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Guatemala City airport closed as abrasive volcanic ash coats planes | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-23/guatemala-city-airport-closed-as-volcanic-ash-coats-planes | 2021-03-23T17:46:06 | A shift in wind blew ash from an eruption at the Pacaya volcano over Guatemala City on Tuesday, and authorities closed the airport as ash coated runways and parked planes.
The 8,373-foot volcano, just 30 miles south of Guatemala’s capital, has been active since early February.
Civil Aviation Director Francis Argueta... |
After the scars of 'Fresh Off the Boat,' Eddie Huang took control on 'Boogie' | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-03-23/eddie-huang-boogie-fresh-off-the-boat | 2021-03-23T17:12:37 | Eddie Huang, the author, restaurateur and TV host whose memoir chronicling life as an immigrant kid in the ’90s was adapted into the hit ABC sitcom “Fresh Off the Boat,” would’ve taken the fast lane to moviemaking had such a path existed. Instead, after minoring in film in college and hustling in and out of careers in ... |
Republic of Congo President Sassou N'Guesso declared election winner | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-23/republic-of-congo-president-sassou-nguesso-declared-winner | 2021-03-23T17:09:07 | Election officials in Republic of Congo on Tuesday declared President Denis Sassou N’Guesso the winner of Sunday’s national election, further extending his presidency of more than 36 years in office. The election was marked by the death of his main opponent from COVID-19.
The results were announced by Interior Ministe... |
Saudi Arabia offers cease-fire proposal to Yemen rebels | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-22/saudi-arabia-offers-cease-fire-plan-to-yemen-rebels | 2021-03-23T01:39:24 | Saudi Arabia on Monday offered a cease-fire proposal to Yemen’s Houthi rebels that includes reopening their country’s main airport, the kingdom’s latest attempt to halt years of fighting in a war that has sparked the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
The move comes after the rebels stepped up a campaign of drone and ... |
U.K. unveils plan for smaller, more high-tech armed forces | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-22/uk-unveils-plan-for-smaller-more-high-tech-armed-forces | 2021-03-22T17:37:05 | Britain plans to cut the size of its army and boost spending on drones, robots and a new “cyber force” under defense plans announced by the government on Monday.
Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said the British Army would shrink from 76,500 soldiers to 72,500 by 2025. He said the army hadn’t been at its “established str... |
Putin to get coronavirus vaccine shot in Russia on Tuesday | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-22/putin-to-get-coronavirus-vaccine-shot-in-russia-on-tuesday | 2021-03-22T16:18:20 | President Vladimir Putin said he will get a coronavirus vaccine shot on Tuesday, several months after widespread vaccination started in Russia.
Kremlin opponents have criticized Putin for not getting vaccinated amid a comparatively slow rollout of the shot in Russia, arguing that his reluctance is contributing to the... |
Atlanta-area spa shooting victim's husband says police detained him for hours | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-22/shooting-victims-husband-says-police-detained-him-for-hours | 2021-03-22T16:03:52 | A man who survived the shooting that killed his wife at an Atlanta-area massage business last week said police detained him in handcuffs for four hours after the attack.
Mario Gonzalez said he was held in a patrol car outside the spa. The revelation, in an interview with Mundo Hispanico, a Spanish-language news websit... |
'Borat,' 'Promising Young Woman' win at Writers Guild Awards | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2021-03-21/borat-promising-young-woman-win-at-writers-guild-awards | 2021-03-22T03:28:13 | Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” was partly improvised and scripted by nine writers, but it still walked away Sunday night with one of the Writers Guild Awards’ top honors, best adapted screenplay.
At the guild’s virtual, pre-recorded 73rd annual awards, the biggest winners were a pair of awards-season... |
Atlanta-area spa shooting victims mourned by families | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-21/slain-spa-workers-and-customers-mourned-by-families | 2021-03-21T22:41:29 | Mothers, grandmothers and a brother. They loved to cook, dance, sing and travel. They worked long hours, sometimes in settings their children little understood. These are the eight people killed by gunfire at three Atlanta-area spas. Seven of the slain were women, and six of them were of Asian descent. Police charged a... |
Acclaimed Egyptian feminist Nawal Saadawi dies at age 89 | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-21/acclaimed-egyptian-feminist-nawal-saadawi-dies-at-age-89 | 2021-03-21T17:02:18 | Nawal Saadawi, a renowned Egyptian feminist, psychiatrist and novelist whose writings stirred controversy for decades in an overwhelming conservative society, died of age-related health problems in Cairo on Sunday, officials said. She was 89.
Egypt’s Culture Minister Inas Abdel-Dayem mourned Saadawi’s passing, saying ... |
Few U.S. states require a waiting period to buy a gun, but that may be changing | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-21/gun-waiting-periods-rare-in-us-states-but-more-may-be-coming | 2021-03-21T15:18:23 | Not long before the deadly Atlanta-area shootings spread fear and anger through Asian American communities nationwide, police say, the attacker made a legal purchase: a 9 mm handgun.
Within hours, they say, he had killed eight people, seven of them women and six of Asian descent, in a rampage targeting massage busine... |
Married 66 years, Florida husband and wife die minutes apart of COVID-19 | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-21/married-66-years-husband-wife-die-minutes-apart-of-virus | 2021-03-21T12:57:21 | Bill and Esther Ilnisky spent nearly seven decades together as Christian ministers and missionaries, including stints in the Caribbean and Middle East before preaching for 40 years in Florida.
They complemented each other — he the bookworm, she outgoing and charismatic. One without the other seemed unthinkable.
