Новости за 08.07.2016

The U.S. government is investigating complaints from Harley-Davidson riders who say their motorcycle brakes failed without warning. 

Police used a “bomb robot” early Friday to kill a gunman after snipers opened fire in downtown Dallas, killing five officers and wounding seven, during a protest over recent police shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana, officials said.

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Henry Threadgill’s “Old Locks and Irregular Verbs”: A winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music earlier this year for the album “In for a Penny, In for a Pound,” this saxophonist-composer released this album earlier this year, and it offers an inviting primer to the odd-angled musical structures...

After losing the UFC’s current top pound-for-pound fighter to a positive drug test, the organization turned to perhaps its top pound-for-pound fighter of all time as the replacement.

Step gently on words such as “home” or “citizen” or even “body” with a foot born elsewhere and they combust. Place names are even more incendiary. What happens when we read BEIRUT or TEHRAN or SAIGON while sitting at a cafe in Santa Monica? 

Here’s an airfare for a late summer or fall getaway that lets you loll on the beaches of Phuket, Thailand, for less: $649 round trip, including all taxes and fees, from LAX on Singapore Airlines.

I had given up.

I was 38 years old, renting a guest house in Beverly Hills, and had tried for most of my adult life to meet the right guy. The final straw was a phone call with a potential suitor who admitted that he was married and believed in polyamory. At that moment, I just gave up. The life...

Theranos says the federal government has banned founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes from owning or running a medical laboratory for two years. 

Politicians weigh in on the shooting of 11 Dallas police officers July 8, 2016, 6:43 a.m. Both Democrats and Republicans respond to the Thursday night shootings of 11 police officers and one bystander in Dallas. Five are reported dead. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump cancel their Friday events...

A group of incoming freshmen baseball players led Studio City-based Pacific Baseball Academy to the 14U national team championshp for the West.

Crises that arise during presidential campaigns often define the candidates.

Politicians weigh in on the shooting of 11 Dallas police officers July 8, 2016, 6:43 a.m. Both Democrats and Republicans respond to the Thursday night shootings of 11 police officers and one bystander in Dallas. Five are reported dead. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump cancel their Friday events...

Even when mosquitoes are not carrying viruses or other diseases, they appear to be on a mission to ruin summer fun.

After sputtering in May, the nation's job-creation machine fired back up last month in a reassuring sign that the economy is not faltering despite the increased risks in the global economy.

For 34 consecutive years, the Ford F-150 has been the best-selling vehicle in the United States and the best-selling truck for even longer. 

A planned dredging project is expected to remove the sand bar at the mouth of the Santa Ana River near Newport Beach that has become an unofficial dog beach.

The board of the Metrolink commuter railroad on Friday will consider spending $1.5 million to repair flawed parts on 57 passenger cars — a move that could resolve a critical safety issue that surfaced after a Metrolink train derailed near Oxnard last year, killing the engineer and injuring 34 people.

Politicians weigh in on the shooting of 11 Dallas police officers July 8, 2016, 6:43 a.m. Both Democrats and Republicans respond to the Thursday night shootings of 11 police officers and one bystander in Dallas. Five are reported dead. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump cancel their Friday events...

Politicians weigh in on the shooting of 11 Dallas police officers July 8, 2016, 6:43 a.m. Both Democrats and Republicans respond to the Thursday night shootings of 11 police officers and one bystander in Dallas. Five are reported dead. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump cancel their Friday events...

In 1953, newspaper attorney Harold Cross authored a report titled “The People’s Right to Know,” in which he made the case for government transparency. “Public business is the public’s business,” he wrote. “Freedom of information is their just heritage. Without that, the citizens of a democracy...

Good morning. It is Friday, July 8. No plans this weekend? How about a casual drive up the coast in this $339,000 Rolls-Royce Dawn? Here's what else is happening in the Golden State:

More than 1,000 demonstrators protesting police violence blocked Interstate 880 for several hours Thursday night in Oakland, and the roadway remained closed early Friday morning. A large group of protesters marched onto the roadway from Oakland City Hall, where they chanted "black lives matter"...

Five police officers were fatally shot and six others wounded Thursday when snipers opened fire with rifles in downtown Dallas during a protest over recent police shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana.

Citing the threat from North Korea, Washington and Seoul have announced plans to deploy the U.S. antiballistic missile system known as THAAD in South Korea — a move that drew strong objections from China.

It was never going to be easy for state Assemblyman Roger Hernandez to unseat fellow Democrat and nine-term Congresswoman Grace Napolitano.