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The federal Department of Justice says it has launched an investigation into whether the L.A. County Sheriffβs Department is violating peopleβs gun rights with excessive fees and wait times for concealed carry permits. The DOJ announced Thursday afternoon that it was opening an investigation into the Sheriffβs Departmentβs possible abuse of 2nd Amendment rights, part…
Even at 62 years old, Rob Ryan, USCβs new linebackers coach, isnβt one to observe drills from the sidelines. In the mix with his linebacker corps Thursday during spring practice, he guided even USCβs most senior defender, Eric Gentry, on proper technique β hitting the blocking shield and tackling dummy himself with the agility of…
President Trump accused the Smithsonian Institution of propagating βdivisive, race-based ideologyβ and issued an executive order Thursday demanding an end to federal funding for exhibitions and programs based on racial themes that βdivide Americans.β The order, titled βRestoring Truth and Sanity to American History,β directs Vice President JD Vance to remove βimproper ideologyβ from the…
The justice secretary has not ruled out shortening the sentences of violent offenders in a drive to create more space in an over-stretched prison system. Speaking to Sky News, Shabana Mahmood MP said the government wanted to follow the example of Texas in the US, where she said a “good behaviour credit scheme” allows offenders…
The 2025 Dodgers looked a lot like the 2024 Dodgers on Thursday. Just with gold lettering adorning their World Series championship jerseys. In a 5-4 win over the Detroit Tigers in their home opener, this yearβs Dodgers produced all the same hallmarks of last seasonβs title-winning club. Timely offense, epitomized by Teoscar HernΓ‘ndezβs go-ahead, three-run…
Jennifer Salke will step down from her role as head of Amazon MGM Studios, the company said Thursday in an internal email viewed by the Times. Salke wonβt be going far. Sheβll be starting a new production entity that has a first-look deal with Amazon MGM Studios for both film and TV, according to the…
The rings will come Friday. But on Thursday, ahead of the first home game of the Dodgersβ 2025 season, reminders of the clubβs 2024 World Series championship were everywhere β offering a sentimental (and not-so-subtle) indication of the stakes for this yearβs title defense. In the Dodgersβ newly renovated home clubhouse, the teamβs typical home…
Painter Joe Goode died peacefully at home Saturday, one day before his 88th birthday The artist, an Oklahoma transplant, was instrumental in establishing the lively Los Angeles art scene of the 1960s Visual image and material object are held in equipoise in Goodeβs paintings, which range from milk bottles on the front stoop to clouds…
SPOKANE, Wash.Β βΒ Kiki Rice remembers the feeling. The bitter emotions she felt sitting on the training table in UCLAβs locker room in Albany, N.Y., while processing yet another Sweet 16 loss. A year later, the shock has worn off, but the disappointment has remained. UCLAβs star point guard wants to make her third trip to the…
Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are the parents of a new baby girl, the singer announced Thursday on social media. βSheβs finally here!! our little celestial seed,β he wrote, posting black-and-white video of the childβs tiny hands grasping at his fingers, painted nails and all. He added emojis representing the zodiac signs Aries, Pisces…
