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N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo apologizes amid sex harassment inquiry but isn't stepping down | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-03/cuomo-addresses-harassment-claims-vows-to-stay-in-office | 2021-03-03T18:44:51 | Besieged by sexual harassment allegations, a somber New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo apologized Wednesday, saying he “learned an important lesson” about his own behavior around women, but he said he intended to remain in office.
“I now understand that I acted in a way that made people feel uncomfortable,” Cuomo said at a We... |
In a new series, TCM takes a look at ‘problematic’ classics | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-03-03/in-a-new-series-tcm-takes-a-look-at-problematic-classics | 2021-03-03T17:59:50 | Loving classic films can be a fraught pastime. Just consider the cultural firestorm over “Gone With the Wind” this past summer. No one knows this better than the film lovers at Turner Classic Movies who daily are confronted with the complicated reality that many of old Hollywood’s most celebrated films are also often a... |
Stocks on Wall Street give back some ground; bond yields ease | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-02/stocks-drift-lower-on-wall-street-yields-continue-to-ease | 2021-03-02T21:49:52 | Stocks on Wall Street closed broadly lower Tuesday, giving back some of their big gains from the day before.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 0.8% after earlier flipping between small gains and losses. The prior day, the benchmark index leaped 2.4%, its best performance since June. Technology and internet stocks ... |
Myanmar police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-02/myanmar-police-fire-tear-gas-rubber-bullets-at-protesters | 2021-03-02T17:23:01 | Police in Myanmar repeatedly used tear gas and rubber bullets Tuesday against crowds protesting last month’s coup, but the demonstrators regrouped after each volley and tried to defend themselves with barricades as clashes between protesters and security forces intensified.
Authorities have escalated their crackdown o... |
Armenia's political tensions rise amid rival rallies | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-01/armenias-political-tensions-rise-amid-rival-rallies | 2021-03-02T02:23:59 | Political tensions in Armenia heightened Monday, with supporters of the embattled prime minister and the opposition each holding massive rallies at separate sites in the capital.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has faced opposition demands to resign since he signed a peace deal in November that ended six weeks of inten... |
Huawei top executive back in Canada court in U.S. extradition case | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-01/huawei-daughter-back-in-canada-court-in-us-extradition-case | 2021-03-02T00:41:23 | Lawyers for a senior executive for Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies Co. were in court Monday arguing that evidence should be introduced that would undermine the case to have their client extradited to the U.S.
Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of Huawei’s founder and the company’s chief financ... |
Georgia House passes GOP bill rolling back voting access | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-01/georgia-house-passes-gop-bill-rolling-back-voting-access | 2021-03-01T23:48:02 | Republican lawmakers in Georgia muscled legislation through the state House on Monday that would roll back voting access, over the objection of Democrats and civil rights groups gathered at the Capitol to protest.
The bill comes after record turnout led to Democratic wins in Georgia’s presidential election and two U.S... |
Senate confirms Cardona as Biden's Education secretary | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-01/senate-confirms-cardona-as-bidens-education-secretary | 2021-03-01T23:17:44 | The Senate voted Monday to confirm Miguel Cardona as Education secretary, clearing his way to lead President Biden’s effort to reopen the nation’s schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cardona, 45, a former public school teacher who went on to become Connecticut’s education chief, was approved on a 64-33 vote.
He takes... |
Minimum wage hike all but dead in big COVID relief bill | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-01/minimum-wage-hike-all-but-dead-in-big-covid-relief-bill | 2021-03-01T22:56:32 | Democrats’ efforts to include a minimum wage increase in their $1.9-trillion COVID-19 relief bill seemed all but dead Monday as Senate leaders prepared to begin debate on their own version of the House-passed aid package.
Top Democrats abandoned a potential amendment threatening tax increases on big companies that don... |
United Methodist conservatives detail plans for a breakaway | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-01/united-methodist-conservatives-detail-plans-for-a-breakaway | 2021-03-01T22:53:40 | Conservative leaders within the United Methodist Church unveiled plans Monday to form a new denomination, the Global Methodist Church, with a doctrine that does not recognize same-sex marriage.
The move could hasten the long-expected breakup of the UMC over differing approaches to LGBTQ inclusion. For now, the UMC is... |
Texas top utility regulator quits in fallout over blackouts | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-01/texas-top-utility-regulator-quits-in-fallout-over-blackouts | 2021-03-01T22:40:32 | Texas’ top utilities regulator resigned Monday in the widening fallout from blackouts triggered by an unusually heavy and widespread winter storm that left millions in the state without power and water for days.
DeAnn Walker, the chairwoman of the Public Utility Commission, is the highest-ranking official to step down... |
States easing virus restrictions despite experts' warnings | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-01/states-easing-virus-restrictions-despite-experts-warnings | 2021-03-01T22:00:37 | With the U.S. vaccination drive picking up speed and a third formula on the way, states eager to reopen for business are easing coronavirus restrictions despite warnings from health experts that the outbreak is far from over and that moving too quickly could prolong the misery.
Massachusetts on Monday made it much ea... |
Angelina Jolie-owned painting by Winston Churchill auctions for $11.6 million | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-01/churchill-painting-owned-by-angelina-jolie-sells-for-11-5m | 2021-03-01T21:00:13 | A Moroccan landscape painted by Winston Churchill and owned by Angelina Jolie sold at auction Monday for nearly $11.6 million, smashing the record for a work by Britain’s World War II leader.
“Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque” sold at Christie’s in London for 8,285,000 pounds, or about $11,590,175. The painting had been ... |
J.J. Watt agrees to two-year deal with Arizona Cardinals | https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-03-01/cardinals-agree-to-terms-with-free-agent-edge-rusher-jj-watt | 2021-03-01T18:51:23 | J.J. Watt has agreed to a two-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals.
The team announced the deal with the free-agent edge rusher on Monday. Watt was released last month by the Houston Texans, for whom he won three NFL defensive player of the year awards.
A person familiar with the contract told the Associated Pres... |
Senate panel votes to advance Merrick Garland's nomination to be attorney general | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-01/senate-panel-votes-to-advance-garlands-nomination-to-be-ag | 2021-03-01T18:41:48 | The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Monday to advance the nomination of Merrick Garland, President Biden’s nominee for attorney general.
The committee voted 15 to 7 in favor of Garland’s nomination at a meeting Monday afternoon.
Garland, a federal appeals court judge who was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the... |
It's 'premature' and 'unrealistic' to think COVID-19 will end soon, WHO warns | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-01/who-premature-unrealistic-covid-19-will-end-soon | 2021-03-01T18:27:34 | A senior World Health Organization official said Monday it was “premature” and “unrealistic” to think the COVID-19 pandemic will be over by the end of the year, but that the recent arrival of effective vaccines could at least help dramatically reduce hospitalizations and death.
The world’s singular focus right now sho... |
Prince Philip moved to specialized London heart hospital | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-01/prince-philip-moved-to-specialized-london-heart-hospital | 2021-03-01T16:07:32 | Prince Philip was transferred Monday to a specialized London heart hospital to undergo testing and observation for a pre-existing heart condition as he continues to be treated for an unspecified infection, Buckingham Palace said.
The 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II was moved from King Edward VII’s Hospital, ... |
U.S. still open to nuclear talks after Iran's rejection | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-28/us-still-open-to-iran-nuclear-talks-after-irans-rejection | 2021-02-28T22:06:39 | The Biden administration said Sunday that it remains open to talks with Iran over the 2015 nuclear deal despite Tehran’s rejection of an EU invitation to join a meeting with the U.S. and the other original participants in the agreement.
A senior administration official said the U.S. was “disappointed” in the rejectio... |
'Tom & Jerry' scores second-best box office weekend of the pandemic | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-28/tom-jerry-gives-box-office-some-life-with-13-7m-opening | 2021-02-28T21:24:54 | Optimists could read the weekend box-office results Sunday as an inkling of a recovery for pandemic-hit movie theaters, as Warner Bros.’ live-action/animation hybrid “Tom & Jerry” premiered with an estimated $13.7 million in ticket sales, the best domestic opening of the year.
The better-than-expected numbers from 2,... |
Fraud overwhelms pandemic-related unemployment programs | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-28/fraud-overwhelms-pandemic-related-unemployment-programs | 2021-02-28T16:45:56 | With the floodgates set to open on another round of unemployment aid, states are being hammered with a new wave of fraud as they scramble to update security systems and block scammers who already have siphoned billions of dollars from pandemic-related jobless programs.
The fraud is fleecing taxpayers, delaying legitim... |
2nd former aide accuses Cuomo of sexual harassment | https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-02-27/2nd-former-aide-accuses-cuomo-of-sexual-harassment | 2021-02-28T03:02:20 | A second former aide said she was sexually harassed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who responded with a statement Saturday saying he never made advances toward her and never intended to be inappropriate.
Charlotte Bennett, a health policy adviser in the Democratic governor’s administration until November, told the New... |
10 death row inmates in Oklahoma could get new trials | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-27/10-death-row-inmates-in-oklahoma-could-get-new-trials | 2021-02-28T01:41:35 | As many as 10 death row inmates in Oklahoma, more than one-fifth of the state’s prisoners condemned to die, could escape execution because of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling concerning criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country.
The inmates have challenged their convictions in state court following the high court’s ru... |
Sacramento doctor appears in court via video call while performing surgery | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-01/doctor-appears-in-court-video-call-while-performing-surgery | 2021-02-28T00:24:30 | A Sacramento surgeon who made a court appearance for part of a traffic trial via Zoom while dressed in scrubs from an operating room is now the subject of a medical board investigation, officials said.
Dr. Scott Green appeared Thursday for his Sacramento County Superior Court trial, held virtually because of the COVID... |
Justice Department to appeal judge’s order on eviction moratorium | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-27/justice-dept-to-appeal-judges-order-on-eviction-moratorium | 2021-02-28T00:15:45 | The Justice Department said Saturday it will appeal a judge’s ruling that found the federal government’s eviction moratorium to be unconstitutional.
Prosecutors filed a notice in the case Saturday evening, saying they were appealing the matter to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
U.S. District Judge J.... |
Hong Kong detains 47 activists on subversion charges | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-27/hong-kong-detains-47-activists-on-subversion-charges | 2021-02-27T23:41:51 | Hong Kong police on Sunday detained 47 pro-democracy activists on charges of conspiracy to commit subversion under the city’s national security law, in the largest mass charge against the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s opposition camp since the law came into effect last June.
The former lawmakers and democracy ad... |
Biden hails House passage of $1.9-trillion COVID relief bill, which now moves to Senate | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-27/biden-hails-house-passage-of-1-9t-virus-bill-now-to-senate | 2021-02-27T17:05:15 | The House approved a $1.9-trillion pandemic relief bill that was championed by President Biden, the first step in providing another dose of aid to a weary nation as the measure now moves to a tense Senate.
