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Biden White House seeks to turn page on Trump, focus on legislative priorities | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-14/biden-white-house-seeks-to-turn-page-on-trump | 2021-02-14T10:14:25 | The end of former President Trump’s impeachment trial opens a new chapter for his successor in the White House.
But while President Biden and his team are eager to move past the impeachment, the bitterly partisan tone of the proceedings underscores the deep challenges ahead as the president and his party try to push f... |
Russia moves to extinguish pro-Navalny 'flashlight' protests | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-14/russia-moves-to-extinguish-pro-navalny-flashlight-protests | 2021-02-14T09:29:31 | When the team of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny urged people to come out to their residential courtyards and shine their cellphone flashlights in a display of unity, many responded with jokes and skepticism. After two weekends of nationwide demonstrations, the new protest format looked to some like... |
Kosovo votes for new parliament amid the pandemic | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-14/kosovo-votes-for-new-parliament-amid-pandemic | 2021-02-14T09:02:47 | Kosovo is holding an early parliamentary election to form a new government amid the coronavirus pandemic, an economic downturn and stalled negotiations with wartime foe Serbia.
Some 1.8 million eligible voters on Sunday began casting their ballots at 2,400 polling stations. They’re electing 120 lawmakers among more th... |
New Zealand city of Auckland begins 3-day coronavirus lockdown | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-13/new-zealand-city-going-into-3-day-lockdown-after-virus-found | 2021-02-14T07:39:51 | New Zealand’s largest city of Auckland has begun a three-day lockdown following the discovery of three unexplained coronavirus cases in the community.
Health officials said Monday that the cases were of the more contagious variant first found in Britain and that genome testing hadn’t linked them to any previous known ... |
Religion and the death penalty collide at the Supreme Court | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-13/religion-and-the-death-penalty-collide-at-the-supreme-court | 2021-02-13T08:52:20 | The Supreme Court is sending a message to states that want to continue to carry out the death penalty: Inmates must be allowed to have a spiritual advisor by their side as they are executed.
The high court around midnight Thursday declined to let Alabama proceed with the lethal injection of Willie B. Smith III. Smith ... |
Maryland moves ahead with nation's first tax on internet ads | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-12/maryland-lawmakers-move-ahead-with-first-tax-on-internet-ads | 2021-02-12T20:37:06 | Maryland lawmakers are moving forward with a first-in-the-nation tax on internet ads, to be paid by big tech companies such as Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google. It’s slated to help cover the costs of a comprehensive and pricey measure to improve K-12 education.
The Maryland General Assembly, which is controlle... |
Chinese TV features blackface performers in New Year's gala | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-12/chinese-tv-features-blackface-performers-in-new-years-gala | 2021-02-12T12:19:50 | Chinese state TV included dancers in blackface portraying Africans during a national broadcast as Asia welcomed the lunar Year of the Ox with subdued festivities Friday amid travel curbs to contain renewed coronavirus outbreaks.
The “African Song and Dance” performance came at start of the Spring Festival Gala, one of... |
Kim Jong Un lays blame on senior officials for North Korea's economic failures | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-12/kim-lays-blame-at-officials-for-n-koreas-economic-failures | 2021-02-12T09:07:37 | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ripped into the performance of his Cabinet and fired a senior economic official he appointed a month ago, saying they’d failed to come up with new ideas to salvage an economy in decay.
The report by state media on Friday comes during the toughest period of Kim’s nine-year rule. The... |
Alabama halts execution after court rules it can't proceed without a pastor | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-11/alabama-execution-cancelled-after-injunction-maintained | 2021-02-12T06:23:58 | An Alabama inmate on Thursday won a reprieve from a scheduled lethal injection after the U.S. Supreme Court said the state could not proceed without his pastor in the death chamber.
The lethal injection of Willie B. Smith III was called off after justices maintained an injunction issued by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court... |
Tokyo 2020 leader relents and resigns after criticism of sexist comments | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-11/tokyo-olympics-mori-to-leave-but-gender-issue-remains | 2021-02-12T06:23:13 | Yoshiro Mori resigned Friday as the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee following sexist comments implying women talk too much.
“As of today I will resign from the president’s position,” he said to open an executive board and council meeting. The board was expected to pick his successor later on Friday... |
Five people linked to Proud Boys arrested for alleged roles in riot at U.S. Capitol | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-11/5-linked-to-kansas-city-metro-chapter-of-proud-boys-arrested | 2021-02-11T21:09:01 | Five people prosecutors have linked to a Kansas City metro chapter of the Proud Boys were arrested Thursday on federal charges for their alleged roles in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
A probable cause affidavit filed in the case alleges they conspired to impede certification of the Electoral College vote.
Will... |
U.K. judge rules that newspaper invaded privacy of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-11/uk-judge-rules-that-newspaper-invaded-meghans-privacy | 2021-02-11T18:08:49 | A British judge ruled Thursday that a newspaper invaded the Duchess of Sussex’s privacy by publishing personal letter to her estranged father.
Judge Mark Warby said Associated Newspapers misused the duchess’ private information in five February 2019 articles in the Mail on Sunday and on the MailOnline website, which p... |
U.S. jobless claims fall slightly to 793,000, still a high number | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-11/us-jobless-claims-fall-slightly-to-793-000-with-layoffs-high | 2021-02-11T14:01:17 | The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to 793,000, evidence that job cuts remain high despite a substantial decline in new viral infections.
