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0f18a79245d949867eef50cb6be8a528 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-utah-alcohol-limit-20170324-story.html | What you need to know about Utah’s .05% drinking limit in 7 numbers | What you need to know about Utah’s .05% drinking limit in 7 numbers
It’s official: Utah has approved the lowest blood-alcohol driving limit in the country.
Proponents argued the new legal standard will improve public safety, while opponents assailed it as hurting the state’s tourism industry.
Here’s what you need to kn... |
3c2fd1ab78ed9f6486ab3e930528cc52 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-utah-killer-dog-20181106-story.html | Must Reads: Some called him Cujo, others knew him as The Dog. But in this Utah town, all knew him as a killer | Must Reads: Some called him Cujo, others knew him as The Dog. But in this Utah town, all knew him as a killer
Some took to calling him Cujo. Others dubbed him Zorro. At least one named him Jack. For most around these parts, however, he was simply known as The Dog.
His tan and dark fur coat was, for a German shepherd mi... |
afa8c9c54ecca506a6dbe0b323facb5a | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-utah-mayor-killed-20181104-story.html | Utah mayor, a National Guard member, is killed by trainee in Afghanistan | Utah mayor, a National Guard member, is killed by trainee in Afghanistan
A Utah mayor who was also a Utah Army National Guard major training commandos in Afghanistan was fatally shot by one of his Afghan trainees, officials said Sunday.
Brent Taylor, 39, had taken a yearlong leave of absence as mayor of North Ogden, no... |
fa23c2c65e1a3afcbd907fb38f226868 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-va-delays-20140518-story.html | Growing evidence points to systemic troubles in VA healthcare system | Growing evidence points to systemic troubles in VA healthcare system
Three years ago Edward Laird, a 76-year-old Navy veteran, noticed two small blemishes on his nose. His doctor at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Phoenix ordered a biopsy, but month after month, as the blemishes grew larger, Laird couldn’t get an appo... |
ba99aaa3986cc6e4c7b416cf768a32c8 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-vashon-inauguration-2017-story.html | A new president, a new predator and a liberal island is worried about its way of life | A new president, a new predator and a liberal island is worried about its way of life
Shortly after Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for president last summer, a cougar swam across a salt-water channel to this island oasis amid Seattle and its suburbs.
At the time, many people here viewed the candidate a... |
81e0b0194a5c5a414cc3457abc4700f2 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-vegan-mini-mall-20150504-story.html | The world’s first vegan mini-mall. Yeah, you’re in Portland | The world’s first vegan mini-mall. Yeah, you’re in Portland
Attention all vegan shoppers: You’re definitely in the right place.
Fish-free “toona”? Check. Sweet potato dog treats? Absolutely. Coconut bacon? Yep.
And Bryan Zurek working the check-out stand — a 27-year-old who hasn’t used an animal product since 2006, who... |
773d7ac6d4f7197db77534e6829b4480 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-vegas-commandeered-truck-20171004-story.html | In a commandeered truck, Marine veteran drives dozens of Las Vegas shooting victims to a hospital | In a commandeered truck, Marine veteran drives dozens of Las Vegas shooting victims to a hospital
One thought became crystal clear to Taylor Winston as carnage surrounded him. He needed a truck, and he needed it now.
The 29-year-old from San Diego was in the crowd at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival Sunday n... |
892e5a591776db4b04946a6c97ff8b29 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-vegas-shooting-20171009-story.html?_amp=true | Las Vegas gunman shot security guard a full six minutes before opening fire on concertgoers, police reveal | Las Vegas gunman shot security guard a full six minutes before opening fire on concertgoers, police reveal
Police have dramatically changed their account of how the Las Vegas massacre began on Oct. 1, revealing Monday that the gunman shot a hotel security guard six minutes before opening fire on a country music concert... |
d14e4a759438e9464c56b63d3aacbc0a | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-vegas-shooting-compensation-20180401-story.html | Thousands of Californians are eligible for Las Vegas shooting compensation funds, but they haven’t applied | Thousands of Californians are eligible for Las Vegas shooting compensation funds, but they haven’t applied
Six months after a Las Vegas music festival became the scene of the largest mass shooting in modern American history, the vast majority of Californians who were there have not applied for the financial assistance ... |
981a6539a78905b82a42aff5a24f5032 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-vegas-shooting-mood-20171003-story.html | As Las Vegas grieves, the slot machines keep beeping and the shows go on | As Las Vegas grieves, the slot machines keep beeping and the shows go on
The electronic billboard at the MGM Grand on the Las Vegas Strip flashed a somber message:
“For help locating missing or injured loved ones contact Las Vegas Metro Police 1-800-536-9488.”
Beside that announcement loomed an advertisement for illusi... |
2161185053143c4af9251ac6664b7758 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-vegas-shooting-release-20180621-story.html | For nearly 6 minutes, the police car became an ambulance. And a life hung in the balance | For nearly 6 minutes, the police car became an ambulance. And a life hung in the balance
The police officer sees the woman with a gunshot wound to the head and decides to turn his squad car into an ambulance.
Amid the mass casualties, the choice seems clear.
The scene was among 23 videos released Wednesday by the Las V... |
1f13197f731c0b21a9aae264ce14e68b | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-vegas-shooting-statements-20180520-story.html | Memories of a massacre in Vegas: The aftermath of the nation’s deadliest shooting | Memories of a massacre in Vegas: The aftermath of the nation’s deadliest shooting
Last week the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department released more than 1,200 pages of witness statements and interviews conducted by law enforcement with survivors of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
In the course of... |
ccb5f3a8a9bb240b28bed5fb15ac2645 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-vegas-shooting-victims-20171007-story.html | The geography of death in Las Vegas: Remembering the 58 who died | The geography of death in Las Vegas: Remembering the 58 who died
A pipefitter from Riverside, a limo driver from Reno, a teacher from Lancaster, a hockey mom from Alaska, a nurse from Tennessee.
