SACRAMENTO — Even in a state known for crafting first-in-the-nation progressive laws and leading on reproductive rights, men have long outnumbered women in the California Legislature.The…
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named Pam Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, to be U.S. attorney general just hours after his other…
Country superstar Carrie Underwood, who was not nominated for any Country Music Assn. Awards this year, still made a surprise appearance at the Nashville ceremony…
Hey everyone, this is Dan Woike and welcome to The Times’ Lakers Newsletter, our once-a-week chance to form a meaningful writer-reader Knechtion. The Lakers have…
Jordan Weiss was waiting for someone to direct her screenplay.She and her best friend, Dan Brier, had sold their joint effort, the coming-of-age comedy “Sweethearts,”…
Hip-hop fans around the world were shocked this week to hear the sad news that one of California’s all-time great rap innovators, Saafir, died Tuesday…
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he is naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as his nominee for Transportation secretary, as he…
This is a story about how Gabriel Pec and the Galaxy got their grooves back.For Pec, the Galaxy’s spectacular 23-year-old winger, the change started last…
The president was Eisenhower. The Dodgers belonged to Brooklyn. The cost of a Los Angeles-London round-trip flight was $720 — a staggering amount in 1956.…
Russia says Ukraine has fired US-supplied long-range missiles into the country, a day after Washington gave its permission for such attacks. Ukraine used the Army…
Ali: Neo-Nazi marches. ‘Both sides’ framing. This is who we are. But it doesn’t have to be.
Last week in Columbus, Ohio, a dozen or so people marched through the city waving Nazi flags and yelling racial epithets.Disturbing, to be sure, and…
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Political chaos shouldn’t distract us from the climate catastrophe
With so much chaos in the world, from the United States’ slide toward authoritarianism to the wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Ukraine, you could be…
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Political chaos shouldn’t distract us from the climate catastrophe
With so much chaos in the world, from the United States’ slide toward authoritarianism to the wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Ukraine, you could be…
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For first time, women make up nearly half the California Legislature
SACRAMENTO — Even in a state known for crafting first-in-the-nation progressive laws and leading on reproductive rights, men have long outnumbered women in the California Legislature.The…
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Trump chooses Pam Bondi for attorney general after Gaetz withdraws
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named Pam Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, to be U.S. attorney general just hours after his other…
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Carrie Underwood, Cody Johnson sing surprise CMA Awards duet
Country superstar Carrie Underwood, who was not nominated for any Country Music Assn. Awards this year, still made a surprise appearance at the Nashville ceremony…
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Lakers newsletter: Dalton Knecht shows that experience can be better than potential
Hey everyone, this is Dan Woike and welcome to The Times’ Lakers Newsletter, our once-a-week chance to form a meaningful writer-reader Knechtion. The Lakers have…
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How Jordan Weiss found the confidence to direct ‘Sweethearts’
Jordan Weiss was waiting for someone to direct her screenplay.She and her best friend, Dan Brier, had sold their joint effort, the coming-of-age comedy “Sweethearts,”…
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With Palm Springs AIDS memorial, Philip K. Smith finds redemption
Doesn’t it look like an anus?That question — posed in September 2023 by one of the 16,000 members of the Gay Men of Palm Springs…
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The Apprentice star to be a first time dad at 50 as he reveals wife, 34, is pregnant & says Lord Sugar will be godfather
THE Apprentice contestant Tre Lowe has confirmed he is to become a first-time father at the age of 50.The star, currently aged 49, and his…
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What the Comcast cable network spinoff means for MSNBC and NBC News
When NBC launched MSNBC in 1996, the network was marketed with the slogan “It’s Time to Get Connected,” a line that acknowledged the emergence of…
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Appreciation: Remembering Saafir, California’s avant garde rap innovator
Hip-hop fans around the world were shocked this week to hear the sad news that one of California’s all-time great rap innovators, Saafir, died Tuesday…
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How the Lakers landed hot-shooting rookie Dalton Knecht
Almost 11 months ago to the date, Dalton Knecht was in his worst slump of the season. The jump from the Big Sky Conference to…
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After a suffocating couple of seasons, Chargers running back J.K. Dobbins finds wide-open spaces
It was one of the darkest moments in J.K. Dobbins’ career. The preseason game in 2021 when two Washington defenders sandwiched him on a tackle…
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Trump says he’s naming ex-Rep. Sean Duffy as Transportation secretary
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he is naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as his nominee for Transportation secretary, as he…
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Jay Leno breaks wrist, hurts an eye in 60-foot fall downhill
For the third year in a row, Jay Leno is bouncing back after an ugly injury. This time around, the culprit was a steep hill…
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Gabriel Pec’s evolution a central part of Galaxy’s MLS Cup run
This is a story about how Gabriel Pec and the Galaxy got their grooves back.For Pec, the Galaxy’s spectacular 23-year-old winger, the change started last…
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Arthur Frommer championed travel for all, not just the wealthy
The president was Eisenhower. The Dodgers belonged to Brooklyn. The cost of a Los Angeles-London round-trip flight was $720 — a staggering amount in 1956.…
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Garcelle Beauvais is outspoken, on and off ‘Real Housewives’
Viewers of “The Real Housewives” have grown accustomed to watching stars of the popular Bravo franchise battle it out over a range of topics —…
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Ukraine uses US long-range missiles for first time, says Russia
Russia says Ukraine has fired US-supplied long-range missiles into the country, a day after Washington gave its permission for such attacks. Ukraine used the Army…
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