Last week’s total declined from 812,000 the previous week, the Labor Department said Thursday. That figure was revised higher from the prev... |
India, China begin troop withdrawal from contested border | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-11/india-china-begin-troop-withdrawal-from-contested-border | 2021-02-11T09:36:36 | China and India have been pulling back frontline troops along disputed portions of their mountain border where they have been in a standoff for months, officials in both countries said.
The troops started the disengagement on Wednesday at the southern and northern banks of Pangong Lake in the Ladakh region, according ... |
New Capitol riot video shows Officer Goodman point Mitt Romney to safety | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-10/new-riot-video-shows-officer-goodman-point-romney-to-safety | 2021-02-11T00:43:53 | During the impeachment trial of former President Trump on Wednesday, Democrats revealed new footage of a U.S. Capitol Police officer hailed for his heroism during the Jan. 6 insurrection, this time directing Sen. Mitt Romney to turn around and head in the opposite direction of rioters storming the building.
The respon... |
Jay-Z, Foo Fighters and Go-Go's nominated for 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-10/jay-z-foo-fighters-and-the-go-gos-nominated-for-rock-hall | 2021-02-10T15:33:51 | Jay-Z, Foo Fighters, Tina Turner and Iron Maiden lead this year’s nominees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a female-heavy list of 16 acts that includes for the first time the Go-Go’s, Mary J. Blige and Dionne Warwick.
Artists are eligible for a nomination 25 years after the release of their first official recording... |
Union approves deal with Chicago schools to return to class | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-10/union-approves-deal-with-chicago-schools-to-return-to-class | 2021-02-10T14:22:30 | The Chicago Teachers Union has approved a deal with the nation’s third-largest school district to get students back to class during the coronavirus pandemic, union officials announced early Wednesday.
The vote by the union’s roughly 25,000 members ends the possibility of an immediate teacher lockout or strike. The agr... |
South Africa scraps AstraZeneca vaccine, will give Johnson & Johnson shots | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-10/south-africa-scraps-astrazeneca-vaccine-will-give-j-j-jabs | 2021-02-10T10:45:35 | South Africa will give the unapproved Johnson & Johnson vaccine to its front-line health workers beginning next week as a study to see what protection it provides from COVID-19, particularly against the variant dominant there, the health minister said Wednesday.
Zweli Mkhize said South Africa has scrapped plans to use... |
Trump fumes, GOP senators baffled by legal team's debut | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-10/trump-fumes-gop-senators-baffled-by-legal-teams-debut | 2021-02-10T03:26:19 | Former President Trump fumed that his attorneys’ performance on the opening day of his second impeachment trial was a disaster, as allies and Republican senators questioned the strategy and some called for yet another shakeup to his legal team.
Trump, who was watching the proceedings in Washington from his Mar-a-Lago... |
Lying on arrival could mean 10 years in prison in England | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-09/lying-on-arrival-could-mean-10-years-in-prison-in-england | 2021-02-09T20:49:30 | Anyone arriving in England and found to have lied about a recent visit to a country on the British government’s travel ban list faces up to 10 years in prison under new tough coronavirus border policies announced Tuesday.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that starting Monday, residents of the United Kingdom and Irel... |
United Arab Emirates spacecraft enters orbit around Mars in historic mission | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-09/arab-spacecraft-enters-orbit-around-mars-in-historic-flight | 2021-02-09T20:17:41 | A spacecraft from the United Arab Emirates swung into orbit around Mars on Tuesday in a triumph for the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission.
Ground controllers at the UAE’s space center in Dubai rose to their feet and broke into applause when word came that the craft named Amal, the Arabic word for hope, had re... |
California panel calls for overhaul of sentencing laws | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-09/california-sentencing-law-overhaul | 2021-02-09T14:36:19 | California should allow all but death row inmates and those serving life without parole to request lighter sentences after serving at least 15 years as part of a dramatic overhaul of the state’s sentencing laws recommended Tuesday by an advisory committee to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The state also should limit sentencing en... |
What's ahead as Trump impeachment trial begins | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-09/explainer-whats-ahead-as-trump-impeachment-trial-begins | 2021-02-09T11:32:47 | Former President Trump’s historic second impeachment trial will force the Senate to decide whether to convict him of incitement of insurrection after a violent mob of his supporters lay siege to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Although Trump’s acquittal is expected, Democrats hope to gain at least some Senate Republican ... |
CBO says $15 wage would reduce poverty and increase debt | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-08/budget-office-15-wage-would-reduce-poverty-increase-debt | 2021-02-09T02:47:18 | Increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour would reduce the number of Americans living in poverty and boost wages for millions of Americans while adding to the federal debt and joblessness, a new report from the Congressional Budget Office projects.
The federal deficit would increase by about $54 billion over 10 years... |
House Democrats propose $1,400 payments in first draft of COVID-19 relief bill | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-08/dems-propose-1-400-payments-as-part-of-biden-virus-relief | 2021-02-08T23:33:06 | House Democrats on Monday released the first draft text for key pieces of legislation that will comprise President Biden’s COVID-19 relief bill.
The legislative language from the Ways and Means, Financial Services and Education and Labor Committees show Democrats are forging ahead with plans to bump the federal minimu... |
Next stop Mars: 3 spacecraft arriving in quick succession | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-08/next-stop-mars-3-spacecraft-arriving-in-quick-succession | 2021-02-08T22:43:17 | After hurtling hundreds of millions of miles through space since last summer, three robotic explorers are ready to hit the brakes at Mars.
