The NHL regular season is like an anthology of 82 stories, each with their own beginning, middle and end. The playoffs, however, are like a novel, each game a new chapter that builds on the last one. And Kings coach Jim Hiller says likes it that way, especially after his team took the book in a new direction Wednesday with Anze Kopitar scoring 2:07 into overtime to give his team a 5-4 win over the Edmonton Oilers, evening their first-round playoff series with the Oilers at a victory apiece...
California’s attorney general filed criminal charges Wednesday against one of L.A. County Dist. Atty. George Gascón's top advisors, who supervises high-profile and sensitive cases including police misconduct, fraud and public corruption. Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announced the 11 felony counts against Assistant Dist. Atty. Diana Teran in a press statement. He accused her of improperly downloading confidential records of police officers in 2018 while she was working for the L.A. County Sheriff's...
An Arizona grand jury has indicted Mark Meadows, who served as former President Trump's chief of staff, and former Trump lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani, along with 16 others in an election interference case. The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Trump had beaten Joe Biden in Arizona in the 2020 presidential election. The names of seven other defendants were not immediately released because they had not yet been served with...
Back in the spring, Gavin Lux’s biggest problem was throwing the ball. Then the regular season started, and the Dodgers’ once highly touted infielder suddenly looked unable to hit. A month into his return from missing 2023 with a knee injury, Lux arrived at Nationals Park this week with just nine hits in 19 games, a .148 batting average that ranked 10th-worst in the majors among hitters with 50 at-bats, and a seemingly dwindling amount of time to reaffirm his place as a core member of the team....
Forty years ago, future Cy Young Award winner Jack McDowell threw a no-hitter for Sherman Oaks Notre Dame against rival Crespi. On Wednesday, Erik Puodziunas, the Michigan-bound pitcher for Notre Dame, came close to duplicating that performance from 1984. He had a no-hitter for six innings against the Celts before giving up a leadoff double to Krystan Bell in the bottom of the seventh. He finished with a one-hitter in Notre Dame's 6-0 Mission League victory. Levi Sterling hit a two-run home run...
It’s absurd that in the 21st century, the Supreme Court is debating how close to death pregnant women need to be before doctors can perform a medically necessary abortion. But that’s where we are nearly two years after this same court in the Dobbs decision overturned the constitutional right to an abortion — and launched a profusion of state abortion laws that range from repressive to downright dystopian. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case challenging a law in Idaho that...
Despite the cooler temperatures across Southern California, the summer heat is just months away and a new interactive tool is available to help you assess how the impending high temperatures can affect your health and suggest steps to take avoid heat-related illnesses. Due to climate change, hot weather is lasting longer and happening more frequently, said Dr. Aaron Bernstein, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for...
A Marine died Tuesday evening during what were described as "routine military operations" at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, according to the Marine Corps. The Marine was part of the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 303, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and died around 5 p.m. The incident is under investigation, the Marine Corps said in a statement, and the name of the deceased will not be released until at least 24 hours after next of kin are notified. "At this time...
From a suspected purse thief fleeing in South Los Angeles to a stolen vehicle in pursuit in Boyle Heights, three police chases in the Los Angeles area have resulted in at least five injuries and one fatality in the span of 15 hours. Los Angeles is no stranger to police pursuits, with over 4,000 recorded from 2018 to 2022 according to LAPD data released in 2023. Approximately 38% of those pursuits resulted in a collision, and roughly a quarter resulted in a collision that caused injuries or...
A recent bombshell from Anne Hathaway may not have the detonation radius some people think. In a V Magazine story published Monday, the "Devil Wears Prada” alum said she was regularly asked to participate in uncomfortable chemistry tests while auditioning for roles in the 2000s. “It was considered normal to ask an actor to make out with other actors to test for chemistry, which is actually the worst way to do it,” Hathaway said. “I was told, ‘We have ten guys coming today and you’re cast. Aren’t...
Actor Terry Carter, who starred in TV's original "Battlestar Galactica" and "McCloud," and the film "Foxy Brown," has died. Carter "died peacefully" at his home in New York City on Tuesday, his website announced. No cause of death was revealed. He was 95. The website paid tribute to Carter and his trailblazing career, remembering him as "one of the first Black actors as a regular on a TV sitcom series." The Brooklyn-born star, who began his decades-long career amid the civil rights movement,...
His answer was short and straight to the point. The Clippers lost Game 2 to the Dallas Mavericks Tuesday night at Crypto.com Arena and in the process lost the home-court advantage in the Western Conference best-of-seven playoff series that’s now tied at 1-1. Clippers coach Ty Lue was emphatic about what his team needs to do Friday night in Dallas. “Win Game 3,” Lue said late Tuesday night after his crew’s three-point loss. For that to happen, the Clippers will need a better version of the Kawhi...