrency industry have spent more than $130 million in one of the largest — and least obvious — efforts to influence the 2024 race.
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Trump says criminal activity is genetic. Nazis showed where such talk can lead
The idea that criminal activity is in one's genes has been largely discredited. But it thrived under Hitler and the Nazis whose courts sent lawbreakers to concentration camps or sentenced them to death.
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New drug overdose data provides hope while deaths remain too high
The Biden administration calls government data showing a significant drop in overdose drug deaths “a major, major change.”
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Op-Comic: Even abroad, there's no escaping U.S. politics
I moved to the U.K. because American problems like gun violence and healthcare access seemed intractable. Turns out the problems still matter to me, wherever I live.
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The big business that opposes wiping medical debt from credit reports
A proposal championed by Vice President Kamala Harris would remove unpaid medical bills from credit reports. Debt collectors and banks object.
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ACLU says Vallejo police are too brutal, asks state to investigate shootings of civilians
Families of people killed by Vallejo police officers have asked the California Commission on Police Officer Standards and Training to investigate whether to take their badges away.
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How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Julie Bowen
The actor is every bit as family-oriented as her "Modern Family" character, Claire Dunphy. An ideal day includes antiquing, pickleball and time outdoors with her kids near Laurel Canyon.
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Wait, are millennials suddenly the wealthiest generation?
Soaring housing and stock prices make it look like younger Americans are finally getting ahead financially. But could it all be a mirage?
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Here’s how the Smithsonian Zoo grows bamboo for its pandas
At a 3,200-acre facility in rural Virginia, the zoo harvests over 13,000 bamboo stalks a year. The process is ramping up for the new pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao.
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Another refinery shuts down in California. What happens to gas prices?
The decision by Phillips 66 this week to shutter its refinery in Wilmington next year will wipe out more than 8% of the state's crude oil processing capacity.
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Harris has been called 'soft' and 'tough' on crime. What does her record show?
Those who worked with Kamala Harris when she was San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general say her approach to being a prosecutor was nuanced and defies labels.
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More than 2,000 Kaiser mental health professionals could go on strike Monday
More than 2,000 unionized psychologists, therapists and other mental health professionals at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California plan to launch an indefinite strike Monday amid complaints that the massive system has failed to address problems with how it provides mental health care.
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L.A. beauty rituals: Elyse Thoms on the lifelong quest of embracing your natural hair, skin and smile
The rapper and artist is redefining the beauty standards that she grew up with.
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LIZ CLAMAN: My shocking October 7 experience at a UN riddled with antisemitism
As my colleague and I entered the security lanes armed with UN-issued VIP passes and accompanied by a U.N. intern, I was stopped as I sent my purse through the X-ray machine.
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Los Angeles Times News Quiz this week: Readers' favorite 'SNL' sketches, Trump's rally
A carne asada surprise, McDonald's plant-based nuggets and a new NASA probe are just a few of the topics to test your recall in this week's News Quiz.
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Attempted murder charges filed in South L.A. shootout that wounded 6 homeless bystanders
Los Angeles police said the victims were homeless people caught in the crossfire of a gang shootout, and that two suspects had already been arrested for allegedly participating in a flash mob-style robbery.
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The world’s largest internet archive is under siege — and fighting back
Hackers struck the Internet Archive, leaking millions of users’s data and causing founder Brewster Kahle to take a sprawling library of online history offline.
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After 30 years, officials say they know who killed 'Baby Garin.' Mother arrested
Pamela Ferreyra, 60, of Monterey County was arrested Thursday in the 1994 death of an infant in Las Lomas, Calif., authorities said.
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Torrance measure asks voters to cap City Council's salary. It would actually raise members' pay more than 2,000%
Measure TC on the Torrance ballot asks voters to approve a full-time salary for the mayor and City Council members, who are paid a small stipend.
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11 staycation ideas around SoCal, from the Idyllwild forest to picturesque Santa Barbara
Within three hours of L.A., there are locales to satisfy every type of autumn yearning, whether it’s for the desert, beach or mountains.
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High waves sweep beachgoers into the ocean in Oahu, claiming lives of California man and Oklahoma woman
At least three beachgoers were swept into the ocean by strong waves on Oahu’s North Shore this week, leaving an Oklahoma woman and California man dead.
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State program for released sexually violent predators spends $1.6 million per predator, audit finds
Since 2003 the California Department of Health Services has paid a vendor $96 million to oversee the release of 56 sexually violent predators — an average cost of about $1.6 million per predator, according to a recently released audit.
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Pitch around Shohei Ohtani? Not when Mookie Betts is this hot at the plate
The Dodgers enter Game 5 with Mookie Betts finally playing like Mookie Betts again. But in order for him to break out of his funk, Shohei Ohtani needed to break out of his.