So ... |
Myanmar police who defied army seek asylum in India | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-21/fleeing-coup-myanmar-refugees-in-india-seek-asylum | 2021-03-21T11:32:36 | Police officers who defied the Myanmar army’s orders to shoot opponents of the coup and escaped to India are asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government not to send them back but to provide them political asylum on humanitarian grounds.
“What we wish is that until and unless the problem is solved in Myanmar, we d... |
Miami Beach imposes curfew amid spring break chaos | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-20/miami-sets-earlier-curfew-after-spring-break-crowds-fights | 2021-03-21T00:21:24 | Officials are imposing an emergency 8 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew for Miami Beach, Fla., effective immediately, after hard-partying spring break crowds trashed restaurants, brawled in the streets and gathered by the thousands without masks or social distancing, according to authorities.
At a news conference, officials blam... |
Prosecutor: Man accused of one murder says he really killed 16 | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-20/prosecutor-man-accused-of-1-murder-says-he-really-killed-16 | 2021-03-20T22:00:52 | A man charged with beating to death a New Jersey resident he says sexually abused him as a child now claims he has killed a total of 16 people, including his ex-wife and three others found dead near a New Mexico airport, officials said. Authorities have not corroborated his claim.
Sean Lannon, 47, said he killed the f... |
Hundreds in Atlanta rally against hate after spa shootings | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-20/hundreds-in-atlanta-rally-against-hate-after-spa-shootings | 2021-03-20T20:57:31 | A diverse crowd gathered Saturday in a park across from the Georgia state Capitol to demand justice for the victims of shootings at massage businesses days earlier and to denounce racism, xenophobia and misogyny.
The hundreds of people of all ages and varied racial and ethnic backgrounds who gathered in Liberty Plaza ... |
Spectators from abroad to be barred from Tokyo Olympics | https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-03-20/spectators-from-abroad-to-be-barred-from-tokyo-olympics | 2021-03-20T11:35:53 | Spectators from abroad will be barred from the Tokyo Olympics when they open in four months, the IOC and local organizers said Saturday.
The decision was announced after an online meeting of the International Olympic Committee, the Japanese government, the Tokyo government, the International Paralympic Committee and l... |
U.S., India to expand military engagement, defense ties | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-20/india-us-to-expand-military-engagement-defense-ties | 2021-03-20T09:03:09 | Top defense officials from India and the United States pledged Saturday to expand their military engagement, underscoring the strengthening defense ties between two countries concerned over China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Indian Defense Minister R... |
Current aide accuses Cuomo of sex harassment, report says | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-19/new-york-times-current-aide-accuses-cuomo-of-sex-harassment | 2021-03-19T22:38:27 | A woman who currently works in the office of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he looked down her shirt and made suggestive remarks to her and another aide, according to a newspaper report published Friday.
Alyssa McGrath told the New York Times that Cuomo called her beautiful in Italian, referred to her and her female ... |
Zoos, scientists aim to curb people giving virus to animals | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-19/zoos-scientists-aim-to-curb-people-giving-virus-to-animals | 2021-03-19T05:12:37 | The coughing among the western lowland gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in January was the first warning sign. Soon the fears were confirmed: A troop of gorillas became the first apes known to test positive for the coronavirus.
Around the world, many scientists and veterinarians are now racing to protect anim... |
Gunmen ambush police convoy near Mexico City, killing 13 | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-18/gunmen-ambush-police-convoy-near-mexico-city-killing-13 | 2021-03-19T04:24:16 | Gunmen apparently from a drug gang ambushed a police convoy Thursday in central Mexico. killing eight state police officers and five prosecution investigators in a hail of gunfire, authorities said.
The massacre of the 13 law enforcement officers in the state of Mexico was the country’s biggest slaying of law enforcem... |
Students defrauded by for-profit colleges to have federal loans fully erased | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-18/students-who-got-partial-loan-relief-to-see-full-discharge | 2021-03-18T22:49:59 | Thousands of students defrauded by for-profit schools will have their federal loans fully erased, the Biden administration announced Thursday, reversing a Trump administration policy that had given them only partial relief.
The change could lead to $1 billion in loans being canceled for 72,000 borrowers, all of whom a... |
Johnny Depp's lawyers seek to appeal libel ruling, citing new Amber Heard evidence | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-18/lawyers-for-johnny-depp-seek-to-appeal-wife-beater-ruling | 2021-03-18T13:22:41 | Lawyers for Johnny Depp told Britain’s Court of Appeal Thursday that the actor’s ex-wife, Amber Heard, did not donate all of her $7-million divorce settlement to charity as she claimed, part of arguments seeking to overturn a ruling that the actor assaulted Heard during the couple’s marriage.
The Hollywood star is se... |
Amid Women's History Month, House passes domestic violence bill | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-17/house-passes-domestic-violence-bill-pushes-issue-to-senate | 2021-03-17T21:46:59 | With a nod to Women’s History Month, the Democratic-led House passed two measures Wednesday, one designed to protect women from domestic violence, the other to remove the deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
The reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act passed 244-172 with 29 Republicans j... |
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has died at 61 | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-17/tanzanias-president-john-magufuli-has-died-at-61 | 2021-03-17T21:27:21 | President John Magufuli of Tanzania, a COVID-19 skeptic whose populist rule often cast his East African country in a harsh international spotlight, has died. He was 61.
Magufuli’s death was announced Wednesday by Vice President Samia Suluhu, who said the president died of heart failure.
