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In her speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris offered a withering indictment of her opponent. Donald J. Trump, she rightly observed, is in many ways “an unserious man,” but the consequences of returning him to the White House “are extremely serious.” She asked her audience to “consider the power he will have, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court just ruled that he would be immune from criminal prosecution. Just imagine Donald Trump with no guardrails …” She introduce...
LOS ANGELES - The last time Los Angeles got a good look at Lincoln Riley, he was getting blown out by his biggest rival. The last time USC fans watched Lincoln Riley in their backyard, he was getting embarrassed by a coach who didn't even want to be there. The last time the Trojan family surrounded Lincoln Riley with real hope, he was humiliated in his biggest game of the year despite being carried by the eventual No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. The last time Muleshoe native...
The spectacular collapse of New Mexico's criminal prosecution of Alec Baldwin in the deadly "Rust" movie shooting laid bare nearly three years of errors by state officials who were eager to prove themselves on a world stage. Legal experts had long said it was a risk to charge Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter, a felony, for the 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, whom the actor accidentally shot while preparing for a scene with a firearm. Baldwin had been told...
The would-be assassin's gunfire that wounded former President Trump and sent panic through a Pennsylvania campaign rally on Saturday was unleashed at a time of increasing hostilities in American politics. They have roused extremes on the left and the right and further inflamed divisions ahead of the November election. Multiple shots rang out across a field. A bystander was killed and two were seriously wounded. The FBI identified the shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, who w...
Fittingly, my favorite Bill Walton encounter involved only his voice. It was in October 2000, the day before John Wooden's 90th birthday. I was visiting with Coach in his modest Encino condo when the phone rang and the answering machine picked up. Suddenly the room was filled with a familiar deep and gravelly singing from across the globe. "Happy birthday to you ... happy birthday to you ... happy birthday from Australia..." Wooden smiled. "Oh, that's Bill Walton," he said....
If you’re alone in the forest, who would you rather run across: a man you don’t know or a bear? This question, posed in a TikTok video last month, has taken the dilemma of man versus bear viral. And women online are nearly unanimous in favor of the stocky, shaggy, sleeps-through-the-winter one. The question is a chance for women to compare fears, to figure out which danger looms larger. In the video that kicked off the trend, seven of the eight women who give “bear” responses lay out the same reasoning: A bear is appeali...
LOS ANGELES - O.J. Simpson, whose rise and fall from American football hero to accused murderer to prison inmate fueled a rancorous public drama that obsessed the nation and spawned debates over race, wealth, justice and retribution, has died from cancer, according to a family member's statement on X. Simpson was once the country's most admired athlete, a formidable running back who broke records with grace and determination. He became a crossover star, lending his handsome...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled for the Biden administration to preserve legal access in most of the nation to an abortion pill that is part of the most common method of ending early pregnancies. In an unsigned order, the justices blocked rulings by a Texas judge and the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that could have sharply restricted use of the pills or taken them off the market entirely. There were two dissents, from Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. More than 5 million women in the U.S. have u...
LOS ANGELES — With the news that New Mexico prosecutors have dropped criminal charges against Alec Baldwin in the accidental shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film “Rust,” the actor took a big step toward putting the tragedy and the ensuing ordeal behind him. Looking to get both the project and his career back on track, Baldwin has resumed production on the Western, which restarted filming Thursday in Montana. With his career and image still battered, though, the way forward for the actor is hardl...
It’s the year before a presidential election, which means it’s once again time for a group to call for a unity ticket of a Democratic and a Republican for president and vice president or for an independent candidate to avoid the dysfunction of the parties entirely. The current effort by the No Labels group to get a presidential ballot line in all 50 states for 2024 is being treated as something of a novelty, but we’ve seen something like this in most modern presidential elections. Just four years ago Unite America was propo...
GLENDALE, Ariz. - He was screaming. He was grimacing. This was bad. Patrick Mahomes lay sprawled across the grass for a few agonizing moments, then picked himself up and limped to the sideline. He dropped on the bench. He closed his eyes. He lowered his head between his knees in frustration before resting it on a trainer's shoulder in resignation. With 1:33 left in the first half of Super Bowl LVII on Sunday at State Farm Stadium, the most-valuable-player season of the Kansas...
If you're thinking about betting on the size of the TV audience for Super Bowl LVII, take the over. That's the advice of Mike Mulvihill, executive vice president and head of strategy and analytics for Fox Sports, which is airing today's contest between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles in Glendale, Ariz. Mulvihill believes the matchup and the ratings performance of the NFL this past season point to a game that will top the current audience record of 114.4...
LOS ANGELES - Former "Daily Show" host Trevor Noah led viewers through the 2023 Grammys in its star-studded return to Los Angeles on Sunday. After the pandemic upended the previous two ceremonies, and last year's event relocated to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the awards show took over the Crypto.com Arena, its usual home, in front of a full, live audience. The ceremony was packed with historic moments, from Beyoncé's big record-setting moment, to Kim Petras...
