Новости за 07.07.2015

The vacant lot near the corner of 7th Street and Bellflower Boulevard in Long Beach was perfect for the young Scot Breithaupt.

Los Angeles police fatally shot a knife-wielding man covered in blood Monday as he approached officers responding to an emergency call of a possible assault at a Sylmar home, an LAPD spokeswoman said.

To the editor: Apart from the obvious horror of the incidents described in this tale of teenage bullying and torture, these "parachute" kids represent the merging of a Dickens novel and a Marx Brothers movie. ("Adolescence in free fall," July 2)

On Monday, the Lakers opened training camp for their summer league squad.

Science and politics are making uneasy bedfellows as officials at the Food and Drug Administration weigh a proposed drug to enhance female sexual desire, a trio of experts on drug safety warned Monday.

A 12-year-old boy injured Saturday when a small plane crashed on a Carlsbad beach suffered a concussion and required surgery but is expected to make a full recovery, doctors said Monday.

To the editor: I commend the Legislature for passing and the governor for signing the bill requiring "children entering school or day care to be vaccinated against measles, mumps, whooping cough and other diseases. ("Law's foes refuse to quit," July 4) Parents will no longer be able to cite religious...

Traditionally the neighborhood of choice for the well-heeled and well-educated, Manhattan's Upper East Side has included Rockefellers and Roosevelts among its residents, not to mention famous fussbudgets such as Charlotte from "Sex and the City." But it's hard to imagine any of them living in the...

U.S. stock prices slipped and the dollar edged higher against the euro Monday as investors watched warily to see if Greece's financial crisis worsens.

This month we will preview each USC freshman who will join the team in training camp.

A founder of Lowrider magazine passes away. A Delaware museum quietly sells two important works. And the Great Wall of China is slowly disappearing. Plus: art in Havana, defending the White House and Bill Clinton's sax. Here is the Roundup:

To the editor: Sadly, very little attention was shown to the passing of a giant, Nicholas Winton of Britain, age 106. ("Nicholas Winton, 1909-2015," Obituary, July 2)This low-key, unassuming clerk "would almost single-handedly save more than 650 Jewish children from the Holocaust, earning himself...

To the editor: The torture and killing of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez ("D.A. seeks death penalty in torture case," July 2) at the hands of his mother and her boyfriend was as tragic and horrifying as it was preventable. It is unfathomable that this child endured unspeakable acts of abuse from...

A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy fatally shot a man Monday in Lakewood after a confrontation erupted during a mental-health call, authorities said.

The man walked up from behind the woman as she walked with her boyfriend in Hollywood near Sunset Boulevard. He aimed a shotgun and killed her just after 10 p.m. Sunday, then stepped into a black sedan and disappeared.

Billy Joel and Alexis Roderick, who have a baby on the way, got married Saturday night in a ceremony that was a surprise to guests assembled for their annual Fourth of July party. The two exchanged vows at his Long Island estate "in front of their family and close friends," a spokeswoman for the...

President Obama acknowledged Monday that the Islamic State terrorists have been "particularly effective" at recruiting volunteers to fight in Iraq and Syria but pledged to stay on track with his current strategy even though it "will not be quick" in bringing about the group's defeat.

The last time Ember Skye Graham was seen, as far as anyone knows, the 6-month old girl was sleeping in her crib late Wednesday night.

Doctors and nurses understand that working while they're sick can put their patients at risk.

Greek voters' resounding rejection of international creditors' demands may have strengthened the hand of their prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, who rose to power promising to halt painful austerity measures imposed in the bailout. But what options are open to the Greek leader when he meets with...

Husband-and-wife team Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker will never forget the debut of their syndicated daytime talk show -- though they may not be smiling when they look back.

The iconic Oreo cookie is slimming down this summer.

According to the old bumper stickers, "There is nothing like a Grateful Dead concert." For devotees of the enduring classic-rock band, then, the Dead's farewell stand at Chicago's Soldier Field over the holiday weekend truly marked the end of an era.

The California Assembly voted Monday to close a loophole that last year allowed the Los Angeles school district to avoid penalties in a civil case involving a 14-year-old student who said she was sexually assaulted by a teacher.