“Our beloved president passe... |
Biden calls Putin a killer; a day later, Russia recalls its ambassador for consultations | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-17/russia-recalls-its-ambassador-to-the-u-s-for-consultations | 2021-03-17T18:41:55 | Russia is recalling its ambassador to the United States for consultations, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday without citing a specific reason.
The move to bring Anatoly Antonov to Moscow comes amid rising tensions with President Biden’s administration, which has imposed sanctions over the poisoning of opposition lea... |
Senate confirms Katherine Tai as Biden's top trade envoy | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-17/senate-confirms-katherine-tai-as-bidens-top-trade-envoy | 2021-03-17T17:06:26 | The Senate confirmed Katherine Tai as the top U.S. trade envoy in an overwhelming bipartisan vote on Wednesday. She will be the first Asian American and first woman of color to hold the position.
Tai is considered a problem-solving pragmatist, and her nomination by President Biden to be U.S. trade representative drew ... |
James Levine, conductor who ruled over New York's Metropolitan Opera, dies at 77 | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-17/james-levine-who-ruled-over-met-opera-dead-at-age-77 | 2021-03-17T14:44:33 | Conductor James Levine, who ruled over New York’s Metropolitan Opera for more than four decades before being eased aside when his health declined and then was fired for sexual improprieties, has died. He was 77.
Levine died March 9 in Palm Springs of natural causes, his physician of 17 years, Dr. Len Horovitz, said We... |
Trump, in shift, urges supporters to get the COVID-19 vaccine | https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-03-16/trump-in-shift-tells-supporters-that-covid-19-vaccination-is-safe | 2021-03-17T05:12:52 | Former President Trump urged people to be vaccinated, saying he would recommend COVID-19 shots to “a lot of people that don’t want to get it, and a lot of those people voted for me.”
In an interview Tuesday night on Fox News, Trump said that people were free to decide for themselves whether they would be vaccinated.
... |
Biden says Cuomo should resign if investigation confirms sexual harassment claims | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-16/biden-cuomo-should-resign-if-investigation-confirms-claims | 2021-03-17T00:51:26 | President Biden said Tuesday that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo should resign if the state attorney general’s investigation confirms the sexual harassment allegations against him.
Biden made the remarks in an interview with ABC News that is scheduled to air Wednesday morning. When asked by anchor George Stephanopoulos, i... |
Kentucky lawmakers advance rare bipartisan bill to expand voting | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-16/kentucky-lawmakers-advance-bipartisan-election-reform-bill | 2021-03-16T22:49:30 | In sharp contrast to bitter partisan battles being waged elsewhere over election laws, Republicans and Democrats in Kentucky were on the verge Tuesday of joining forces to loosen the state’s voting access laws to make limited early voting a fixture.
A measure overwhelmingly approved Tuesday in the state Senate would g... |
Former GOP Rep. Doug Ose enters likely California recall election against Newsom | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-16/former-gop-rep-doug-ose-enters-california-recall-election | 2021-03-16T22:45:45 | Former Republican congressman Doug Ose announced Tuesday he’s entering the recall election aimed at ousting California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a day after the Democratic governor began raising money to defend his seat in a likely election this year.
Ose becomes the third established Republican to enter the emerging contest... |
Senate confirms Isabel Guzman to lead Small Business Administration | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-16/senate-confirms-isabel-guzman-to-lead-small-biz-agency | 2021-03-16T22:10:40 | The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved President Biden’s pick to oversee the Small Business Administration, an agency that has seen its portfolio expand in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The vote to confirm Isabel Guzman was 81-17. She is the 18th member of Biden’s Cabinet to win Senate confirmation.
Guzma... |
Italy court blocks Steve Bannon-linked plans for populist academy | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-16/italy-court-blocks-bannon-linked-plans-for-populist-academy | 2021-03-16T17:12:17 | Italy’s top administrative court has ruled against a conservative think tank affiliated with former White House advisor Steve Bannon over its use of a 13th century hilltop monastery to train future populist leaders, a decision Bannon denounced Tuesday as a politically motivated “joke.”
The Council of State ruled that... |
Spike Lee to head Cannes Film Festival jury | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-03-16/spike-lee-to-head-cannes-film-festival-jury | 2021-03-16T14:56:41 | Spike Lee, who was set to lead last year’s jury for the Cannes Film Festival that was ultimately canceled by the pandemic, will preside over this year’s jury instead.
The French Riviera festival on Tuesday announced that Lee will be president of the jury for the 74th Cannes. Usually held in May, this year’s Cannes Fil... |
Will cancer cases rise because the pandemic put screening exams on hold? | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-16/researchers-study-impact-of-pandemic-cancer-screening-pause | 2021-03-16T05:07:22 | John Abraham’s colonoscopy was postponed for several months because of the pandemic. When he finally got it, doctors found a growth too big to be removed safely during the scope exam. He had to wait several weeks for surgery, then several more to learn it had not yet turned cancerous.
“I absolutely wonder if I had got... |
Ken Kelly, a Black space engineer and L.A. housing advocate, dies at 92 | https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2021-03-15/black-space-engineer-housing-advocate-ken-kelly-dies | 2021-03-15T22:07:05 | Kenneth C. Kelly, an early-day electronics engineer whose antenna designs contributed to the race to the moon, made satellite TV and radio possible and helped NASA communicate with Mars rovers and search for extraterrestrials, has died. He was 92.
