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BATON ROUGE, La. —  Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has stunned Republicans again, narrowly winning a second term Saturday as the Deep South’s only Democratic governor and handing President Trump another gubernatorial loss this month. In the heart of Trump country, the moderate Edwards cobbled together enough cross-party support with his focus on bipartisan, state-specific issues…

1/11 Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, the newest candidate in the 2020 race, speaks to reporters Saturday.  (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) 2/11 Presidential candidates Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg greet each other after Klobucher addressed the Women’s Caucus.  (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) 3/11 Kamala Harris hugs Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia…

WASHINGTON —  When the impeachment inquiry opened in September, it centered on a single question: Did President Trump block U.S. military aid to muscle Ukraine into investigating Joe Biden and others, and risk national security to boost his reelection campaign? The evidence is steadily mounting that he did. Click Here: cheap shoe stores Now, the scandal…

The debut of the Clippers’ superstar duo never materialized Saturday. Instead, fans saw a one-man show. With Kawhi Leonard absent for his fourth game of the season, Paul George turned in a historic performance in his first home game as a Clipper, scoring 37 points in 20 minutes in his team’s 150-101 victory over Atlanta…

Highlights from USC’s 76-66 victory over Nevada on Saturday. RENO, Nev. —  Nick Rakocevic scored 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and USC beat Nevada 76-66 on Saturday night. Daniel Utomi added 12 points and Elijah Weaver scored 11 for USC. After Nevada took a 21-18 lead with 8:33 left in the first half, USC went…

Hello, my name is John Cherwa and welcome back to our horse racing newsletter as Bob Baffert has another good 2-year-old. The big news of the weekend is that a federal judge in Kentucky dismissed the lawsuit that would have restored Maximum Security as the winner of the Kentucky Derby. The ruling came Friday afternoon…

Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Talk of that UCLA football resurgence may have been premature. UCLA FOOTBALL Remember when UCLA won three games in a row, and fans thought maybe the program had turned a corner? Remember when Bruins fans were excited that the team could reach the Rose Bowl game? Remember when Bruins…

SAN DIEGO —  Days after a gunman’s April 27 attack on Chabad of Poway, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein took to the road. His wounded hands wrapped in blue bandages, he became a public symbol of resilience and hope. Speaking at the White House and the United Nations; to gatherings in Brazil, Poland and New York; and to…

A small group of President Trump’s supporters and rival demonstrators clashed with one another Saturday in Long Beach, where the state Democratic Party is holding its annual convention. Chanting “four more years,” supporters of Trump had taken to the streets with bullhorns and placards, said Arantxa Chavarria, a spokeswoman for the Long Beach Police Department,…

For anyone hoping to see a turnaround in the battle to rein in homelessness in Los Angeles County, 2019 has been a disappointing year. We learned in June that the county’s homeless count was up 16%, to nearly 60,000, but we didn’t need the statistics to tell us what we could plainly see. Despite spending…