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Foie gras still on some store shelves in California, despite state ban
LOS ANGELES — Despite California's ban on foie gras, the pumped-up bird livers are being sold in Southern California stores.
Foie gras, which is made by force-feeding ducks and geese, was spotted by Times journalists ...Read more
Ahead of the 2028 Olympics, Los Angeles launches a program to expand shade across the city
LOS ANGELES — As heat waves grow longer and more intense across Southern California, the absence of shade is becoming a serious public health concern — but vast stretches of Los Angeles remain dangerously exposed.
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'This fire could have been prevented': How utilities fought removal of old power lines
LOS ANGELES -- The abandoned power line suspected of igniting the Eaton fire could have been removed years ago under a rule proposed by state Public Utilities Commission staffers, but the regulation was weakened amid ...Read more
Long Beach man gets 358-year sentence for killing 17-year-old girl, shooting at four other minors
LOS ANGELES — Seventeen-year-old Briana Soto was walking home from her job at McDonald's last March when she was shot and killed just steps from her Long Beach home. Now, her killer will spend the rest of his life behind...Read more
Former President Joe Biden tells lawyers convention in Chicago: 'We need new heroes'
CHICAGO — Former President Joe Biden called on attorneys to lead the fight to uphold the Constitution during the Trump administration in a speech at a downtown Chicago hotel on Thursday in which he also reflected on his ...Read more
What wildfire smoke is doing to your health
MINNEAPOLIS -- Wildfire smoke has been easy to spot in Minnesota this week, coating the Twin Cities in a brownish haze that obscured the downtown skylines. But experts in lung health are more concerned about the particles ...Read more
Trump freezes $200 million in UCLA science and medical research funding, citing antisemitism
LOS ANGELES – The Trump administration has frozen hundreds of science, medical and other federal grants to UCLA worth nearly $200 million, citing the university's alleged "discrimination" in admissions and failure to "...Read more
Trump urges Fed board to 'assume control' if rates not cut
President Donald Trump called on the Federal Reserve board to “assume control” if Chair Jerome Powell does not lower interest rates, escalating his ongoing feud with the central bank’s head.
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Gary Busey pleads guilty to groping woman at NJ horror movie convention
Actor Gary Busey pleaded guilty to a sex crime charge Thursday in connection to a 2022 incident at a horror movie convention in New Jersey.
Busey, 81, pleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact ...Read more
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