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WASHINGTON —  Last week, a Wall Street Journal poll reported that former President Trump had opened a wide lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the nascent contest for the Republican presidential nomination.In a two-candidate matchup,…
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Fearing criminal penalties, public schools throughout Missouri removed hundreds of books from their libraries after state lawmakers last year made it illegal to provide students with “sexually explicit” material — a new law that carried…
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Plenty of Los Angeles mayors have fumed about their coverage in this newspaper. Richard J. Riordan may be the only one who retaliated with a satirical essay aimed at one of his tormentors: me.The occasion was a fake Page One, a tradition…
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The California Supreme Court this week declined to block the rollout of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s sweeping new plan to compel people with severe mental illness into treatment, meaning the controversial program remains on track to begin this fall…
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Hello, and welcome to this week’s selection of top stories in pictures by Los Angeles Times photographers. A dirt parking lot in the San Gabriel Mountains has become a major flyway for migrating birds. It’s not clear why exactly this spot,…
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Over the past year, Mina Guli has run marathons in 32 countries from Australia to Zambia. She ran through cities and farmlands in California, and along the shores of the largest reservoirs in the American West.All of her runs have had a…
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In a lavish West Hollywood banquet hall adorned with the colors of spring, the Iranian epic storyteller Gordafarid strides across the stage like a mythical heroine, dressed in a white embroidered vest, black bell sleeves and white knee-high…
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Plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging California’s gig economy law Proposition 22 have made good on their promise to take the case to the state’s highest court. The Service Employees International Union and a group of rideshare drivers on…
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New Mexico has officially closed its criminal prosecution against Alec Baldwin, exactly 18 months after the actor fatally shot a cinematographer on the low-budget western movie, “Rust.”A special prosecutor, who joined the case last month,…
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WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court on Friday ruled for the Biden administration to preserve legal access in most of the nation to an abortion pill that is part of the most common method of ending early pregnancies.In an unsigned order, the…
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