Fifty-eight people who came to dance and groove, bound only by a common love of country music, were killed by an unseen gun i... |
123277a434032b715a88571766961cc4 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-vegas-snow-20190218-story.html | It just snowed in Vegas and likely will again this week. That isn’t normal | It just snowed in Vegas and likely will again this week. That isn’t normal
They weren’t exactly deploying the snowplows onto the Las Vegas Strip and they weren’t shoveling out the entrances to the casinos, either.
But, still, it snowed in Las Vegas on Sunday night.
For the record:
12:00 PM, Feb. 19, 2019An earlier vers... |
47b574d4eb6ea42262a462dde730c001 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-vegas-strip-boundary-20181214-story.html | Even in a city built on illusion, the Stratosphere is having a tough time proving it’s on the Vegas Strip | Even in a city built on illusion, the Stratosphere is having a tough time proving it’s on the Vegas Strip
Blake Sartini never had any doubts when he bought the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino a little more than a year ago. It was on the Las Vegas Strip.
He said it is on Las Vegas Boulevard. True. He said it is a distinct... |
0ae4c46a14665c99a683d82a301d59e6 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-veterans-administration-reforms-20141110-story.html | New VA chief may fire 1,000 staffers over healthcare scandal | New VA chief may fire 1,000 staffers over healthcare scandal
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced a series of reforms Monday aimed at improving the agency’s customer service after concerns about substandard healthcare forced a leadership change earlier this year.
Three months after taking the helm, Veteran... |
4894000cd08a651396bb34210faae95e | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-vietnam-veterans-20161110-story.html | They made it home from Vietnam. Now, these vets battle a rare form of cancer | They made it home from Vietnam. Now, these vets battle a rare form of cancer
They were the lucky ones who managed to make it home from Vietnam. Now, half a century later, some veterans are finding out they, too, are victims of the war.
The enemy is a known killer in parts of Asia: parasites ingested in raw or poorly co... |
33dd9742ac457e3c666152ee698cc6c5 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-waco-biker-gang-deaths-20150518-story.html | Deadly Texas biker gang shootout rooted in brazen rivalries, authorities say | Deadly Texas biker gang shootout rooted in brazen rivalries, authorities say
It started, the police were told, with an argument over a parking space outside a sports pub in a shopping mall.
Another dispute broke out in the bathroom, and it didn’t take long before a battle was underway — knives, clubs, brass knuckles an... |
ecb8eb85bba71451b6b3acdcebdd6524 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-wal-mart-shooting-20171103-story.html | Are more guns helpful? In Wal-Mart shooting, armed shoppers hinder police investigation | Are more guns helpful? In Wal-Mart shooting, armed shoppers hinder police investigation
Most shoppers crouched behind checkout counters or bolted toward the back exit. But as a gunman fired inside a Wal-Mart store in a Denver suburb, some patrons took a more defensive approach: They grabbed their own guns.
They were th... |
1e0b746db059005870e333eb57210a8c | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-washington-wildfire-firefighters-killed-20150820-story.html | Growing Washington wildfires are ‘an unprecedented cataclysm,’ governor says | Growing Washington wildfires are ‘an unprecedented cataclysm,’ governor says
There was very little good news in eastern Washington state fire country Thursday, as first responders and state officials mourned three firefighters who died in the line of duty and fretted about bad weather and growing blazes.
Under smoke-fi... |
f2b0004b37981065e8a6d87f5b271a87 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-water-20141112-story.html | Water conservation efforts pay off: U.S. usage lowest in decades | Water conservation efforts pay off: U.S. usage lowest in decades
Americans recently passed a milestone when federal officials reported that water use across the nation had reached its lowest level in more than 45 years: good news for the environment, great news in times of drought and a major victory for conservation.
... |
a04cc84eaff61a8824588b772e33e5d6 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-watergate-20150414-story.html | After hotel renovation, Watergate owners hope for a breakthrough | After hotel renovation, Watergate owners hope for a breakthrough
The suffix “gate” has been slapped on so many scandals and faux scandals — closed turnpike lanes, presidential haircuts, deflated footballs, to name a few — that it can be easy to forget there is an actual place that started it all: the Watergate.
In rece... |
975bfe4ca44b8e6febeb810b00208d43 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-west-baltimore-20150429-story.html | In Baltimore, riots appear where urban renewal didn’t | In Baltimore, riots appear where urban renewal didn’t
Tanishia Lewis and her young children were filling trash bags in a parking lot Tuesday morning, joining others who hoped to quickly erase the scars left by rioters. But the problems in her West Baltimore neighborhood run much deeper than a night of burning and looti... |
66a77d3d479abf88211204fc30b748c5 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-western-fires-20170912-story.html | Wildfires continue to wreak havoc across the West | Wildfires continue to wreak havoc across the West
Despite record-breaking rain and snowfall across the West in 2017, this year’s fire season has been unforgiving.
Billows of thick black smoke and red-hot flames have consumed hundreds of thousands of acres in Montana, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California and Utah.
More... |
1cfeea83114969218079761f5fd30056 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-white-civil-rights-rally-20180620-story.html | ‘White civil rights’ rally marking Charlottesville anniversary set to be held next to White House | ‘White civil rights’ rally marking Charlottesville anniversary set to be held next to White House
Less than a year after deadly clashes at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., the main organizer has gained federal approval for another demonstration — across the street from the White House.
