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Whoopi Goldberg's 'View' co-hosts are mum, but this Holocaust survivor wants to talk | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-02-02/whoopi-goldberg-the-view-suspended-holocaust-survivor | 2022-02-02T19:26:09 | Social media is rallying to get an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor on “The View” after co-host Whoopi Goldberg was suspended from the show for her remarks on the genocide.
After Goldberg said on Monday’s episode of “The View” that the Holocaust was “not about race,” Lucy Lipiner — a Jewish author whose family fled Pola... |
On a quiet weekend in theaters, 'Spider-Man' is No. 1 again | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-01-30/on-a-quiet-weekend-in-theaters-spider-man-is-no-1-again | 2022-01-30T21:28:39 | On a chillingly quiet weekend at movie theaters, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” again topped the box office in its seventh week of release.
January is traditionally a slow month for moviegoing and that’s been especially true this year, in part because the Omicron variant of the coronavirus prompted some postponements. But... |
'Nanny' and 'The Exiles' win top prizes at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-01-28/sundance-film-festival-nanny-exile-awards | 2022-01-28T22:56:20 | The 2022 Sundance Film Festival announced its award winners Friday, with Nikyatu Jusu’s “Nanny” winning the U.S. dramatic competition grand jury prize and Ben Klein and Violet Columbus’ “The Exiles” winning the U.S. documentary grand jury prize. The audience awards went to Cooper Raiff’s “Cha Cha Real Smooth” for the U... |
Grace Kelly's granddaughter appears on horseback for Chanel | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-01-25/grace-kellys-granddaughter-appears-on-horseback-for-chanel | 2022-01-25T21:06:05 | Huge spinning wheels, “floating” wooden blocks and suspended geometric shapes hovered over a surreal mini golf course Tuesday at Chanel’s remarkable couture show.
Even Pharrell Williams, who is no stranger to elaborate sets, had to take a moment to take stock, before posing beside a white 3-meter (1 yard) tire.
This ... |
With $50,000 reward from L.A., mother renews pleas to find son's killer after six years | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-20/with-new-50-000-reward-mother-renews-her-pleas-to-find-sons-killer | 2022-01-21T00:21:22 | Ever since her son was shot and killed in their front yard in 2016, Barbara Pritchett-Hughes doesn’t spend much time at her home in Watts.
“Our home is not a home anymore,” said Pritchett-Hughes, who spends much of her time visiting with her daughter in San Bernardino County.
DeAndre Hughes, 30, was shot while stand... |
Britney Spears' case drives California bid to limit conservatorships | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-01-19/spears-case-drives-california-bid-to-limit-conservatorships | 2022-01-20T01:30:51 | Disability rights activists and advocates for Britney Spears backed a California proposal Wednesday to provide more protections for those under court-ordered conservatorships, while promoting less-restrictive alternatives.
Their move came as the volatile Spears case again boiled over in a Los Angeles County courtroom.... |
L.A. County felony charges are first in fatal crash involving Tesla's Autopilot | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-18/felony-charges-are-first-in-fatal-crash-involving-teslas-autopilot | 2022-01-18T19:42:20 | Los Angeles County prosecutors have filed two counts of vehicular manslaughter against the driver of a Tesla on Autopilot that ran a red light, slammed into another car and killed two people in 2019.
The defendant appears to be the first person to be charged with a felony in the United States for a fatal crash involv... |
‘Spider-Man’ stays at No. 1 in fourth weekend | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-01-09/spider-man-stays-at-no-1-in-fourth-weekend | 2022-01-09T17:44:28 | The glamorous spies of “The 355” were no competition for the movie theater’s reigning webslinger.
Spider-Man’s box office dominance continued in its fourth weekend in theaters, adding an additional $33 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday. With $668.8 million in North American ticket sales to date, “Spid... |
Sudan talks will aim to salvage political transition, U.N. says | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-01-08/united-nations-sudan-political-transition | 2022-01-08T20:28:14 | The United Nations said Saturday it would hold talks in Sudan aimed at salvaging a fragile democratic transition amid a grinding stalemate following an October coup and the prime minister’s resignation last week.
Volker Perthes, the U.N. envoy for Sudan, said in a statement the U.N.-facilitated political process would... |
Members of lead Rose Parade band from Alabama test positive for coronavirus | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-07/members-of-rose-parade-band-covid-19 | 2022-01-08T00:47:11 | Members of the 410-person Alabama high school marching band that led off this year’s Rose Parade with “Yankee Doodle Dandy” have tested positive for the coronavirus since returning home from California.
The entire school has switched to virtual classes this week because of an outbreak.
An email sent to band parents a... |
Fresno County man accused of fatally shooting grandmother, dad's girlfriend on Christmas | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-28/man-fatally-shoots-grandmother-fathers-girlfriend-on-christmas | 2021-12-27T18:05:18 | A 23-year-old man is accused of fatally shooting his grandmother and his father’s girlfriend and firing shots at his father on Christmas as the family gathered to exchange gifts in California’s San Joaquin Valley.
Austin Alvarez was arrested Saturday on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. He remains in the Fresn... |
Shark that killed man near Morro Bay was probably a great white, official says | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-12-27/shark-that-killed-man-in-california-was-likely-a-great-white | 2021-12-26T20:08:14 | A shark that killed a man off the coast of Central California on Christmas Eve was probably a great white, an official said.
The man was pulled from the waves near Morro Bay on Friday after a surfer saw him facedown in the water with a boogie board floating nearby. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:48 a.m.