“We have no time to waste,” Biden said at the White House after the House passage early Saturday. “We act now — d... |
FBI pinpoints suspect in Capitol Police officer's riot death | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-27/ap-sources-feds-pinpoint-suspect-in-officers-riot-death | 2021-02-27T16:51:13 | Federal investigators probing the death of a U.S. Capitol Police officer killed in the Jan. 6 riot have zeroed in on a suspect seen on video appearing to spray a chemical substance on the officer before he later collapsed and died, two people familiar with the matter told the Associated Press.
The FBI has obtained vid... |
Plunging demand for coronavirus tests may leave U.S. exposed | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-01/plunging-demand-for-covid-19-tests-may-leave-us-exposed | 2021-02-27T15:03:13 | Just five weeks ago, Los Angeles County was conducting more than 350,000 weekly coronavirus tests as health workers raced to contain the worst COVID-19 hotspot in the United States.
Now testing has nearly collapsed, county officials say. More than 180 government-supported sites are operating at only a third of their c... |
The blame-Trump defense looks like a longshot for those charged in Capitol siege | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-27/blame-trump-defense-in-capitol-riot-looks-like-a-long-shot | 2021-02-27T13:38:28 | The “Trump made me do it” defense is already looking like a longshot.
Facing damning evidence in the deadly Capitol siege last month — including social media posts flaunting their actions — rioters are arguing in court they were following then-President Trump’s instructions on Jan. 6. But the legal strategy has alread... |
Supreme Court tells Santa Clara County it can't bar in-person worship | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-26/high-court-tells-santa-clara-it-cant-bar-in-person-worship | 2021-02-27T02:23:25 | The U.S. Supreme Court told Santa Clara County on Friday that it can’t enforce a ban on indoor religious worship services put in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The high court issued an order in a case brought by a handful of churches.
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In a rebuke to Newsom, Supreme Court says California’s ba... |
A wax Don Draper welcomes New York diners as COVID-19 restrictions ease | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-26/nyc-steakhouse-stunt-a-wax-don-draper-hanging-at-the-bar | 2021-02-26T21:18:18 | It’s a promotion that could be straight out of the “Mad Men” Don Draper playbook.
Brooklyn’s famed Peter Luger Steak House has teamed with Madame Tussauds to have celebrity wax figures mingle with patrons, promoting the easing of pandemic restrictions on indoor dining in New York City.
A wax Jon Hamm — known for his ... |
Former US. Sen. Kelly Loeffler no longer owns Atlanta Dream after WNBA approves sale | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-26/wnba-approves-sale-of-dream-following-pressure-on-loeffler | 2021-02-26T19:30:16 | Real estate investor Larry Gottesdiener was approved Friday as lead owner of the Atlanta Dream after former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler was pressured to sell her share of the WNBA team.
The three-member investor group also includes former Dream guard Renee Montgomery and Suzanne Abair, president of Northland Investment ... |
Dutch poet declines to translate Amanda Gorman after outcry | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-01/dutch-poet-declines-assignment-to-translate-gormans-works | 2021-02-26T16:28:54 | A writer who was chosen to translate American poet Amanda Gorman‘s work into Dutch has handed back the assignment following criticism that a white author was selected to translate the words of a Black woman who is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history.
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, who last year became the youngest w... |
Carbon-cutting pledges by countries aren't nearly enough to halt warming, U.N. warns | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-26/un-carbon-cutting-pledges-by-countries-nowhere-near-enough | 2021-02-26T13:01:35 | The newest pledges by countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions are falling far short of what’s needed to limit global warming to what the Paris climate accord seeks, a new United Nations report finds.
So the U.N.’s climate chief is telling nations to go back and try harder.
The world’s pledges so far are only enoug... |
Islamic State bride loses bid to return to U.K. to fight for citizenship | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-26/is-bride-loses-bid-to-return-to-uk-to-fight-for-citizenship | 2021-02-26T10:59:16 | A woman who ran away from London as a teenager to join the Islamic State group lost her bid Friday to return to the U.K. to fight for the restoration of her citizenship, which was revoked on national security grounds.
Shamima Begum was one of three east London schoolgirls who traveled to Syria in 2015 to marry Islamic... |
Boeing 777 reportedly makes emergency landing in Moscow | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-26/boeing-777-makes-emergency-landing-in-moscow-reports | 2021-02-26T10:33:50 | Russian media reported that a Boeing 777 plane made an emergency landing in Moscow early Friday after the pilot reported a problem with the engine.
The Interfax news agency cited an anonymous source saying that the pilot on the flight from Hong Kong to Madrid reported a failure of one of the left engine control channe... |
Senate confirms former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as Energy secretary | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-25/former-michigan-gov-granholm-confirmed-as-energy-secretary | 2021-02-25T17:52:46 | Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm won Senate confirmation Thursday to be President Biden’s Energy secretary. The vote was 64-35.
Granholm, who served two terms as governor in a state dominated by the auto industry, will be a key player in Biden’s vision for a green economy as the United States fights to slow clim... |
Jews split over storied charity's support for settlements | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-24/jews-split-over-storied-charitys-support-for-settlements | 2021-02-25T02:52:27 | Generations of Jews have dropped spare change into the iconic blue boxes of the Jewish National Fund, a 120-year-old Zionist organization that acquires land, plants trees and carries out development projects in the Holy Land.