The engineer also worked to erase race barriers in the Navy, Californi... |
Stocks climb for fifth consecutive day, led by technology shares | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-15/stocks-extend-gains-for-fifth-day-led-by-technology-shares | 2021-03-15T20:52:11 | Stocks shook off an early stumble and closed broadly higher Monday, nudging some of the major U.S. indexes to more all-time highs as the market added to its recent string of gains.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index ended the day up 0.7%, extending its winning streak to a fifth day. Technology companies, airlines, cruis... |
How well do COVID-19 vaccines protect after an organ transplant? | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-15/how-well-do-covid-vaccines-protect-after-organ-transplant | 2021-03-15T20:15:12 | A new study raised questions about how well COVID-19 vaccines protect organ transplant recipients — and what precautions people with suppressed immune systems should take after the shots.
Vaccines rev up the immune system to recognize the virus, something that’s harder to do if someone’s immune cells aren’t in good wo... |
Dallas Seavey wins Iditarod, matches most wins by a musher | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-15/dallas-seavey-wins-iditarod-matches-most-wins-by-a-musher | 2021-03-15T14:11:17 | Dallas Seavey on Monday won the pandemic-shortened Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, matching the most wins ever by a musher.
Seavey brought his 10 dogs across the finish line near the community of Willow, Alaska, with a healthy lead over the second-place musher, Aaron Burmeister.
It was the fifth title for Seavey, who m... |
Biden declines to call for Cuomo to resign, awaits probe | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-14/biden-declines-to-call-for-cuomo-to-resign-awaits-probe | 2021-03-15T00:07:51 | President Biden on Sunday passed up an opportunity to join other Democrats calling for the resignation of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is under investigation after multiple allegations of sexual harassment.
Asked by a reporter if Cuomo should resign, Biden responded, “I think the investigation is underway and we sh... |
Chile becomes Latin America's COVID-19 vaccination champion | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-14/chile-becomes-latin-americas-covid-19-vaccination-champion | 2021-03-14T22:04:11 | After being among the world’s hardest-hit nations with COVID-19, Chile is now near the top among countries at vaccinating its population against the virus.
With more than 25% of its people having received at least one shot, the country of 19 million on South America’s Pacific coast is the champion of Latin America, a... |
Pelosi pledges swift work on major infrastructure package | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-14/pelosi-pledges-swift-work-on-major-infrastructure-package | 2021-03-14T17:18:54 | House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday pledged swift work by Congress on a jobs and infrastructure package that she said would be “fiscally sound” but acknowledged she wasn’t sure whether the next major item on President Biden’s agenda would attract Republican backing.
Fresh off a major legislative victory on the $1.9-t... |
Trump should urge his followers to get vaccinated, Fauci says | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-14/fauci-trump-should-urge-his-followers-to-get-vaccinated | 2021-03-14T16:59:29 | Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday he wished former President Trump would use his popularity among Republicans to persuade his followers to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
In a round of interviews on the morning news shows, the government’s top infectious disease expert lamented polling that showed Trump supporters were more li... |
FEMA to help manage unaccompanied minors at U.S.-Mexico border | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-13/fema-to-help-manage-unaccompanied-minors-at-us-mexico-border | 2021-03-14T03:25:33 | The Biden administration is turning to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for help managing and caring for record numbers of unaccompanied immigrant children who are streaming into the United States by illegally crossing the border with Mexico.
FEMA will support a governmentwide effort over the next three months ... |
Hiking wardrobe hit a plateau? Here's how to level up | https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2021-03-13/best-hiking-clothes-shoes-hats-socks-pants-more | 2021-03-13T15:00:16 | This story is part of our ultimate guide to hiking in L.A. You can buy a print copy at the L.A. Times store.
Everyone has a hand in the outdoor clothing scene these days. Don’t be surprised if you see Gucci boots and beanies on the trail. The Italian luxury label collaborated with outdoor clothing giant North Face to ... |
Russian police detain more than 170 at opposition forum in Moscow | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-13/police-detain-participants-in-russian-opposition-forum | 2021-03-13T13:44:16 | Russian police on Saturday detained more than 170 participants in a forum of independent members of municipal councils, an action that comes amid the authorities’ multipronged crackdown on dissent.
Police showed up at the gathering in Moscow shortly after it opened, saying that all those present would be detained for ... |
U.N. extends its South Sudan peacekeeping force to prevent a return to civil war | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-12/un-mandates-south-sudan-force-to-prevent-return-to-civil-war | 2021-03-12T23:42:11 | The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to extend the almost 20,000-member U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, with a mandate “to advance a three-year strategic vision to prevent a return to civil war” and build peace both nationally and locally.
The resolution approved by the council also authorizes ... |
Inquiry faults Rochester mayor, officials for keeping Daniel Prude death secret | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-12/probe-faults-mayor-officials-for-keeping-prude-death-secret | 2021-03-12T22:13:48 | An investigation into the official response to Daniel Prude’s police suffocation death last year in Rochester, N.Y., is faulting the city’s mayor and former police chief for keeping critical details of the case secret for months and lying to the public about what they knew.
The report, commissioned by Rochester’s City... |
Bolivia's former interim president faces arrest on terrorism, sedition chargers | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-12/bolivia-arrest-order-for-former-interim-president-others | 2021-03-12T21:05:04 | Bolivia’s former interim president said Friday she faces an arrest warrant on charges of terrorism and sedition as prosecutors move against officials who backed the ouster of former leader Evo Morales, which his party — now back in power — considers a coup.
