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More than 250 Black sailors, punished for refusing to return to dangerous work after a powerful munitions explosion in Port Chicago killed 320 sailors in 1944, were fully exonerated by the Navy on Wednesday. The exoneration came on the 80th anniversary of the tragic explosion during World War II, and followed decades of petitions and requests by family, advocates, and historians who argued the 258 sailors who refused to go back to work were subjected to racism and unfairly targeted and court martialed in the segregated Navy. The explosion was the “deadliest home-front disaster in the U.S. during World War II.” In a statement, President Biden said the decision “is righting an historic wrong.” “Today’s announcement marks the end of a long and arduous journey for these Black Sailors and their families, who fought for a nation that denied them equal justice under law,” Biden said in the statement. While white supervising officers were given hardship leave after the blast, surviving Black sailors were ordered back to work loading ammunition on ships and cleaning up the carnage left behind from the blast. The U.S. military

Reward money continues to pour in as animal rescuers increase their efforts to locate and arrest the person or people responsible for leaving a dog in a remote area of Malibu with its snout zip-tied shut. The dog was found by a pair of rock climbers about 250 feet down the side of the road in Malibu Creek Canyon earlier this month. The adult German shepherd, given the name Argon by his medical care providers, was discovered over the scorching Fourth of July weekend with a zip tie around its neck and another around its mouth. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded to the call and deputies met the climbers near the 500 block of North Malibu Canyon Road to help bring the dog to safety. He was rescued and taken to a local animal shelter for treatment of myriad illnesses, including inflammation, warts and skin tags on his legs, stomach and groin. Officials suspected that he may have been exposed to poison oak during his time lost in the wild. Viewer images show the German shepherd resting as they await rescuers in Malibu

A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where human rights officials say torture and abuse routinely took place has been arrested in Los Angeles, court documents show. Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, 72, was taken into custody last week at Los Angeles International Airport on immigration fraud charges, specifically that he denied on his U.S. visa and citizenship applications that he had ever persecuted anyone in Syria, according to a criminal complaint filed on July 9. Investigators are considering additional charges, the complaint shows. Al-Sheikh was in charge of Syria’s infamous Adra Prison from 2005 to 2008 under President Bashar Assad. Human rights groups and United Nations officials have accused the Syrian government of widespread abuses in its detention facilities, including torture and arbitrary detention of thousands of people, in many cases without informing their families about their fate. Many remain missing and are presumed to have died or been executed. Heartbreaking video shows swimmers ignore drowning woman “This is the highest-level Assad regime official arrested anywhere in the world. … This is a really big deal,” Mouaz Moustafa, executive director of the Syrian Emergency

While California’s famous coastline is a popular destination for residents and tourists alike, especially during the summer, some may want to reconsider swimming in the Pacific to escape the summer heat. Ten beaches, including two in Los Angeles County, were named on the “Beach Bummer List” as part of Heal the Bay’s 34th annual report card. The list outlines the 10 most polluted beaches in California. Why some California beaches are always considered ‘dirty’ Santa Monica Pier ranked third, while Marina del Rey Mother’s Beach ranked ninth. “The City of Santa Monica has wrestled for years with poor water quality at the Pier, which is plagued with droppings from roosting birds and urban runoff. The enclosed Mother’s Beach in Los Angeles County might attract families because of its placid waters, but very poor circulation has led to chronic bacterial exceedances. Families beware,” the report said. These are California’s 10 dirtest beaches: 1. Tijuana River Mouth (San Diego County)2. Playa Blanca (Baja California, Mexico)3. Santa Monica Pier (Los Angeles County)4. Tijuana Slough (San Diego County)5. Linda Mar Beach (San Mateo County)6. Lakeshore Park (San Mateo County)7.

A train and a passenger vehicle collided in Exposition Park early Wednesday afternoon. At about 1:30 p.m., a white SUV and a Metro Expo Line train collided, though details of events leading up to the collision have not been publicized. The SUV appeared to take some minor damage, and the conditions of those in the SUV and aboard the train are unknown. Metro spokesperson Dave Sotero told KTLA that the crash occurred on the westbound E Line, and while service is limited to a single track, E Line rail service is not affected by the investigation. Nancy Fontan contributed to this report.

