Brazil teaches USMNT youngsters a lesson in mismatch
The U.S. national team spent Friday night chasing Brazilians and learning a harsh, but needed lesson from a better, more experienced side If June’s 1-1 draw with eventual World Cup winner France was a confidence booster for the U.S. national team’s young generation, then Friday’s 2-0 to Brazil was the harsh but necessary reminder of…
The Smithsonian’s Black-History Museum Will Always Be a Failure and a Success
The National Museum of African American History and Culture, in Washington, D.C., cuts a striking figure on the National Mall: the building juts up from the ground in sharp angular tiers, and its exterior, blanketed with bronze-colored aluminum latticework, appears from a distance as a textured brown—making a sombre, almost brooding contrast to the bright…
Justice Department expands inquiry into its own Russia investigation, but scope is uncertain
CHICAGO — The Justice Department investigation into the origins of its own probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election has morphed from an administrative review into a criminal inquiry, a potentially significant shift that gives the federal prosecutor leading the inquiry broader powers to compel testimony and the production of records. How significant the new…
Trump touts sentencing reform, praises Cummings in speech at black college in South Carolina
WASHINGTON — President Trump, looking to make inroads with African American voters, touted the bipartisan sentencing reform legislation he signed into law last year during a speech Friday at a historically black South Carolina college. Speaking to a conference on criminal justice reform at Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., where a number of Democratic hopefuls will…
The terrifying experience of escaping wildfire with the power shut off: 'It was pitch black'
Mary and Charles Lindsey went to sleep to the glow of the Tick fire, but they had seen wildfires before, and their two-story home in the Santa Clarita foothills seemed safe enough. All Thursday, they hadn’t gotten a reverse-911 alert, or an emergency email, or a phone call. All had seemed quiet since 11 a.m.,…
California utilities — not lawmakers — are calling the shots on power outages to prevent wildfires
By John Myers and Taryn Luna SACRAMENTO — The money wouldn’t have gone far to help Californians who needed to replace spoiled food, those who fled to hotels or shopkeepers forced to buy generators and fuel during the power shut-off by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. earlier this month. Still, Gov. Gavin Newsom urged PG&E to do…
John Conyers, longest-serving black congressman, dies at 90
Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, one of the longest-serving members of Congress whose resolutely liberal stance on civil rights made him a political institution in Washington and back home in Detroit despite several scandals, has died. He was 90. Conyers, among the high-profile politicians toppled by sex harassment allegations in 2017, died at his home…
Lewis Hamilton on verge of Formula One title after Mexican Grand Prix win
MEXICO CITY — Lewis Hamilton overcame Ferrari’s front-row start to win the Mexican Grand Prix on Sunday, moving the Mercedes driver closer to a sixth career Formula One championship. Only Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas’ third-place finish denied Hamilton the championship by the slimmest of margins. Hamilton needed only to beat Bottas by 14 points, but picked…
Rams' 24-10 victory over the Bengals by the numbers
A look at the significant numbers behind the Rams’ 24-10 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in London on Sunday. 220 Career-high receiving yards for Rams’ Cooper Kupp, eclipsing previous high of 162 vs. Minnesota last season. He has five 100-yard-plus games this season. 160 Career catches for Kupp, reaching the plateau in the fewest games…
Russell Okung's return to lineup helps Chargers defeat the Chicago Bears
CHICAGO — The diagnosis of a pulmonary embolism caused by blood clots was scary enough for Russell Okung to fathom in June. That the Chargers left tackle’s condition would also be career-threatening felt like a twisting of the knife. “I’ve had plenty of football injuries — I hurt an ankle, a toe, I blew out my…