A left-bent candidate ran well ahead of recent Democratic candidates in a deep-red district, throwing a new pre-midterms scare into Republicans.
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Underworld Turns
The Romans in Copenhagen
If you have wondered about visiting that great museum in Copenhagen, the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, then go now. It will soon be closing for renovation for at least three years (and at my age that can mean for ever). For those in search of modern art, it includes a great nineteenth- and twentieth-century European collection. […]
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‘On my Deare Child M.E.’
“But for Pepys’s amazing indiscretion and garrulity, qualities of which one cannot have too little in life, or too much in the record of it, Evelyn would have been esteemed the first diarist of his age”, wrote Richard Garnett in an introduction to William Bray’s edition of The Diaries of John Evelyn (1901). They might […]
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One on One With Trump’s Black MAGA Pastor
Detroit pastor Lorenzo Sewell is one of the most prominent Black conservatives in President Donald Trump’s orbit. It all started last summer when the president visited Sewell’s 180 Church while campaigning in Detroit. A month later, Sewell spoke at the Republican National Convention. And in January, he prayed for the new president during his inauguration […]
Suspect in violent downtown L.A. sexual assault ‘in custody,’ police say
A man has been arrested in connection with a violent sexual assault earlier this month in downtown Los Angeles, police announced. The incident occurred on the morning of Nov. 8 outside a residential high-rise building across from the Los Angeles Convention Center, according to the victim, who asked to be identified only as “Tera” […]
1 killed after multi-vehicle crash in Huntington Beach
At least one person was killed after a multi-vehicle crash in Huntington Beach Tuesday afternoon. Huntington Beach police responded to the crash at the intersection of Golden West Street and Heil Avenue just before 3 p.m. Sky5 footage showed around seven vehicles were involved in the crash, with one vehicle overturning and landing on its […]
Los Angeles County supervisors vote to ban face coverings for law enforcement
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors are moving forward with a plan to bar law enforcement from wearing face coverings while on the job. The ordinance was authored by Supervisor Janice Hahn and co-authored by Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, 4th and 3rd Districts, respectively, and passed its initial vote 4-0 on Tuesday. Supervisor Kathryn Barger, […]
Man arrested in firebombing of Los Angeles federal building, suspected in Koreatown apartment fire
A man has been arrested for allegedly firebombing a federal building in downtown Los Angeles and is suspected in another blaze in a nearly century-old apartment building in Koreatown on Monday. The Los Angeles Times identified the targeted federal building as the one at 300 N. Los Angeles St., while the Los Angeles Fire Department […]
City Council candidate pledges to live in MacArthur Park until it’s cleaned up
An activist running for Los Angeles City Council has made an audacious promise: If elected, he’ll live in MacArthur Park until it’s cleaned up. The park, which has a reputation for homelessness and drug use, could be home to Raul Claros, 45, if he unseats Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez for the District 1 spot next year. […]
Pete Hegseth Finds His Fall Guy
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth remains under intense scrutiny following reports that he gave a spoken order to kill survivors of a boat strike, an allegation that has since labeled Hegseth the “Secretary of War Crimes.” But it appears that amid the fallout, Hegseth has found a potential fall guy: Admiral Frank Bradley, the Special Operations […]