The messy Scandoval cheating scandal continues to spur more legal fallout, as “Vanderpump Rules” star Tom Sandoval sues ex-girlfriend and co-star Ariana Madix for invasion of privacy. Madix accessed her former longtime partner’s phone in March 2023 and “reviewed images information, data, videos and/or communications,” including sexually explicit FaceTime footage of co-star Rachel Leviss, without his “authorization or permission,” Sandoval alleged in a cross-complaint filed Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Madix also allegedly made copies of the explicit Leviss footage and “distributed the [videos] to Leviss and third parties” without Sandoval’s consent, the complaint says. The counterclaim hails from a lawsuit that Leviss, 29, (formerly “Raquel Leviss”), filed in February, accusing Sandoval, 42, and Madix, 39, of eavesdropping, revenge porn, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Leviss filed her lawsuit a year after the tabloid scandal revealed that she had been sleeping with Sandoval, Madix’s longtime boyfriend. Both Leviss’ lawsuit and Sandoval’s countercomplaint center on an incident on March 1, 2023, where Madix allegedly went through Sandoval’s phone after it fell from his pocket during a West Hollywood performance with

BERLIN —  Out of wartime necessity, Ukrainians tend to be keen observers of U.S. politics. And for the Ukrainian government — as well as its European backers — the tumult of this American campaign season is viewed with growing alarm. Those worries were crystallized this week by the selection of J.D. Vance, a vociferous critic of U.S. aid to Ukraine, as running mate to former President Trump. Over the last 2 1/2 years, as Ukraine has struggled to fend off a Russian onslaught, billions of dollars worth of military assistance from the United States and its European allies has been a critical lifeline. Now, the outlook for long-term support appears more clouded than at any point in the war. “There was already considerable concern about the durability of the future U.S. commitment to Ukraine, and more broadly about the commitment to NATO,” said Ian Lesser, a distinguished fellow with the German Marshall Fund in Brussels. The choice of Vance for the No. 2 spot on the GOP ticket, he said, “is only going to reinforce those concerns.” Publicly, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has telegraphed confidence his

La cantante Selena durante su participación en el Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo en el Houston Astrodome de Houston, Texas, en febrero de 1995. (Arlene Richie / Getty Images) Por REDACCIÓN LOS ANGELES TIMES EN ESPAÑOL Jul. 17, 2024 1:38 PM PT A principios de este año, se lanzó una versión remasterizada del emblemático álbum de Selena “Amor Prohibido”, que fue lanzado hace treinta años, más precisamente, el 22 de marzo de 1994. La nueva edición ocupó los primeros puestos de las listas de éxitos, y hoy, debuta en el primer lugar del listado de Álbumes de Vinilo de Billboard y se coloca en los primeros cinco puestos de las categorías ‘Top Latin Albums’ y ‘Regional Mexican Albums’. Estas noticias llegan tras el lanzamiento del célebre disco en formato de vinilo, lo que se produce por primera vez. Simultáneamente, “Ones”, otra producción de Selena, se sitúa en el Top 5 de la lista Latin Pop Albums de Billboard. El mismo “Amor Prohibido” deja además huella al convertirse en el primer álbum tejano en alcanzar el número 1 dentro de la lista Top Latin Album Chart

Ryan Reynolds revealed that he “let go of getting paid” for “Deadpool” so the other screenwriters could be present on the set. “When I finally got to make [the movie], it had been almost 10 years at that point,” Reynolds told the New York Times. “No part of me was thinking when ‘Deadpool’ was finally greenlit that this would be a success. I even let go of getting paid to do the movie just to put it back on the screen: They wouldn’t allow my co-writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick on set, so I took the little salary I had left and paid them to be on set with me so we could form a de facto writers room.” Reese and Wernick revealed Reynolds’ actions in 2016 during an episode of AMC’s “Geeking Out.” The writers said that Reynolds covered the expenses to keep them involved in the creative process. “We were on the project for six years. It was really a core creative team of us, Ryan, and the director Tim Miller,” Wernick told hosts Kevin Smith and Greg Grunberg. “Fox, interestingly, wouldn’t