The National Pa... |
ab807a2fb923db299af867db3d4a0b7a | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-wisconsin-crash-20181106-story.html | Man accused of crashing truck into group of Girl Scouts is charged with vehicular homicide | Man accused of crashing truck into group of Girl Scouts is charged with vehicular homicide
Vehicular homicide charges were filed Tuesday against a 21-year-old man accused of inhaling chemical vapors before he crashed his truck into a group of Girl Scouts picking up trash along a highway, killing three children and one ... |
57b2547151f46086900fbe6e66c74406 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-wisconsin-scouts-crash-20181104-story.html | Wisconsin town mourns 3 Girl Scouts and 1 adult killed in a crash | Wisconsin town mourns 3 Girl Scouts and 1 adult killed in a crash
A western Wisconsin community on Sunday was grieving the deaths of three Girl Scouts and an adult who were collecting trash along a rural highway when police say a pickup truck veered off the road and hit them before speeding away.
Authorities have not r... |
abbfca44593890680f8446493ec117b5 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-wrongful-conviction-settlement-20141223-story.html | Wrongfully convicted New York man reaches $4.75-million settlement | Wrongfully convicted New York man reaches $4.75-million settlement
A New York man who spent 18 years in prison for murder he did not commit will receive a $4.75-million settlement from the state, the largest award for a wrongful conviction in New York history.
Fernando Bermudez was arrested in a 1991 shooting and convi... |
f87185da76c8780f0a5f063a0c95103c | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-year-ahead-gay-marriage-20141228-story.html | Year in Review: Gay marriage dynamic in U.S. shifted dramatically in 2014 | Year in Review: Gay marriage dynamic in U.S. shifted dramatically in 2014
For the first time, a majority of Americans are living in a state that allows gay marriage. After a year of cascading court opinions tossing out many remaining restrictions, the dynamic in 2014 changed from how many states allow same-sex marriage... |
ef8c1f54d67a6fc39224ea7e6b7b8be3 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-year-ahead-new-laws-20151231-story.html | A new year and new laws – on guns, voting and minimum wage | A new year and new laws – on guns, voting and minimum wage
Laws taking effect at the start of the new year show states diverging on some hot-button issues.
Restrictions on carrying guns will ease in Texas, for example, but will get tighter in California. It will be easier to register to vote in Oregon, but there ... |
c6ccd0cf7c75a9cdcfbd4d23972b51fe | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-youth5feb05-story.html | Low on hope, but they’ll still vote | Low on hope, but they’ll still vote
College senior Brian Schreiber works as a janitor until 1 a.m. most nights, cleaning day-care centers so he can send home money to pay his father’s hospital bills.
He’s 21 years old and $22,000 in debt from his studies at the University of New Mexico. His father, an environmental che... |
20418857df2297fa578f498f70e6499e | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oe-0216-loukaitou-sideris-high-speed-rail-development-20150216-story.html | Op-Ed: As high-speed rail gains momentum, U.S. can look to Europe’s example | Op-Ed: As high-speed rail gains momentum, U.S. can look to Europe’s example
Most of the debate over the building of the nation’s first bullet train, in California, has focused on the economics of such a monumental undertaking and its projected $68-billion first-phase price tag. Largely ignored amid the excitement over ... |
b00b6997391117563c30d935ba5b674f | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oe-0330-pohlen-indiana-20150330-story.html | Op-Ed: Indiana law shows LGBT people the closet door | Op-Ed: Indiana law shows LGBT people the closet door
In a private ceremony Thursday, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed into law Senate Enrolled Act 101, the innocuous sounding Religious Freedom Restoration Act. It prevents state and local governments from enacting laws that would “substantially burden” a person’s exercise... |
af301c577f643a1cd50a5240f3b351d1 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oe-0407-raimondo-paul-20150407-story.html | Op-Ed: ‘Stand with Rand’ Paul? But where, exactly? | Op-Ed: ‘Stand with Rand’ Paul? But where, exactly?
“Stand With Rand.” That’s Sen. Rand Paul’s main slogan as he launches his campaign for the White House. He’s holding a “Stand With Rand” rally in his home state of Kentucky on Tuesday and is holding another “Stand With Rand” rally in New Hampshire, the traditional firs... |
5640dbcf48556c0a09b11dbf38d7eb28 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oe-0407-silk-ring-theory-20130407-story.html | How not to say the wrong thing | How not to say the wrong thing
When Susan had breast cancer, we heard a lot of lame remarks, but our favorite came from one of Susan’s colleagues. She wanted, she needed, to visit Susan after the surgery, but Susan didn’t feel like having visitors, and she said so. Her colleague’s response? “This isn’t just about you.”... |
97dbbfbe38c92d0de7456f846d230c6d | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oe-0824-miller-israel-obama-netanyahu-20140824-story.html | Op-Ed: The Obama-Netanyahu dysfunctional tango | Op-Ed: The Obama-Netanyahu dysfunctional tango
The ongoing Gaza crisis seems to have broken a lot of crockery in the U.S.-Israel relationship.
Malicious attacks on Secretary of State John Kerry, tough Obama administration statements on the “appalling” nature of Israeli strikes causing civilian casualties, and greater ... |
5883f474631afafe4effb2532fa88971 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oe-burrell-grizzly-bears-yellowstone-20140707-story.html | Op-Ed: Yellowstone grizzly bears are on the rebound and outbound | Op-Ed: Yellowstone grizzly bears are on the rebound and outbound
At the age of 5 in Yellowstone National Park, I saw my first grizzly. With my family, I watched a mother and two cubs walk along the shore of Yellowstone Lake. The sighting was a highlight of our trip to America’s oldest national park. It also helped laun... |
8a5cbca7094c3aabcd00329f691b2f32 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oe-daum-mansplaining-20150108-column.html | Column: Mansplaining? Windbags come in both genders | Column: Mansplaining? Windbags come in both genders
Last year was a big one for criticizing men. Sometimes it was constructive if contentious, like the scrutiny applied to policing or various forms of sexual and domestic violence.