“The political persecution has begun,” said Jeanine Añez, who... |
Brazil reaches deal for 10 million shots of Russian COVID-19 vaccine | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-12/brazil-reaches-deal-for-10-million-shots-of-russian-vaccine | 2021-03-12T19:39:47 | Brazil’s federal government said Friday it has reached a deal to purchase 10 million doses of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, though the shot is yet to be approved by the South American nation’s health agency.
The Brazilian Health Ministry said on Twitter that the jabs will be imported by União Qu... |
El Salvador's president, seen as having an authoritarian streak, is about to tighten grip on power | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-12/el-salvador-awaits-what-president-will-do-with-new-power | 2021-03-12T18:48:08 | Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s New Ideas party dominated every aspect of the recent national elections and will take control of Congress and the majority of the country’s municipalities. What remains unclear is what it will do with that power.
The new legislature won’t be seated until May, but so far the top prio... |
Multiple members of New York's congressional delegation call on Gov. Cuomo to resign | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-12/multiple-ny-congressional-members-call-on-cuomo-to-resign | 2021-03-12T16:36:05 | Multiple members of New York’s congressional delegation called Friday on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign in the wake of mounting allegations of sexual harassment and an allegation of groping, as well as scrutiny over his administration’s reporting of COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents.
The Democratic governor ha... |
Puerto Rico to reopen historic church after long restoration | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-12/puerto-rico-to-reopen-historic-church-after-long-restoration | 2021-03-12T16:24:38 | The construction worker stood on his tiptoes and tried to arrange a crown of thorns on a statue of Jesus while architect Jorge Rigau fired a flurry of directions from beneath the ladder.
“Grab it like this and move it just a bit,” he said, motioning with his fingers. “Move it to the right, but don’t lower it.”
It was... |
Federal examination of Breonna Taylor's death casts a wider net | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-12/federal-look-into-breonna-taylors-death-casts-a-wider-net | 2021-03-12T09:19:30 | Their numbers have dwindled since protesters first flooded Louisville’s streets after police fatally shot Breonna Taylor in her home a year ago, but their push for justice has never waned.
A federal investigation of the shooting that has been quietly proceeding could be their last chance.
“We can’t expect people to c... |
Mississippi governor signs bill banning transgender athletes from girls', women's teams | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-11/mississippi-gov-signs-bill-limiting-transgender-athletes | 2021-03-11T17:55:41 | Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Thursday to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls’ or women’s sports teams.
Mississippi is the first state this year to enact such a ban, after a federal court blocked an Idaho law last year. Mississippi’s Senate Bill 2536 is set to become law July 1, although a le... |
Lawsuit over Rams' move from St. Louis delayed to 2022 | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-11/lawsuit-over-rams-move-from-st-louis-delayed-to-2022 | 2021-03-11T17:13:16 | A Missouri judge intends to push back until early 2022 the trial for St. Louis’ lawsuit over the departure of the NFL’s Rams to Los Angeles.
Judge Christopher McGraugh on Wednesday cited Missouri Supreme Court guidelines for reopening courts during the coronavirus pandemic, along with concerns about finding enough jur... |
NBA fines and suspends Miami's Meyers Leonard for anti-Semitic slur | https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-03-11/nba-fines-meyers-leonard-50-000-for-anti-semitic-slur | 2021-03-11T17:03:13 | The NBA has fined Meyers Leonard $50,000 and suspended him from all Miami Heat facilities and activities for one week, in response to his use of an anti-Semitic term.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced the sanctions Thursday, two days after the video began circulating on social media.
“Meyers Leonard’s comment wa... |
1 in 5 Americans has lost someone close in the pandemic, poll finds | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-11/ap-norc-poll-1-in-5-in-us-lost-someone-close-in-pandemic | 2021-03-11T16:56:22 | About 1 in 5 Americans say they have lost a relative or close friend to COVID-19, highlighting the division between heartache and hope as the country itches to get back to normal a year into the COVID-19 pandemic.
A new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research illustrates how the stage is... |
House passes legislation to expand background checks for gun sales | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-11/house-passes-legislation-to-expand-background-checks | 2021-03-11T16:04:39 | Emboldened by their majorities in the House and Senate, Democrats are making a new push to enact the first major new gun control laws in more than two decades — starting with stricter background checks.
The House passed legislation on Thursday to require background checks on all firearm sales and transfers. The chamb... |
Oh, what a birthday week for Dr. Seuss books | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-11/oh-what-a-birthday-week-for-dr-seuss-books | 2021-03-11T15:59:05 | Oh, the books that sold last week by Dr. Seuss.
More than 1.2 million copies of stories by the late children’s author sold in the first week of March — more than quadruple from the week before — following the news that his estate was pulling six books because of racial and ethnic stereotyping. For days virtually every... |
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu cancels historic UAE trip, citing dispute with Jordan | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-11/israel-netanyahu-cancels-uae-trip-dispute-jordan | 2021-03-11T14:10:52 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said it called off his planned Thursday visit to the United Arab Emirates because of disagreements with the Jordanian government.
Netanyahu’s office said in a statement that, “because of difficulties in coordinating his flight in Jordanian airspace, the visit was pos... |
Mexican lawmakers advance bill to legalize recreational pot | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-10/mexican-lawmakers-advance-bill-to-legalize-recreational-pot | 2021-03-11T04:07:27 | Mexico’s lower chamber approved a marijuana legalization bill Wednesday, setting the country on the path to becoming one of the world’s largest legal marijuana markets.
