Paramount and Activision ink deal to make ‘Call of Duty’ film
Paramount has inked a film deal with video game giant Activision to bring the popular franchise “Call of Duty” to the big screen, in the latest example of the media…
Burkina Faso’s parliament votes to outlaw homosexual acts
Burkina Faso’s unelected transitional parliament has passed a bill banning homosexual acts, a little over a year after a draft of an amended family code that criminalised homosexuality was adopted…
Thunderstorms possible in parts of LA County – NBC Los Angeles
Showers and thunderstorms are heading toward Los Angeles County and other parts of Southern California Tuesday morning, bringing the possibility of strong winds, lightning, brief downpours and rapidly spread wildfires.…
Why Cindy Parlow Cone’s 1999 World Cup legacy shapes U.S. Soccer today
Cindy Parlow Cone has a soft spot in her heart for World Cups, having played in two and won one. Fewer than a couple of hundred people in history can…
Rescuers race to find Afghan quake survivors as death toll passes 1,400
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban said the death toll from a major earthquake in eastern Afghanistan passed 1,400 on Tuesday, with more than 3,000 people injured, as the United…
Books to read this fall: Most anticipated books of the season
The season’s literary offerings are as varied and complex as a cast of Thomas Pynchon characters … and include Thomas Pynchon’s return. Susan Orlean and Arundhati Roy turn the pen…
Trump’s use of National Guard in Los Angeles illegal, judge rules
A federal judge in California has ruled that President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles this summer was illegal. The ruling comes as Trump seeks to…
Judge warns of ‘national police force,’ keeps L.A. troop injunction
A federal judge in San Francisco barred soldiers from aiding immigration arrests and other civilian law enforcement in Southern California Tuesday, warning of a growing “a national police force with…
Booster confirms paying parents of Bishop Montgomery transfers
Brett Steigh, a Narbonne grad, booster and gambler, said in a Monday night podcast that he paid parents to bring players to Narbonne, St. Bernard and Bishop Montgomery. During an…
Spirits Festival, home development, ‘Burnout Paradise,’ medical news, more – San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego Spirits Festival set to return to La Jolla A spirited annual festival is returning to La Jolla’s Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego later this month. The 16th…