Voters beware the special interests lurking behind ballot measures
Any individual, company, industry or labor union willing to spend many millions of dollars can collect the signatures needed to put a law directly on the ballot, bypassing elected lawmakers.
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Supreme Court to hear case of death row inmate who's had 3 last meals
Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma death row inmate, and Gentner Drummond, the state's attorney general, are asking the Supreme Court to grant Glossip a new trial.
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NYC’s outdoor dining boom really is coming to an end — and owners blame new city rules: poll
Some New York City restaurants are doing away with outdoor dining and blaming new city rules, according to a survey by the NYC Hospitality Alliance.
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Social Security payments aren’t rising fast enough for most seniors
The annual cost-of-living adjustment parallels a Consumer Price Index for wage earners, which does not fully account for retirees’ health-care costs.
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Mama bear beats rival that killed her cub to win Fat Bear crown
Grazer's cub died after it slipped over a waterfall and was killed by Chunk, perhaps the most dominant brown bear on the river.
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Opinion: Let’s Celebrate Everything Donald Trump Has Given America
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/ReutersI come today to praise Donald Trump, not bury him. With less than a month to go before Election Day, and with an oversized mug of tea at my side, I would like to take the moment to celebrate the former president and all he has brought to the nation.Nine years ago, most of the nation laughed at the brassy businessman when he descended his golden escalator to announce his candidacy for President of the United States in front of a crowd of paid extras. We laughed because Donald Trump has always been a laughable figure. Those of us who grew up in the New York area had long been accustomed to the braggadocious real estate developer elbowing his way in front of cameras, pontificating on the love lives of the famous, celebrating his own sexual conquests, bankrupting various businesses, and generally making a buffoon of himself.Nobody’s laughing now.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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HBO filmmaker believes he found bitcoin’s creator, whose identity has been unknown
The identity of bitcoin's inventor has been a mystery, but the creator of a new HBO documentary believes he may have uncovered the person's identity.
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Will Kendrick Lamar spin his diss track 'Not Like Us' into Grammys gold?
The Compton-born rapper may finally get the last word in his lyrical battle with Drake
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Floridians Rush to Evacuate, and Harris Outlines Home Health Care Plan
Plus, Brazil unblocks X after Elon Musk backs down.
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After newly elected mayor beheaded, others ask for protection
Mayor Alejandro Arcos had been sworn into office less than a week before he was murdered.
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Trump Really Did Send Putin COVID Gifts, Kremlin Confirms
Kevin Lamarque/ReutersDonald Trump’s morning is surely off to an angry start Wednesday as Russia responds to reports of a special (and ongoing) relationship between the Republican nominee and Vladimir Putin. On Tuesday, excerpts from Watergate journalist Bob Woodward’s forthcoming book War accused Trump of gifting Putin a “bunch of Abbott Point of Care COVID test machines for his personal use” at the height of the pandemic, and of holding as many as seven “private” calls with the Russian president after leaving office. Worse for Trump, Putin’s camp is now saying Woodward’s account is at least partially true.“We also sent equipment at the beginning of the pandemic,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Bloomberg, claiming Russia had indeed received COVID tests from Trump. “But about the phone calls—it’s not true.” Speaking to the New York Times, Peskov called that element of Woodward’s reporting “a typical bogus story in the context of the pre-election political campaign.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
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‘Dangerous’ Milton Threatens to Flood Cities, Hurl Cranes Into Buildings, Overwhelm Hospital Barrier
National Hurricane CenterStorm surge warnings covered almost the entire west coast of Florida in the early hours of Wednesday morning as “dangerous major hurricane” Milton strengthened on its way to the state, threatening to plunge city districts underwater and violently hurl construction cranes into nearby buildings.“I can’t stress enough that this is not an ‘if’ event. It’s a ‘when’ event,” Pinellas County Director of Emergency Management Cathie Perkins told a Tuesday evening news conference. “We’re going to get hit, and it’s going to be hard.”Milton was a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph as of 1 a.m. ET on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Shohei Ohtani was supposed to fix the Dodgers' postseason woes. So why hasn't he?
Regular-season success doesn't always carry over into the playoffs, something that might be happening with Dodgers $700-million star Shohei Ohtani.
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Nepali man becomes youngest to climb all 14 of the world's highest peaks
Nima Rinji Sherpa's team says he's summitted Tibet's Shisha Pangma, completing a record-setting mission to top all 14 of the world's highest peaks.
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An L.A. River champion offers a vision for reimagining the waterway — and the city's future
Melanie Winter has long advocated for change along the L.A. River. As she undergoes cancer treatment, she remains focused on healing L.A.’s relationship to water.
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Curtis Stone's Italian Pork Sausage Rolls
Chef Curtis Stone of the Pie Room makes a classic Australian snack: sausage rolls, wrapped in flaky pastry and served with homemade tomato sauce.
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These are the most fascinating L.A. museums you've never heard of
There are ventures that celebrate fast food, Finnish folk art, Skid Row, skateboarding, historical glass, vertebrate zoology and more. Todd Lerew has written a book about all of them.
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Letters to the Editor: 'Blessed are the boastfully rich'— is that in the Trump Bible?
The Oklahoma schools chief should have required Trump's actual values to be in classroom Bibles: Belittle the meek, and speak not the truth.
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Grammy voting is open. Our predictions for nominations? Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and maybe Billy Joel
Nominations for the 67th Grammy Awards will be announced on Nov. 8 with the ceremony itself taking place on Feb. 2.
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Letters to the Editor: Gavin Newsom totally blew it on the Intuit Dome booze bill
Gov. Gavin Newsom should have had the good sense to veto a bill extending alcohol service at the Intuit Dome's VIP club to 4 a.m.