Other times, however, it was more gimmick than anything else. Take the “mansplaining” mem... |
e5ded41ff2e0fc069309b9cc785a8c24 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oe-famiglietti-drought-california-20150313-story.html | Op-Ed: California has about one year of water stored. Will you ration now? | Op-Ed: California has about one year of water stored. Will you ration now?
Given the historic low temperatures and snowfalls that pummeled the eastern U.S. this winter, it might be easy to overlook how devastating California’s winter was as well.
As our “wet” season draws to a close, it is clear that the paltry rain an... |
e13b2f8331f9abe50a62e176902fee12 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oe-garrett-vaccine-fear-20141024-story.html | Op-Ed: Vaccine ignorance -- deadly and contagious | Op-Ed: Vaccine ignorance -- deadly and contagious
In the absence of credible, strong political leadership, paranoia about disease can go viral. We’ve seen this happen around the world with a wide range of illnesses, from swine flu to SARS to Ebola.
And even after threats are addressed, a new form of conspiratorial thin... |
67fb9c03d884728badd74e4522ee6782 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oe-goldberg-israel-gaza-20140715-column.html | Column: Attacking Israel with the big lie: genocide | Column: Attacking Israel with the big lie: genocide
“Here’s the difference between us,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explained on “Fox News Sunday.” “We’re using missile defense to protect our civilians, and they’re using their civilians to protect their missiles.”
It’s a classic talking point. It’s also o... |
11340f481820d055e626465da9459943 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oe-guerrero-immigration-family-separation-20141116-story.html | Op-Ed: ‘Orange is the New Black’ actress: My parents were deported | Op-Ed: ‘Orange is the New Black’ actress: My parents were deported
In “Orange Is the New Black,” I play Maritza Ramos, a tough Latina from the ‘hood. In “Jane the Virgin,” I play Lina, Jane’s best friend and a funny know-it-all who is quick to offer advice.
I love both parts, but they’re fiction. My real story is this:... |
ece18e29b9aaf4a1c495ffea3e676bc0 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oe-harmon-pelican-endangered-species-20140320-story.html | The plight of the pelican | The plight of the pelican
Over the last several months, a young brown pelican’s obsessive preening regimen has dominated the view from my office window at the Northern California wildlife hospital where I work. We don’t name the patients we care for — if animals could talk, I imagine the first thing they’d express is t... |
f0b252259e5cbf8dc845f7ae1daeb93b | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oe-horwitz-bagenstos-obamacare-exchanges-20140725-story.html | Op-Ed: Obamacare court ruling is nonsensical and cynical | Op-Ed: Obamacare court ruling is nonsensical and cynical
At last count, more than 8 million people are getting healthcare through an Obamacare exchange. Almost three-quarters of them are using the federal exchange. These millions of Americans ought to be able to finally leave behind the stress of living with no insura... |
55d1ea69e7197f1039d497ab616e23ae | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oe-ingram-california-drought-20140203-story.html | A drier California than ever? Pretty much. | A drier California than ever? Pretty much.
The last 12 months have been the driest on record in California, and this, on the heels of two below-normal years, prompted Gov. Jerry Brown to declare that the state is in a drought emergency. Ours is a state that relies heavily on the winter storms that bring us the vast maj... |
f18090e1fdc0d0008b54b1c95422727d | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oe-jones-doctor-emr-labor-pains-20131124-story.html | So much data-gathering, so little doctoring | So much data-gathering, so little doctoring
I’m a stomach doc. I’ve seen thousands of patients, inside and out, for 25 years. I’ve done research, I’ve taught, I’ve been an administrator. And as the years rolled by, I’ve watched the healthcare industry begin to undo healthcare itself. It’s complex, cumbersome and bureau... |
3d72c22ffd02b11cef6b6d72f7d1f634 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oe-koblentz-nuclear-threats-20141128-story.html | Op-Ed: How to keep future cold wars cold: Mind the missiles | Op-Ed: How to keep future cold wars cold: Mind the missiles
At a time when we are reflecting on the lessons from the Cold War amid growing concern about the current U.S.-Russia relationship, we should be looking ahead to anticipate how changes in technology and geopolitics create new challenges to peace and stability a... |
08acd8a158efe495b2477e9bc9e582ea | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oe-mcmanus-column-election-20141105-column.html | Column: A new GOP mandate? | Column: A new GOP mandate?
How many victories add up to a mandate?
That’s a question Republicans and Democrats will be debating in coming days, as the GOP makes the case that its election victories add up not only to an electoral wave, but to a mandate — a genuine endorsement of conservative policies — while Democrats ... |
68c501ab9c067e0ee003998186557112 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oe-mcmanus-column-obama-islamic-state-20140907-column.html | Column: Obama’s strategy to defeat Islamic State: a coalition of frenemies | Column: Obama’s strategy to defeat Islamic State: a coalition of frenemies
A month ago, it was difficult to tell whether President Obama’s heart was in the fight against the Islamic State, the terrorist group that has seized a swath of territory in Iraq and Syria.
His initial statements as the militants roared across t... |
4d63601387f76156059c4913e5292b92 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-oe-meyerson-los-angeles-pay-for-vote-20140820-story.html | Op-Ed: How to boost voter turnout in L.A. -- and it isn’t offering prizes | Op-Ed: How to boost voter turnout in L.A. -- and it isn’t offering prizes
In a wondrous proposal that says more about the decline of civilization than its authors surely intended, the Los Angeles Ethics Commission has come up with a way to boost voter turnout in L.A. city elections: Make voters eligible for cash prizes... |
df31b4f36bbe8692f6196c2430a1c275 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-ol-405-freeway-traffic-closures-20141202-story.html | Opinion: Four ways the 405 freeway project has not made your life better | Opinion: Four ways the 405 freeway project has not made your life better
After four years of lane closures, bulldozers, orange cones, and K-rails, the $1.1-billion 405 Freeway construction project was declared completed in May -- more or less.
