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Federer to play Murray in final at Australian Open
Roger Federer set to play 'special' final match of career on Friday with Rafael Nadal - and could end it on live television. The world number one is due to face Andy Murray as...
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LAPD investigates use of civilian discipline boards
All-civilian discipline panels are more lenient with LAPD officers, report finds LAPD officers assigned to the all-civilian discipline boards are found, on average, to be more lenient in their findings of wrongdoing than civilians...
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Queen Elizabeth statue to be unveiled in London
'She sat for him 12 times': The Nigerian artist who made a bronze sculpture of Queen Elizabeth II for his home She said she wanted to bring the monarch’s ‘steely eyes’ to her home...
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The Day That Made Ana de Armas an International Icon
How the intensity of shooting 'Blonde' put Ana de Armas in the Marilyn Monroe mind-set This article contains spoilers. In the summer of 1957, 15-year-old Ana de Armas was doing gymnastics at the gymnasium...
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The Phillies vs. Padres: A Game of a Lifetime
NLCS: Big Inning Gives Padres Win Over Phillies in Game 2 By Brian McTaggart The Philadelphia Phillies were without their best player as they defeated the San Diego Padres. It was an ugly performance,...
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The Black Lives Matter Movement Is a Pyramid-shaped Organization
Column: Campaigns flood us with reductive racial rhetoric. How can we push back? I’m here at the end of one of the most troubling years of my life. What happened with the Black Lives...
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Joe Biden says he supports the energy industry
Biden taken aback by multiple reporters suggesting oil reserve release is meant to help Democrats win general election Former Vice-President Joe Biden was taken aback in the hours after he told the nation’s most-watched...
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Lekki International Port is close to completion
Construction completed on Nigeria's $1.5 billion Lekki Deep Sea Port The world’s second largest deep sea port, Lekki International Port in Nigeria, is close to completion, with the first vessels expected to arrive in...
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The “Africa First” man who bought his dream house in Nigeria
Africa must cut reliance on food imports, says Nigerian billionaire Agnew has a personal stake in his vision, having spent most of his life in his native Nigeria. He said he decided to buy...
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Kurtis Alexander Jr., Los Angeles’s only black administrator, dies at age 84
Sheila Kuehl, retiring at 81, is honored at her final Board of Supervisors meeting. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times) Kurtis Alexander, who served as a Supervisior Council member for nearly a decade and was a...