The stakes — and anxiety — are sky high.
The United Arab Emirates’ orbiter reaches Mars on Tuesday, followed less than 24 hours later by China’s orbiter-rover combo. NASA’s rove... |
Water cannon fired at protesters as tensions rise in Myanmar | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-07/water-cannon-fired-at-protesters-as-tensions-rise-in-myanmar | 2021-02-08T07:19:58 | Tension in the confrontations between the authorities and demonstrators against last week’s coup in Myanmar boiled over Monday, as police fired a water cannon at peaceful protesters in the capital, Naypyitaw.
On Sunday, in the town of Myawaddy on Myanmar’s eastern border with Thailand, police shot into the air in an e... |
Yellen: Biden's plan could restore full employment by 2022 | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-07/yellen-bidens-plan-could-restore-full-employment-by-2022 | 2021-02-07T18:20:46 | Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday the country was still in a “deep hole,” with millions of jobs lost, but that President Biden’s $1.9-trillion relief plan could generate enough growth to restore full employment by next year.
Republican senators argued that Biden’s proposal was too expensive, and they cited ... |
Wyoming GOP censures Rep. Liz Cheney over impeachment vote | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-06/wyoming-gop-censures-rep-liz-cheney-over-impeachment-vote | 2021-02-06T22:53:26 | The Wyoming Republican Party voted overwhelmingly Saturday to censure U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney for voting to impeach President Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Only eight of the 74 members of the state GOP’s central committee stood to oppose censure in a vote that didn’t proceed to a formal coun... |
Egypt releases Al Jazeera journalist detained since 2016 | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-06/egypt-releases-al-jazeera-journalist-detained-since-2016 | 2021-02-06T17:46:39 | Egyptian authorities on Saturday freed an Al Jazeera journalist after more than four years in detention, his family lawyer said.
Mahmoud Hussein walked free from a police station Saturday afternoon, a few days after a court ordered his conditional release pending investigations into charges of publishing false informa... |
Biden says 'erratic' Trump shouldn't get intelligence briefings | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-06/biden-says-erratic-trump-shouldnt-get-intel-briefings | 2021-02-06T10:51:39 | President Biden said Friday that Donald Trump’s “erratic behavior” should prevent him from receiving classified intelligence briefings, a courtesy that historically has been granted to outgoing presidents.
Asked in an interview with CBS News what he feared if Trump continued to receive the briefings, Biden said he did... |
Texas woman charged in Capitol riot can go on Mexico trip, judge says | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-05/judge-texan-charged-in-capitol-riot-can-go-on-mexico-trip | 2021-02-06T07:45:06 | A federal judge on Friday granted permission for a West Texas flower shop owner charged in last month’s riot at the U.S. Capitol to take a work-related four-day trip to Mexico.
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden said in the order granting Jenny Cudd’s request for travel later this month that neither her pretrial serv... |
Kings can't keep pace with Golden Knights in 5-2 loss | https://www.latimes.com/sports/hockey/story/2021-02-05/kings-golden-knights-gamer-for-feb-6-paper | 2021-02-06T07:04:16 | Nic Hague and William Karlsson each had a goal and two assists as the Vegas Golden Knights returned to action after being sidelined due to COVID protocols and beat the Kings 5-2 Friday night.
Vegas was playing for the first time since Jan. 26 after being shut down due to the NHL’s virus protocols. The Golden Knights, ... |
Biden administration pledges more support for minority businesses | https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-02-09/biden-administration-pledges-more-support-for-minority-businesses | 2021-02-05T22:59:07 | The Biden administration promised Black business executives on Friday that it planned to make sure that the government’s economic support programs were able to reach minority-owned businesses.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the new administration intended to address problems in d... |
COVID-19 vaccines contribute to drop in coronavirus cases at U.S. nursing homes | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-05/coronavirus-cases-drop-at-us-homes-for-elderly-and-infirm | 2021-02-05T18:03:36 | Coronavirus cases have dropped at U.S. nursing homes and other long-term care facilities over the past few weeks, offering a glimmer of hope that health officials attribute to the start of vaccinations, an easing of the post-holiday surge and better prevention, among other reasons.
More than 153,000 residents of the c... |
California lawsuit seeks moratorium on new cellphone towers at Lake Tahoe | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-05/suit-seeks-moratorium-on-new-cellphone-towers-at-lake-tahoe | 2021-02-05T18:01:41 | A federal lawsuit seeking a moratorium on construction of new cellphone towers at Lake Tahoe claims Verizon Wireless and regional regulators are failing to adequately consider potential harm to public health and the environment under antiquated rules that turn a blind eye to modern technology.
A local resident and con... |
Jamaica faces marijuana shortage as farmers struggle | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-12/jamaica-faces-marijuana-shortage-as-farmers-struggle | 2021-02-05T17:04:25 | Jamaica is running low on ganja.
Heavy rains followed by an extended drought, an increase in local consumption and a drop in the number of marijuana farmers have caused a shortage in the island’s famed but largely illegal market that experts say is the worst they’ve seen.
“It’s a cultural embarrassment,” said Triston... |
Biden meets with House Democrats in push for $1.9-trillion coronavirus relief plan | https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-02-05/biden-pushes-for-relief-bill | 2021-02-05T16:42:28 | President Biden met Friday with leading House Democrats who aim to put his $1.9-trillion coronavirus relief package on a fast track to becoming law, drawing on new signs of strain in the economy to push for its approval.
