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Sparks might have only seven players available for game against Wings - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Mia Berry
The Sparks rise and fall by the “next woman up” motto. It’s been a necessity since starting the season without two-time league MVP Candace Parker, who injured her left hamstring in the first preseason
Entertainment
Goon's singer turns his strange medical journey into art on debut album - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Andrea Domanick
The cover of Goon’s debut album, “Heaven Is Humming,” looks how the L.A. grunge-gaze quartet’s music sounds: It’s at once vibrant and sinister, reckless and pensive, with a blue, halo-capped monster imposed
World News
House votes to block Trump's sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Associated Press
Congress is heading for a showdown with President Trump after the House voted on Wednesday to block his administration from selling billions of dollars in weapons and maintenance support to Saudi Arabia.
Kenley Jansen
Kenley Jansen's lack of candor about injury bothers Dodgers manager Dave Roberts - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Jorge Castillo
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts prides himself on his open communication with players. He believes he does a good job being honest with them and cultivating trust. As a result, what happened Tuesday night
Entertainment
Review: Roddy Doyle's 'Rosie' is a heartbreaking tale of an Irish family's resilience - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan
Other films have bigger budgets and more glamorous stars, some even take home more awards. But few if any can quietly move you as much as “Rosie.” A very fine socially conscious drama in the classic Irish
Entertainment
A Universal Music Group memo cites only 22 masters lost in 2008 fire - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Randy Lewis
Universal Music Group officials have initially identified only 22 original master recordings made by five artists that may have been destroyed in the 2008 vault fire, according to an internal memo issued
Law enforcement seizes records of closed L.A. charter school - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Howard Blume
Federal law enforcement agents have seized records from the home of the former director of Community Preparatory Academy, a Los Angeles charter school that recently closed amid allegations of fiscal mismanagement.
Protest
Sudanese military and protesters sign power-sharing document - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Associated Press
Sudan’s pro-democracy movement and the ruling military council on Wednesday signed a document that outlines a power-sharing deal, but the two sides are still at work on a more contentious constitutional
Plastic
Opinion: No, using reusable straws isn't a 'risk.' Not using them is - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Mariel Garza
I was very sorry to hear about the British woman who died after impaling herself on a reusable metal drinking straw — and not just because it sounds like a terrible way to die. This single strange and
Houston Astros
Angels pitcher Noe Ramirez suspended for hitting Astros' Jake Marisnick - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Maria Torres
Angels reliever Noe Ramirez was suspended three games for hitting Houston Astros outfielder Jake Marisnick with a pitch in the sixth inning of the Angels’ 7-2 victory over the Astros on Tuesday night Angel
Entertainment
Critic’s Choice: ‘Zulu Summer’ follows an African royal in small town Montana - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan
A genial, sweet-natured documentary about a real-life fairy tale, “Zulu Summer” may be just what you need in this summer of seething discontents. Codirected by Joseph Litzinger and Eric Michael Schrader,
British Open
British Open returns 68 years later to a changed Northern Ireland - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Sam Farmer
The golf world has descended on Royal Portrush, a seaside course that played such a prominent role in his childhood, and this beautiful but beleaguered land — which still bears the scars of domestic terrorism
Sports
Dodgers' Enrique Hernandez calls for Puerto Rican governor to resign - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Fidel Martinez
Enrique Hernandez added his voice to the many demanding the resignation of Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Roselló, and expressed support of mass protests taking place in Puerto Rico on Wednesday evening. Calls
Business
Stocks fall; railroads pull down industrial sector - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Associated Press
U.S. stocks extended their losses into a second day Wednesday as railroad operator CSX had its biggest drop in 11 years, pulling other industrial companies down with it. Bank shares fell as investors that
Wilbur Ross
House holds Barr, Ross in contempt of Congress over 2020 census citizenship dispute - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Caroline S. Engelmayer
The House voted Wednesday to hold Atty. Gen. William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with its subpoenas seeking information about why the Trump administration
Entertainment
Lil Nas X, Drake and other celebs play with FaceApp's aging function - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Christie D’Zurilla