The big accomplishment: The new 10-mile stretch of carpool lane on the north... |
1f1e5eac5a38efd9891f64233e232be8 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-ol-keira-knightley-topless-interview-magazine-20141112-story.html | Opinion: Keira Knightley’s topless stunt: Valid protest or shameless self-promotion? | Opinion: Keira Knightley’s topless stunt: Valid protest or shameless self-promotion?
Let’s be honest: When a woman bares her breasts for public viewing, she’s doing it for one reason: because she wants the public to view her breasts.
That means you, Keira Knightley.
The 29-year-old actress announced, in an interview wi... |
3e442dab776ea77904cfaaa7c6a5df6d | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-ol-walker-obama-christian-20150224-story.html | Opinion: Why couldn’t Scott Walker agree that President Obama is a Christian? | Opinion: Why couldn’t Scott Walker agree that President Obama is a Christian?
Wisconsin Gov. (and prospective 2016 presidential candidate) Scott Walker is 0-for-2 when it comes to answering easy questions about President Obama.
First Walker was asked if he agreed with former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani that Obama didn... |
37c346935fcb7b46952cb6f16f208026 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-pn-sarah-palin-2016-president-iowa-20150124-story.html | Sarah Palin, back in Iowa, and back to hinting at a White House run | Sarah Palin, back in Iowa, and back to hinting at a White House run
Sarah Palin is back in Iowa, hinting at a potential run for president.
Heard this before? You betcha.
Yes, it happened in the run-up to the 2012 election. And now, again, in the run-up to 2016.
Palin told thousands of Iowa political activists gathered ... |
08590a044daf71ea6cd6654364d412f8 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-pol-prez-sanders-grassroots-htmlstory.html | These are the faces of the Bernie Sanders grass-roots army | These are the faces of the Bernie Sanders grass-roots army
They paint illegal murals in downtown Los Angeles. They collect email addresses they don’t know where to send. They organize their own meetups, hand out political fliers in multiple languages, and register voters.
In liberal precincts of California and like-min... |
f75406245a5ab2eecfad54f7d1e01efd | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sci-allergies17-2009nov17-story.html | Four Percent of U.S. Children Have Food Alergies, Analysis Fnds | Four Percent of U.S. Children Have Food Alergies, Analysis Fnds
The number of children who have food allergies is not only increasing, it now encompasses 4% of all kids in the United States, according to an analysis of four large, national surveys published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.
The study -- the first to ma... |
8aa3c071de91db06811eeeb4f460d0b1 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sci-autism-drugs2-2009jun02-story.html | Study finds antidepressant doesn’t help autistic children | Study finds antidepressant doesn’t help autistic children
An antidepressant commonly prescribed to help autistic children control their repetitive behaviors is actually no better than a placebo, according to a report published today.
Roughly a third of all children diagnosed with autism in the U.S. now take citalopram,... |
1db3a241942c790cd31f5a628f9f17ce | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sci-moon14-2009nov14-story.html | ‘The moon is alive,’ NASA says after water discovery | ‘The moon is alive,’ NASA says after water discovery
Scientists have found “significant” amounts of water in a crater at the moon’s south pole, a major discovery that will dramatically revise the characterization of the moon as a dead world and likely make it a more attractive destination for future human space mission... |
cdc7d745de2382e6b838624708a2b7c1 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sci-moon24-2009sep24-story.html | Evidence suggests water exists on the moon | Evidence suggests water exists on the moon
Space scientists have found the strongest evidence yet that water exists on the moon, a discovery that helps complete a picture of a water-rich solar system and that could make colonizing our nearest neighbor in space much easier than previously thought.
Using data from three ... |
e0a56907a37f82c4738c1e6f40156681 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sci-obesity14-2010jan14-story.html | U.S. obesity rates reaching a resting point, studies show | U.S. obesity rates reaching a resting point, studies show
Americans may not be collectively doomed to die in their recliners after all, one hand in the chips bag, the other stretching for the remote. Obesity levels seem to be leveling off or slowing across most of the population, according to two new comprehensive stud... |
0dd0a285c6ccbdf9d20667d2fe61d221 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sci-obesity3-2009dec03-story.html | Rising obesity rates imperil health gains | Rising obesity rates imperil health gains
Americans have increased their life expectancy by cutting back on cigarettes, but the pounds they’re packing on mean that, ultimately, they could lose ground.
A New England Journal of Medicine study published Wednesday looked at previous national health surveys to forecast life... |
a9c518844fa2749bb2aaf4e42397f7eb | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sci-rover13-2009nov13-story.html | For Mars rover Spirit, it’s do or die | For Mars rover Spirit, it’s do or die
NASA scientists said Thursday that they had come up with a plan to free the stalled rover Spirit from its Martian sand trap but also warned that the plan might not work. If it doesn’t, the popular robot could finally reach its end.