T... |
The year of the party tent: What the age of COVID taught us about architecture in 2021 | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-12-15/2021-the-year-of-the-party-tent-covid-era-architecture | 2021-12-15T21:21:48 | Over the course of the last year, I’ve eaten enchiladas in a party tent. I’ve gotten COVID-tested in a party tent. I spent a night dancing to house music in a party tent. I’ve seen party tents double as retail shops, church naves, gymnasiums and outdoor living rooms. On a couple of occasions, I’ve seen them deployed fo... |
‘Zola,’ A24 lead Indie Spirit award nominations | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2021-12-14/zola-a24-lead-indie-spirit-award-nominations | 2021-12-14T16:55:11 | The Film Independent Spirit Awards, Hollywood’s leading indie film honors, stayed true to its name this year, bestowing a leading seven nominations to Janicza Bravo’s wild road trip saga “Zola,” including best feature, director and female lead for Taylour Paige. “The Novice,” a sports drama and psychological thriller... |
Senate rejects Biden's vaccine mandate for businesses | https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-12-08/senate-rejects-biden-vaccine-mandate-for-businesses | 2021-12-09T03:09:14 | The Senate narrowly approved a resolution Wednesday to nullify the Biden administration’s requirement that businesses with 100 or more workers have their employees be vaccinated against the coronavirus or submit to weekly testing.
The vote was 52 to 48. The Democratic-led House is unlikely to take up the measure, whic... |
Police: Actor Jussie Smollett 'upset' camera didn't record alleged attack | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-12-01/police-jussie-smollett-upset-camera-didnt-record-attack | 2021-12-02T01:37:56 | Jussie Smollett, who is accused of lying to police when he reported he was the victim of racist and homophobic attack in downtown Chicago, appeared troubled when he was told that a surveillance camera did not record the alleged assault, a police detective testified Wednesday.
Chicago police detective Kimberly Murray ... |
Lawsuit: Ex-Mater Dei football player alleges hazing led to brain injury | https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/story/2021-11-23/mater-dei-football-hazing-lawsuit | 2021-11-25T01:12:10 | A former Santa Ana Mater Dei High football player’s family filed a lawsuit Tuesday that described a culture of hazing within the nationally acclaimed program that left their son with a traumatic brain injury.
The lawsuit, which was filed in Orange County Superior Court and names Mater Dei and the Roman Catholic Dioces... |
It's never too early to talk Oscars. Here are 5 things to think about now | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2021-11-23/awards-season-oscars-dune-gucci | 2021-11-23T14:00:35 | When we last left off, Joaquin Phoenix had just announced Anthony Hopkins as the winner of the evening’s final Oscar. Hopkins wasn’t on hand to accept. There was scattered applause from the few people sitting inside a nearly empty train station and ... that’s all folks. The 93rd Academy Awards ended not with a bang but... |
Letters to the Editor: 'Crypto.com Arena' will be a billboard for an environmental menace | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-11-18/cryptocurrencies-crypto-com-arena | 2021-11-18T19:45:27 | To the editor: I understand cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are “mined” from supercomputers that together consume enough energy to power a whole country. The energy used to create just one bitcoin can power a house for several weeks. (“Staples Center’s new name is perfect for our crypto era,” editorial, Nov. 17)
While t... |
German lawmakers back new COVID measures after warnings of a 'terrible Christmas' | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-11-18/german-disease-control-head-warns-terrible-christmas-covid | 2021-11-18T15:58:11 | German lawmakers approved new measures Thursday to rein in record coronavirus infections after the head of Germany’s disease-control agency warned that the country could face a “really terrible Christmas.”
The measures passed in the Bundestag, Germany’s lower house, with votes from the center-left Social Democrats, th... |
Review: 'Dexter: New Blood' revives Michael C. Hall drama's killer instinct | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-11-07/dexter-new-blood-review-michael-c-hall-serial-killer | 2021-11-07T16:00:20 | Beloved serial killer Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) is back to slay another day with the arrival of Showtime’s 10-episode miniseries “Dexter: New Blood.”
The sequel, which premieres Sunday, is set 10 years after the last episode of the original series, “Dexter” — one of the most popular cable dramas of the 2000s de... |
Paul Newman's unpublished memoir, found in his Connecticut home, to come out in 2022 | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-11-03/paul-newman-memoir-left-unpublished-to-come-out-next-year | 2021-11-03T17:13:29 | A memoir Paul Newman left unpublished in his lifetime will come out next fall.
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Wednesday that the book, currently untitled, will include Newman’s thoughts on “acting, directing, boyhood, family, fame, Hollywood, Broadway, love, his first marriage, his 50-year marriage to Joanne Wood... |
In 2nd weekend, ‘Dune’ bests 'Last Night in Soho,' 'Antlers' | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-10-31/in-2nd-weekend-dune-bests-last-night-in-soho-antlers | 2021-10-31T18:38:58 | After a record-breaking start, October’s box office closed out quietly this weekend with “Dune” repeating at number one and two prominent genre newcomers, “Last Night in Soho” and “Antlers,” stumbling.
Whether it’s due to Halloween falling on a Sunday, too many new options or simply a lack of enthusiasm, moviegoing a... |
Tahoe ski resort opens early, joining Mammoth Mountain, after massive snowstorm | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-28/tahoe-ski-resort-opens-early-after-massive-stowstorm | 2021-10-27T18:36:46 | Another California ski resort has moved up its opening day, thanks to this week’s huge dump of snow in the Sierra Nevada.
Palisades Tahoe will join Mammoth Mountain in starting its season early, opening Friday.
Palisades Tahoe said the massive storm, fed by a potent atmospheric river, dropped more than 3 feet of sn... |
Ed Sheeran has COVID, will do performances from home | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-10-24/ed-sheeran-has-covid-will-do-performances-from-home | 2021-10-24T18:05:43 | British pop star Ed Sheeran said Sunday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and will do interviews and performances from his house while he self-isolates.
Sheeran, 30, broke the news on social media days before his new studio album is due out.
