Dodgers place starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow on injured list
Jack Harris covers the Dodgers for the Los Angeles Times. Before that, he covered the Angels, the Kings and almost everything else the L.A. sports…
Biden’s fate dominates global stage at NATO summit
WASHINGTON — Leaders from 32 countries are gathering in Washington for NATO’s 75th anniversary summit, but all eyes are on just one: President Biden. With questions…
Christen Press nears return from injury a changed person
Christen Press hasn’t gone two years without a soccer game since she learned to walk. So when she was laid up by a torn anterior…
Teoscar Hernández hopes to add Home Run Derby to bounce-back season
Teoscar Hernández will be bringing his sunflower seed home run celebration to the All-Star Game next week.Whether he’ll get the chance to swat some long…
Why Paul George’s contract negotiation with the Clippers failed
Paul George didn’t want to leave Los Angeles. And the Clippers wanted to keep him here for life.That’s all according to George, who relayed the…
Anthony Rendon returns for Angels after missing 68 games
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Anthony Rendon has been activated from the 10-day injured list and will bat leadoff Monday night for the Angels against the Texas Rangers.“Long…
Which Team USA members can spin a basketball on their fingers?
Joel Embiid is a former NBA MVP, a two-time league scoring champion and a seven-time All-Star.Surely he can pull off the basic skill of spinning…
Opinion: Biden put Democrats in a pickle. What’s the right way out of it?
Democrats are in quite a pickle.Actually, they probably wish they had pickled their 81-year-old standard bearer — President Biden — to preserve him until November.…
Harris, Newsom hit the trail in support of embattled President Biden
MANCHESTER, N.H. — As President Biden tries to cling onto the Democratic Party nomination in the aftermath of his lackluster debate performance, prominent Californians — notably…
U.S. Olympic team heavy on MLS players, altered by Copa conflict
The U.S. will return to the men’s Olympic soccer tournament later this month with a roster featuring eight players off European clubs and 10 from…
Justin Wrobleski solid in debut, but mistakes doom Dodgers in loss
Justin Wrobleski didn’t suffer many growing pains in his MLB debut Sunday afternoon.The few lessons he did learn, however, proved costly in the Dodgers’ 9-2…
‘Despicable Me 4’ notches another win for family films at box office
“Despicable Me 4” had a strong showing at the top of the box office this weekend as family films continue to drive returns for studios…
Biden campaigning’s aims to project strength, quiet jitters
PHILADELPHIA — President Biden attended a Black church and was rallying with union members Sunday in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania, trying to project enough…
Opinion: The force propping up Trump that we still don’t talk about
The hand-wringing and panic over last week’s presidential debate/debacle continues apace. Democrats have been downright apoplectic at President Biden’s projecting confusion and weakness when the…
Citing Supreme Court immunity ruling, Trump seeks to freeze classified documents case
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is asking a federal judge to freeze the classified documents case against him in light of a Supreme Court ruling that said…
Where L.A. comedians test their Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows
Around 11 a.m. on a recent Saturday, the first of five work-in-progress comedy shows began to unfold onstage at the Elysian Theater. The audience was…
Biden says 2024 race up to voters, not Capitol Hill Democrats
WILMINGTON, Del. — To a defiant President Biden, the 2024 election is up to the public — not the Democrats on Capitol Hill. But the chorus…
3 dead, 7 injured after driver plows into July Fourth celebration in NYC
July 5 (UPI) -- Three people died and seven others were injured when an alleged drunk driver plowed into a crowd of people attending a…
‘I’m staying in the race’: Biden scrambles to save his reelection bid
MADISON, Wis. — President Biden, fighting to save his endangered reelection effort Friday, said his disastrous debate performance last week was a “bad episode.” The comment…
Trump denies knowing about Project 2025, allies’ plan to overhaul government
MIAMI — Donald Trump says he knows “nothing about Project 2025,” a massive plan to overhaul the federal government drafted by longtime allies and former officials…