“We can’t do too much here, we can do too little,” he told them. “Real, live people are hurting. A... |
Why the job market is in for a long and bumpy recovery | https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-02-05/coronavirus-jobs-unemployment-january | 2021-02-05T13:39:39 | As David Spatafore looks at the COVID-19-depressed economy, he sees good times just ahead.
“Our plan right now is kind of shooting for summertime to be like the Roaring ’20s,” said the owner of San Diego restaurant company Blue Bridge Hospitality.
Pent-up demand after almost a year of social distancing and lockdowns ... |
Alexei Navalny in Moscow court again, accused of defaming a WWII veteran | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-05/navalny-in-court-again-accused-of-defaming-a-wwii-veteran | 2021-02-05T09:34:08 | Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appeared in a Moscow court on Friday for the second time this week, this time on a charge of defaming a World War II veteran.
The politician, who was ordered earlier this week to serve two years and eight months in prison, slammed the new hearing as a “disgusting PR trial” int... |
A glance at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's incendiary words | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-04/a-glance-at-rep-marjorie-taylor-greenes-incendiary-words | 2021-02-04T22:09:12 | Freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, was likely to be stripped of her committee assignments by the House Democratic majority Thursday over racist remarks, her embrace of conspiracy theories and her past endorsement of violence against leading Democratic officials.
Greene, 46, is a newcomer to p... |
Stocks rise, buoyed by company earnings and hopes for more COVID-19 stimulus | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-04/solid-company-earnings-and-hopes-for-aid-send-stocks-higher | 2021-02-04T21:48:59 | A broad rally Thursday on Wall Street added to the stock market’s solid gains this week and pushed the Standard & Poor’s 500 index and the Nasdaq composite to all-time highs.
Strong company earnings and optimism that Washington can reach a deal for another round of fiscal stimulus for millions of Americans who need ... |
U.S. unemployment claims fall to 779,000, but job cuts grind on | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-04/us-unemployment-claims-fall-to-779-000-but-job-cuts-grind-on | 2021-02-04T13:39:18 | The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits declined to 779,000 last week, a still-historically high total that shows that a sizable number of people keep losing jobs to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last week’s total dropped from 812,000 the previous week, the Labor Department said Thursday, and is the lowest in t... |
Ohio police officer charged with murder in Andre Hill death | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-03/ohio-police-officer-charged-with-murder-in-andre-hill-death | 2021-02-04T00:54:05 | A white Ohio police officer was indicted Wednesday on a murder charge in the latest fallout following the December shooting death of 47-year-old Andre Hill, a Black man, the state’s attorney general said.
Columbus Police Officer Adam Coy was indicted by a Franklin County grand jury following an investigation by the Oh... |
Study finds AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine may reduce virus transmission | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-03/study-finds-covid-19-vaccine-may-reduce-virus-transmission | 2021-02-03T19:43:46 | AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine does more than prevent people from falling seriously ill — it appears to reduce transmission of the coronavirus and offers strong protection for three months on just a single dose, researchers said Wednesday in an encouraging turn in the campaign to suppress the outbreak.
The preliminary... |
Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who was killed in riot, lies in honor | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-02/capitol-police-officer-who-died-after-riot-lies-in-honor | 2021-02-03T02:53:43 | Slain Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick was lying in honor in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday evening, allowing his colleagues and the lawmakers he protected to pay their respects and to remember the violent attack on Congress that took his life.
Sicknick died after defending the Capitol on Jan. 6 against the mob tha... |
Myanmar, Burma and why the different names matter | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-02/explainer-myanmar-burma-and-why-the-different-names-matter | 2021-02-02T22:02:46 | This week, the military upended years of quasi-democratic rule in Myanmar, with soldiers taking control of the country in a carefully orchestrated coup. The military said the seizure of power was necessary because the government had failed to act on unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in November elections, which the... |
Senate confirms Pete Buttigieg as Transportation secretary | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-02/senate-confirms-pete-buttigieg-as-transportation-secretary | 2021-02-02T18:18:05 | The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Pete Buttigieg as Transportation secretary, the first out gay person to take a Cabinet post, tasked with advancing President Biden’s ambitious agenda of rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure and fighting climate change.
Buttigieg, a 39-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Ind., and Bid... |
Ocasio-Cortez talks Capitol attack, past sexual assault | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-02/ocasio-cortez-talks-capitol-attack-past-sexual-assault | 2021-02-02T04:55:44 | A teary-eyed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday recounted hiding in her office bathroom as a man repeatedly yelled, “Where is she!” during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and also revealed a sexual assault in her past as she talked about trauma.
Ocasio-Cortez, during an Instagram live video, became emotiona... |
Wall Street's GameStop bug may have mutated; silver surges | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-01/wall-streets-gamestop-bug-may-have-mutated-silver-surges | 2021-02-01T20:29:58 | The erratic trading in shares of underdog companies such as GameStop that turned markets combustible last week appears to have migrated to commodities, sending silver prices surging to an eight-year high.
Silver futures jumped more than 9% on Monday to $29.42 an ounce with #silversqueeze trending on Twitter. That exu... |
Man arrested after livestream shows 2 bodies in Vacaville apartment | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-01/california-man-arrested-after-livestream-shows-2-bodies | 2021-02-01T19:21:07 | Police have arrested a man in connection with the killings of two women after a caller reported seeing a social media livestream over the weekend showing an armed person inside an apartment with two bodies on the floor.
