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Elon Musk is the most morally dubious rocket pioneer since Wernher von Braun. And the most successful. With each, we can critique faults and celebrate achievements.Von Braun, who supervised the V-2 weapon program for the Third Reich and…
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KRAMATORSK, Ukraine —  In the action movie “Tourist,” military instructors with the Russian mercenary group Wagner deploy to the Central African Republic and find themselves reluctant warriors against rebels and a corrupt ex-politician…
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NBCUniversal Chief Executive Jeff Shell’s sudden departure followed an investigation into a sexual harassment complaint made against him by a longtime CNBC correspondent, the woman’s attorney said. The 41-year-old journalist, Hadley Gamble,…
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ULSAN, South Korea —  Choi Byung-moon remembers that it was around 10 or 11 in the morning when the white minibus came under attack.It was a clear spring day, and from the forested knoll where he stood, he watched the vehicle inch along a…
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NBCUniversal Chief Executive Jeff Shell has stepped down after three years in the top role due to “an inappropriate relationship,” parent company Comcast Corp. announced Sunday, making him the latest high-powered Hollywood player to lose…
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SAN FRANCISCO —  The first time Kenshi Westover walked into AsiaSF, an iconic transgender cabaret in this city’s gritty South of Market neighborhood, it was as a closeted gay Mormon visiting from Utah. That was 20 years ago, and Westover…
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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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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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