But the Israeli group, known by its Hebrew acronym KKL, is considering formally expanding its... |
Capitol Police were warned of violence before riot, says acting Chief Yogananda Pittman | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-24/chief-capitol-police-were-warned-of-violence-before-riot | 2021-02-25T01:22:42 | Capitol Police knew armed extremists were primed for violence at the iconic building on Jan. 6 and even provided officers with assault rifles to protect lawmakers, the acting chief acknowledged Wednesday. But the wild invasion of the Capitol was far worse than police expected, leaving them unprepared to fight it off.
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Biden lifts Trump-era ban blocking most legal immigration to the U.S. | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-24/biden-lifts-trump-era-ban-blocking-legal-immigration-to-us | 2021-02-25T00:59:22 | President Biden on Wednesday lifted a freeze on green cards issued by his predecessor during the pandemic that lawyers said was blocking most legal immigration to the United States.
Former President Trump last spring halted the issuance of green cards until the end of 2020 in the name of protecting the coronavirus-wra... |
Gang clashes result in Ecuador's deadliest prison riots ever | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-24/gang-clashes-result-in-ecuadors-deadliest-prison-riots-ever | 2021-02-25T00:08:28 | Ecuador experienced its deadliest prison riots ever this week when seemingly coordinated fights broke out in facilities in three different cities, leaving 79 inmates dead as of Wednesday and exposing the limited control that authorities have over people behind bars.
Hundreds of police officers and military personnel c... |
With long-term facilities nearly full, U.S. tries to expedite release of migrant children | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-24/amid-surge-us-tries-to-expedite-release-of-migrant-children | 2021-02-24T20:39:42 | With its long-term facilities for immigrant children nearly full, the Biden administration is working to expedite the release of children to their relatives in the United States.
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department on Wednesday authorized operators of long-term facilities to pay for some of the children’s f... |
Biden's CIA nominee vows to keep politics out of the job, provide 'unvarnished' intelligence | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-24/cia-nominee-pledges-to-provide-unvarnished-intelligence | 2021-02-24T20:03:48 | President Biden’s nominee to run the CIA told lawmakers Wednesday that he would keep politics out of the job and deliver “unvarnished” intelligence to politicians and policymakers even if they didn’t want to hear it.
“I’ve learned that politics must stop where intelligence works begin,” William Burns told members of t... |
Biden aims to distribute masks to millions in 'equity' push | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-24/biden-aims-to-distribute-masks-to-millions-in-equity-push | 2021-02-24T16:17:57 | President Biden plans to distribute millions of face masks to Americans in communities hard hit by the coronavirus as part of his efforts to ensure “equity” in the government’s response to the pandemic.
Biden had considered sending masks to all Americans, but is instead adopting a more conservative approach, aiming to... |
2 hard-hit cities, 2 diverging fates in vaccine rollout | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-24/2-hard-hit-cities-2-diverging-fates-in-vaccine-rollout | 2021-02-24T14:47:58 | Mario Valdez, his wife and their 18-year-old son were fully vaccinated for COVID-19 this month as part of a special effort to inoculate every resident of Central Falls, the Rhode Island community hit hardest by the pandemic.
“I feel happy,” the 62-year-old school bus driver said shortly after receiving his second and ... |
Southern Baptists oust 2 churches over LGBTQ inclusion | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-23/southern-baptists-oust-2-churches-over-lgbtq-inclusion | 2021-02-24T04:09:09 | The Southern Baptist Convention’s executive committee voted Tuesday to oust four of its churches, two over policies deemed to be too inclusive of LGBTQ people and two more for employing pastors convicted of sex offenses.
The actions were announced at a meeting marked by warnings from two top leaders that the SBC, the ... |
Federal judge says California can enforce net neutrality law | https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-02-23/federal-judge-says-california-can-enforce-net-neutrality-law | 2021-02-24T01:56:28 | A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that California can for the first time enforce its tough net neutrality law, clearing the way for the state to ban internet providers from slowing down or blocking access to websites and applications that don’t pay for premium service.
Former Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill in 2018, m... |
Family says Navy vet died after Bay Area police knelt on his neck | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-23/family-navy-vet-died-after-police-knelt-on-his-neck | 2021-02-24T01:37:57 | A Navy veteran who was going through an episode of paranoia died after a Northern California police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes, his family said Tuesday.
The family of Angelo Quinto called police on Dec. 23 because the 30-year-old was suffering a mental health crisis and needed help. His family says ... |
A year on, India's riot victims say justice still unserved | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-24/a-year-on-indias-riot-victims-say-justice-still-unserved | 2021-02-24T01:15:11 | The shooter shouted “Victory to Lord Rama,” the Hindu god, before pulling the trigger that sent a bullet into Muhammad Nasir Khan’s left eye.
Khan placed his trembling hand on his bloody eye socket and his fingers slipped deep into the wound. At that moment, he was sure he would die.
Khan ended up surviving the viole... |
Mars rover's giant parachute carried secret message | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-23/mars-rovers-giant-parachute-carried-secret-message | 2021-02-23T22:21:44 | The parachute used by NASA’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team.
Systems engineer Ian Clark used a binary code to spell out “Dare Mighty Things” in the orange-and-white strips of the 70-foot parachute. He also included the GPS coordinates for... |
No charges against Rochester, N.Y., officers involved in Daniel Prude's death | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-23/no-charges-against-officers-involved-in-daniel-prudes-death | 2021-02-23T21:41:59 | Police officers shown on body-camera video holding Daniel Prude down, naked and handcuffed, on a city street last winter until he stopped breathing will not face criminal charges, according to a grand jury decision announced Tuesday.