ARLINGTON, Texas —  October came early this year for Dave Roberts. With the Dodgers dropping six of their final seven games before the All-Star break, the annual scapegoating of Roberts started three months ahead of schedule. The postgame talk show on the team’s flagship station always fields complaints about the manager when the Dodgers lose, but the volume of such calls increased last week. Other fans vented on social media. This was news to Shohei Ohtani, who described his relationship with Roberts as “wonderful.” “I think he’s a manager who has a lot of conversations with players individually,” Ohtani said in Japanese earlier this week. “I myself, there are many areas with which he’s helped me.” Ohtani applauded his manager’s consistent professionalism. “As one of the top commanders on the team, I think the manager approaches every game with focus,” he said. Ohtani is almost certain to be asked about Roberts again. And again. And again. Ohtani has probably figured this out by now, considering the observations he’s made about the Dodgers and their fans. He’s about to experience his first major-league pennant race, for the

7/17: CBS News 24/7 Episode 1 7/17: CBS News 24/7 Episode 1 43:54 Archaeologists in Rome may have uncovered the remains of a medieval palace for popes that long preceded the Vatican, officials announced on Wednesday. If the ancient structure did in fact serve the purpose they believe it does, then learning more about it could provide new insight into the earlier eras of the papal seat in Italy and the power struggles that shaped it over time. While excavating a piazza around the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in central Rome, a team of archaeologists happened to discover an advanced hidden structure, surrounded by walls that could have been built as early as the 9th century A.D., and as late as the 13th century, the Italian Ministry of Culture said in a news release. The wall was potentially constructed as a means to physically create and protect the patriarchate of the time, which consisted of the patriarch, or leader, as well as his office. It may have encircled a castle or other fortified structure where various popes were said to have lived during the years it

The Uplift: Hot dogs and town hogs The Uplift: Hot dogs and town hogs 21:44 Nearly 3.5 tons of hot dogs shipped to restaurants and hotels in Ohio and West Virginia are being recalled by AW Farms of Argillite, Kentucky, because the meat was not inspected, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Monday. The recall involves approximately 6,900 pounds hot dogs that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection, according to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. The ready-to-eat dogs were manufactured on various dates starting on about May 30, 2024, and have a shelf-life of 45 days, the notice stated. The recalled products bear establishment number “EST. 47635” inside the USDA mark of inspection, it added. You can view the product labels here. The issue was uncovered when a state public health partner notified FSIS about the products, which could still be in restaurants’ or hotels’ refrigerators or freezers, the federal agency said. The following products are part of the recall:  10-lb. boxes containing two 5-lb. vacuum-packed packages containing “FRENCH CITY FOODS 6″ 12-1 HOTDOGS” and “PACKED ON” with various dates

Starting Thursday, the San Juan Creek Trail will be closed for two weeks while workers continue constructing a new railroad bridge over San Juan Creek. Cyclists and pedestrians who regularly enjoy the trail can follow a detour or avoid the area. A detour will be available to Camino Capistrano, Del Obispo Street and the Trabuco Creek Trail. The trail will be reopened Aug. 2, but there will be intermittent closures through next month as workers continue the construction. The bridge work is part of a $65.6 million project replacing the San Juan Creek bridge, which was built in 1917.

Triple-digit temperatures are likely throughout the Inland Empire this weekend, prompting heat exposure warnings from the National Weather Service. “Temperatures inland should climb a little each day into the weekend, gradually achieving five to 10 degrees above normal inland on Saturday,” the NWS said in a statement. An excessive heat watch is in effect for the Coachella Valley and the desert areas from 11 a.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Sunday. “There will be dangerously hot conditions, with temperatures up to 117 degrees possible,” the NWS stated. “Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room and stay out of the sun.” Forecasters said a ridge of high pressure currently centered over the Four Corners will anchor in the Great Basin of Nevada and Utah beginning Friday and continuing into early next week. The mercury will only moderate slightly by the middle of next week. According to the NWS, monsoonal moisture drifting into the region will raise the prospect of convective thunderstorms in the mountains and deserts, but the chances aren’t significant over the next few days. “We’ve been advertising more monsoon action into the weekend

WASHINGTON .— Casi dos terceras partes de los demócratas opinan que el presidente Joe Biden debe abandonar la campaña electoral y dejar que su partido nomine a otro candidato, según una encuesta que contradice su aseveración de que “los demócratas comunes” lo apoyan aún cuando los “nombres famosos” le piden hacerse a un lado. La encuesta realizada por la AP y el Centro NORC para la Investigación de Asuntos Públicos, que fue llevada a cabo en momentos en que Biden trata de salvar su candidatura tras su pobre desempeño en el debate presidencial del mes pasado, encontró también que sólo unos tres de cada 10 demócratas están muy o extremadamente confiados en que él tiene la capacidad mental para desempeñarse el cargo eficazmente, un leve descenso con respecto al 40% registrado en una encuesta realizada en febrero. Los resultados resaltan los desafíos que enfrenta el mandatario de 81 años para convencer a los miembros de su propio partido de que es el mejor candidato para derrotar a Donald Trump. La mayor parte de la encuesta se realizó antes del intento de asesinato contra Trump el