The Vacaville Police Department said officers went to the Rocky Hill Veterans Apartments at 12:42 a... |
Hate groups migrate online, making tracking more difficult | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-01/hate-groups-migrate-online-making-tracking-more-difficult | 2021-02-01T17:23:36 | During one of the most politically divisive years in recent memory, the number of active hate groups in the U.S. actually declined as far-right extremists migrated further to online networks, reflecting a splintering of white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups that are more difficult to track.
In its annual report, relea... |
Trump names two lawyers to impeachment defense team | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-31/trump-names-2-lawyers-to-impeachment-defense-team | 2021-02-01T01:22:03 | Donald Trump announced Sunday that a criminal defense lawyer and a former county prosecutor who was criticized for his decision to not charge actor Bill Cosby in a sex crimes case will lead his impeachment defense team, one day after it was revealed that the former president had parted ways with an earlier set of att... |
Body found in San Diego park is missing 21-year-old, family says | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-31/family-body-found-in-san-diego-park-is-missing-21-year-old | 2021-02-01T00:37:52 | The body of a 21-year-old man who went missing while out for a run was found in water at a San Diego area wilderness park, his family said.
Volunteers joined authorities in searching for Max Lenail, who disappeared Friday at sprawling Mission Trails Regional Park.
A man’s body was found by hikers near a waterfall S... |
Israel to give some COVID-19 vaccines to Palestinians | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-31/israel-to-give-some-coronavirus-vaccines-to-palestinians | 2021-01-31T10:34:01 | Israel has agreed to transfer 5,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to the Palestinians to immunize front-line medical workers, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s office announced Sunday.
It was the first time that Israel has confirmed the transfer of vaccines to the Palestinians, who lag far behind Israel’s aggress... |
2 identified as Proud Boys members indicted on federal conspiracy charges in Capitol riot | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-30/federal-conspiracy-charges-for-2-proud-boys-in-capitol-riot | 2021-01-30T18:54:40 | Two men identified as members of the Proud Boys have been indicted on federal conspiracy and other charges in the Capitol riot as prosecutors raise the stakes in some of the slew of cases stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Dominic Pezzola, a former Marine who authorities say was seen on video smashing a Capitol wi... |
For Biden, protecting the environment means filling vacant science jobs | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-02/biden-environmental-challenge-filling-vacant-scientist-jobs | 2021-01-30T17:17:07 | Polluting factories go uninspected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Leadership positions sit vacant at the U.S. Geological Survey’s climate science centers. And U.S. Department of Agriculture research into environmental issues important to farmers is unfinished.
The ranks of scientists who carry out envir... |
Biden faces renewed pressure to secure release of U.S. contractor in Afghanistan | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-30/biden-faces-calls-to-secure-release-of-us-man-in-afghanistan | 2021-01-30T14:04:42 | As the Biden administration considers whether it should pull remaining U.S. troops out of Afghanistan in the coming months, some fear for the fate of an American who could be left behind: an abducted contractor believed held by a Taliban-linked militant group.
On the one-year anniversary of Mark Frerichs’ abduction, f... |
Fences around U.S. Capitol highlight delicate dance over safety and access | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-30/capitol-fences-highlight-delicate-dance-over-safety-access | 2021-01-30T11:01:07 | The terrace on the west side of the Capitol used to be a popular place for tourists and Washingtonians alike to watch the sun dip behind the Lincoln Memorial at the far end of the National Mall.
Then came the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
The terrace has been closed to the public ever since.
It’s a sad fact of life in ... |
Cowboys for Trump leader in solitary confinement after refusing coronavirus test | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-29/cowboys-for-trump-leader-refuses-virus-test-in-jail | 2021-01-30T09:43:35 | The jailed leader of Cowboys for Trump has been held in solitary isolation for two weeks after he refused to take a coronavirus test and rejected initial offers to speak with an attorney or judge following his arrest in connection with the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol, a federal judge said Friday in a court order.
... |
Indian farmers begin hunger strike amid fury against Modi | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-30/indian-farmers-begin-hunger-strike-amid-fury-against-modi | 2021-01-30T09:01:09 | Indian farmers and their leaders spearheading more than two months of protests against new agriculture laws began a daylong hunger strike Saturday, directing their fury toward Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government.
Farmer leaders said the hunger strike, which coincides with the anniversary of the death of In... |
State bar looking into lawyer Lin Wood, who pushed voter fraud claims | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-02-02/state-bar-looking-into-lawyer-who-pushed-voter-fraud-claims | 2021-01-29T21:00:11 | The organization that licenses lawyers in Georgia has opened an inquiry into attorney Lin Wood, who gained national attention since the general election for persistent, unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud.
The State Bar of Georgia “is proceeding with an inquiry” under the bar rule that has to do with mental inc... |
Bay Area customers sue Subway, claiming tuna is ‘anything but tuna’ | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-29/2-customers-sue-subway-claiming-tuna-is-anything-but-tuna | 2021-01-29T18:33:29 | Two San Francisco Bay Area residents have sued the fast-food chain Subway, alleging that its tuna is “anything but tuna” and calling it “tuna salad” constitutes fraud and false advertising.