The 41-year-old Black man’s death last March sparked nightly protests in Rochester, N... |
Drug executives: Big jump in vaccine supply is coming soon | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-23/drug-executives-big-jump-in-vaccine-supply-is-coming-soon | 2021-02-23T21:25:38 | COVID-19 vaccine makers told Congress on Tuesday to expect a big jump in the delivery of doses over the coming month, and the companies insist they will be able to provide enough for most Americans to get inoculated by summer.
By the end of March, Pfizer and Moderna expect to have provided the U.S. government with a t... |
Indian Country gripped by Debra Haaland's Interior secretary hearings | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-24/indian-country-gripped-by-haaland-hearing-for-top-us-post | 2021-02-23T21:00:43 | For Native Americans, Debra Haaland is more than an elected official on track to become the first Indigenous secretary of the Interior Department. She is a sister, an auntie and a fierce Pueblo woman whose political stances have been molded by her upbringing.
News of her historic nomination electrified Indian Country.... |
Black pastors tapped to overcome racial divide on COVID-19 vaccine in Washington, D.C. | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-24/washington-taps-pastors-to-overcome-racial-divide-on-vaccine | 2021-02-23T20:34:30 | Stately and deliberate, with a distinctive white streak in his black hair, the Rev. Wallace Charles Smith started his Valentine’s Day sermon at Shiloh Baptist Church by talking about love and vaccinations.
“That’s what love’s all about. When you get a vaccination, you are saying to everyone around you that you love th... |
French actor Gérard Depardieu charged with rape after 2018 investigation revived | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-23/french-actor-depardieu-charged-with-rape-old-case-revived | 2021-02-23T19:16:39 | The Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday that French actor Gérard Depardieu was charged in December with rape and sexual assault after authorities revived a 2018 investigation that was initially dropped.
The office told the Associated Press that the French actor was not detained when he was handed the preliminary... |
Iran officially imposes curbs on UN nuclear inspections | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-23/iran-officially-imposes-curbs-on-un-nuclear-inspections | 2021-02-23T19:01:08 | Iran officially started restricting international inspections of its nuclear facilities Tuesday, a bid to pressure European countries and President Biden’s administration to lift crippling economic sanctions and restore the 2015 nuclear deal.
World powers slammed the restrictions as a “dangerous” move. It came as the... |
Meat-free school meals spark furor in France | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-24/food-fight-meat-free-school-meals-spark-furor-in-france | 2021-02-23T18:18:42 | By taking meat off the menu at school canteens, the ecologist mayor of one of France’s most famously gastronomic cities has kicked up a storm of protest and debate as the country increasingly questions the environmental costs of its meaty dietary habits.
Children in Lyon who were regularly offered such choices as beef... |
Wife of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' arrested in Virginia on U.S. drug charges | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-22/wife-of-drug-kingpin-el-chapo-arrested-on-us-drug-charges | 2021-02-23T04:05:04 | The Mexican drug kingpin known as El Chapo — “Shorty” — is said to have first met the elegant teenage daughter of one of his lieutenants at a small-town dance. Smitten, he later hosted a lavish bash to support her bid to become a beauty contest queen.
She was just 18 — and more than three decades his junior — when the... |
More than 150 migrants freed in Libya in raid on human traffickers | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-22/libya-over-150-migrants-freed-in-raid-on-traffickers | 2021-02-22T20:48:30 | Libyan authorities raided a secret prison in a southeastern city used by human traffickers and freed at last 156 African migrants, as the U.N. migration agency said Monday more than 1,300 Europe-bound migrants were returned over the past week to the conflict-stricken country.
The raid in the city of Kufra took place o... |
California inspectors find 'deficiencies' at new coronavirus testing lab | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-22/california-inspectors-find-deficiencies-at-virus-test-lab | 2021-02-22T20:44:23 | Inspectors found “significant deficiencies” at California’s new coronavirus testing laboratory, problems that state officials on Monday partly blamed on the rapid ramp-up they required from the lab’s private operator under terms of a $1.4-billion contract.
A fraction of 1% of the more than 1.5 million tests processed... |
After long wait, New Jersey moves ahead on recreational marijuana | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-22/after-long-wait-new-jersey-moves-ahead-on-recreational-pot | 2021-02-22T20:37:25 | A recreational marijuana marketplace, cannabis decriminalization and looser penalties for underage possession of the drug and alcohol became law Monday in New Jersey, more than three months after voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot question to legalize adult use of the drug.
Acknowledging that the legislation too... |
Virginia lawmakers vote to abolish the death penalty | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-22/virginia-lawmakers-vote-to-abolish-the-death-penalty | 2021-02-22T20:28:50 | State lawmakers gave final approval Monday to legislation that will end capital punishment in Virginia, a dramatic turnaround for a state that has executed more people in its long history than any other.
The legislation repealing the death penalty now heads to Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, who has said he will sign i... |
Angry youths rattle Spain in support of jailed rapper, but there's far more to the unrest | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-22/angry-youths-rattle-spain-in-support-of-jailed-rap-artist | 2021-02-22T15:10:19 | The imprisonment of a rap artist for his music and tweets praising terrorist violence and insulting the Spanish monarchy has set off a powder keg of pent-up rage this week in the southern European country.
The arrest of Pablo Hasél has brought thousands to the streets for different reasons.