Rover managers will send the first in a new set of... |
c9d2e909249e74229bddff4f99db0b88 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sci-sn-for-chronic-pain-opioids-20141001-story.html | For most chronic pain, neurologists declare opioids a bad choice | For most chronic pain, neurologists declare opioids a bad choice
Patients taking opioid painkillers for chronic pain not associated with cancer -- conditions such as headaches, fibromyalgia and low-back pain -- are more likely to risk overdose, addiction and a range of debilitating side effects than they are to improve... |
5766e35bc82e441fc002eb05f19a4d9c | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sci-sn-methamphetamine-drug-addiction-20141104-story.html | A new way to help meth addicts stay clean: antibodies | A new way to help meth addicts stay clean: antibodies
Designing medications and immune therapies that blunt a drug addict’s high and help him kick his habit is a promising idea. And someday soon it is expected to yield actual medications for addiction. But there’s a fundamental problem with prescribing an addict a dail... |
635b04655f39cb4ad11167b0910d068e | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sci-sushi8-2010apr08-story.html | Japanese found to host seaweed-digesting bacteria | Japanese found to host seaweed-digesting bacteria
Bacteria in the guts of some Japanese people may have acquired the ability to digest seaweed because of the sushi their human hosts consume, researchers have reported. The evolved trait enables their human hosts to digest carbohydrates found in edible seaweed such as no... |
0db5d544cf8e9cbd29df4526c1df807a | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sh-alex-trebek-gif-pronunciation-jeopardy-20131204-story.html | ‘Jeopardy’ wades into ‘GIF’ pronunciation battle | ‘Jeopardy’ wades into ‘GIF’ pronunciation battle
We’ve now heard it from Mr. Hooked on Phonics himself. “Jeopardy” host Alex Trebek has stoked the flames of the undying Internet debate over how to correctly pronounce “GIF.”
According to Trebek, GIF, an acronym for a popular image format (some examples even feature Treb... |
ab89be337218e490178f303a994ad578 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sh-cheese-made-from-human-bacteria-20131125-story.html | Cheese made from human bacteria is ‘for thinking,’ not eating | Cheese made from human bacteria is ‘for thinking,’ not eating
Think some cheese smells like feet? Well, now there’s a cheese that has more than just that foot odor – it’s actually made from human foot bacteria.
An exhibit in Dublin features cheese made by taking swabs of human bacteria – from armpits, mouths, in betwee... |
1acb6739fa2ec95f9faf9a0cb1105d35 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sh-childhood-vaccine-20140122-story.html | Vaccinating your kids: Is it up to you or up to the government? | Vaccinating your kids: Is it up to you or up to the government?
The topic of whether childhood vaccinations are a matter of public concern or a private family decision continues to be an issue that stirs a great deal of passion, sometimes becoming a heated blur of dueling science studies and emotional arguments.
This w... |
f45018f021168d8e60bbdd008484681b | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sh-cursing-toddler-thug-cycle-viral-video-20140109-story.html | Cursing toddler: See why this ‘thug’ video is shocking the nation | Cursing toddler: See why this ‘thug’ video is shocking the nation
“Cursing toddler” hardly describes it: A new viral video shows a young child in diapers being taunted and cursed at by adults using sexually provocative language and coaxed into using the n-word.
At one point, it appears the child is urged to declare his... |
da9b31ff9d3b792be0d6242ae2413f31 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sh-deport-justin-bieber-petition-100000-20140129-story.html | Deport Justin Bieber petition tops 100,000; White House must respond | Deport Justin Bieber petition tops 100,000; White House must respond
The petition is clear and to the point: “Deport Justin Bieber and revoke his green card.”
And now the petition at WhiteHouse.gov, created six days ago, has passed the 100,000-signature mark required to get an official response from the Obama administr... |
5451c518d3ec50e143606e7592e72e77 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sh-diesel-model-wheelchair-20140128-story.html | Model in wheelchair stars in groundbreaking new Diesel ads | Model in wheelchair stars in groundbreaking new Diesel ads
Fashion all but ignores the disabled, Jillian Mercado says. So when she heard that Diesel was looking for models for an edgy new campaign, she entered the casting call with the same kind of swagger she brings to her work as a fashion writer and editor.
Mercado ... |
1de2abadcef1f10a8fe19db7e5d48e46 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sh-germs-handshake-fist-bump-20140109-story.html | Handshakes are germ bombs - embrace the fist bump! | Handshakes are germ bombs - embrace the fist bump!
There’s a movement afoot to end handshaking.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 80% — 80%! — of all infections are transmitted by hands.
That very well might explain why you are sick —- or recovering from being sick. Same goes for your co-wor... |
9d88609eefca18e167b16d88b5fc5d5b | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sh-high-five-missouri-official-greeting-20140204-story.html | The ‘high-five’ could become Missouri’s official greeting | The ‘high-five’ could become Missouri’s official greeting
Missouri state Rep. Courtney Allen Curtis wants to give you a high-five, and he wants it to be official.
Curtis, a Democrat, recently introduced HB 1624, which reads, “The ‘high five’ is selected for and shall be known as the official state greeting in the state... |
31de1ee4656b556581c8c54f12e64a63 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sh-idina-menzel-jimmy-fallon-let-it-go-20140304-story.html | Watch: Idina Menzel sings ‘Let It Go,’ with Jimmy Fallon on ... blocks | Watch: Idina Menzel sings ‘Let It Go,’ with Jimmy Fallon on ... blocks
Idina Menzel, the mysterious “Adele Dazeem” of Oscar fame, performed “Let It Go” with Jimmy Fallon and the Roots on Monday night. And it’s arguably a more outstanding performance than on Sunday’s Oscar telecast.
Tony-winner Menzel, whose name was ma... |
1282deb4efb2db78d1c0baaec4baea70 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sh-jennifer-lawrence-hunger-games-remade-with-cats-video-20131111-story.html | Jennifer Lawrence upstaged: ‘Hunger Games’ remade with cats [Video] | Jennifer Lawrence upstaged: ‘Hunger Games’ remade with cats [Video]
Jennifer Lawrence, you’ve got some competition. And it’s awfully cute and furry.
The “Hunger Games” has been remade with cats(!) in the starring roles. (No surprise, really, given that the heroine of this trilogy is named Katniss Everdeen.)
