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‘It’s happening everywhere’: 1 in 3 ICE detainees held in overcrowded facilities, data show

WASHINGTON — Mattresses on the floor, next to bunk beds, in meeting rooms and gymnasiums. No access to a bathroom or drinking water. Hourlong lines to buy food at the…

Crespi continues its steady progress to improve in football

Crespi High remains the only football team in San Fernando Valley history to win a Southern Section Division 1 championship. It happened in 1986 when a sophomore running back named…

The best bread maker – San Diego Union-Tribune

The best bread maker for your kitchen Not only does homemade bread taste better, it’s great to be able to make your own loaves when you can’t get to the…

Brazil cracks down on illegal cattle, JBS among penalized meatpackers

Brazil’s environmental authorities announced a major operation that seized around 7,000 illegal head of cattle in the Amazon on Thursday. The government also issued fines to several ranchers and slaughterhouses,…

Luxury neighbourhood in Lahore submerged in floods

The government of Punjab says it has launched one of its largest rescue operations in years, as more than a million people have been affected by floods in Pakistan’s most…

Commentary: L.A. parks get low marks, but opening schoolyards could improve grades

As report cards go, it was one you hoped the dog would eat before anyone saw it. In a recent ranking of parks in the nation’s 100 most populous cities,…

Trump raids shattered Latino community relations in Oxnard

Latinos make up more than half of Oxnard’s 202,000 residents, and they have long taken pride in helping to build this sprawling city by the sea. Constructed around the same…

Kobe Bryant and John Williams’ friendship examined in new book

On the Shelf John Williams: A Composer’s Life By Tim GreivingOxford University Press: 640 pages, $40If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from…

How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Alex Edelman

In “The Paper,” the much anticipated mockumentary spinoff to “The Office,” Alex Edelman plays intrepid accountant/reporter Adam Cooper, part of the team tasked with reviving local newspaper “The Toledo Truth-Teller.”…

How a leaked phone call derailed the Thai PM’s career

Jonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondent in Bangkok Getty Images Paetongtarn Shinawatra Thailand’s Constitutional Court strikes again, removing yet another prime minister from office. The country’s notoriously interventionist panel of nine…