Under the banner of freed... |
Hospitals across the South confront water shortages in winter storm's aftermath | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-21/hospitals-confront-water-shortages-in-winter-storm-aftermath | 2021-02-21T21:35:13 | Hospitals across the South grappled with water shortages Sunday as the region carried on with recovery efforts in the wake of a devastating winter storm, and the weather offered a balmy respite — temperatures as high as the mid-60s.
At the height of the storm, hospitals were scrambling to care for patients amid record... |
U.S. death toll from COVID-19 approaches 500,000 | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-21/us-coronavirus-death-toll-approaches-milestone-of-500-000 | 2021-02-21T21:14:54 | The U.S. stood Sunday at the brink of a once-unthinkable tally: 500,000 people lost to COVID-19.
A year into the pandemic, the running total of lives lost was about 498,000 — roughly the population of Kansas City, Mo., and just shy of the size of Atlanta. The figure compiled by Johns Hopkins University surpasses the n... |
Funeral and more protests follow deadly shootings in Myanmar | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-21/funeral-and-more-protests-follow-deadly-shootings-in-myanmar | 2021-02-21T13:07:02 | Crowds in Myanmar’s capital attended a funeral Sunday for the young woman who was the first person confirmed to have been killed in protests against the military’s takeover, just one day after security forces shot dead two more demonstrators.
Mya Thwet Thwet Khine was shot in the head by police on Feb. 9, two days bef... |
Deal reached in suit alleging James Franco sexual misconduct | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-02-20/deal-reached-in-suit-alleging-james-franco-sexual-misconduct | 2021-02-21T02:07:53 | A settlement agreement has been reached in a lawsuit that alleged James Franco intimidated students at an acting and film school he founded into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations.
A status report jointly filed by the two sides in Los Angeles Superior Court said a settlement had been reached in the class-a... |
Trump to speak at CPAC in first post-White House appearance | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-20/trump-to-speak-at-cpac-in-first-post-white-house-appearance | 2021-02-20T22:12:05 | Donald Trump will make his first post-presidential appearance at a gathering of conservatives in Florida next weekend.
Ian Walters, spokesman for the American Conservative Union, confirmed that Trump will be speaking at the group’s annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 28.
Trump is expected to use t... |
Biden's first month was about erasing the legacy of the 'former guy' | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-20/bidens-1st-month-was-about-erasing-the-mark-of-former-guy | 2021-02-20T16:50:31 | When Joe Biden walked into the Oval Office for the first time as president a month ago, his pens were ready. Already.
Lining a fine wooden box, they bore the presidential seal and an imprint of his signature, a micro-mission accomplished in advance of his swearing-in.
Four years ago, pens were just one more little dr... |
With no crowds, Louvre gets rare chance to refurbish | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-24/with-no-crowds-louvre-gets-rare-chance-to-refurbish | 2021-02-20T14:30:59 | The 518-year-old Mona Lisa has seen many things in her life on a wall, but rarely this: almost four months with no Louvre visitors.
As she stares out through bulletproof glass into the silent Salle des Etats, in what was once the world’s most-visited museum, her celebrated smile could almost denote relief. A bit furth... |
2 Myanmar protesters killed by police fire, reports say | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-20/2-myanmar-protesters-killed-by-police-fire-reports-say | 2021-02-20T13:29:26 | Two anti-coup protesters were shot dead by riot police who fired live rounds Saturday in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, local media reported.
One of the victims was shot in the head and died at the scene, according to Frontier Myanmar, a news and business magazine based in Yangon, the country’s largest city.... |
Back in Paris pact, U.S. faces tougher climate steps ahead | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-19/back-in-paris-pact-us-faces-tougher-climate-steps-ahead | 2021-02-19T21:17:03 | World leaders welcomed the United States’ official return to the Paris climate accord Friday, but politically trickier steps lie just ahead for President Biden, including setting a tough national target in coming months for cutting damaging fossil fuel emissions.
“We can no longer delay or do the bare minimum to addre... |
Guns in capitol buildings divide states after armed protests | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-19/guns-in-capitol-buildings-divide-states-after-armed-protests | 2021-02-19T19:47:30 | In the past year, insurrectionists have breached the U.S. Capitol and armed protesters have forced their way into statehouses around the country. But the question of whether guns should be allowed in capitol buildings remains political, and states are going in opposite directions.
In Montana, a law signed Thursday al... |
Nonprofits step up to protect fertility for cancer patients | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-24/nonprofits-step-up-to-protect-fertility-for-cancer-patients | 2021-02-19T14:55:53 | Roshni Kamta remembers that spring day two years ago when she left for work on her usual crowded New York City subway line, carrying precious cargo. Inside the light white bag, which she stored inside the refrigerator at work, were her egg freezing supplies — syringes and the hormone medications she would inject into h... |
Biden to lay out his foreign policy at G-7 and Munich summit | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-19/biden-to-lay-out-his-foreign-policy-at-g-7-munich-summit | 2021-02-19T11:43:26 | Joe Biden will make his first big appearance on the global stage as president on Friday, offering Group of Seven allies and other foreign leaders a glimpse into his plans to dramatically reshape U.S. foreign policy even as he deals with a number of international crises that are coming to a head.
In advance of Biden’s ... |
3 of 45 pilot whales survive mass stranding in Indonesia | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-19/3-of-45-pilot-whales-survive-mass-stranding-in-indonesia | 2021-02-19T08:52:31 | Only three of 45 short-finned pilot whales survived a mass stranding Friday in shallow waters on Indonesia’s Madura Island off the northeastern coast of Java, officials said.
