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Arthur Jones, NFL Super Bowl champion with Ravens, dies at 39 – NBC Los Angeles

Arthur Jones, a former NFL defensive tackle who was part of the Baltimore Ravens‘ Super Bowl 47 team, has died, the team announced on Friday. He was 39. “We are…

Chevron fire means prices at the pump will jump

Laurence Darmiento | (TNS) Los Angeles TimesThe fire at the state’s second-largest oil refinery in El Segundo not only produced a giant fireball, but it’s expected to boost Southern California…

‘Bone Lake’ review: Vacationing couples duel in heavily borrowed horror film

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s horror film “Bone Lake” announces itself with a startlingly cheeky opener and closes with a bloody gore-fest, the song “Sex and Violence” by U.K. punk…

Chevron fire expected to spark jump in prices at the gas pump

The fire at the state’s second-largest oil refinery in El Segundo not only produced a giant fireball, but it’s expected to boost Southern California gas prices almost immediately — but…

Officials voice outrage at lawyers over sex abuse settlement

California lawmakers, local officials and labor leaders are demanding an audit of Los Angeles County’s historic $4 billion sex abuse settlement as well as a State Bar investigation into a…

Shohei Ohtani set to start Game 1 of NLDS, with no set restrictions

PHILADELPHIA — The last time Shohei Ohtani took the mound against the Philadelphia Phillies, it was the first time all year he looked like a true starting pitcher again. Ohtani,…

A Black champion boxer was held by police at gunpoint. The police chief says he gets the outrage

By MARGERY A. BECK OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The police chief of Nebraska’s largest city acknowledged Friday that police nationwide are more likely to pull Black people out of their…

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ songs: What to listen to next

For better or worse, “The Life of a Showgirl,” Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, is unlike anything the megastar has done before. On the 12-track album, which dropped Friday to…

Why I stay married to a Trump fan despite our clashing politics

I’m a New Yorker and a hardcore Yankees fan, but I’m married to a Dodgers fan. As if being fans of competing sports teams isn’t bad enough, my husband Joe…

New law signed by Newsom allows ride-share drivers to unionize

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed into law a deal that will allow hundreds of thousands of rideshare drivers to unionize and bargain collectively while still being classified as independent…