“Quick note to tell you that I’ve sadly tested positive for Covid, so I’m... |
Power mostly restored after outages affect thousands in Orange County | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-23/seal-beach-outage | 2021-10-23T20:30:19 | Power outages across Orange County left thousands without electricity for a while Saturday morning, according to Southern California Edison.
At 8:30 a.m., “failed equipment” left at least 5,000 Laguna Beach residents without power. By early afternoon, only a few dozen were still affected, according to Taelor Bakewell,... |
Next on FDA's agenda: Booster shots of the Moderna and J&J vaccines | https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2021-10-12/next-on-fdas-agenda-booster-shots-of-moderna-j-j-vaccines | 2021-10-12T17:51:29 | With many Americans who got Pfizer vaccinations already rolling up their sleeves for booster shots, millions of others who received the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine wait anxiously to learn when it’s their turn.
Federal regulators will begin tackling that question this week.
On Thursday and Friday, the Food an... |
Fed up by pandemic, Kellogg workers join a wave of strikes in food industry | https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-10-06/kellogg-us-food-workers-launch-rare-strikes | 2021-10-06T22:48:23 | A summer of labor unrest at U.S. food manufacturers has stretched into fall, as pandemic-weary workers continue to strike for better pay.
About 1,400 workers at Kellogg Co.’s U.S. cereal plants walked off the job this week, saying negotiations with the company over pay and benefits are at an impasse. Meanwhile, in Ken... |
Fossil fuels are astonishingly harmful. The Orange County oil spill is just a reminder | https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-10-05/huntington-beach-orange-county-oil-spill-fossil-fuel-environmental-health-harms | 2021-10-05T18:31:10 | When scientists and activists make the case for phasing out fossil fuels, they often focus on the climate crisis: Stop burning coal, oil and natural gas, and we can prevent wildfires, droughts, heat waves and storms from continuing to get worse.
But the catastrophic oil spill in Southern California over the weekend of... |
North Korea says it fired antiaircraft missile, fourth recent test | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-10-01/n-korea-says-it-fired-anti-aircraft-missile-4th-recent-test | 2021-10-02T04:06:18 | North Korea said Friday that it had test-fired a new antiaircraft missile a day earlier, the fourth weapons launch in recent weeks that experts say is part of a strategy to win relief from sanctions and other concessions.
South Korea, Japan and the United States typically publicly confirm North Korean ballistic missi... |
Immigration activists block Golden Gate Bridge during morning rush hour | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-09-30/protesters-block-golden-gate-bridge-during-morning-rush | 2021-09-30T14:55:52 | A convoy of demonstrators blocked northbound lanes of the Golden Gate Bridge early Thursday.
Protesters stopped their vehicles below the south tower of the bridge, KRON-TV reported, backing up traffic across the iconic San Francisco bridge.
Southbound traffic initially flowed freely but then was stopped at the nort... |
Tommy Kirk, the child star in 'Old Yeller,' has died at 79 | https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2021-09-29/tommy-kirk-the-child-star-in-old-yeller-has-died-at-79 | 2021-09-30T01:00:32 | Tommy Kirk, a child star who played in Disney films such as “Old Yeller” and “The Shaggy Dog,” has died. He was 79.
Kirk’s longtime friend and former child star, Paul Petersen, said he was found dead in his Las Vegas home on Tuesday. The cause of death has not been released.
Petersen said Kirk lived a private life a... |
Column: Chinatown's swap meets and what defines a neighborhood | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-25/chinatowns-swap-meets | 2021-09-25T13:00:08 | When I think of Chinatown, my mind goes to the swap meets, and muffled music from a half-dozen portable radios, TVs and smartphones starts to play in my head.
If you listen closely, you can make out the tinny chatter of Vietnamese and Cambodian variety shows, Cantonese pop songs from the ’80s and Mandarin-language new... |
Britney Spears court filing says conservatorship should end | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-09-22/britney-spears-court-filing-says-conservatorship-should-end | 2021-09-23T00:27:16 | Britney Spears said in a court filing Wednesday that she agrees with her father that the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money since 2008 should be terminated.
The filing in Los Angeles Superior Court from Spears’ attorney Mathew Rosengart says she “fully consents” to “expeditiously” ending the conse... |
'Sex and the City' actor Willie Garson dies at 57 | https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2021-09-21/sex-and-the-city-actor-willie-garson-dies-at-57 | 2021-09-22T12:44:12 | Willie Garson, who played Stanford Blatch, Carrie Bradshaw’s friend on TV’s “Sex and the City” and its movie sequels, has died, his son announced Tuesday. He was 57.
“I love you so much papa. Rest In Peace and I’m so glad you got to share all your adventures with me and were able to accomplish so much,” Nathen Garson ... |
Biden easing foreign travel restrictions, will require vaccines | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-09-20/biden-easing-foreign-travel-restrictions-will-require-vaccines | 2021-09-20T23:11:31 | In a major easing of pandemic travel restrictions, the U.S. said Monday it will allow foreigners to fly into the country this fall if they have vaccination proof and a negative coronavirus test — changes replacing a hodgepodge of rules that had kept out many non-citizens and irritated allies in Europe and beyond where ... |
After camera found in girls bathroom at Rancho Cucamonga school, ex-coach charged with child porn | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-09/rancho-cucamonga-coach-child-porn-camera-bathroom | 2021-09-09T22:34:15 | A former assistant coach at a San Bernardino County high school has been charged with child pornography after school officials discovered a hidden camera in a girls restroom.
David Riden, 52, was arrested by San Bernardino County sheriff’s detectives on Aug. 25 after investigators determined he had placed the camera a... |
Coronavirus cases lead to missed school days for 6,500 LAUSD students during first week | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-08-24/coronavirus-cases-force-6500-lausd-students-miss-school | 2021-08-25T03:00:23 | Coronavirus cases resulted in 6,500 students missing one or more days during the first week of school in the Los Angeles Unified School District as officials responded to early results from the largest school-based coronavirus testing effort in the nation.