The three whales were pushed back to the sea by volunteers and local authorities along the Modung beach in East Java province.
East Java Gov. K... |
Doctors race to find, vaccinate vulnerable homebound people | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-19/doctors-race-to-find-vaccinate-vulnerable-homebound-people | 2021-02-19T06:17:32 | A group of healthcare workers hurried out of a Boston hospital on a recent weekday morning, clutching small red coolers filled with COVID-19 vaccines.
Their challenge: Beat traffic, a looming snowstorm and the clock. They had to get shots in the arms of their homebound patients before the vaccines expired in a few hou... |
Eagles trade Carson Wentz to Colts for draft picks | https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-02-18/ap-source-eagles-send-carson-wentz-to-colts-for-draft-picks | 2021-02-18T17:44:40 | The Philadelphia Eagles have agreed to trade Carson Wentz to the Indianapolis Colts, according to a person familiar with the deal.
The Eagles will receive a third-round pick in this year’s draft and a conditional second-round pick in 2022 that can turn into a first-round pick if Wentz plays 75% of the snaps this year... |
U.S. jobless claims jump to 861,000 as layoffs remain high | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-18/us-jobless-claims-jump-to-861-000-as-layoffs-stay-high | 2021-02-18T13:59:03 | The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week to 861,000, evidence that layoffs remain painfully high despite a steady drop in the number of confirmed viral infections.
Applications from laid-off workers rose 13,000 from the previous week, which was revised sharply higher, the Labor Department s... |
2 Belarusian journalists sent to prison for covering protest | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-18/2-belarusian-journalists-sent-to-prison-for-covering-protest | 2021-02-18T11:38:42 | A court in Belarus on Thursday sent two journalists to prison on charges of violating public order after they covered a protest against the nation’s authoritarian president.
The court in the Belarusian capital of Minsk handed two-year sentences to Katsiaryna Bakhvalava, 27, who goes by the name Andreyeva, and Daria C... |
Why the power grid failed in Texas and beyond | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-18/explainer-why-the-power-grid-failed-in-texas-and-beyond | 2021-02-18T09:03:50 | The power outages tormenting Texas in uncharacteristically arctic temperatures are exposing weaknesses in an electricity system designed when the weather’s seasonal shifts were more consistent and predictable — conditions that most experts believe no longer exist.
This isn’t just happening in Texas, of course. Utilit... |
California lawmakers propose ban on fracking by 2027 | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-17/california-lawmakers-propose-ban-on-fracking-by-2027 | 2021-02-17T22:11:36 | New legislation would ban all fracking in California by 2027, taking aim at the powerful oil and gas industry in a state already planning to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035.
California has long been a leader in fighting climate change, requiring solar panels on new homes and passing a law to make the... |
Pope presides over pandemic-aware Ash Wednesday at Vatican | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-17/pope-celebrates-pandemic-aware-ash-wednesday-at-vatican | 2021-02-17T17:32:59 | Pope Francis presided over a pandemic-aware Ash Wednesday service, with reduced participation of the faithful and a revised rite to reduce the chance of infection as the virus and its variants continue to spread through Italy.
The Vatican’s liturgy office last month issued new guidance for priests celebrating Ash Wedn... |
Pfizer-BioNTech to get EU 200 million more COVID-19 shots | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-17/pfizer-biontech-to-get-eu-200-million-more-covid-19-shots | 2021-02-17T10:38:08 | As worries about vaccine delays swept across Europe, Pfizer and BioNTech said Wednesday they have finalized an agreement to supply the European Union with another 200 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine.
The U.S. and German companies said in a statement that the doses come on top of the 300 million vaccine doses t... |
Biden repeats promise to reopen schools by the end of his first 100 days in office | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-17/biden-reframes-his-goal-on-reopening-of-elementary-schools | 2021-02-17T10:22:43 | President Biden is promising a majority of elementary schools will be open five days a week by the end of his first 100 days in office, restating his goal after his administration came under fire when aides said schools would be considered open if they held in-person learning just one day a week.
Biden’s comments, dur... |
Fans to return to Australian Open after Melbourne lockdown relaxed | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-17/australias-second-largest-city-comes-out-of-3rd-lockdown | 2021-02-17T08:59:26 | Melbourne, Australia’s second largest city, will relax its third lockdown on Wednesday and allow spectators to return to the Australian Open tennis tournament after a five-day absence.
Rod Laver Arena will be allowed 7,477 spectators — around 50% of its capacity — for the final four days of the first Grand Slam event ... |
GameStop's saga may be over; its effect on Wall Street isn't | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-16/gamestops-saga-may-be-over-its-effect-on-wall-street-isnt | 2021-02-16T17:30:24 | The frenzy around GameStop’s stock may have quieted down, but the outsize influence small investors had in the saga will probably stick around.
No one expects another supernova like GameStop to happen again, in which a band of smaller-pocketed investors helped boost a struggling company’s stock 1,000% in two weeks. B... |
Vegas can wait: ACM Awards show will be held in Nashville once again | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-16/acm-awards-show-returns-to-nashville-venues-in-april | 2021-02-16T16:00:08 | The Academy of Country Music Awards are coming back to Nashville for a second time, with a show at three different venues.