Karen Dhanowa and Nilima Amin of Alameda County claim in their lawsuit filed last week in U.S. District Court for the Northern Di... |
GameStop soars again; Wall Street bends under the pressure | https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-01-29/gamestop-stock-market-wall-street | 2021-01-29T18:13:27 | GameStop’s stock is back to the races Friday, and the overall U.S. market is down again, as the saga that’s captivated and confused Wall Street ramps up the drama.
GameStop shot up more than 70% in afternoon trading, clawing back most of its steep loss from the day before, after Robinhood said it will allow customers... |
FBI: Pipe bombs at RNC, DNC were planted night before Capitol riot | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-29/fbi-pipe-bombs-at-rnc-dnc-were-planted-night-before-riot | 2021-01-29T17:22:09 | Two pipe bombs left at the offices of the Republican and Democratic national committees, discovered just before thousands of pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, were actually placed the night before, federal officials said Friday.
The FBI said the investigation had revealed new information, including that the... |
Johnson & Johnson's one-dose shot prevents COVID-19, but less than some others | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-29/j-j-1-dose-shot-prevents-covid-19-but-less-than-some-others | 2021-01-29T13:17:56 | Johnson & Johnson’s long-awaited vaccine appears to protect against COVID-19 with just one shot — not as strong as some two-shot rivals but still potentially helpful for a world in dire need of more doses.
J&J said Friday that in the U.S. and seven other countries, the single-shot vaccine was 66% effective overall at ... |
A year into pandemic, California's broken unemployment agency still hurting those in need | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-29/california-unemployment-agency-unprepared-covid-19-backlog-fraud-struggles | 2021-01-29T13:00:08 | Nearly a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, California’s beleaguered unemployment benefits system remains mired in dysfunction, leaving many jobless workers in dire straits after their efforts to receive financial assistance have been stymied by jammed phone lines, overwhelmed staff and failed technology.
Millions of ou... |
China executes finance official in bribery case | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-29/china-finance-official-executed-in-bribery-case | 2021-01-29T12:10:42 | The former head of a Chinese state-owned asset management company was executed Friday on charges of taking bribes in an unusually severe penalty for a recent corruption case.
Lai Xiaomin of China Huarong Asset Management Co. was among thousands of officials snared in a long-running anti-graft campaign led by President... |
Tanzania's leader denies COVID. Now countrymen push back | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-29/tanzanias-leader-denies-covid-now-countrymen-push-back | 2021-01-29T10:44:50 | Tanzania’s president says God has eliminated COVID-19 in his country. His own church now begs to differ.
From the local Catholic authority warning this week of a new wave of coronavirus infections to government institutions now requiring staffers to take precautions, populist President John Magufuli is being openly qu... |
Tashi Wangchuk, an advocate of Tibetan culture, is released from Chinese prison | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-29/tibetan-culture-advocate-released-after-5-year-prison-term | 2021-01-29T09:41:06 | A Tibetan shopkeeper convicted of inciting separatism based on his comments in a New York Times documentary was released Friday after serving a five-year prison sentence, advocacy groups said.
Tashi Wangchuk’s release was reported by the writers group PEN America and the International Campaign for Tibet. There was no... |
Dubai blamed for coronavirus cases abroad after allowing New Year's festivities | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-28/dubai-blamed-for-virus-cases-abroad-questions-swirl-at-home | 2021-01-29T08:49:02 | After opening itself to New Year’s revelers, Dubai is now being blamed by several countries for spreading the coronavirus abroad, even as questions swirl about the city-state’s ability to handle reported record spikes in virus cases.
The government’s Dubai Media Office says the sheikhdom is doing all it can to handle... |
Democrats to 'act big' on $1.9-trillion aid; GOP wants plan split | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-28/democrats-to-act-big-on-1-9t-aid-gop-wants-plan-split | 2021-01-28T23:32:24 | Democrats in Congress and the White House on Thursday rejected a Republican pitch to split President Biden’s $1.9-trillion COVID-19 rescue plan into smaller chunks, with lawmakers appearing primed to move the sweeping economic and coronavirus aid forward without GOP help.
Democrats said the stubbornly high unemploymen... |
Pelosi wants security money to face 'enemy' within House | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-28/pelosi-wants-security-money-to-face-enemy-within-house | 2021-01-28T22:52:19 | Lawmakers face threats of violence from an “enemy” within Congress, and more money is needed to protect them, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday, a startling acknowledgment of escalating internal tensions over safety since this month’s Capitol attack by supporters of former President Trump.
The California Democ... |
Novavax vaccine seems effective against COVID-19 in early U.K. study | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-28/novavax-vaccine-seems-effective-against-covid-19-in-uk-study | 2021-01-28T21:51:20 | Novavax Inc. said Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine appeared to be 89% effective based on early findings from a British study and that it also seemed to work — though not quite as well — against new strains of the virus circulating in the U.K. and South Africa.
The announcement comes amid worry about whether a variet... |
General Motors sets goal of going largely electric by 2035 | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-28/general-motors-sets-goal-of-going-largely-electric-by-2035 | 2021-01-28T16:31:31 | General Motors has set a goal of making the vast majority of the vehicles it produces electric by 2035, and the entire company carbon neutral, including operations, five years after that.
The Detroit automaker’s push into electric vehicles has gone into overdrive this year.
GM has already announced that it will inv... |
Deshaun Watson has requested a trade from Houston Texans | https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-01-28/ap-source-qb-watson-requests-trade-from-houston-texans | 2021-01-28T16:07:28 | Quarterback Deshaun Watson has requested a trade from the Houston Texans, a person familiar with the move told the Associated Press.