About 3,000 students were in isolation because they tested pos... |
This week's high school football schedule | https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-08-23/high-school-football-schedule | 2021-08-23T13:00:39 | This week’s high school football schedule:
Wednesday
SOUTHERN SECTION
NONLEAGUE
Bolsa Grande vs. La Sierra at Norte Vista, 7 p.m.
Thursday
SOUTHERN SECTION
NONLEAGUE
Adelanto at Serrano, 7 p.m.
Artesia at Garden Grove, 7 p.m.
Bellflower vs. Beckman at Tustin, 7 p.m.
Claremont at Norte Vista, 7 p.m.
Domingue... |
Chuck Close, artist known for monumental grid portraits, dies at 81 | https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2021-08-19/chuck-close-artist-of-monumental-grids-dies-at-81 | 2021-08-19T23:23:17 | Chuck Close, a painter, photographer and printmaker best known for his monumental grid portraits and photo-based paintings of family and famous friends, has died. He was 81.
His attorney, John Silberman, said Close died Thursday at a hospital in Oceanside, N.Y. He did not give a cause of death.
Close, whose professio... |
Americans spent less in July as COVID-19 surged and Delta variant kept shoppers home | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-08-17/americans-spent-less-in-july-as-covid-19-cases-surged | 2021-08-17T14:09:00 | Americans cut back on their spending last month as a surge in COVID-19 cases kept people away from stores.
Retail sales fell a seasonally adjusted 1.1% in July from the previous month, the U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday. It was a much larger drop than the 0.3% decline Wall Street analysts had expected.
The r... |
Opinion: Even after he was gone, our son gave us the gift of persistence | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-08-14/even-after-he-was-gone-our-son-gave-us-the-gift-of-persistence | 2021-08-14T10:00:55 | Why was it so hard to give the city of Los Angeles a brand new athletic field for children to play on?
My family had raised money to replace a decrepit field at Westwood Recreation Center and dedicate the new site to my 12-year-old son, Tommy, who went to sleep on Monday, April 16, 2018, and never woke up.
We poured ... |
Southwest says Delta variant weighing on business as trip cancellations rise | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-08-11/delta-spreads-southwest-no-longer-sees-profit-for-quarter | 2021-08-11T19:43:21 | The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus has darkened the outlook for Southwest Airlines, one of the largest carriers in the U.S., which says that it no longer expects to turn a profit in the third quarter as infections spread.
The revelation, contained in a Wednesday filing with the U.S. Securities an... |
Jane Withers, child actor turned commercial star, dies at 95 | https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2021-08-08/jane-withers-child-actor-turned-commercial-star-dies-at-95 | 2021-08-09T00:14:59 | Jane Withers, the former child actor who bedeviled Shirley Temple on the screen and went on to star in a series of B movies that made her a box-office champion, has died, her daughter said. She was 95.
Withers, also known as “Josephine the Plumber” from TV commercials in the 1960s and ’70s, died Saturday, her daughte... |
With coronavirus rising, 'The Suicide Squad' opens softly | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-08-08/with-coronavirus-rising-the-suicide-squad-opens-softly | 2021-08-08T18:28:05 | Moviegoing, once expected to be closer to semi-normal levels by now, continues to be battered by the pandemic, the delta variant of the coronavirus and in-home streaming. The latest casualty: James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad,” a critically acclaimed, carnage-ridden would-be smash that disappointed with $26.5 million in ... |
‘Jungle Cruise’ sails atop box office despite COVID concerns | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-08-01/jungle-cruise-sails-atop-box-office-despite-covid-concerns | 2021-08-01T20:49:03 | Despite growing concerns over the Delta variant of the coronavirus, “Jungle Cruise” still drew moviegoers out to theaters during the film’s opening weekend to sail atop the North American box office.
The Disney film starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt exceeded expectations by pulling in more than $34.1 million ove... |
Bacon may disappear in California as pig rules take effect | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-08-01/bacon-may-disappear-in-california-as-pig-rules-take-effect | 2021-07-31T14:18:28 | Thanks to a reworked menu and long hours, Jeannie Kim managed to keep her San Francisco restaurant alive during the COVID-19 pandemic.
That makes it all the more frustrating that she fears her breakfast-focused diner could be ruined within months by new rules that could make one of her top menu items — bacon — hard t... |
Pebble Beach retreat sells for $32.69 million, a Monterey County record | https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2021-07-29/pebble-beach-retreat-sells-for-32-69-million-a-monterey-county-record | 2021-07-29T22:46:04 | Monterey County just saw its priciest sale ever as a coastal estate overlooking the Pebble Beach Golf Links traded hands for $32.69 million.
It edges out the previous record set in 2014 when a mansion in the same community sold for $31.25 million, records show.
This one was owned by Michael Fitzpatrick, former presid... |
On a quiet weekend, ‘Old’ is tops at the box office while ‘Snake Eyes’ sinks | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-07-25/weekend-box-office-old-tops-snake-eyes-sinks | 2021-07-25T17:19:15 | M. Night Shyamalan’s “Old” easily won a slower weekend at the North American box office, while the G.I. Joe pic “Snake Eyes” lived up to its name.
Although both are fresh offerings from major studios, moviegoers turned out in modest numbers on a weekend where there was the notable distraction of the Olympics as well a... |
Search for bodies concludes at Florida condo collapse site | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-07-23/engineer-warns-avenue-next-miami-area-condo-collapse-fail | 2021-07-24T00:38:32 | Firefighters on Friday declared the end of their search for bodies at the site of a collapsed Florida condo building, concluding a month of painstaking work removing layers of dangerous debris that were once piled several stories high.