The ACM and Dick Clark Productions announced Tuesday that the show would return April 18 and air on CBS from the Grand Ole Opry House, the Ryman Auditorium and the Bluebird Cafe. The awards show,... |
Democratic congressman sues Trump over role in Capitol riot | https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-02-16/trump-insurrection-capitol-riot-congressman-lawsuit | 2021-02-16T15:02:40 | A Democratic congressman accused former President Trump in a federal lawsuit Tuesday of inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and of conspiring with his lawyer and extremist groups to try to prevent the Senate from certifying the results of the presidential election he lost to Joe Biden.
The lawsuit fro... |
'Hotel Rwanda' hero faces trial as family fears for his life | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-16/hotel-rwanda-hero-faces-trial-as-family-fears-for-his-life | 2021-02-16T08:23:50 | As the terrorism trial for Paul Rusesabagina, whose story inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda,” is set to start on Wednesday, his family says the critic of longtime Rwandan President Paul Kagame has no chance at a fair trial and might die from poor health behind bars.
Rusesabagina, praised for saving ethnic Tutsis during ... |
U.K.'s chief mouser celebrates 10 years on the prowl | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-15/uks-chief-mouser-celebrates-10-years-on-the-prowl | 2021-02-15T12:33:48 | Larry the cat, a four-legged inhabitant of London’s 10 Downing St., is marking a decade as Britain’s mouse-catcher in chief on Monday.
The tabby cat was recruited by then-Prime Minister David Cameron to deal with a pack of rats seen scuttling close to the British leader’s official residence, and entered Downing Street... |
Obamacare sign-ups reopen as Democrats push for more aid | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-15/obamacare-sign-ups-reopen-as-democrats-push-for-more-aid | 2021-02-15T11:18:29 | HealthCare.gov’s market for subsidized health plans reopens Monday for a special three-month sign-up window as the Democratic-led Congress pushes a boost in financial help that could cut premiums by double digits.
This enrollment period during the coronavirus pandemic is an early test of President Biden’s strategy to ... |
Suu Kyi detention extended as protests continue in Myanmar | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-15/suu-kyi-detention-extended-as-protests-continue-in-myanmar | 2021-02-15T08:24:27 | Myanmar’s military leaders have extended their detention of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose remand was set to expire Monday and whose freedom is a key demand of the crowds of people continuing to protest this month’s military coup.
Suu Kyi will now be remanded until Wednesday, when she will likely appear in cou... |
Myanmar rattled by army movements and apparent internet cutoff | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-14/myanmar-rattled-by-army-movements-apparent-internet-cutoff | 2021-02-14T21:06:20 | Sightings of armored personnel carriers in Myanmar’s biggest city and an internet shutdown raised political tensions late Sunday after vast numbers of people around the country flouted orders against demonstrations to protest the military’s seizure of power.
Public concern has already been heightened for the last few ... |
Duchess of Sussex expecting second child, a sibling for Archie | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-14/duchess-of-sussex-expecting-2nd-child-a-sibling-for-archie | 2021-02-14T21:03:42 | The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expecting their second child, their office confirmed Sunday.
A spokesperson for Prince Harry, 36, and Meghan, 39, said in a statement: “We can confirm that Archie is going to be a big brother. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are overjoyed to be expecting their second child.”
In a bla... |
Police say Nicki Minaj's father killed by hit-and-run driver | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-14/police-say-nicki-minajs-father-killed-by-hit-and-run-driver | 2021-02-14T20:42:20 | The 64-year-old father of rapper Nicki Minaj has died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in New York, police said.
Robert Maraj was walking along a road in Mineola on Long Island at 6:15 p.m. Friday when he was hit by a car that kept going, Nassau County police said. Maraj was taken to a hospital, where he was... |
Trump looks to reassert himself after impeachment acquittal | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-14/trump-looks-to-reassert-himself-after-impeachment-acquittal | 2021-02-14T19:33:51 | Donald Trump took in the win at Mar-a-Lago, surrounded by friends and family. His lawyers celebrated with hugs and smiles. One joked, “We’re going to Disney World!”
Now acquitted in his second Senate impeachment trial, Trump is preparing for the next phase of his post-presidency life. Feeling emboldened by the trial’s... |
On Parkland anniversary, Biden calls for tougher gun laws | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-14/on-parkland-anniversary-biden-calls-for-tougher-gun-laws | 2021-02-14T19:27:32 | President Biden joined a Florida community Sunday in remembering the 17 lives lost three years ago in the Parkland school shooting massacre, using the occasion to call on Congress to strengthen gun laws.
“In seconds, the lives of dozens of families, and the life of an American community, were changed forever,” Biden ... |
Impeachment isn't the final word on Capitol riot for Trump | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-14/impeachment-isnt-the-final-word-on-capitol-riot-for-trump | 2021-02-14T19:00:34 | Donald Trump’s acquittal at his second impeachment trial may not be the final word on whether he’s to blame for the deadly Capitol riot. The next step for the former president could be the courts.
Now a private citizen, Trump is stripped of his protection from legal liability that the presidency gave him. That change... |
Indian rescuers find 11 more bodies after glacier flooding | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-14/indian-rescuers-find-11-more-bodies-after-glacier-flooding | 2021-02-14T10:46:27 | Rescuers in northern India searching muck-filled ravines and valleys for survivors after the sudden collapse last week of a Himalayan glacier found 11 more bodies on Sunday, raising the death toll to 49.
Krishan Kumar, a spokesperson for the National Disaster Response Force, said 155 people were still missing after a ... |
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