The person was not authorized to speak publicly about the request and spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity Thursday.
Watson has a no-trade clause in his four-year, $156-million... |
Brokerages limit trading in GameStop, sparking outcry | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-28/robinhood-restricts-stock-trading-in-gamestop-other-cos | 2021-01-28T15:30:12 | Robinhood and other retail brokerages are taking steps to tamp down the speculative frenzy surrounding companies such as GameStop, but the actions only sparked more volatility in the market and an outcry from users of the platforms and some members of Congress who say small investors are being treated unfairly.
GameSt... |
Bernie Sanders' mittens and memes help raise $1.8 million for charity | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-27/bernie-sanders-mittens-memes-help-raise-1-8m-for-charity | 2021-01-28T01:48:41 | About those woolly mittens that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders wore to the presidential inauguration, sparking endless quirky memes across social media? They’ve helped raise $1.8 million in the last five days for charitable organizations in Sanders’ home state of Vermont, the independent senator announced Wednesday.
The sum... |
GOP to stay neutral should Trump run again | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-27/ap-exclusive-gop-to-stay-neutral-should-trump-run-again | 2021-01-27T19:48:54 | The head of the Republican National Committee on Wednesday declined to encourage former President Trump to run for the White House in 2024, saying the GOP would stay neutral in its next presidential primary.
In an interview, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel also described the pro-Trump conspiracy theory group known as Q... |
U.S. terrorism alert warns of politically motivated violence | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-27/us-terrorism-alert-warns-of-politically-motivated-violence | 2021-01-27T18:25:30 | The Department of Homeland Security issued a national terrorism bulletin Wednesday warning of the potential for lingering violence from people motivated by anti-government sentiment after President Biden’s election, suggesting the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol may embolden extremists and set for the stage for additional a... |
Cannes Film Festival, canceled in 2020, is postponed yet again | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-27/cannes-film-festival-canceled-in-2020-is-postponed-to-july | 2021-01-27T16:54:53 | The Cannes Film Festival, canceled altogether last year due to the pandemic, is postponing this year’s edition from May to July in hopes of having an in-person festival.
Cannes officials announced Wednesday that this year’s festival would take place July 6-17, about two months after its typical period. Organizers of t... |
Justice Department rescinds ‘zero tolerance’ immigration rule | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-26/ap-exclusive-doj-rescinds-zero-tolerance-immigration-rule | 2021-01-26T22:58:49 | The Justice Department on Tuesday rescinded a Trump-era memo that established a “zero tolerance” enforcement policy for migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, which resulted in thousands of family separations.
Acting Atty. Gen. Monty Wilkinson issued a new memo to federal prosecutors across the nation, s... |
In a nod to diversity, Army loosens rules on hairstyles, grooming | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-26/let-down-your-hair-new-army-rules-for-ponytails-nail-color | 2021-01-26T22:07:42 | Female soldiers can let their hair down and flash a little nail color under new rules being approved by the Army. But male soldiers will still have to shave.
Army leaders announced Tuesday that they are loosening restrictions on various grooming and hairstyle rules, as service leaders try to address long-standing comp... |
Senate confirms longtime Biden confidant Antony Blinken as secretary of State | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-26/senate-confirms-antony-blinken-as-71st-secretary-of-state | 2021-01-26T17:41:13 | The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Antony Blinken as America’s top diplomat, tasked with carrying out President Joe Biden’s commitment to reverse the Trump administration’s “America First” doctrine that weakened international alliances.
Senators voted 78-22 to approve Blinken, a longtime Biden confidant, as the nation’s ... |
Vanessa Bryant shares touching letter from Gigi's friend on her 'angel of a daughter' | https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2021-01-26/vanessa-bryant-instagram-kobe-gianna-gigi-anniversary-angel | 2021-01-26T17:39:49 | Vanessa Bryant marked the one-year anniversary of the death of her husband, Kobe, and their daughter Gianna by sharing a beautiful letter on Instagram.
It was written by one of Gigi’s close friends, classmate Aubrey Callaghan. Bryant said she received permission from Callaghan to share the touching note with the world... |
Teen abortion drama 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' tops Independent Spirit noms | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-26/never-rarely-sometimes-always-tops-spirit-awards-noms | 2021-01-26T17:04:14 | The teen abortion drama “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” landed a leading seven nominations, Chadwick Boseman was posthumously nominated and women dominated the director category in the Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations announced Tuesday.
The 36th Spirit Awards, like most awards shows during the pandemic, are ... |
Biden expected to issue sweeping moratorium on new oil drilling on public lands | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-26/ap-sources-biden-to-pause-oil-drilling-on-public-lands | 2021-01-26T16:17:02 | President Biden is set to announce a wide-ranging moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on U.S. lands as his administration moves quickly to reverse Trump administration policies on energy and the environment and address climate change.
Two people with knowledge of Biden’s plans, speaking to the Associated Press, outl... |
SoCal Edison to pay $2.2-billion settlement in deadly 2018 Woolsey fire | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-26/utility-to-pay-2b-settlement-in-deadly-2018-california-fire | 2021-01-26T02:02:13 | Southern California Edison will pay $2.2 billion to settle insurance claims from a deadly, destructive wildfire sparked by its equipment in 2018, the utility announced Monday.
