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By JOSH FUNK, Associated Press The temporary rules imposed after last year’s collision of an airliner and an Army helicopter to improve the safety of the crowded airspace around Washington D.C. are being made permanent, the government announced Thursday. The Federal Aviation Administration took steps to make sure that helicopters and airplanes would no longer…
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Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh wasn’t engaging in hyperbole when he suggested during his season-ending news conference last week that it was a matter of “when” rather than “if” defensive coordinator Jesse Minter would be lured away from the team after two stellar seasons on their staff. The Baltimore Ravens said Thursday they had hired…
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By MELISSA GOLDIN The Trump administration on Thursday misrepresented the arrest of a prominent civil rights attorney for her role in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church. On its official X page, the White House shared an image of Nekima Levy Armstrong that showed her in tears with, her…
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By MARCIA DUNN, Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Families of the astronauts lost in the space shuttle Challenger accident gathered back at the launch site Thursday to mark that tragic day 40 years ago. All seven on board were killed when Challenger broke apart following liftoff on Jan. 28, 1986. At the Kennedy…
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Our mercurial president’s meanderings this week on his desire to possess Greenland have been so, well, all over the map, tanking Wall Street markets when he threatened war, allowing stocks to recover when he said he was just joshing about an invasion, that it can be awfully hard to keep up with the latest: Threatening…
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If Alfred Hitchcock was alive, he could make a horror movie about sales taxes in California. It would be a sequel to “Vertigo.” Anyone with a fear of heights should be terrified. The cities of Palmdale and Lancaster have the highest sales taxes in the state, 11.25%. It may be news to many California residents,…
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By PETER SMITH COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Gargoyles have watched over this small Kentucky city for more than a century from their lofty perches on a cathedral known as “America’s Notre Dame.” A new renovation will ensure they keep their posts for years to come on the meticulously restored facade of the towering stone sanctuary.…
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By SUMAN NAISHADHAM MADRID (AP) — After back-to-back fatal train crashes sent shock waves through Spain, some good news arrived on Thursday: Boro, the missing dog, was found. Days earlier, Boro’s owner Ana García issued a desperate plea to help find him after the dog bolted Sunday in the aftermath of the high-speed train crash…
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The Pasadena Chorale is hosting a concert in honor of Black History Month that explores faith, hope, and social justice. I BELIEVE will celebrate the profound musical legacy of two Black American composers. The program will begin with original spiritual arrangements by Michal Dawson Connor, an Altadena-based composer whose music includes “My Lord, What a…
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VinylCon! is set to return to Los Angeles this spring, bringing its growing vinyl-focused convention back for a two-day event at the California Market Center in downtown Los Angeles. The event will take place March 21–22, marking the second Los Angeles edition of the multi-city vinyl fair. The announcement follows VinylCon!’s debut Los Angeles outing…
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