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It's not just a meal: Inside the nation's most secretive and exclusive power lunch

WASHINGTON — Al Gore came armed with policy memos, George H.W. Bush with jokes and Dan Quayle with requests from Cabinet secretaries. Mike Pence brought plenty of patience.

Los Angeles Times · May 12, 2022

How serial killer ended up on dating show in middle of killing spree and won a blind date

Rodney Alcala was identified from TV show appearance by the friend of one of his victims and was in jail awaiting execution for the murder of five women when he died

Daily Mirror · May 12, 2022

Jeanie Buss on why she allows input from LeBron James

Lakers owner Jeanie Buss has been accused of giving her franchise player, LeBron James, too much input and power.

USA Today Sports Media Group · May 11, 2022

LA Times foreign correspondent and photojournalist Marcus Yam wins Pulitzer Prize for work in Afghanistan

LOS ANGELES — Marcus Yam, a Los Angeles Times journalist with a warrior’s courage and a poet’s heart, won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography Monday for his poignant and searing pictures of last summer’s fall of Kabul, Afghanistan, to Taliban fighters.

Los Angeles Times · May 9, 2022

Why did federal police square off with abortion rights protesters in LA streets?

LOS ANGELES — An abortion rights protest had been going on peacefully for hours in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday when a "help call" suddenly went out over police radios about 9 p.m.

Los Angeles Times · May 6, 2022

DA won’t charge suspect in Dave Chappelle attack with assault with a deadly weapon

LOS ANGELES — While police say the man who tackled comedian Dave Chappelle onstage at the Hollywood Bowl had a replica gun with a knife, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón’s office declined Thursday to file felony charges.

Los Angeles Times · May 5, 2022

Schumer announces Senate abortion rights vote: ‘America will be watching’ – as it happened

Senate to vote on legislation codifying abortion rights into federal law but measure has next to no chance of passing in divided chamber

The Guardian - US · May 5, 2022

How did Dave Chappelle attacker breach layers of Hollywood Bowl security with a replica gun?

LOS ANGELES — Investigators are trying to determine how a man armed with a replica gun evaded several layers of security at the Hollywood Bowl and managed to get onstage Tuesday night and attack comedian Dave Chappelle.

Los Angeles Times · May 5, 2022

Former PGA of America President Pat Rielly, who was in office during Shoal Creek controversy, dies at 87

Former PGA of America President Pat Rielly was in office during the Shoal Creek incident in 1990.

USA Today Sports Media Group · May 5, 2022

Bob Baffert Won’t Be at the Kentucky Derby, but Racing Still Can’t Shake Him

One of the most successful—and now controversial—trainers received a stark message: No one is bigger than Churchill Downs. But his presence still looms.

Sports Illustrated · May 4, 2022