Raiders fans furious with win over Jaguars that may cost them No. 1 draft pick: ‘We just blew it’

The Raiders won a game, which under normal circumstances would have been a happy occasion, but the victory significantly impacted their draft position in April.  Las Vegas defeating the Jaguars 19-14 thanks to a fourth-quarter touchdown by Ameer Abdullah upset most fans because the Raiders dropped to sixth in the race for the No. 1 … Read more

Unnerving ‘biblically accurate’ angels top Christmas trees: ‘Scary and weird speaks to people’

Angels are typically pictured to be the holier-than-thou servants of God adorned with cherubic faces and fluffy wings, but some books in the Bible paint a vastly different — and much scarier — being that is starting to top Christmas trees across the US. Rev. Kira Austin-Young and her puppet-maker husband, Michael Schupbach, cooked up … Read more

California vs. Florida: A tale of two Americas

From a distance, Florida and California look similar: beaches and natural disasters, theme parks full of tourists, and populations that swell with people from elsewhere. But their differences — and those between their governors — have become a much bigger part of the national conversation in recent months. (Los Angeles Times illustration; photos by Allen … Read more

U.S. Judge Real : The Court of No Nonsense–a Verdict

This isn’t Burger King. We don’t do it your way here. –Judge Manuel L. Real’s favorite saying. The courtroom confrontation took place more than 30 years ago, but the most controversial federal judge in Los Angeles remembers it today as an early lesson in judicial style. Chief U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real, then a … Read more

‘Dune: Prophecy’ boss Alison Schapker on the Season 1 finale and Valya’s secret

Mark Strong and Emily Watson in the season finale of “Dune: Prophecy.” (Attila Szvacsek / HBO) The first season of “Dune: Prophecy” came to a close on Sunday with a few gasp-inducing revelations and a lot more questions. HBO’s prequel series, set 10,000 years before the events of Denis Villeneuve’s films “Dune” and “Dune: Part … Read more

Where is there even hope for Giants at this point?

Brian Daboll reacts during the Giants-Falcons game on Dec. 22, 2024. Getty Images ATLANTA — The Giants are a franchise bleeding despair right now.  It’s inside their locker room, where players have run out of answers for why they keep performing so poorly as the losses mount to record levels.  It’s inside the coaches’ meeting … Read more

Panama President José Raúl Mulino rejects Trump’s threat of taking back control of Panama Canal: ‘Not negotiable’

Panama’s president shot down President-elect Donald Trump’s threat on Sunday that the US would call on the Central American country to cede control of the Panama Canal if it continued to charge “exorbitant” fees to use the critical shipping channel. Panama President José Raúl Mulino came out swinging against Trump’s suggestion that the US could … Read more

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