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Anti-Asian slurs scrawled on 'Dave Min for Congress' signs in Huntington Beach; suspect arrested
Huntington Beach police arrested a suspect after 'Dave Min for Congress' signs were vandalized Tuesday, several with anti-Asian slurs.
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Curtis Stone's Chicken Sausage Rolls
The Pie Room's Curtis Stone prepares a childhood favorite and classic Australian snack — sausage rolls, made with chicken and wrapped in flaky pastry.
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Scott Schmerelson for LAUSD District 3
Incumbent Scott Schmerelson is the better of two strong candidates to keep the board stable and focused on what matters most.
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Why Vampire Weekend found 'fifth-album energy' in 'Seinfeld' and the Beastie Boys
The band's latest offering jams together styles and textures with its usual intricacy while relishing a newly noisy edge.
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Curtis Stone's Tomato Sauce (Ketchup)
Curtis Stone's homemade tomato sauce is for serving with his pork and chicken sausage rolls.
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Strength training may be the key to longevity. How to do it safely as you age
They say strength training is crucial as you age, but it's also more difficult. Here are 9 tips for how to do it right.
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Is having your clothes tailored worth it?
My relationship with clothes feels like a constant compromise: an acceptance that it will never quite be good enough.
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Letters to the Editor: Oct. 7 is a day of mourning for Jews, not putting Hamas' attack in 'context'
A reader questions the L.A. Times' publication, on the one-year anniversary of Oct. 7, of an op-ed article calling for Israel to be held accountable.
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To build or not to build new jails: The question has beset Los Angeles since the 1700s
At almost every moment in its history, Los Angeles has been building a new jail — or debating whether to.
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LAPD chief overrules finding that cleared officer in fatal shooting of man asleep with gun
A police officer who fatally shot a man found asleep with a gun in his waistband was initially cleared of wrongdoing by oversight officials — but now could face punishment after the department's chief found the killing was not justified.
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Scientists long urged NASA to search for signs of life near Jupiter. Now it's happening
NASA JPL's Europa Clipper spacecraft, the largest planetary probe ever built, will launch as early as Friday to explore Jupiter's icy ocean moon.
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Ex-Long Beach school officer who fatally shot 18-year-old is free, sentenced to time already served
A Long Beach Unified school safety officer who shot an 18-year-old woman was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to time served.
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Study: Severe COVID raised risk of heart attack, stroke as much as having heart disease
People hospitalized for COVID-19 early in the pandemic suffered an increased risk of heart attacks, strokes and other serious "cardiac events," researchers say.
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Podcasts, ‘The View’ and Howard Stern: How Harris and Trump are 'microtargeting' voters
Democratic nominee Kamala Harris appeared Tuesday on Howard Stern's satellite radio show and 'The View,' two programs with starkly different audiences.
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Bullpen will be tasked with saving battered and bruised Dodgers in Game 4
With Miguel Rojas and Freddie Freeman dealing with injuries that could impact their NLDS Game 4 readiness, will the Dodgers' bullpen rise to the challenge?
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Pharrell Williams' biopic is a Lego movie. He says it shows his 'soul's intention'
The hit-making producer goes deep on the concept of gratitude, his relationship with Chad Hugo and capturing his life story — in Lego form — with the help of director Morgan Neville.
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In Norwalk, a hot new movie theater bucks industry trends: 'It's speaking my language'
Veteran film producer and Milagro Cinemas owner Moctesuma Esparza hopes the venture will force Hollywood to pay Latino audiences the attention they deserve.
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TV used to bore Kristin Scott Thomas. How 'Slow Horses' changed her mind
'You get to 60 and it’s slim pickings,' the actor says of the 'beauty-based' entertainment industry — but with the Apple TV+ spy drama, she keeps finding new ways to shine.
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Dodgers' miscalculations with starting pitching have put their season in peril
Despite the Dodgers' successes this season, it was clear starting pitching would be their biggest weak point in the postseason, and it's definitely showing.
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The cartoonist's way — comics master Adrian Tomine draws insights on the creative process
From the pencils he uses to how to tell a story, comics artist Adrian Tomine's memoir/masterclass answers his fans' pressing questions.
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Kamala Harris was hailed as ‘the female Barack Obama.’ It built credibility, and a burden
Kamala Harris was introduced to much of the nation as the next Barack Obama. The comparison has been a blessing and a burden.
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Albertsons will pay millions to quash charges that it cheated customers. Shouldn't that kill its merger plan?
Albertsons is paying $3.9 million to settle a federal-state lawsuit that accused it of ripping off shoppers. What does that tell us about its promise that its big merger will lead to lower prices?
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From 'La Máquina' to 'Reina Roja,' here are 12 Spanish-language TV series worth watching
Streaming platforms are offering more Spanish-language series than ever. Here's a guide to several that have arrived in 2024 that are worthy of your time.
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Tyla won the first African music performance Grammy. Now, 'I really want people to go deeper.'
The singer won the first-ever Grammy for African music performance for her sultry, gorgeously sung single “Water." Her debut, self-titled album released in March, could be a strong candidate to repeat.
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California hospitals scramble on earthquake retrofits as state limits extensions
California legislators for years have granted extensions on a 1994 law requiring hospitals to retrofit their buildings to withstand earthquakes. Gov. Gavin Newsom in September vetoed an extension for all hospitals but signed a bill granting relief to rural and “distressed” hospitals and some others.
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Millions told to flee as Hurricane Milton bears down on Tampa Bay at Category 5
Milton was expected to make landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday. The Tampa Bay region could face a direct hit, but the exact path of the storm remains unclear.
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For Lebanese Americans, calm at home is surreal as Israel strikes Beirut
Several people of Lebanese descent told The Washington Post that they are looking for more support in the United States while family members seek safety in Lebanon.
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