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  • Court sides with FDA on abortion pills

    Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Apr 22, 2023

    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...

  • Baldwin resumes movie production in Montana

    Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Apr 22, 2023

    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...

  • Opinion: Third-party efforts likely to fail again in race for president

    Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Apr 18, 2023

    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...

  • Commentary: Mahomes chasing Brady for GOAT title

    Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Feb 14, 2023

    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...

  • Super Bowl expects millions of viewers

    Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Feb 11, 2023

    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...

  • Beyoncé, hip-hop grab Grammy spotlight

    Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Feb 6, 2023

    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...

  • Opinion: Shooting tragedy that shouldn't happen again

    Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Jan 24, 2023

    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...

  • Analysis: Alec Baldwin future could be bleak

    Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Jan 21, 2023

    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 rehe...

  • Alec Baldwin to be charged in 'Rust' shooting

    Meg James Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Jan 19, 2023

    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...

  • Lisa Marie Presley dies at 54

    Alexandra Del Rosario Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Jan 12, 2023

    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...

  • TSA: Idea wasn't half-baked; it was raw

    Salvador Hernandez Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Jan 4, 2023

    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...

  • Analysis: NFL, Christmas Day a good match

    Sam Farmer Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Dec 23, 2022

    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...

  • World Cup 2026 mission: 'grow our fandom'

    Kevin Baxter Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Dec 19, 2022

    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 t...

  • Dancer tWitch was 'pure love and light'

    Christi Carras Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Dec 14, 2022

    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...

  • Supreme Court to decide if Christian business can turn away gay weddings

    David G. Savage Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Dec 5, 2022

    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...

  • U.S. defeats Iran, advances at World Cup

    Kevin Baxter Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Nov 29, 2022

    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...

  • Taylor Swift: Ticket situation 'excruciating'

    Christie D Zurilla Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Nov 18, 2022

    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...

  • Pelosi to step down as House Dem leader

    Nolan McCaskill and Sarah Wire Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Nov 17, 2022

    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...

  • Wild man of rock dead at 87

    Richard Cromelin Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Oct 28, 2022

    Jerry Lee Lewis, the original wild man of rock 'n' roll whose explosive records, fiery performances and real-life scandals made him one of the genre's most fascinating and fearsome figures, died on Friday. He was 87. Lewis' publicist announced the singer's death in a statement, following a premature report of his demise from TMZ earlier in the week. The cause of death was not revealed. Lewis had been hospitalized in early 2019 after suffering a stroke, forcing him to cancel...

  • Police: Husband of Nancy Pelosi attacked in home

    Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Oct 28, 2022

    Paul Pelosi, the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was “violently” attacked after an intruder broke into the couple’s San Francisco home early Friday morning in what a law enforcement source said appeared to be a targeted attack. A law enforcement source told The Times that Paul Pelosi, 82, was attacked with a hammer and sustained numerous upper-body blows. He was taken to a hospital and is expected to make a full recovery, Drew Hammill a spokesperson for the Democratic speaker’s office, said in a statement....

  • Jan. 6 committee votes to subpoena Trump

    Sarah D Wire Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Oct 13, 2022

    WASHINGTON — The Jan. 6 House select committee unanimously voted Thursday to issue a subpoena to former President Trump, capping off what could be its final hearing by laying out the case that Trump was premeditated in his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. “The committee needs to do everything in our power to tell the most complete story possible and present recommendations to help ensure nothing like January 6 ever happens again. We need to be fair and thorough and gain a full context for the evidence we’ve seen...

  • Baldwin settles lawsuit in 'Rust' death

    Summer Lin and Anousha Sakoui Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Oct 5, 2022

    Nearly a year after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed on the set of the film “Rust” in an incident involving a prop gun fired by producer and actor Alec Baldwin in New Mexico, the Hutchins’ family and Baldwin have reached an undisclosed settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit. As part of the settlement, filming will resume next year on the low budget western with the cinematographer’s husband as executive producer, according to a statement from Hutchins. Joel Souza, the director injured alongside Halyna, will...

  • Loretta Lynn: A no-holds-barred woman who could take care of herself

    Randy Lewis Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Oct 4, 2022

    Loretta Lynn, the firebrand singer and songwriter who transformed coal into diamonds by exploring her dirt-poor childhood in eastern Appalachia in her career-defining 1970 hit “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” died on Tuesday. She was 90. In a statement, her family said that she died from natural causes at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. Lynn was arguably the single most important female figure in postwar country music. “Coal Miner’s Daughter” lent its title to her...

  • Opinion: Brothers Riley sore subjects at OU

    J. Brady McCollough Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Oct 2, 2022

    Just how bad was the Oklahoma Sooners’ defense Saturday during their 55-24 humiliation at the hands of Texas Christian? The numbers spell it out clearly: 27 first quarter points. When I visited Norman, Okla., early last December after USC hired Muleshoe native Lincoln Riley away from the Sooners to succeed Clay Helton, the state was downright aghast at the hot-shot coach’s treachery. Someone hung a sign that read “TRAITOR” on the university’s red brick gates. One of the only things that seemed to be soothing the...

  • Redacted affidavit for Trump home search released

    Los Angeles Times, Syndicated content|Updated Aug 27, 2022

    WASHINGTON - The FBI believed that additional classified documents would be found in a search of former President Donald Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, according to a heavily redacted affidavit made public Friday, notably asserting in the 38-page document that "there is also probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found." In laying out the case for the search, which was conducted Aug. 8, the affidavit underscores the scope of classified...

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