Edison, which acknowledged no wrongdoing, said the agreement covers all claims in pending lawsuits from insurance companies related to the Woo... |
Biden orders COVID-19 travel restrictions and adds South Africa to the list | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-25/biden-orders-covid-19-travel-restrictions-adds-south-africa | 2021-01-25T23:51:55 | President Biden on Monday reinstated COVID-19 travel restrictions on most non-U.S. travelers from Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom and 26 other European countries that allow travel across open borders. He also added South Africa to the list.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said South Africa was added to the ... |
GameStop soars as swarming small investors face down hedge funds | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-25/smaller-investors-face-down-hedge-funds-as-gamestop-soars | 2021-01-25T21:39:14 | A head-scratching David and Goliath story is playing out on Wall Street over the stock price of a money-losing video game retailer.
An army of smaller-pocketed, optimistic investors is throwing dollars and buy orders at the stock of GameStop — in direct opposition to a group of wealthy investors who are counting on t... |
Moderna says vaccine works against variants but will test a booster for South Africa strain | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-25/the-latest-moderna-will-test-booster-dose-for-virus-variant | 2021-01-25T16:07:25 | Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine protects against worrisome emerging variants of the coronavirus, but it’s taking the precaution of testing a possible booster dose against the strain discovered in South Africa.
In Monday’s announcement, Moderna Chief Executive Stephane Bancel said the move was out of “an abundance of... |
Mexico's president says he has tested positive for the coronavirus | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-24/mexicos-president-says-hes-tested-positive-for-covid-19 | 2021-01-25T01:00:49 | Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Sunday he has tested positive for the coronavirus and has mild symptoms of COVID-19.
López Obrador, who has been criticized for his handling of the pandemic in Mexico, said on his official Twitter account that he is undergoing medical treatment.
“I regret to inform y... |
Center-right incumbent wins Portugal's presidential election | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-24/center-right-incumbent-wins-portugals-presidential-election | 2021-01-24T22:30:31 | Portugal’s president was returned to office for a second term Sunday, in an election held amid a devastating COVID-19 surge that has made the European country one of the worst in the world for cases and deaths.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who had been widely expected to win, captured 61% of the vote.
Socialist candidat... |
New leaders named at U.S.-funded international broadcasters | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-24/new-leaders-named-at-us-funded-international-broadcasters | 2021-01-24T20:26:09 | The Biden administration on Sunday installed new heads of three federally funded international broadcasters after abruptly firing President Trump appointees at the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
Kelu Chao, the acting chief executive of the agency, made the announcement after dismissing the previous directors of Radio ... |
In Zimbabwe, fourth Cabinet member dies of COVID-19 amid surge | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-24/fourth-zimbabwean-cabinet-member-dies-of-covid-19-in-surge | 2021-01-24T13:52:41 | Four Zimbabwean Cabinet ministers have died of COVID-19, three within the last two weeks, highlighting a resurgence of the disease that is sweeping through this southern African country.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the coronavirus was reaping a “grim harvest” in the country.
“The pandemic has been indiscriminat... |
Ultra-Orthodox protesters clash with Israeli police over coronavirus restrictions | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-24/israeli-police-ultra-orthodox-protesters-clash-over-schools | 2021-01-24T12:37:06 | Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators clashed with Israeli police in two major cities on Sunday as authorities faced new difficulties in enforcing coronavirus restrictions in the country’s religious communities.
The clashes occurred in Jerusalem and Ashdod as police attempted to close religious schools that had opened in viola... |
Indonesia to deport Russian social media star who held party | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-24/indonesia-to-deport-russian-social-media-star-who-held-party | 2021-01-24T10:01:49 | A Russian social media celebrity was being deported from Indonesia on Sunday after he held a party attended by more than 50 people at a luxury hotel on the resort island of Bali despite coronavirus restrictions.
The party held Jan. 11 violated health protocols put in place to fight the spread of the virus, said Jamaru... |
Trapped for 2 weeks, 11 workers rescued from China gold mine | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-24/trapped-for-2-weeks-11-workers-rescued-from-china-gold-mine | 2021-01-24T08:51:03 | Eleven workers trapped for two weeks inside a Chinese gold mine were brought safely to the surface on Sunday.
State broadcaster CCTV showed workers being hauled up one by one in baskets on Sunday afternoon, their eyes shielded to protect them after so many days in darkness.
One worker was reported to have died from... |
Jimmie Rodgers, singer of 'Honeycomb' and other hits, dies at 87 | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-23/jimmie-rodgers-singer-of-honeycomb-and-other-hits-dies | 2021-01-23T23:19:07 | Jimmie Rodgers, singer of the 1957 hits “Honeycomb” and “Kisses Sweeter Than Wine” whose career in music and movies was disrupted by a severe head injury a decade later, has died at age 87.
Rodgers died from kidney disease on Jan. 18 in Palm Desert, and had also tested positive for COVID-19, publicist Alan Eichler sai... |
Blacklisted screenwriter Walter Bernstein, who wrote 'The Front,' dies at 101 | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-23/screenwriter-walter-bernstein-dies-at-101 | 2021-01-23T23:16:11 | Screenwriter Walter Bernstein, among the last survivors of Hollywood’s anti-communist blacklist whose Oscar-nominated script for “The Front” drew upon his years of being unable to work under his own name, died Saturday. He was 101.
The cause was pneumonia, according to his wife, the literary agent Gloria Loomis.
A Wo... |
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