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Candidates running to represent coastal O.C. district are going head to head on crime
Crime has become a key issue in the race between Republican Scott Baugh and Democratic Sen. Dave Min. The 47th Congressional District, which includes Irvine, Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach and Huntington Beach, is one of several close races that could determine control of Congress.
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Plan for more housing exposes a schism in a deep-blue Maryland county
Montgomery County officials want to allow denser housing in single-family zones. Opponents call it a “betrayal.” Both sides say they’re the true progressives.
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Trump has vowed to gut climate rules. Oil lobbyists have a plan ready.
As companies fall short on methane emission reductions, a top trade group has crafted a road map for dismantling key rules.
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Maine State Police's Lewiston after-action report points out flaws in deadly shooting
The Maine State Police announced that an independent review of the Lewiston mass shooting after-action report was completed by the New England State Police Administrators Conference.
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Pentagon answers question of whether UFOs and aliens have visited Earth
Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder fielded several questions from reporters on Thursday.
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Hulu’s New Documentary Is a Gripping Detective Story Set in the World of Pop
It’s a cautionary tale for both artists and fans.
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Shop Skechers deals for up to 20% off women’s, men’s, and kids’ shoes
Take a (comfy) step in the right direction!
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He Almost Got Deported Over a Pro-Palestine Protest. Here’s What He Wants You to Know.
"In my heart of hearts, I feel that I'm doing the right thing—but then why does doing the right thing come with such a heavy price?"
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Biden to discuss Ukraine with allies on swansong Berlin trip
Biden, who dropped out of the race in July in favor of Harris, is due before lunch to hold closed-door talks with Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the late morning on security, trade and other economic issues.
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AI deepfakes a top concern for election officials with voting underway
State election officials in political battleground states say they are bracing for the unpredictable and emergent threat posed by artificial intelligence, or AI.
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American reportedly kidnapped in Philippines and shot in leg as he resisted
Police in the Philippines say they've launched a search after gunmen reportedly abducted an American national who was shot in the leg as he tried to resist.
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Don't have time to eat healthy foods? Yes, you do, celebrity chef insists
Celebrity chef Robert Irvine shared no-nonsense ways to buy, prepare and eat healthy foods at home — and why it's important to make time for meal prep on weekends no matter what.
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Bill Maher questions media avoiding Doug Emhoff controversies: ‘Wouldn’t that make it look worse?’
The husband of Vice President Kamala Harris was accused of 'forcefully slapping' his ex-girlfriend.
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John Leguizamo set out to write a great American play about a Latino family
Emmy and Tony winner John Leguizamo departed from his solo-show format for “The Other Americans,” which is getting its world premiere at Arena Stage.
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Crunch time: Harris to team up with Barack and Michelle Obama next week in key battlegrounds
As the 2024 election showdown between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump reaches the home stretch, Harris is teaming up with Barack and Michelle Obama in key battleground states
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International telecom deal a sign of hope for Ukraine’s battered economy
The EBRD and IFC are providing a long-term loan of $400 million to investors for a telecom merger in the first major foreign investment since the Russian invasion.
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D.C.-area forecast: Warming trend kicks into gear today, perhaps 80 next week
Sun dominates, breezes light, and humidity is — along with rain chances — nowhere to be found.
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The Elon Election
Another side effect of COVID: driving the world’s richest man into Trump’s camp.
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I Love My Family. My Husband Doesn’t. Help!
Guest Prudie Nadira Goffe joined by Sasheer Zamata, actress and comedian.
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Raising a Nation of Informants to Own the Libs
The Atlantic’s Adam Serwer explains why conservatives are turning more private matters into crimes—and are leaning on fellow citizens to do the dirty work.
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Wealthier Americans are driving retail spending and powering US economy
Higher-income households have been fortified by huge gains in housing and stock market wealth since the pandemic.
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Family selling dream home to fund life-saving treatment for 5-year-old daughter
Tallulah Moon, 5, has SPG56, a degenerative brain disease that is caused by a rare gene mutation. Now, the family is selling their dream home to raise money for their her life-saving therapy.
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Haitian migration roils town in key battleground state with signs of pro-Trump support on the rise
The town of Charleroi has come under scrutiny after President Trump pointed to an influx of Haitian immigration into the small town in the battleground state.
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Jelly Roll plans to seek forgiveness from victims of armed robbery: 'No logic to what I did'
Jelly Roll is hoping the victims of an armed robbery he committed as a teen will forgive him as he reflects on his past in jails and his rise to stardom.
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Missing Texas real estate agent’s husband kept in jail with high bond as family rips his lack of cooperation
As authorities continue searching a landfill for missing mom Suzanne Simpson, one expert believes husband Brad Simpson is being held on an unusually high bond
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