Deputies approved the legislation in general terms but continued debating details late into the night. The approved legislation, which needs to return... |
Senate confirms Merrick Garland to be U.S. attorney general | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-10/senate-confirms-merrick-garland-to-be-us-attorney-general | 2021-03-10T19:48:59 | The Senate confirmed Merrick Garland on Wednesday to be the next U.S. attorney general with a strong bipartisan vote, placing the widely respected, veteran judge in the post as President Biden has vowed to restore the Justice Department’s reputation for independence.
Democrats have praised Garland, a federal appeals c... |
Clinics across U.S. wait to vaccinate farmworkers: 'Our hands are tied' | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-10/clinics-wait-to-vaccinate-farmworkers-our-hands-are-tied | 2021-03-10T17:02:58 | With Georgia’s sweet onion harvest approaching and COVID-19 vaccine arriving in increasing quantities from the federal government, migrant health centers around the state want to start vaccinating farmworkers. But there’s a catch.
In Georgia and many other places around the U.S., such efforts are blocked by state poli... |
Thomas Bach reelected as IOC president ahead of Tokyo Games | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-10/thomas-bach-re-elected-as-ioc-president-until-2025 | 2021-03-10T15:20:41 | Thomas Bach was reelected as president of the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday for a final four-year term, with his immediate focus on this year’s delayed Tokyo Games.
The German lawyer was unopposed and won the vote 93-1, with four members abstaining, following an opening eight-year mandate dominated by t... |
Santa Monica man who bilked 'black-ish' star in romance con sentenced in L.A. | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-09/man-who-bilked-black-ish-star-in-romance-con-sentenced | 2021-03-10T04:36:41 | A man who romanced three women, including “black-ish” star Jenifer Lewis, in order to con them out of money for his phony businesses was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison.
Antonio Wilson, 58, of Santa Monica, was sentenced in a federal courtroom in Los Angeles and ordered to pay $272,000 in restitution.
Wils... |
Biden administration won't defend Trump immigration rule | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-09/high-court-wont-hear-trump-immigration-case-after-all | 2021-03-10T03:20:37 | A Trump-era immigration rule denying green cards to immigrants who use public benefits like food stamps was dealt likely fatal blows Tuesday after the Biden administration dropped legal challenges, including before the Supreme Court.
Continuing to defend the rule “is neither in the public interest nor an efficient use... |
House approves pro-union bill despite dim Senate odds | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-09/house-approves-pro-union-bill-despite-dim-senate-odds | 2021-03-10T02:03:10 | The Democratic-led House on Tuesday approved legislation that would invigorate workers’ unions, following decades of court defeats and legislative setbacks that have kneecapped the labor movement’s once formidable ability to organize.
The measure, which union leaders and labor allies have presented as a cure for deca... |
Norton Juster, 'The Phantom Tollbooth' author, dead at 91 | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-09/norton-juster-the-phantom-tollbooth-author-dead-at-91 | 2021-03-09T17:09:25 | Norton Juster, the celebrated children’s author who fashioned a world of adventure and wordplay in the million-selling classic “The Phantom Tollbooth” and remained true to his wide-eyed self in such favorites as “The Dot and the Line” and “Stark Naked,” has died at 91.
Juster’s death was confirmed Tuesday by a spokesp... |
Americans largely back Biden's virus response, poll finds | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-10/ap-norc-poll-americans-largely-back-bidens-virus-response | 2021-03-09T16:12:22 | Joe Biden is enjoying an early presidential honeymoon, with 60% of Americans approving of his job performance thus far and even more backing his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
At a moment of deep political polarization i... |
Smithsonian museum of American history acquires first COVID-19 vaccine vial | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-09/smithsonian-obtains-vial-from-1st-us-covid-19-vaccine-dose | 2021-03-09T15:00:03 | The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has acquired the vial that contained the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine administered in the United States as part of its plans to document the global pandemic and “this extraordinary period we were going through.”
The acquisition, along with other materials related... |
From a prolonged pandemic, a rethink of life's milestones? | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-11/from-a-prolonged-pandemic-a-rethink-of-lifes-milestones | 2021-03-09T08:06:17 | Wedding anniversaries for Elizabeth O’Connor Cole and her husband, Michael, usually involve a dinner reservation for two at a fancy restaurant. Not this time around.
As the pandemic raged last May, the Chicago mom of four unearthed her boxed wedding gown from 19 years ago, got it zipped with help from one of her daugh... |
Foreclosure looms for Nile Niami’s infamous mega-mansion 'The One' | https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2021-03-08/foreclosure-looms-for-nile-niamis-infamous-mega-mansion-the-one | 2021-03-09T00:35:23 | For years, spec developer Nile Niami has teased “The One” — a 100,000-square-foot mega-mansion in Bel-Air that he hoped to sell for $500 million. But his plans are now in peril.
Niami, known for his brazen personality and wildly ambitious real estate projects, borrowed $82.5 million from Hankey Capital in 2018 to buil... |
Report: Blinken offers plan to bolster Afghan peace process | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-07/report-blinken-offers-plan-to-bolster-afghan-peace-process | 2021-03-07T21:46:46 | Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is proposing a series of steps to help jump-start Afghanistan’s stalled peace process between the government and Taliban, according to a letter from Blinken to Afghanistan’s president, Ashraf Ghani, published Sunday by Afghanistan’s TOLONews.
The letter calls for bringing the two s... |
San Diego mariachi bands struggle through the pandemic, helping to relieve heartache | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-07/san-diego-mariachi-groups-struggle-through-covid | 2021-03-07T21:28:17 | For many, it’s the sound of home. It’s the music their parents danced to at weddings, teenage siblings played as they healed from a heartbreak, and uncles crooned, out of tune, while drinking tequila.