Since his breakout role in “Top Gun: Maverick,” Glen Powell has maintained a busy schedule — he has even graduated to double-booking. Most recently, the actor’s time was split between filming and puppy training, he told Entertainment Weekly in an interview published Monday. Powell adopted his dog Brisket last year while on the set of the tornado thriller “Twisters,” releasing in theaters Friday. He was sitting in a coffee shop in Enid, Okla., he said, when the idea struck: “I don’t even know how to describe it, I just had the desire to be a father.” After stumbling upon a picture of Brisket on Instagram, Powell took a weekend off filming and flew to L.A. to collect the pup. “I was like, ‘Are you sure you want to get a puppy right now?’” recalled “Twisters” director Lee Isaac Chung. “But he did, and everybody loved that dog.” Like most first-time fathers, Powell said he didn’t get much sleep when he brought Brisket back to Oklahoma; still crate-training, the puppy cried throughout the night. But during the day, he was an angel. “Brisket would just kick

Royal Troon’s Old Course is a breathtaking Scottish seaside links layout that since 1989 has hosted the British Open four times. Yet the winners aren’t exactly a who’s who of golf’s elite: Henrik Stenson (2016), Todd Hamilton (2004), Justin Leonard (1997) and Mark Calcavecchia (1989). None of the four had previously won a major championship, and none has won one since. Beginning Thursday, however, eyes will be locked on three of the world’s most decorated golfers as they tackle the par-71, 7,385-yard course in the last major championship of 2024. There is Rory McIlroy, the consensus runner-up by oddsmakers, which seems fitting after he finished second to Bryson DeChambeau at the U.S. Open a month ago, failing to close out his first major victory in 10 years by missing two extremely short putts on the last three holes. Yet no player has more top 10s in major championships over the last few years than McIlroy, and since winning the Open at Royal Liverpool in 2014, he has five top 10s in seven Open starts. He is seeking his fifth major championship and first since winning

Send my love to your new endeavors: Adele says she’s taking a “big break” from music after playing shows in Las Vegas and Munich this summer. The Grammy-winning superstar told German broadcaster ZDF that her “tank is quite empty” and that she doesn’t have plans for new music “at all.” The remarks come as she readies for the launch of a 10-show gig in Munich on Aug. 2 and as she winds down her “Weekends With Adele” residency in Sin City. “I want a big break after all this and I think I want to do other creative things just for a little while,” the 36-year-old hitmaker said. “You know, I don’t even sing at home at all. How strange is that?” The British balladeer, who broke through with the 2008 hit “Chasing Pavements,” added that she misses everything about life before fame. “I think probably being anonymous the most,” she added (via BBC). “I like that I get to make music all the time, whenever I want to, and people are receptive to it and like it. That’s pretty unimaginable. But the fame side

Santa Monica Police spotted and stopped a man who was burglarizing vehicles in a parking lot near the pier by using a drone. On July 6, a Santa Monica police officer was directing the department’s drone back to the station from a radio call when the officer decided to survey the Fourth of July weekend crowd near the pier and the nearby parking lots. As the drone flew over Lot 1 North, the parking lot next to the pier, he noticed a man wandering the lot, according to a video the department posted on their YouTube account. “As [the pilot] watched, the subject approached an unoccupied parked vehicle, pulled out tools from his sweatshirt and quickly punched open the lock of the driver’s side door,” the department said in the video. The drone footage shows the suspected burglar break the lock of the driver’s side door of a black SUV then climb into the car. He stayed in the car for about two minutes, the department said. While the man was inside the vehicle, the drone pilot called for officers to respond to the location.

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Watch: Trump takes stage at RNC for walkthrough ahead of Thursday speech – CBS News Watch CBS News Former President Donald Trump took to the stage at the Republican National Convention Wednesday afternoon for a walkthrough before his address on Thursday, which will be Trump’s first public speech since the assassination attempt against him last weekend. CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns has more. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On