PHOTOS: Jen... |
acd1c1e69c30ad5984e72b4854d67def | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sh-nasa-6-decades-global-warming-20140122-story.html | Watch six decades of global warming in 15 seconds | Watch six decades of global warming in 15 seconds
NASA says the planet is getting warmer -- and a new video shows us what the trend looks like over time.
A study released on Tuesday from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies found that 2013 tied with 2009 and 2006 as the seventh-warmest year since 1880.
Last year’... |
9fbf1da18f90af28edcb62c14a11d7e8 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sh-pope-francis-drops-f-bomb-during-vatican-blessing-20140303-story.html | Pope Francis drops ‘F-bomb’ during Vatican blessing | Pope Francis drops ‘F-bomb’ during Vatican blessing
Pope Francis may have to go to confession after witnesses say he accidentally dropped the Italian equivalent of the F-bomb during his weekly blessing from the Vatican.
The Argentine pope was delivering his blessing in Italian on Sunday when it happened: He was suppose... |
34c7d67afb42825bc3607fa2b2b04849 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sh-russia-subway-squats-free-ride-20131113-story.html | Russian subway now accepting 30 squats as payment for ride | Russian subway now accepting 30 squats as payment for ride
Want a free subway ride in Russia? All you have to do is work up a little sweat.
In an effort to promote both the upcoming Olympic Games in Sochi and a healthier lifestyle, the Moscow metro has set up a special vending machine that offers travelers one free tic... |
62d26c45847f53171b88412f1c68e7ba | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sh-teens-concussion-homework-20140106-story.html | Teen athletes with concussions shouldn’t do homework, study says | Teen athletes with concussions shouldn’t do homework, study says
Teen athletes with concussions should skip their homework.
It’s true, researchers say. Parents should have their concussed kids lay off high-level mental activity including homework and reading. But no video games or texting either! Restricting such activ... |
8c8f518894f007abb238fb13323c4494 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sh-veterans-day-2013-veteran-107-to-meet-obama-20131111-story.html | Veterans Day 2013: Veteran, 107, credits whiskey for long life | Veterans Day 2013: Veteran, 107, credits whiskey for long life
Veterans Day will be bit different for Richard Overton. The man believed to be the nation’s oldest living veteran spends most days smoking cigars and enjoying his whiskey. But today? He’s spending Veterans Day with President Obama.
Overton, 107, enjoys up t... |
a98efff39a2c0500a4af41f9f7876c1d | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sh-video-pileup-wisconsin-20131210-story.html | Video captures deadly 70-car pileup on icy Wisconsin highway | Video captures deadly 70-car pileup on icy Wisconsin highway
The cause of a deadly pileup involving at least 70 cars and trucks caught in whiteout conditions in Germantown, Wis., might never be known.
But stunning video of the precise moment the pileup began serves as a warning to drivers to slow down in snowy, icy con... |
c1ef13e19754fda7abe29d5b4e68d3d5 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sh-watch-pres-obama-joe-biden-jog-white-house-in-shoes-ties-20140228-story.html | Watch Obama and Biden jog at the White House — in work shoes, ties! | Watch Obama and Biden jog at the White House — in work shoes, ties!
The White House has released a new video showing President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden jogging around the White House, still in their work attire -- a button-down shirt, tie, suit pants and dress shoes.
The things the leader of the free wo... |
80b1ad22b5d59f64fe9bbdd196e08a52 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2011-apr-12-la-na-obama-spending-20110412-story.html | Obama to draw sharp contrast with GOP over deficit | Obama to draw sharp contrast with GOP over deficit
President Obama will call for shrinking the nation’s long-term deficits by raising taxes on wealthier Americans and requiring them to pay more into Social Security, drawing a barbed contrast with a Republican plan to save money by deeply slashing Medicare, Medicaid and... |
2103a42864974329ac75b537f8a3e062 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2011-apr-13-la-pn-obama-deficit-speech-20110414-story.html | Obama unveils plan to cut deficit by $4 trillion | Obama unveils plan to cut deficit by $4 trillion
President Obama called for reducing the federal deficit by $4 trillion in the next decade through a package that includes tax reform, further cuts in domestic and defense spending, and shoring up of federal entitlements, setting the stage for a spirited debate with Repub... |
8dc107a5ef0a9401fd8ec65491832db7 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2011-apr-21-la-na-2012-candidates-20110421-story.html | There are a number of players in the GOP presidential arena, but only a few have suited up | There are a number of players in the GOP presidential arena, but only a few have suited up
Reporting from Washington
In the slow-developing Republican presidential field for 2012, a flurry of recent activity from prospective candidates should have shed light on who’s in and who’s out. It hasn’t.
Instead, recent announc... |
3be8081ca500c95b126ac82b7cd3fce9 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2011-apr-21-la-na-obama-los-angeles-20110421-story.html | Obama makes his case in California | Obama makes his case in California
President Obama sought to bolster California supporters Thursday by arguing that his administration has achieved a number of key goals, from healthcare reform to tax cuts, while acknowledging that delivering on the promises he made in 2008 has been more difficult than he had expected.... |
d791d1ecbb7be3002da6be4acc1ae67a | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2011-aug-01-la-pn-biden-remarks-20110801-story.html | Biden denies likening Republicans to terrorists in debt talks | Biden denies likening Republicans to terrorists in debt talks
Vice President Joe Biden has been the White House’s point person for reaching a debt-ceiling deal since day one, so it was only natural that he was dispatched to Capitol Hill on Monday to move the ball over the finish line.
“I didn’t go to convince, I went t... |
feb2e84d3385168a879bd02a96accf78 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2011-aug-12-la-fgw-london-arrests-20110813-story.html | Arrest total from British riots is around 1,700 | Arrest total from British riots is around 1,700
British police and law courts working round the clock continue rounding up rioters that laid waste to homes and businesses throughout the country this week.