The June 24 collapse at the oceanside Champlain Towers South killed 97 people, with... |
To reach a peace deal, Taliban says Afghan president must go | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-07-22/to-reach-a-peace-deal-taliban-say-afghan-president-must-go | 2021-07-23T07:33:58 | The Taliban says it doesn’t want to monopolize power, but it insists there won’t be peace in Afghanistan until there is a new negotiated government in Kabul and President Ashraf Ghani is removed.
In an interview with the Associated Press, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen, who is also a member of the group’s negotiatin... |
PG&E will spend at least $15 billion burying power lines | https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-07-21/pg-e-will-spend-up-to-30-billion-burying-power-lines | 2021-07-22T01:41:24 | Pacific Gas & Electric plans to bury 10,000 miles of its power lines in an effort to prevent its fraying grid from sparking wildfires when electrical equipment collides with millions of trees and other vegetation across drought-stricken California.
The daunting project announced Wednesday aims to bury about 10% of PG... |
Joni Mitchell, Berry Gordy, Bette Midler to get Kennedy Center Honors | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-07-21/bette-midler-berry-gordy-among-new-kennedy-center-honorees | 2021-07-21T18:32:09 | The Kennedy Center Honors will return in December with a class that includes Motown Records creator Berry Gordy, “Saturday Night Live” mastermind Lorne Michaels and actress-singer Bette Midler. Organizers expect to operate at full capacity, after last year’s ceremony was delayed for months and later conducted under COV... |
Angels prospect Reid Detmers could offer panda-powered pitching help | https://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/story/2021-07-11/angels-reid-detmers-shohei-ohtani-futures-game-trash-pandas | 2021-07-11T22:33:41 | After a distinguished college career, and a pandemic that delayed the start of his professional career, Reid Detmers finally got to make his first major league start this season.
As a Trash Panda.
“Everybody seems to love the name,” Detmers said, “and everybody wants one of the jerseys.”
Detmers, the Angels’ first-r... |
Without Giannis, Bucks beat Hawks for 3-2 Eastern Conference finals lead | https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-07-01/without-giannis-bucks-beat-hawks-123-112-for-3-2-lead | 2021-07-02T06:49:44 | Brook Lopez scored a playoff career-high 33 points and the Milwaukee Bucks withstood Giannis Antetokounmpo’s absence to beat the Atlanta Hawks 123-112 on Thursday night for a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference finals.
The Bucks are one win away from reaching the NBA Finals for the first time since 1974. They won thei... |
How Dave Kleckner led Etiwanda to a record-setting season | https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/story/2021-06-28/dave-kleckner-etiwanda-basketball-coach-of-the-year | 2021-06-28T11:30:14 | For more than a year, Etiwanda coach Dave Kleckner could not let go of his team’s heart-breaking loss to Chatsworth Sierra Canyon in the Southern California regional basketball final on a final shot by Ziaire Williams.
“It used to kill me,” he said. “When people brought it up, I used to feel miserable. I was not able ... |
Bruce Springsteen marks the return of live shows on Broadway | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-06-27/bruce-springsteen-marks-the-return-of-live-shows-on-broadway | 2021-06-27T19:25:32 | In another sign of live entertainment’s rebirth, Bruce Springsteen returned to Broadway this weekend, strapping on a guitar and reviving a show for an audience that included a member of his E Street Band and the governor of his home state.
Springsteen had ended his residency in December 2018 after 236 performances, bu... |
Daytime Emmys salute late TV icons Alex Trebek, Larry King | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2021-06-27/daytime-emmys-salute-late-tv-icons-alex-trebek-larry-king | 2021-06-27T18:44:25 | The Daytime Emmys turned into a love letter to Alex Trebek, honoring the beloved “Jeopardy!” host and the show seven months after his death.
Trebek won as game show host and “Jeopardy!” earned game show honors on Friday night.
ABC’s “General Hospital” claimed four trophies, including best drama. Maurice Benard took l... |
Complete coverage: Death of George Floyd and trial of Derek Chauvin | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-05-21/complete-coverage-death-of-george-floyd-and-trial-of-derek-chauvin | 2021-06-25T20:23:00 | May 25 marked one year since George Floyd was murdered by police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, sparking protests around the world against police brutality. Chauvin was convicted in April of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter. He was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison on June 25.
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3.2 earthquake hits near LAX, is felt across Westside, South Bay | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-23/magnitude-3-4-earthquake-strikes-los-angeles-area | 2021-06-24T01:06:11 | A magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported at 5:08 p.m. Wednesday near Los Angeles International Airport and was felt across the Westside and South Bay, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The earthquake occurred one mile from Inglewood, El Segundo, Lennox and Ladera Heights. It was centered just north of LAX near t... |
‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ hits top mark at box office | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-06-20/the-hitmans-wifes-bodyguard-hits-top-mark-at-box-office | 2021-06-20T23:47:50 | “The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard” struck the top box office target.
The Lionsgate’s film starring Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Salma Hayek brought in $11.6 million domestically to claim the No. 1 spot in its debut. The action-comedy, which appeared in 3,331 locations, is a follow-up to the 2017 breakout hit “The... |
Stocks fall, bond yields rise as Fed discusses dialing back support | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-16/stocks-down-yields-up-as-fed-discusses-dialing-back-support | 2021-06-17T03:19:45 | U.S. stocks fell and bond yields climbed Wednesday after the Federal Reserve signaled it may start easing off the accelerator on its massive support for the economy earlier than previously thought.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 22.89 points, or 0.5%, to 4,223.70 after the Fed unveiled a highly anticipated set... |
Nothing's fishy here: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez caught kissing at Malibu sushi spot | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-06-14/ben-affleck-and-jennifer-lopez-kissing-at-nobu | 2021-06-14T23:42:52 | Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck know the drill: Nothing says “celebrity romance” like locking lips at Nobu.
