By Credit search: Los Angeles Times
By Sébastien Jodoin, Penelope J.S. Stein and Michael Ashley Stein
At the recent United Nations climate negotiations in Egypt, disability activists urged governments to include people with disabilities in their plans to address climate change. In response, the member states adopted an “overarching decision” and a...
By CORINNE PURTILL
Earth has millions of fungi species, but the official emoji library has only one: Amanita muscaria, the red-capped, white-spotted mushroom found in fairy tale picture books and Super Mario Brothers.A staggering 180,000 species of butterflies and moths...
By NARDINE SAAD
Tina Turner, the yowling powerhouse who helped pioneer a high-octane brand of R&B as half of the incendiary Ike & Tina Turner duo and belted out soul-rock gems such as “Proud Mary,” “River Deep, Mountain High” and “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” has...
By STEVE CHAWKINS
LOS ANGELES — David Crosby, who helped found two supergroups that broadened and deepened the reach of rock music, and who, with his outspoken political pronouncements and famously outsized appetites came to symbolize the Woodstock generation’s...
By SAMANTHA MASUNAGA and HAILEY MENSIK
It’s the rare fashion emblem you can find everywhere. Walmart and Target offer T-shirts, swimsuits, sippy cups and ugly Christmas sweaters covered with it. Coach put it on bags, shoes and sweatshirts priced at hundreds of dollars apiece....
By Joe Mozingo
MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — By February, the snow made many neighborhoods here feel subterranean. Twenty-foot walls of white, corniced by the wind, leaned over the plowed roads. Residents worked feverishly to keep the snow from swallowing their...
By Jim Puzzanghera
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump intends to nominate Democrat Jessica Rosenworcel to return to the Federal Communications Commission.Her term lapsed at the end of last year because of political maneuvering.The White House announced the coming...
By Colleen Shalby
Hawaii became the 50th U.S. state in 1959, but Attorney General Jeff Sessions seemed to overlook that fact in a recent interview on “The Mark Levin Show.”During the Tuesday evening discussion, which was posted online Wednesday, Sessions questioned a...
By AUGUST BROWN
John Warren Geils Jr., the founding guitarist behind the ‘70s and ‘80s rock powerhouse J. Geils Band, died at his longtime home in Massachusetts on Tuesday. He was 71.Donald Palma Jr., the chief of police in Groton, Mass., confirmed Geils’ death on...
By JIM PUZZANGHERA
WASHINGTON — The chairman of a powerful House committee welcomed the nation’s top consumer financial watchdog to a hearing Wednesday by expressing surprise he showed up, and hoped he never does so again. The more than three hours of...
By TRE’VELL ANDERSON, VALERIE J. NELSON and BEVERLY BEYETTE
LOS ANGELES — The best known of three glamorous sisters from Hungary, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor pioneered a modern version of celebrity — she was famous for being famous. With the advent of television talk shows, Gabor became a frequent guest as...
By SAM FARMER
LOS ANGELES – More than 66,000 bundled-up spectators will pack Gillette Stadium on Sunday and not only cheer for New England against the Los Angeles Rams, but for quarterback Tom Brady to claim another piece of NFL history. Last week, he tied the...
By RANDALL ROBERTS
Sharon Jones, the incendiary soul singer who propelled to stardom at an age when most musicians had either hit the big time or accepted the club circuit, has died. The artist’s albums with her backing band the Dap-Kings paved the way for a...
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