Новости за 30.08.2017

A fast-growing wildfire near Lake Oroville has destroyed 10 homes and triggered evacuation orders for 1,500 residents, fire officials said.

Former Compton Mayor Omar Bradley was sentenced to 36 months’ probation Wednesday for misappropriating public funds.

A crisis is unfolding in western Myanmar.

Since Friday, at least 18,500 Rohingya, a Muslim minority in the country’s conflict-ridden Rakhine state, have fled a surge of violence by crossing into Bangladesh, according to the International Organization for Migration.

“There are probably thousands”...

To the editor: First it was African Americans who were going to “undermine military effectiveness” and “disrupt unit cohesion” if they were fully integrated into the U.S. military. Those worries proved to be misplaced, even if the integration process did not always go smoothly. (“Pentagon to convene...

Plenty of worries come with owning a home: doors left unlocked, packages stolen, lights left on, etc.

As the Trump administration calls for stricter monitoring of the Iranian nuclear agreement, officials in Iran insist they are complying with its terms and will not allow international inspectors into military sites.

The biggest rainstorm in the history of the U.S. mainland made a second landfall Wednesday on the Gulf Coast, slowly moving away from Houston and dousing southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana.

California’s heat wave continued Wednesday, with no relief in sight at least through the weekend, the National Weather Service said.

Yes, Labor Day means holiday picnics, backyard barbecues and jaunts to the beach or the mountains. But hopefully it also means some downtime — as in laying down and enjoying the weekend with a little screen time.

Rescuers who spotted a child’s bag floating in East Texas floodwaters near Interstate 10 on Tuesday afternoon soon made a grim discovery: a 3-year-old girl clinging to the lifeless body of her mother.

J.J. Watt’s effort to raise money to help victims of Tropical Storm Harvey in the Houston area has received an immense response, and the momentum at YouCaring.com/JJWatt seems to be building. In three days, the Texans’ defensive end has raised more than $6 million for the Houston Relief Fund.

It was the eighth inning of a five-run game, and C.J. Cron wanted nothing more in the world than to clobber a homer. Mike Trout had promised Cron season tickets to his hometown Phoenix Suns if the Angels first baseman could hit two home runs Tuesday at Angel Stadium.

Dog adoption: In The Times’ special Pets section on Aug. 27, an article about how to adopt a retired military dog misquoted Bob Bryant, the Newbury Park-based co-founder of Mission K9 Rescue, as describing a dog’s condition after returning from the front lines as being “kill-reactive.” He said...

The drama grew more compelling with each of the 56 errors Roger Federer committed and each pushback mounted by 19-year-old American Frances Tiafoe. Straining and flailing, Federer showed only occasional signs of his usual grace in their first-round match Tuesday night at the U.S. Open. Tiafoe pushed...

A few minutes before 8 p.m. on Tuesday, in the fourth inning of a 7-6 defeat to the Arizona Diamondbacks, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts walked to the mound at Chase Field. He had not needed to make this walk once during Rich Hill’s last outing, an overpowering but ultimately painful performance...