By midday Friday arrests totaled around 1,700, but a Scotland Yard spokeswoman said “that number is changing all th... |
b7eff9f96ca3b44c73ce1310016bbda2 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2011-aug-20-la-fgw-iran-hikers-20110821-story.html | Iran sentences 2 U.S. hikers to 8 years in jail | Iran sentences 2 U.S. hikers to 8 years in jail
Iranian authorities sentenced two Americans arrested and detained along the Iran-Iraq border to eight years in prison, state television cited an unnamed judicial source as saying on Saturday.
The men, who have already been held in prison for more than two years in Iran, h... |
be843663c98bf121662cf922b0dfc2c5 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2011-aug-22-la-na-0822-huntsman-20110822-story.html | Jon Huntsman goes on offensive against 2012 rivals | Jon Huntsman goes on offensive against 2012 rivals
After taking to Twitter last week to declare his belief in evolution and global warming, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. sought again Sunday to cast himself as a moderate in a field of extreme Republican presidential candidates.
Huntsman said on ABC’s “This Week” tha... |
2c1a70ef30494a693aef36373f643c2a | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2011-aug-29-la-na-911-homeland-security-surveillance-20110830-story.html | A key Sept. 11 legacy: more domestic surveillance | A key Sept. 11 legacy: more domestic surveillance
Internet entrepreneur Nicholas Merrill was working in his Manhattan office when an FBI agent in a trench coat arrived with an envelope.
It was fall 2004, and federal investigators were using new legal authority they had acquired after Sept. 11, 2001. Merrill ran a small... |
1499dbfa55ecfe37b34aa7ee5789ffd8 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2011-dec-01-la-na-1202-gingrich-child-labor-20111202-story.html | Newt Gingrich expands on his support for child labor | Newt Gingrich expands on his support for child labor
Doubling down on a plan that stirred controversy about his views on child labor, leading Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich said Thursday that poor kids have no habit of earning money “unless it’s illegal” and should be put to work in their schools.
At a... |
9183f555cc5cd9b52a2147f73af943d3 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2011-dec-09-la-fg-us-russia-20111209-story.html | Vladimir Putin accuses Clinton of inciting protests in Russia | Vladimir Putin accuses Clinton of inciting protests in Russia
The Russian leader on Thursday accused Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton of inciting protests against his country’s troubled parliamentary elections, an unusual personal attack suggesting that one of the Obama administration’s main foreign policy ini... |
ae85411108f26359302180daa55d1be2 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2011-dec-25-la-pn-poll-romney-in-command-in-new-hampshire-20111225-story.html | Poll: Mitt Romney in command in New Hampshire | Poll: Mitt Romney in command in New Hampshire
Christmas brought good news for GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney, who is holding on to his double digit lead in the critical early primary state of New Hampshire.
This morning’s Boston Globe poll shows the former Massachusetts governor leading the Republican field wit... |
849c35a4f7126642053fa2ee8ad2743a | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2011-feb-23-la-me-0223-somali-pirates-20110223-story.html | Four Americans, including Southern California couple, are killed by Somali pirates, U.S. officials say | Four Americans, including Southern California couple, are killed by Somali pirates, U.S. officials say
Jean and Scott Adam traipsed the globe the way Georges Seurat painted an afternoon at the park — point by point or, in their case, port by port.
Aboard their 58-foot yacht, the couple sailed for months at a time, patc... |
5200f744cf8ff4e7aaa57d8597778cca | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2011-jul-06-la-naw-atf-guns-20110707-story.html | More federal agencies implicated in gun-trafficking controversy | More federal agencies implicated in gun-trafficking controversy
The embattled head of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has told congressional investigators that the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration kept his agency “in the dark” about their dealings with Mexican drug cartel figures linked to a ... |
d4ae6dd0dc2eb3405d2992cf4b096d99 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2011-jul-10-la-fg-south-sudan-independence-20110710-story.html | South Sudan, world’s newest nation, is instantly one of the most troubled | South Sudan, world’s newest nation, is instantly one of the most troubled
The countdown clock ran out, the flag ascended over the fledgling capital and a new nation born from Africa’s longest civil war and the deaths of 2 million people joined the world.
The mood in Juba was euphoric Saturday as the Republic of South S... |
373672232305d4f8c1857c8b6f62cf05 | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2011-jul-11-la-pn-palin-newsweek-20110711-story.html | Sarah Palin: ‘I can win’ the presidency | Sarah Palin: ‘I can win’ the presidency
Sarah Palin believes she can win the White House. That’s what she says in a new magazine article out Monday.
Newsweek has an in-depth article on the former Alaska governor and possible presidential candidate, complete with an evocative cover photo with the proclamation “I can win... |
807b3dc655475d2259a6c28ce3f5511d | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2011-jul-12-la-fgw-karzai-brother-killed-20110712-story.html | Ahmed Wali Karzai was shot and killed, according to a provincial spokesman | Ahmed Wali Karzai was shot and killed, according to a provincial spokesman
President Hamid Karzai’s powerful and controversial half brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, was shot and killed Tuesday by a senior member of his police security detail — an assassination that could set off a chaotic power struggle in a province consid... |
758219d1c4af2486c58bac96bef7684d | https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2011-jul-12-la-na-light-bulbs-20110713-story.html | House GOP fails to repeal light bulb efficiency requirement | House GOP fails to repeal light bulb efficiency requirement
Opponents of the federal phaseout of old-style incandescent light bulbs failed in the House on Tuesday to repeal the requirement for more efficient lighting but are expected to try again soon.
Republicans who have portrayed the new light bulb efficiency rules ... |
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