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He needed a graveyard shift at UPS to pay for training. Now he’s a U.S. champion sprinter. – NBC Los Angeles

After winning the 400-meter title at the U.S. track and field championships Saturday in Eugene, Oregon, Jacory Patterson returned to find his phone filled with congratulatory messages. Among the well-wishers…

Ballers, a new pickleball-centric social club, is coming to DTLA

A sprawling social club centering on racquet sports — the ubiquitous pickleball and rising padel, a blend of tennis and squash — is making its way to downtown L.A. next…

Martin Scorsese, actor: The 6 performances you need to know

Martin Scorsese is one of our greatest directors, but he’s rarely celebrated for his talent in front of the camera. At long last, though, he’s received recognition for his acting,…

Living unhoused and undocumented in one of California’s hottest regions

Temperatures were fast approaching 116 degrees as Rubén Partida and his wife, Kimberly, loaded their dusty Nissan Frontier truck with two coolers of water and Gatorades blanketed in ice. As…

Officials attend 80th anniversary of atomic bombing

Shaimaa Khalil Japan Correspondent in Hiroshima Koh Ewe BBC News, Singapore Getty Images Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba (second from right) attended the ceremony in Hiroshima, along with representatives from…

RFK’s assassination: An icon, a hotel pantry and an ‘angry nobody’

The assassin concealed himself behind an ice machine in a crowded kitchen pantry of the Ambassador Hotel with an eight-shot revolver. A small, wiry, pockmarked young man with curly hair…

High-stakes clandestine poker world led to Hollywood Hills murder

Emil Lahaziel knew how to bluff. On Instagram, he posed behind the wheel of a Rolls-Royce convertible. “Flying high,” he wrote in the caption of a photograph taken on a…

Mookie Betts sounds depressed, but he isn’t giving up at the plate

Mookie Betts offered a new perspective Tuesday afternoon on his season-long slump, which is that it wasn’t a season-long slump. In his view, it actually extended back to last season.…

Krill fishery in Antarctica shut down after record catch triggers unprecedented early closure

By JOSHUA GOODMAN MIAMI (AP) — Officials have shut down early the remote krill fishery near Antarctica after trawling for the tiny crustacean — a vital food source for whales…

Bella Ramsey on ‘The Last of Us’ stunts, Pedro Pascal and more

For Bella Ramsey, real pressure came with stepping into the leading role for the second season of “The Last of Us.” But it wasn’t entirely mental. The difficulty came from…