Новости за 15.03.2018

Thousands of civilians streamed out of two besieged enclaves on opposite sides of Syria on Thursday, crossing on foot and in pickup trucks and tractors to safety after suffering weeks of shelling and bombardment from Turkish and Syrian government forces.

Japan’s heartiest culinary export gets its worshipful due in director Koki Shigeno’s documentary “Ramen Heads,” a brisk if uneven celebration of the soup-and-noodle staple that will nevertheless have you scheduling a post-viewing trip to your closest bowlful.

New discoveries in eastern Africa suggest that human behaviors like symbolic thought and the creation of extended social networks were established at least 320,000 years ago — tens of thousands of years earlier than previously thought.

Politics and sensuality make for intriguing bedfellows in “Foreign Body,” Raja Amari’s accomplished survival tale about an undocumented young Tunisian woman finding her identity in France.

To the editor: If the students who walked out of the classes on Wednesday really want to make a difference regarding gun violence, they should spend their time encouraging their older siblings and neighbors — and their parents — to vote. And when the students reach 18, they should vote too. (“L.A....

Surveillance footage released by Florida authorities Thursday appears to show a Broward County deputy waiting outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for several minutes, speaking on his radio, as a mass shooting unfolded inside.

Predator. Abuser. Victim. Psychopath.

All these words describe the deeply complicated character Laura, played by Evan Rachel Wood in Carlos and Jason Sanchez’s disturbing psycho-sexual portrait “Allure.” Within the first few minutes, we witness Laura commit a violent sexual act against a man that...

Surfing in Norway. Why not? The water is a brisk 39 degrees Fahrenheit, the air 5 degrees, cooled by a biting wind-chill factor. It's not ideal surfing conditions, except in Lofoten, a group of islands off northern Norway, where it is practiced even in midwinter.

President Trump’s nominee to lead the spy agency that conducts electronic surveillance and cyberespionage around the globe warned a Senate committee Thursday that the government should take stronger action to prevent Russian interference in future U.S. elections, a position that Trump has yet to...

“The Happys” is the too-cute nickname that local landlord Luann (Janeane Garofalo) dubs her Los Feliz neighborhood. It’s also the title of co-writer/director team Tom Gould and John Serpe’s feature directorial debut, a cutesy classic Hollywood tale adapted for modern times, about small-town dreamers...

For a movie based on 90-year-old source material, “Journey’s End” works remarkably well. It’s a tense, absorbing, superbly acted look at a band of British soldiers in World War I as they wait to fight and ultimately battle German troops over the course of several ill-fated days in March 1918 —...

Augie Garrido, who transformed an upstart baseball team from a commuter school into one of the most respected and successful programs in college sports, died Thursday of complications following a stroke. He was 79.

In an age when even seeing a film on celluloid is becoming a thing of the past, any chance to see nitrate, that legendary, highly combustible substance that creates pure on-screen magic, comes by so rarely that it should be embraced, especially when the examples shown are as vivid as the 35mm prints...

The United Nations says a donor conference has produced nearly $100 million in new pledges to help fund the U.N. relief agency for Palestinian refugees this year after the U.S. slashed its aid.

For a while, Vincent Neill and his family parked their weathered RVs on a stretch of roadway in Canoga Park, where the kids had friends down the street.

Friends and neighbors, ready your book bags. Today the L.A. Times announces the lineup for the 23rd annual Festival of Books. Featured authors include Junot Diaz, Walter Mosley, Gabrielle Union, Patton Oswalt, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Joyce Carol Oates, Jorge Ramos, John Scalzi, Tayari Jones, Lawrence...

President Trump’s nominee to lead the spy agency that conducts electronic surveillance and cyber-espionage around the globe warned a Senate committee Thursday that the government should take stronger action to prevent Russian interference in future U.S. elections, a position that Trump has yet...

The festival's Newstory zone, in its inaugural year, will showcase creative storytelling including podcasts, virtual reality, music, film and television

The Los Angeles Times today announced the lineup for the Festival of Books, the nation’s largest literary festival, held the weekend of April...

The Trump administration on Thursday announced sanctions against 19 Russian individuals and five organizations for meddling in the 2016 elections and for other “destructive cyber-attacks” targeting the U.S. electrical grid and water systems.

Former ESPN President John Skipper said an extortion threat from a cocaine dealer led to his exit from the company in December.

Whether waving a giant poster of his face in the bleachers or cheering loudly after a windmill dunk, Santa Monica Crossroads fans can’t get enough of 6-foot-10 senior Shareef O’Neal, otherwise known as Baby Shaq.