The couple, who split up in 2004 but reunited following Lopez’s March breakup with Alex Rodriguez, were photographed Sunday kissing and nuzzling at the Malibu sushi restaurant, a favorite hangout among celebriti... |
Gains for some tech giants nudge S&P to another record high | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-14/gains-for-some-tech-giants-nudge-s-p-to-another-record-high | 2021-06-14T21:51:08 | Technology companies helped lift stocks higher on Wall Street, nudging the Standard & Poor’s 500 index to its third straight all-time high, even as other parts of the market faltered.
A burst of buying in the final 10 minutes of trading sent the benchmark index 0.2% higher. The S&P 500 had been down 0.3% earlier amid... |
Biden presses G-7 allies for bolder front against Chinese influence, forced labor | https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-06-11/biden-presses-allies-g7-summit-bolder-front-china | 2021-06-12T23:23:20 | President Biden pressed allies in other leading democracies on Saturday to work together to combat China’s growing influence over developing countries.
The centerpiece of the effort is an “infrastructure bank” to offer those nations billions in public and private financing for major projects, offering an alternative ... |
Today's Headlines: A mix of diplomacy and controversy on Kamala Harris' trip | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/newsletter/2021-06-09/kamala-harris-guatemala-mexico-todays-headlines | 2021-06-09T12:00:17 | Vice President Kamala Harris met with Mexico’s president after visiting Guatemala and drawing criticism for telling Central Americans to “not come” to U.S.
A Mix of Diplomacy and Controversy
Vice President Kamala Harris wrapped up her first official foreign trip Tuesday, having gained exposure on the world stage in t... |
Apple previews new software for iPhone and other gadgets | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-07/apple-previews-new-software-for-iphone-other-gadgets | 2021-06-08T04:04:53 | Apple kicked off its second annual all-virtual developer conference with a keynote that outlined new updates to its software for iPhones and other devices. The presentation highlighted more privacy options for paid iCloud accounts and a Find My service that helps track down errant AirPods but included no major product ... |
Clarence Williams III, 'Mod Squad' star and Prince's dad in 'Purple Rain,' dies at 81 | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-06/clarence-williams-iii-the-mod-squads-linc-dies-at-81 | 2021-06-07T00:04:44 | Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series “The Mod Squad” and Prince’s father in “Purple Rain,” has died. He was 81.
Williams died Friday at his home in Los Angeles after a battle with colon cancer, his manager Allan Mindel said Sunday.
Williams’ career spann... |
‘Conjuring 3’ tops ‘A Quiet Place' sequel as moviegoing returns | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-06-06/conjuring-3-tops-a-quiet-place-2-as-moviegoing-returns | 2021-06-06T17:31:46 | The domestic box office is getting back to normal, with moderate wins and sizable second-weekend drops. After its triumphant first weekend, “A Quiet Place Part II” fell 59% at the North American box office, leaving room for the third movie in the “Conjuring” franchise to take first place.
Warner Bros.’ “The Conjuring... |
Drought ravages California's reservoirs ahead of hot summer | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-06-03/drought-ravages-californias-reservoirs-ahead-of-hot-summer | 2021-06-03T04:19:09 | Each year Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation’s crops, sustain endangered salmon beneath its massive earthen dam and anchor the tourism economy of a Northern California county that must rebuild seemingly every year after unrelenting wildfires.
But now the mighty lake — a linchpin in a system of aqueducts... |
Letters to the Editor: Don't judge me because I collect a pension. I earned that money | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-05-30/dont-judge-me-because-i-collect-a-pension | 2021-05-30T10:00:11 | To the editor: I have a pension and sometimes encounter people who express deep resentment toward retirees like me. They seem to think we are freeloaders or worse. (“We loved our pensions. Then our employers took them away. How was that allowed to happen?” Opinion, May 19)
I have always thought of my pension as deferr... |
Actor Danny Masterson must stand trial on 3 rape charges | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-05-21/actor-danny-masterson-must-stand-trial-on-3-rape-charges | 2021-05-28T18:45:06 | A judge on Friday said “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson must stand trial on three counts of rape.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo made the determination in the fourth day of a preliminary hearing during which the prosecution laid out evidence.
That included dramatic and emotional t... |
'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' author Eric Carle dies at 91 | https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2021-05-26/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-author-eric-carle-dies-at-91 | 2021-05-26T23:35:26 | Eric Carle, the beloved children’s author and illustrator whose classic “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and other works gave millions of kids some of their earliest and most cherished literary memories, has died at age 91.
Carle’s family says he died Sunday at his summer studio in Northampton, Massachusetts, with family... |
Exxon shareholders vote to replace at least two board members in climate fight | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-05-26/exxon-at-least-2-board-members-lose-seats-in-climate-fight | 2021-05-26T20:54:56 | Exxon Mobil’s shareholders have voted to replace at least two of the company’s 12 board members with directors who are seen as better suited to fight climate change, bolster Exxon’s finances and guide it through a transition to cleaner energy.
The results, which Exxon called preliminary, were announced by the company ... |
Grammys change the rules for album of the year award | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-05-26/grammys-change-rules-for-album-of-the-year-award | 2021-05-26T13:08:06 | The Recording Academy has updated its rules for the album of the year Grammy, giving more producers and songwriters a better chance at winning the top award.