It can be cheerful, patriotic, sad, desperate and hopeful. Mariachi music transports many listeners to a memory of a... |
Myanmar crisis heightens with police raids and strike call | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-07/myanmar-crisis-heightens-with-police-raids-and-strike-call | 2021-03-07T19:19:15 | Myanmar careened deeper into crisis as police occupied hospitals and universities and reportedly arrested hundreds of people involved in protesting last month’s military seizure of power, while a coalition of labor unions called a strike for Monday.
Tension was high Sunday in the country’s biggest city, Yangon, where ... |
2021 Grammys announce performers: Taylor Swift, BTS, Cardi B, Billie Eilish and more | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-07/grammy-performers-taylor-swift-bts-cardi-b-billie-eilish | 2021-03-07T18:01:29 | Taylor Swift, BTS, Cardi B and Billie Eilish are set to perform at next week’s Grammy Awards.
The Recording Academy announced Sunday that Harry Styles, Bad Bunny, Post Malone, Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa will also hit the stage at the March 14 event. The show will air live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles o... |
GOP pushes bills to allow social media 'censorship' lawsuits | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-07/gop-pushes-bills-to-allow-social-media-censorship-lawsuits | 2021-03-07T15:40:23 | Republican state lawmakers are pushing for social media giants to face costly lawsuits for policing content on their websites, taking aim at a federal law that prevents internet companies from being sued for removing posts.
GOP politicians in roughly two dozen states have introduced bills that would allow for civil la... |
Pope calls on Christians in Iraq to forgive and rebuild | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-07/where-is-ruled-pope-calls-on-christians-to-forgive-rebuild | 2021-03-07T11:55:52 | Pope Francis called on Iraq’s Christians to forgive the injustices committed against them by Muslim extremists and to rebuild as he visited the wrecked shells of churches and met ecstatic crowds in the community’s historic heartland, which was nearly erased by the Islamic State group’s horrific reign.
At each stop in ... |
Another former aide calls Cuomo's office conduct inappropriate | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-06/another-ex-aide-calls-cuomos-office-conduct-inappropriate | 2021-03-07T05:21:20 | Another woman who worked for Gov. Andrew Cuomo is describing conduct she felt was inappropriate for the workplace.
Ana Liss, 35, told the Wall Street Journal in a story published Saturday that when she worked as a policy aide to the governor between 2013 and 2015, Cuomo called her “sweetheart,” once kissed her hand an... |
U.S. and South Korea scale back drills, citing coronavirus and diplomacy | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-06/s-korea-us-scale-back-drills-over-virus-n-korea-diplomacy | 2021-03-07T04:41:08 | The South Korean and U.S. militaries are scaling back their annual exercises this month because of the COVID-19 pandemic and to support diplomacy on North Korea’s nuclear program, officials said Sunday.
Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the allies decided to start the nine-day drills on Monday aft... |
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama gets vaccine shot | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-06/tibetan-spiritual-leader-dalai-lama-gets-vaccine-shot | 2021-03-07T01:37:28 | The Dalai Lama, the 85-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader, was administered the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday at a hospital in the north Indian hill town of Dharmsala.
After receiving the injection, he urged people to come forward, be brave and get vaccinated.
“In order to prevent some serious problem... |
More protests, more tear gas on streets of Myanmar after U.N. envoy urges action | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-06/protests-tear-gas-in-myanmar-after-un-envoy-urges-action | 2021-03-06T15:58:49 | Security forces in Myanmar again used force Saturday to disperse anti-coup protesters, a day after a U.N. special envoy urged the Security Council to take action to quell junta violence that this past week left more than 50 peaceful demonstrators dead and scores injured.
Protests were reported Saturday morning in the ... |
Bye, Bismarck: 144 cities could lose status as metro areas | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-06/bye-bismarck-144-cities-could-lose-status-as-metro-areas | 2021-03-06T14:52:45 | Bye-bye, Bismarck. So long, Sheboygan.
Those cities in North Dakota and Wisconsin, respectively, are two of 144 that the federal government is proposing to downgrade from the metropolitan statistical area designation, and it could be more than just a matter of semantics. Officials in some of the affected cities worry ... |
Highly contagious coronavirus variants powering another surge in Europe | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-06/speedy-variants-power-virus-surge-sweeping-europe | 2021-03-06T09:32:22 | The virus swept through a nursery school and an adjacent elementary school in the Milan suburb of Bollate with amazing speed. In a matter of just days, 45 children and 14 staff members had tested positive.
Genetic analysis confirmed what officials already suspected: The highly contagious coronavirus variant first iden... |
NASA's Perseverance rover takes first test drive on Mars | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-05/nasas-new-mars-rover-hits-dusty-red-road-1st-trip-21-feet | 2021-03-06T04:32:08 | NASA’s newest Mars rover hit the dusty red road this week, putting 21 feet on the odometer in its first test drive.
The Perseverance rover ventured from its landing position Thursday, two weeks after setting down on the red planet to seek signs of past life.
The back-and-forth drive lasted just 33 minutes and went s... |
Police video shows California man who died said, 'I can't breathe' | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-05/police-video-california-man-who-died-said-i-cant-breathe | 2021-03-05T22:59:31 | A man being restrained by Fresno police officers and sheriff’s deputies cried out, “I can’t breathe!” in the moments before he died, body camera footage released Friday shows.
