Archive: America

The singer writes about her performance of a Bob Dylan song at the Nobel Prize ceremony.

The former Dodger strikes a blow for the ages for his friend Jose Fernandez.

Homeland Security agents demanded that Maria Abi-Habib, who covers the Middle East, surrender her cellphones. She details the encounter on Facebook.

Shooters apparently firing semi-automatic weapons hit at least 11 police officers in Dallas tonight at an otherwise calm protest over police shootings of unarmed suspects in other cities.

Errant tweet from Santa Monica police chief added to Sunday jitters.

Twenty years later, Amazon has decided what it really needs is a physical, brick and mortar retail store to sell books.

Hugh Hefner agrees that his 62-year-old magazine should move on and adapt. The website already had.

Really informative interactive map from the Pew Research Center charting where America's immigrants came from.

WDBJ photographer Adam Ward, 27, and reporter Alison Parker, 24, were interviewing a chamber of commerce official at a strip mall this morning. The shooter was a former reporter at the Roanoke station.

Grace Slick greets the dawn on Max Yasgur's farm on August 17, 1969. Turn up the sound.

Supreme Court decides 5-4 that Americans do have a basic right to marry and that states can't single out same-sex couples.

In a 6-3 decision with the majority opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court ruled it was clear that Congress intended for healthcare tax credits to be available in all states.

"A deeply regrettable coincidence," the paper said in a statement after Romenesko called. Nine people died in the massacre at a historic black church.

Starbucks CEO says the order to write "Race Together" on cups ends Monday. Everyone in line says thanks.

The Republicans will control both houses of Congress for President Obama's final two years in office.

Scott Olson of Getty Images was arrested then released after several hours, apparently for not staying in the pen that police set up for journalists. A total of six journalists and more than 30 protesters were arrested Monday night or Tuesday morning.

The mother road that brought so many families to new lives in California -- and introduced so many young Americans to their country -- gets an entertaining treatment at the Autry. Treasures on display include Jack Kerouac's manuscript for "On the Road," an entire Corvette and the Getty's print of "Migrant mother" by Dorothea Lange.

Take away the big two from the U.S. map of languages spoken at home and the national portrait becomes really interesting.

Nasty online bullying of women affects many people who you know. When it's aimed at journalists, it seeks to intimidate and silence.

The editorial board of the New York Times refers to Edward Snowden as a "whistle-blower' and says it is time that the Obama Administration offer him a safe way home.

"When he lowered his antlers to me, I wanted to keep my vitals protected and my head down."

With a headline like that, you have to watch.

After the tornado passed today in Moore, Oklahoma, one family opened its shelter and looked onto a vanished neighborhood. Whoever is holding the camera seems stunned into silence, at first.

Collins, who played at Harvard-Westlake School here in Los Angeles, played this season for the Boston Celtics and the Washington Wizards. He says today in Sports Illustrated that the Boston Marathon bombings accelerated his decision to tell the sports world he is gay.

The Boston Globe this weekend published the staff's reconstruction of the manhunt for the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. Haven't seen it all, but what I've read and watched looks pretty impressive.

Police surrounded Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old "suspect #2" from the FBI's video of the Boston Marathon bombings. His brother died last night in a showdown with police. Inside: What is known from media in Boston.

Vernon Loeb, the former investigations editor at the Los Angeles Times, has run marathons (61 of them) and covered the horrors of terrorism. But never on the same day until Monday.

The video and series of eleven photos includes a request for anyone with information to contact the FBI.

Wednesday night's Boston Bruins game, first since the Boston Marathon bombings. As the Hawaiians say, chicken skin.

The wire service reported that a suspect has been taken into custody and will likely be brought into court. The Boston Globe also reported based on an official source that an arrest was imminent.

Two bombs exploded Monday afternoon near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in the city's Back Bay area. At least three are dead and 176 injured. Summary of the news is inside.

The Supreme Court this morning took up California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage in preparation for what is being widely anticipated as a sweeping ruling on marriage and gay rights, but even the presumed swing justice asked why the court was getting involved now. “I just wonder if this case was properly granted,” said Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.

Most (but by no means all) of the reviews for last night's Oscars show and host Seth MacFarlane have not been favorable. But the early ratings for the TV show are up about four percent over last year's show hosted Billy Crystal — and much younger. And that's entirely logical, says Richard Rushfield at BuzzFeed.

Eight of the 20 children who were killed at Sandy Point School attended St. Rose of Lima Church during their lives.

Another sad lonely guy with a gun terrorized a crowd tonight, this time in the parking lot of the Fashion Island shopping mall in Newport Beach. No one was hit, but there some injuries in the panic.

All 26 of Adam Lanza's victims at the school in Newtown, Connecticut were shot multiple times with a long gun of some sort, officials said today. Lanza's mother, killed at home, has no known connection to the school.

The current death toll in Newtown, Conn. stands at 28, 20 of them children aged five to ten.

BuzzFeed gets to the heart of the latest revelations in the David Petraeus scandal. Plus: an LA media angle to the Paula Broadwell story.

NASA posted this image of Hurricane Sandy taken at noon Eastern time on Sunday.

Jared Lee Loughner faces life in prison without parole for last year's attack that killed six bystanders and wounded 13 other people, including his main target, then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

Jack Dunphy, the LAPD veteran who blogs anonymously for a number of conservative political websites, listens to the audio on the Aurora, Colorado shootings and gives huge credit to the unidentified woman on the radio.

Authorities and media now say that James Holmes, who is 24, grew up in the San Diego suburbs and graduated in 2010 with honors and a neuroscience degree from UC Riverside.

Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach, was convicted Friday of sexually abusing nine young boys. The jury convicted Sandusky of 45 of the 48 counts against him

If you think the predicted inundation in Manhattan is sobering, wait until you see Brooklyn.

The view from NASA's Terra satellite at 12:30 eastern time. Also, video on Thursday from the International Space Station.