The academy announced Wednesday that any producer, songwriter, engineer or featured artist on an album nominated for album of the year will also earn a nominatio... |
L.A. Times Captures 15 Honors, Including Best in Show, in the National Headliner Awards | https://www.latimes.com/about/pressreleases/story/2021-05-13/l-a-times-captures-15-honors-including-best-in-show-in-the-national-headliner-awards | 2021-05-13T15:52:57 | The Los Angeles Times has won 15 awards, plus best in show in the National Headliner Awards competition. The awards were announced on Wednesday, May 12. Founded in 1934 by the Press Club of Atlantic City, the National Headliner Awards is one of the oldest and largest annual contests recognizing outstanding journalism.
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Roosevelt Hotel's cocktail bar is morphing into the Spare Room ... Somewhere Else, poolside | https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2021-05-12/roosevelt-hotels-cocktail-bar-is-morphing-into-the-spare-room-somewhere-else-poolside | 2021-05-12T20:50:06 | The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel’s lauded cocktail bar, the Spare Room, is scheduled to return May 13 in a new space and with a new alfresco setup. The Spare Room ... Somewhere Else will bring the bar’s games, activity books and cocktails outdoors near the pool, and will add a menu of Italian-leaning small plates in addit... |
How many high school students will come back in the fall? Dismal return rate raises alarms | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-11/alarming-7-percent-lausd-high-schoolers-back-open-campuses | 2021-05-11T12:00:09 | Only 7% of high school students and 12% of middle school students have returned to reopened campuses in the Los Angeles school district, sounding alarms about what these figures portend for next fall and highlighting the need for intense intervention when more traditional in-person schooling resumes.
As the school ye... |
What's on TV Monday: 'Breeders' on FX; 'The Voice' on NBC and more | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-05-10/whats-on-tv-monday-breeders-on-fx-the-voice-on-nbc-and-more | 2021-05-10T13:00:44 | During the coronavirus crisis, the Los Angeles Times is making some temporary changes to our print sections. The prime-time TV grid is on hiatus in print but an expanded version is available in your daily Times eNewspaper. You can find a printable PDF online at: latimes.com/whats-on-tv.
The Neighborhood When Calvin’s... |
Dodgers build huge lead, almost blow it in wacky, 14-11 win over Angels | https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-05-08/dodgers-ride-two-inning-hit-parade-to-wacky-win-over-angels | 2021-05-09T07:38:21 | Some were hit hard, firm line drives and loud fly balls scattered around the park.
Some rolled along the ground, weak contact that kept on finding the right spots.
Once they started, they didn’t stop. Batter after batter. Hit after hit. Run scored after run scored.
A Dodgers team that in recent weeks had struggled t... |
Letters to the Editor: 'Mestizo,' 'Chicano,' 'Raza' — how U.S. census forms can identify Latinos | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-05-05/us-census-forms-latinos | 2021-05-05T10:00:36 | To the editor: I choose “other” on the census form when asked what race I am. (“‘Other’ as the nation’s 2nd-largest race? Latinos and the 2020 census may make that happen,” Opinion, April 29)
Why? because I am 100% Kaqchikel, an indigenous member of the Maya family. Other U.S. Latinos choose “other” because they are M... |
Jayson Tatum scores 60 points as Celtics rally from 32-point deficit to beat Spurs | https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-04-30/celtics-rally-from-32-down-beat-spurs-143-140-in-overtime | 2021-05-01T05:41:04 | Even a few members of the Boston Celtics couldn’t quite believe they pulled off their latest comeback.
The Celtics turned around a woeful first half, storming back from a 32-point deficit and beating the San Antonio Spurs 143-140 in overtime on Friday night.
Jayson Tatum scored a career-high 60 points for the Celtics... |
Josh Duggar, former ‘19 Kids and Counting' star, faces child pornography charges | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-04-30/former-reality-tv-star-josh-duggar-faces-child-porn-charges | 2021-04-30T17:34:09 | Josh Duggar, former star of the reality TV show “19 Kids and Counting,” faces charges of downloading and possessing child pornography under a federal indictment unsealed Friday.
Federal prosecutors announced the indictment a day after Duggar was arrested by U.S. marshals in northwest Arkansas. Prosecutors said Duggar ... |
Anne Douglas, philanthropist and widow of late actor Kirk Douglas, dies at 102 | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-04-29/anne-douglas-widow-of-late-actor-kirk-douglas-dies-at-102 | 2021-04-30T01:49:23 | Anne Douglas — the widow of Kirk Douglas, stepmother of Michael Douglas and major supporter of arts in L.A. — died Thursday at her home in Beverly Hills at age 102.
Douglas’ death was confirmed by spokeswoman Marcia Newberger. No cause of death was given.
Douglas served on the board of Center Theatre Group, the ci... |
Soccer newsletter: European Super League idea is gone, but not dead yet | https://www.latimes.com/sports/newsletter/2021-04-27/european-super-league-soccer | 2021-04-27T13:00:42 | Hello, and welcome to the L.A. Times soccer newsletter. I’m Kevin Baxter, The Times’ soccer writer, and we begin again with the European Super League, an idea that faded faster than the Harlem Shake.
The organizers of the 12-team league, which was to debut in August, clearly misread the room and woefully underestimate... |
Jacob deGrom strikes out 15, allows two hits in Mets' shutout of Nationals | https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-04-23/degroms-15-strikeouts-2-hitter-lead-mets-over-nats-6-0 | 2021-04-24T04:56:06 | Jacob deGrom struck out a career-high 15, pitched a two-hitter and boosted the sagging Mets’ offense with a go-ahead double from the No. 8 spot in the batting order, powering New York over the Washington Nationals 6-0 Friday night.