More than a year after the shocking fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of the movie “Rust,” prosecutors announced Thursday they will file criminal charges of involuntary manslaughter against Alec Baldwin, the star of the movie who allegedly discharged the replica of a vintage Colt .45. They will file the same charges against the film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, whose job it was to check the guns to make sure they were safe to handle. The gunshot also wounded director Joel Souza...
LOS ANGELES — With the announcement on Thursday that criminal charges will be filed in the 2021 shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western “Rust,” Alec Baldwin is likely to see his already damaged career erode even further. Baldwin, who starred in the yet-to-be-completed “Rust” and was one of its producers, will be charged by New Mexico prosecutors with two counts of involuntary manslaughter for his role in the fatality. Baldwin shot Hutchins in the chest on Oct. 21, 2021, while rehearsing a s...
New Mexico prosecutors will file felony criminal charges against actor Alec Baldwin and the armorer of the low-budget western "Rust," following the fatal shooting of the film's cinematographer. The charges represent a dramatic culmination of more than a year of speculation over who, if anyone, would be held accountable for the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, a rising star in the film industry. Hutchins was shot in the chest Oct. 21, 2021, as she rehearsed a...
LOS ANGELES - Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, who helped oversee her famous father's estate and pursued a music career of her own, has died. She was 54. Priscilla Presley confirmed her daughter's death in a statement Thursday evening. "It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us," Presley said in a statement provided to the Associated Press. "She was the most...
The plan to hide a gun inside of a raw chicken was half baked. The efforts to stuff soiled money inside a pair of crutches stunk, and it was a hair-brained idea to try to smuggle drugs inside a hair scrunchy. 2022 was a year of odd finds and catches at airport security points, where agents of the Transportation Security Administration screen hundreds of thousands of passengers daily. The TSA recently released its list of top 10 catches at nation's airports, from inert...
LOS ANGELES - The concept of playing an NFL game on Christmas Day sounded a lot better to Jay Feely when the schedule came out in the spring than it did as the holiday season approached. It was 2010, and Feely was kicking for the Arizona Cardinals, who were 5-10 and going nowhere. They were playing host to Dallas, likewise stuck in the mud at 5-10. "If you play or practice on Christmas morning, there's always a little bit of 'bah humbug' to it," said Feely, who kicked for...
Sunday's World Cup final, which ended with Lionel Messi finally grasping the one trophy he'd never won, was the most dramatic in tournament history. It was great theater, a bare-knuckle brawl that played out over 120 minutes and four rounds of penalty kicks before Argentina was declared the victor following a game that ended in a 3-3 draw. Which raises one very vexing question: What to do for an encore? The next World Cup kicks off in North America in 3½ years and will be the largest and most complex ever, with a record 48 te...
LOS ANGELES - Stephen "tWitch" Boss' wife and dance partner Allison Holker paid tribute Wednesday to the late dancer and TV personality. In a statement provided to the Los Angeles Times, Holker confirmed the death of her husband, with whom she shared three children: Weslie Fowler, 14, Maddox Laurel, 6, and Zaia, 3. Boss, who was also a DJ and co-executive producer for "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," died by suicide Tuesday in an Encino hotel room. He was 40. "It is with the...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday about whether a conservative Christian business owner has a 1st Amendment right to refuse to work with same-sex couples planning to marry. At issue is a Colorado website designer claiming a free-speech right to ignore the state's anti-discrimination law and turn away gay couples seeking her services. Twenty-two states including California require businesses open to the public to provide full and equal service to all, without regard to race, religion, gender or sexual o...
AL THUMAMA, Qatar - Needing a victory to advance to the final 16 of the World Cup, the U.S. took care of business Tuesday, edging Iran 1-0 on a Christian Pulisic goal late in the first half. With the win, the unbeaten U.S. (1-0-2) finished second to England in its group and will meet Group A champion the Netherlands in the Round of 16 on Saturday. Iran, meanwhile, goes home short of the knockout stages for the sixth time in an many visits to the World Cup. But the Iranians...
Well. Taylor Swift is not happy with Ticketmaster. Not happy at all. Swift has finally spoken out about the ticketing disaster that played out this week as frustrated fans tried - and often failed - to buy tickets to the "1989" singer's Eras concert tour. "Well. It goes without saying that I'm extremely protective of my fans," she wrote in a statement posted Friday in her Instagram stories. "We've been doing this for decades together and over the years, I've brought so many...
WASHINGTON - After months of speculation about her future, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she will not seek to lead House Democrats for another term, but remain in Congress. The decision - capping a 35-year career in which the Californian became the most powerful female Congress member in U.S. history - followed her party's narrow loss of the chamber in last week's midterm election. Pelosi is also abiding by a 2018 agreement with fellow Democrats that she would step...