FaceApp — the app that uses AI to show you what you’ll theoretically look like decades from now — has staged a comeback, going viral as it did when it was introduced in 2017. And among those hollering,
Montana
The next Democratic debate will have a new face: Montana Gov. Steve Bullock - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Matt Pearce
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock will join the next televised Democratic presidential primary debate in two weeks, replacing a California congressman who recently dropped out. Bullock, a latecomer to the crowded
U.S. Dept. of Defense
Trump expressed concerns about Pentagon cloud-computing contract - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Jennifer Jacobs, Naomi Nix and Steven T. Dennis
President Trump recently demanded more information about how the Pentagon crafted a massive cloud-computing contract it’s poised to award to Amazon.com Inc. or Microsoft Corp., in order to decide whether
News
House rejects effort to force vote on impeaching President Trump - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Caroline S. Engelmayer
House Democrats rejected an attempt Wednesday to force a vote on impeaching President Trump, showing that anger and frustration over the president’s racist tweets and other actions have not yet convinced
Entertainment
Review: Benjamin Millepied's 'Romeo and Juliet,' this time at the Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Mark Swed
It is much too early to come down with the Hollywood Bowl blues, this second week of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s summer season. Yet on a seemingly innocuous Tuesday, the iconic amphitheater was already
R. Kelly
'Surviving R. Kelly''s dream hampton on her Emmy nomination and justice for his victims - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - August Brown
Few documentaries have had as tangible an impact in changing the narrative around accusations of sexual assault as “Surviving R. Kelly.” The Lifetime docu-series from journalist and executive producer
Kevin Spacey
Prosecutors drop groping case against Kevin Spacey - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Associated Press
Prosecutors dropped a case Wednesday accusing Kevin Spacey of groping a young man at a resort island bar in 2016, more than a week after the accuser refused to testify about a missing cellphone the defense
Michael Cohen
Judge says hush money investigation involving President Trump has ended - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Chris Megerian
Federal prosecutors have closed their investigation into hush money payments arranged by Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former fixer and lawyer, ending what was considered one of the gravest potential
Business
Nuclear industry has been pushing for less oversight, and it's working - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Associated Press
Fewer mock commando raids to test nuclear power plants’ defenses against terrorist attacks. Fewer, smaller government inspections for plant safety issues. Less notice to the public and to state governors
Tupac Shakur
An Iowa man might have been fired for his love of rapper Tupac Shakur - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Carlos De Loera
Jerry Foxhaven, former director of Iowa’s Department of Human Services, might have lost his job because of his love of Tupac. On June 14, Foxhaven, 66, sent an email to all 4,300 of his coworkers to remind
Malibu
Filmmaker Walter Hill seeks a scene change on Malibu’s Broad Beach - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Jack Flemming
Prolific action director Walter Hill, whose scores of credits include “The Warriors” and “The Driver,” is testing the waters in Malibu. His oceanfront compound of 14 years is listed for $8.995 million
California Highway Patrol
Giant tortoise makes a break for it, is soon in CHP custody - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Alejandra Reyes-Velarde
A pair of California Highway Patrol officers caught up with a tortoise on the run over the weekend and returned the escape artist to its owners, authorities said. Officers received a call from a driver
San Pedro
Murder charges filed against father whose car went off San Pedro wharf, killing sons - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Associated Press
Los Angeles prosecutors have charged a Hawthorne man with murder, alleging he intentionally drove his family off a wharf, killing his two autistic sons. The district attorney’s office said Wednesday that
Policing
Fireworks-laden drone found on roof of building in downtown L.A., police say - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - Alex Wigglesworth
A map shows the location where a fireworks-laden drone was found on the roof of a building, police say. Alex Wigglesworth is a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times. Officer William Rodriguez, a 10-year
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico protesters demand governor resign for his anti-gay text messages - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Puerto Rico protesters demand governor resign for his anti-gay text messages Protesters demand the resignation of Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello during a protest at La Fortaleza in San Juan, Puerto

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times has been covering Southern California for more than 135 years.