The video in the May 2017 death of 41-year-old Joseph Perez was made public under a federal court order as attorneys for his family pursue a la... |
New California law aims to put kids in class. Will it work? | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-05/new-california-law-aims-to-put-kids-in-class-will-it-work | 2021-03-05T21:02:56 | California’s public schools can tap into a $6.6-billion school reopening plan that Gov. Gavin Newson signed into law Friday, aimed at pressuring districts to reopen classrooms by the end of March. Educators, parents and lawmakers question whether it will work.
After nearly one year of distance learning for most of Cal... |
'Hotel Rwanda' hero was tricked onto plane and into arrest, pastor testifies | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-05/hotel-rwanda-hero-was-tricked-onto-plane-into-arrest | 2021-03-05T17:26:07 | A key piece of the mystery around the arrest of the man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” became clear Friday when a pastor told a court in the capital, Kigali, that he worked with someone from the Rwanda Investigation Bureau to trick Paul Rusesabagina onto a private plane from Dubai.
The pastor, Constantin Niyomwu... |
Pope urges Iraq to embrace its Christians on historic visit | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-05/pope-urges-iraq-to-embrace-its-christians-on-historic-visit | 2021-03-05T17:17:46 | Pope Francis began the first-ever papal visit to Iraq on Friday with a plea for the country to protect its centuries-old diversity, urging Muslims to embrace their Christian neighbors as a precious resource and asking the embattled Christian community — “though small like a mustard seed” — to persevere.
Francis brush... |
Canada clears Johnson & Johnson one-dose COVID vaccine | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-05/canada-clears-johnson-johnson-vaccine-first-to-approve-4 | 2021-03-05T17:03:29 | Canada is getting a fourth vaccine to prevent COVID-19 as the country’s health regulator has cleared a Johnson & Johnson shot that works with just one dose instead of two, officials said Friday.
Health experts are eager for a one-and-done option to help speed vaccination. Canada has also approved vaccines from Pfizer,... |
Why rising interest rates are unsettling the stock market | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-05/explainer-why-rising-rates-are-unsettling-wall-street | 2021-03-04T21:56:15 | Interest rates keep marching higher, and Wall Street keeps shaking because of it.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed back above 1.50% on Thursday, prodded higher by comments by the Federal Reserve’s chair. That helped send U.S. stocks on another slide — though they more than regained the lost ground Friday. Th... |
Heart problems related to COVID-19 may be rare in pro athletes who have recovered | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-04/heart-problems-may-be-rare-in-pro-athletes-after-covid-19 | 2021-03-04T16:45:44 | Heart inflammation is uncommon in pro athletes who’ve had mostly mild cases of COVID-19, and most don’t need to be sidelined as a result of their illnesses, a study conducted by major professional sports leagues suggests.
The results are not definitive, experts from outside the leagues say, and more independent resear... |
17% of global food production goes to waste, U.N. report estimates | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-04/17-of-food-production-globally-wasted-un-report-estimates | 2021-03-04T14:43:12 | Instead of finishing your leftovers, you let them go bad and buy takeout.
It’s a familiar routine for many — and indicative of habits that contribute to a global food waste problem that a new United Nations report says needs to be better measured so that it can be effectively addressed.
The U.N. report estimates tha... |
Britain's Prince Philip, hospitalized for weeks, has heart procedure | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-04/palace-prince-philip-had-a-successful-heart-procedure | 2021-03-04T10:02:09 | Britain’s Prince Philip has had a successful heart procedure at a London hospital and is expected to remain for several days of “rest and recuperation,” Buckingham Palace said Thursday.
The palace said the 99-year-old Duke of Edinburgh, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, “underwent a successful procedure for a preexis... |
Photos show North Korea may be trying to extract plutonium | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-04/photos-show-north-korea-may-be-trying-to-extract-plutonium | 2021-03-04T09:01:38 | North Korea may be trying to extract plutonium to make more nuclear weapons at its main atomic complex, recent satellite photos indicated, weeks after leader Kim Jong Un vowed to expand his nuclear arsenal.
The 38 North website, which specializes in North Korea studies, cited the imagery as indicating that a coal-fire... |
With Biden's backing, Democrats revive George Floyd bill to overhaul policing | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-03/with-bidens-backing-dems-revive-bill-to-overhaul-policing | 2021-03-04T02:31:12 | Cheered on by President Biden, House Democrats hustled Wednesday to pass the most ambitious effort in decades to overhaul policing nationwide, able to avoid clashing with moderates in their own party who are wary of reigniting a debate they say hurt them during last fall’s election.
The George Floyd Justice in Polici... |
Autopsy shows California's 'I-5 Strangler' was strangled himself in prison | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-04/autopsy-californias-i-5-strangler-was-strangled-himself | 2021-03-04T01:33:40 | A California serial killer who authorities say strangled and raped at least seven women was fatally choked himself in prison, officials said Wednesday.
Roger Reece Kibbe, 81, known as the “I-5 Strangler” in the 1970s and ’80s, was found unresponsive Sunday in his cell at Mule Creek State Prison southeast of Sacramento... |
Ex-White House doctor made sexist comments, drank, took sleeping pills on duty, report says | https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-03-03/pentagon-probe-slams-ex-white-house-dr-jacksons-behavior | 2021-03-03T20:29:09 | The Department of Defense inspector general released a scathing report Wednesday on the conduct of Ronny Jackson, now a congressman from Texas, when he worked as a top White House physician.
The internal investigation concluded that Jackson made “sexual and denigrating” comments about a female subordinate, violated th... |
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