DeGrom has struck out 43 in his last three starts and 50 overall this season, breaking ... |
Publisher expands on its decision not to distribute book by officer from Breonna Taylor raid | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-04-16/publisher-wont-distribute-book-by-officer-from-taylor-raid | 2021-04-16T03:58:40 | The Louisville police officer who fired at Breonna Taylor after being shot during the deadly raid on Taylor’s apartment is writing a book, but it won’t be distributed as planned by publishing giant Simon & Schuster. On Friday, the publisher explained its decision to employees in an email, expanding on a Thursday statem... |
Relief extended to more than 1 million borrowers with privately-held student loans | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-30/student-loan-relief-extended-to-some-privately-held-loans | 2021-03-30T20:57:14 | The federal government’s pause on student loan payments is being extended to more than 1 million borrowers who have defaulted on student loans that are held by private lenders, the Education Department announced Tuesday.
The action is meant to bring relief to the hardest-hit borrowers in a program that allowed private... |
K-pop group BTS condemns anti-Asian racism; members say they've experienced it | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-30/bts-condemns-anti-asian-racism-says-theyve-experienced-it | 2021-03-30T08:08:07 | K-pop superstar group BTS has condemned racism against Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in a statement saying its members have also experienced it themselves.
“We stand against racial discrimination,” BTS tweeted Tuesday in English and Korean. The band said its own painful encounters with racism include... |
This L.A. food trailer is making perfect, golden flautas | https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2021-03-28/how-los-dorados-la-food-truck-makes-flautas | 2021-03-28T15:00:58 | For Steven Orozco Torres, owner of Los Dorados L.A., it was love at first bite. After tasting his father-in-law’s tacos dorados at a family party, he knew he wanted to make them himself.
“He was making these flautas in a big charola and I said, ‘Oh, my God, we have to get these out.’”
Torres, who was bartending at th... |
Acclaimed French director Bertrand Tavernier has died at 79 | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-25/acclaimed-french-director-bertrand-tavernier-is-dead-aged-79 | 2021-03-25T16:02:40 | French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier, who directed lauded movies such “A Sunday in the Country,” “Captain Conan” and “The Judge and the Assassin,” has died, according to his family. He was 79.
Tavernier’s wife and children said Thursday that he died in Sainte-Maxime, a community in southeastern France. The Lyon-born di... |
Science panel: Consider air cooling tech as climate backup | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-25/science-panel-consider-air-cooling-tech-as-climate-back-up | 2021-03-25T15:43:21 | The U.S. must seriously consider the idea of tinkering with the atmosphere to cool a warming Earth and accelerate research into how and whether humanity should hack the planet, the National Academy of Sciences said Thursday.
The report by the academy, set up by Abraham Lincoln to provide the government with expert adv... |
U.S. jobless claims fall to 684,000, fewest since pandemic began | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-25/us-jobless-claims-fall-to-684-000-fewest-since-pandemic | 2021-03-25T12:41:58 | The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to 684,000, the fewest since the pandemic erupted a year ago and a sign that the economy is improving.
Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that jobless claims fell from 781,000 the week before. It is the first time that weekly ap... |
Can I take painkillers before or after a COVID-19 vaccine? | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-25/can-i-take-painkillers-before-or-after-a-covid-19-vaccine | 2021-03-25T07:02:56 | Can I take painkillers before or after a COVID-19 vaccine?
Don’t take them before a shot to try to prevent symptoms, but if your doctor agrees, it’s OK to use them afterward if needed.
The concern about painkillers is that they might curb the very immune system response that a vaccine aims to spur.
Vaccines work by... |
'Nomadland' wins PGA Award, cementing front-runner status | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2021-03-24/nomadland-wins-pga-award-cementing-front-runner-status | 2021-03-25T02:22:08 | Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” cemented its Oscar front-runner status Wednesday, winning the top award at the 32nd annual Producers Guild of America Awards.
“Nomadland,” Zhao’s recession-era portrait of itinerant people in the American West, is only the second film directed by a woman to win the producers’ Darryl F. Zanuck... |
Rachel Levine becomes first openly transgender federal official to win Senate confirmation | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-24/a-first-us-senate-confirms-transgender-doctor-for-key-post | 2021-03-25T00:26:28 | Voting mostly along party lines, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed former Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be the nation’s assistant secretary of Health. She is the first openly transgender federal official to win Senate confirmation.
The final vote was 52 to 48. Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski of A... |
The 15 jurors selected for the trial of Derek Chauvin | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-23/the-15-jurors-selected-for-the-trial-of-derek-chauvin | 2021-03-23T23:09:34 | MINNEAPOLIS — Fifteen jurors have been selected for the case against Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death last year.
Twelve jurors and two alternates will hear the evidence, but a 15th person was chosen in case one of the panelists is unable to serve when opening statement... |
At least 15 found dead after Bangladesh Rohingya camp blaze | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-23/at-least-15-found-dead-after-bangladesh-rohingya-camp-blaze | 2021-03-23T21:59:09 | Rescuers recovered at least 15 charred bodies from a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh after a devastating fire destroyed thousands of shelters, officials said Tuesday.
At least 400 people were still missing and about 560 were injured in the fire, said Louise Donovan, a spokesperson for the United Nations’ ... |
GameStop's fourth-quarter earnings and sales fall short of Wall Street’s expectations | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-23/gamestops-4q-earnings-sales-fall-short-of-streets-views | 2021-03-23T21:13:30 | A hefty tax benefit helped drive GameStop’s fiscal fourth-quarter profit sharply higher, but the video-game retailer’s sales declined despite a surge in its online business. The company’s latest results fell short of Wall Street’s expectations.
The company, whose stock price soared in January after a social media-fuel... |
Britain reflects on 'grief and loss' a year after first lockdown | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-23/uk-reflects-on-grief-and-loss-a-year-from-first-lockdown | 2021-03-23T17:53:04 | The U.K. has a lot to reflect on.
A year to the day since Prime Minister Boris Johnson first put the country under lockdown to slow the fast-spreading coronavirus, Britain paused Tuesday to remember those who had died of COVID-19 and to reflect on a 12-month period that turned life upside down.
The U.K. has registere... |
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