Новости за 08.08.2017

United Nations human rights officials Tuesday held Venezuela’s government responsible for the use of excessive force on opposition demonstrators in clashes that since March have claimed 132 lives.

The man credited with leading an initiative that brought healthier meals to Los Angeles’ public school students has been charged with embezzlement, forgery and mismanagement of funds, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Congressman Ted Lieu answers questions about Democrats efforts to win the House in 2018.

Despite promises of a "far less cluttered and confused Yosemite Valley" made in a 2013 plan, traffic congestion is worse than ever

Beth Morrison has been obsessed with David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks” for most her life. The black-clad, raven-haired indie opera producer has watched the original series 12 times.

Glen Campbell, the multiple Grammy-winning country-pop singer, guitarist and TV personality whose half-century career was capped by a singular last act after he went public with his advancing Alzheimer’s disease, has died. He was 81.

Jury selection in Taylor Swift's groping trial has overflowed into Tuesday, when opening statements are expected to begin.

President Trump, facing a growing nuclear threat from North Korea, warned the country on Tuesday against any new provocations and issued his own threat of "fire and fury like the world has never seen."

Time for a dance in the end zone. After years of trying to lock down a buyer, football great Deion Sanders has sold his condominium in a Dallas high-rise for $4.05 million.

For more than three years, a pair of drones donated to the Los Angeles Police Department were locked away, collecting dust after a public outcry over the idea of police using the controversial technology.

The patriotic Chinese action film “Wolf Warriors 2” cruised past Hollywood competitor “The Fate of the Furious” at China’s box office last week, making it the country’s top-grossing movie this year.

Why women in India have been posting selfies of themselves at midnight on social media

The Santa Monica Symphony will hold a gala in Walt Disney Concert Hall on Aug. 16, and that has caught the unlikely attention of the alt-right Breitbart News website. Welcome to culture wars, 2017 style.

Los Angeles lawmakers are pushing for city contractors to reveal whether they are helping to build a wall along the Mexican border, arguing that Angelenos deserve to know if firms are working on the polarizing project.

A Kentucky circuit court last week issued an unusual, reasonable and welcome ruling: It is unconstitutional to execute people for murders committed when they were younger than 21. Why? Because research increasingly shows that the human brain has not fully matured — particularly in areas of impulse...

Ruben Velasco, one of the marines who died in the MV-22 aircraft crash, was from West Covina.

Backyard barbecue shrimp with pineapple pico de gallo. Salvadoran chicken. Beef with mole. Red pork chile. There are times when nothing satisfies quite like a tamale. Here are 10 great tamale recipes, from classics to fun ideas perfect for summer.

A California woman who sued her plastic surgeon after photographs of her breasts surfaced on the Internet has been awarded $18,000.

The U.S. Marine Corps for the first time is considering a plan to let women attend what has been male-only combat training in Southern California, as officials work to quash recurring problems with sexism and other bad behavior among Marines, according to Marine Corps officials.

Barbara Cook, whose shimmering soprano made her one of Broadway's leading ingenues and later a major cabaret and concert interpreter of popular American song, has died. She was 89.

Candice Huffine didn’t know how far she would go — both literally and figuratively — when she first started running early last year. The 32-year-old model, who completed her first marathon in April, says achievement in the sport led her to fulfill a longtime dream of fashion design by partnering...

Johnny Manziel has options.

The former Heisman Trophy winner and failed NFL quarterback has been out of football for a while now. Manziel hasn’t been signed since the Cleveland Browns cut him in March 2016, and as he recently told the crowd at the International Football Betting Conference in Costa...